Identifications: * Yuppies/VCRs/Three Mile Island * Yuppies: young‚ urban professionals who wore ostentatious gear such Rolex watches or BMW cars. they came to symbolize the increased pursuit of wealth and materialism of Americans in the 1980s‚ represented decade of greed‚ stopped being radical‚ worried about weight. * VCRs: video cassette recorders became popular in the late 70’s that allowed viewers to tape and view later their favorite programs and to rent movies on cassette
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This book starts with Desmond Doss inside the barracks talking about all the older and tougher men. He said that if the older men were talking about how tough the day had been then the day for Doss had been really bad and rough. Men had been drafted into the Army at this point but Doss had joined willingly as a conscientious objector‚ a non combatant. President Roosevelt and the chief of staff of the Army had written Doss saying that he would not have to bear arms. Desmond Doss was to be a medic
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Many died due to the harsh conditions they were forced to work in. Most of the time Jews were forced to build their own blocks. Furthermore‚ “Construction began on April of 1940 in an abandoned polish army barracks in the suburb” (“Auschwitz” par 4). Many of the barracks had no bathrooms or places to shower‚ most slept multiple prisoners to a bunk. Auschwitz had the worst living conditions of all the camps. Mass exterminations were very popular in Auschwitz after the final solution was
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for ten days dealing with extremely bad cases but even then they didn’t get infected with the disease. They wanted to stay longer‚ but their work was very hard on them. She was a day nurse that worked six days in Officer’s barracks and another four days in the Private’s barracks. Lutiant had to work from seven in the morning to seven at night. Their duties were to “give medicines to the patients‚ take temperatures‚ fix ice packs‚ feed them at eating time‚ and rub their back or chest with camphorated
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Chapter 5: The First Arab-Israeli War and the 1956 Suez Crisis The war of 1947-49 Following Israel’s declaration of statehood the Arab armies attacked along all the borders of the Jewish state. Egyptian forces attacked from the south; Syria‚ Lebanon and Iraq attacked from the north and north-east. By 28 May 1948‚ the Jordanian Arab Legion had occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. After initial setbacks‚ however‚ the Israelis successful drove the Arab armies out of the north‚ regained
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An estimated 6 million Jews were mercifully killed during World War Two after being persecuted for many years. One 14-year-old girl wrote a diary showing what life was really like for Jews‚ which showed shocking and bloodcurdling insights and details. Her name was Anne Frank. Annelise Marie Frank was a Jew born in Frankfurt‚ Germany on the 12th of June 1929. She lived at a time when Jews and other ‘non perfect’ races were slowly losing their rights and they were being treated more and more like
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The Life of a Spartan Warrior Can you imagine being taken away from your family and your home when you were just seven years old? And then spending the rest of your life learning how to fight and then fighting your country’s enemies? In the 5th century B.C.‚ this was the life of a Spartan boy. It was Spartan law that boys must become warriors. And not just good warriors‚ but they had to be the best in the world! What was Sparta and where was it? Ancient Greece‚ or Hellas as it is called
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his father‚ running ahead when it seemed Rabbi Eliahou would not survive. Eliezer prays that he will never do what Rabbi Eliahou’s son did. At last‚ the exhausted prisoners arrive at the Gleiwitz camp‚ crushing each other in the rush to enter the barracks. In the press of men‚ Eliezer and his father are thrown to the ground. Fighting for air‚ Eliezer discovers that he is lying on top of Juliek‚ the musician who befriended him in Buna. Eliezer soon finds that he himself is in danger of being crushed
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| Received a well rounded education in school from ages of 6-14. Learned academics along with physical training | Would go to the barracks at the age of 7 and begin military training | Did not go to school‚ learned to do housework | Exercised to stay fit | 13-17 | No formal education. Could learn a trade from his father. | Would continue to train at the barracks | Would have an arranged marriage with | Would participate in Hereia festival in honor of Hera. Festival would be made of athletic
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Story Karen was very scared and nervous when she went to YCC‚ the Youth Conservation Corp. It was an 8 week long paid youth work program during the summer in Isabella‚ MN in the boundary waters. She was really scared about the ordeal‚ but wanted to make some money. Some of Karen’s sisters went‚ so her parents thought she should go‚ too. Because Karen’s parents thought it was too much time and money to drive her‚ she had to get a ride with a complete stranger who was also going. Karen’s parents dropped
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