moving towards because his realpolitik form of governing supports the interchanging of ideas to gain the most support and political strength (4). Though Bismarck’s tactics dismissed morals‚ they did allow him to imagine a wider expanse of possibilities when it came to attracting followers. In 1881‚ Kaiser Wilhelm I announced that “curing social defects will be pursued not only through the repression of Social Democratic excesses but also through the promotion of workers’ welfare” (5). The Kaiser and Bismarck
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“Here I’ am Taking My Own Picture”- Analytical Its hard to imagine a time where photographs actually took time to produce. First of course to take the photograph‚ and then into the dark room where the film was transferred onto special paper to be put through developing chemicals. In the end you would hope for the best and that you looked good in the photo. It wasn’t all that long ago that this process existed. However‚ now we live in a technological world where anything is possible. You no
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Women get the vote 1916-1919 Women’s suffrage groups had existed since the 1870s‚ but during the war it was hard to ignore their arguments. Women were serving in the war‚ taking over from the men in factories and offices‚ holding families together while the men were overseas‚ and working in voluntary organizations that supported the war effort. They couldn’t be kept out of political life any longer. Women got the federal vote in three stages: the Military Voters Act of 1917 allowed nurses and women
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There is some truth to the statement "what gets measured gets done" with respect to the work environment‚ discuss. I believe the maxim “what gets measured gets done” (accredited to among others‚ Peter Drucker in his 1954 book ’The Practice of Management’) does hold a semblance of truth when associated within the business world. However‚ I would argue that the sentence in itself is incomplete. Between the ‘measuring’ and ‘getting done’‚ mangers need to insert both critical analysis of the measurements
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Why did Britain get involved in the Slave Trade? The Renascence period was a time full of new music‚ extravagant architecture and fine art. All of these things causing an increasing demand for funds from the government. In the 1440’s the Portuguese started trading slaves for various things with the Americans. Britain found out about this trade whilst their pirates were raiding Spanish ships and found them abroad. John Hawkins made the first known British slavery voyage in 1562; this started a
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Ehrlichman resign from the Watergate and John Dean‚ the White House counsel gets fired. After discovering how serious this scandal was‚ Elliot Richardson appoints Archibald Cox as the prosecutor to lead an investigation towards Nixon’s campaign. Now‚ people are starting to get suspicious about Nixon thinking that he was involved. The investigators and Cox both advise Nixon that he should hand over the tapes but he
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thing I’ve ever done or should I say the dumbest thing I ever done was run my mother’s car into our house. It was the end of summer starting my freshman year at Destrehan High School and I wanted to do something that would have made me seem cool to the kids around the neighborhood so I decided to steal my mother’s car. My mom owned a 2002 Nissan Pathfinder that she didn’t really use‚ usually just my step dad would use it to go to work and my mom used the truck so I didn’t see a problem with them
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The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison JEFFREY H. REIMAN American University or the same criminal behavior‚ the poor are more likely to be arrested; if arrested‚ they are more likely to be charged; if charged‚ more likely to be convicted; if convicted‚ more likely to be sentenced to prison; and if sentenced‚ more likely to be given longer prison terms than members of the middle and upper classes.1 In other words‚ the image of the criminal population one sees in our nation’s jails and prisons
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Why compare Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing” and Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” Daughter and mother relationship is an endless topic for many writers. They meant to share the bond of love and care for each other. Nevertheless‚ in the real world their relationship is not as successful as it ought to be. The stories “Girl” and “I Stand Here Ironing” are examples of this conflict. The author of the short story “Girl” Jamaica Kincaid was born and raised up to the age of seventeen in Antigua‚ a former
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Sophocles’ Antigone‚ the Chorus dedicates its first ode to man’s victories and its supreme vulnerability: death. The choral ode is divided into four sections: Strophe I‚ Antistrophe I‚ Strophe II‚ Antistrophe II‚ each focusing on either man’s strengths‚ weaknesses‚ accomplishments‚ and consequences his actions yield. In Strophe II‚ the chorus elaborates on the triumphs man has achieved‚ but confesses that man has the inevitable destiny of death. In the five translations of the first choral ode composed
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