The Vietnam War The Vietnam War began on November 1st‚ 1955 and officially ended on April 30th‚ 1975. It began because of South Asian countries falling to communism. There was a term called the “domino theory” which states that when one country falls to communism‚ the surrounding countries fall soon after‚ causing a domino effect to ensue. Therefore‚ when Vietnam began to fall into communism‚ the United States was determined to stop the spread of communism in South Asia by stopping the source: Vietnam
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used to all the armor that David had put on him so he took everything off. He took a stick in his hand‚ chose five smooth stones from a stream‚ and held a sling in his hand. When Goliath saw David he looked at him with disgust. Goliath said “Do you think I’m a dog and you can come at me with a stick?” He used his gods’ names to curse David. David said “ I would come at Goliath in the name of the Lord of heaven’s armies and you have spoken out against him. Today the Lord will give you to me. I’ll kill
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The opposing team started the half with the ball but we quickly got possession. We were not playing around. The rules to over time is that whoever scores first wins the game. As we were moving up the field with the ball I could feel it coming‚ I knew that this was going to be an opportunity to score. My teammate worked the ball up the field into the corner and was looking for someone to cross the ball to. I wanted
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Edward C. Prescott‚ a 63 year old professor at the Arizona State University and Finn Kydland‚ a 60 year old Norwegian professor were awarded the Nobel Prize for there economic studies‚ particularly on monetary policy. Finn Kydland teaches at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and also at the University of California at Santa Barbra. Prescott and Kydland frequently collaborate on their economic policy studies. Banks around the world undertook reforms recently do to low and stable inflation
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【Abstract】 This study focuses on the reason why the US fail to win the Vietnam war. To search for the reason‚ I analyze this topic from three aspects‚ the Vietnam‚ the US and the international. This paper shows that the US fail to win the war both have the subjective reasons and objective reason‚ internal reasons and external reasons. There still some deficiencies in this research‚ and there may be without analysis in some aspects. 【Key Words】international environment; resources; experience; aid
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The way I see it the Americans won the Revolution and the British lost a colonial war for independence. At the beginning of the war‚ there was not a regular American army like we have today‚ just a militia made up of civilians‚ most of which were farmers. So naturally‚ they were not used to the long battles with the British Regulars. As a result thousands quit. What signaled the beginning of the American Revolution was the first battle on April 19‚ 1775 at Lexington. General Gage was in charge
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starting with the Revolutionary war. As years passed and national division became evident there was discussion on who would win the fight between the free and enslaved states. Over time it has become apparent that the colonies and the confederacy have shared many qualities‚ which makes one wonder how is it that the colonies won‚ but the confederacy did not? The reason the South didn’t win the Civil War was because they were outgunned‚ out supplied‚ received no international aid and this time‚ their enemy
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usually resulting in a victor and a loser. Hence‚ to say that it is not important to win is to dismiss the original purpose of a competition. However‚ I believe that while winning is significant‚ it is not always the most important part of a competition. Thus I agree with the statement. Someone once said that a competitive world offers two possibilities; you can lose‚ or if you want to win‚ you can change. The will to win is but the motivation a person needs to instill discipline in themselves and make
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How to Win Friends and Influence People How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie can be broken down into four parts‚ each with a set of principles that fall at the end of each chapter accordingly. Part one starts with the quote “If you want to gather honey don’t kick over the bee hive.” He uses this quote to explain that criticizing people gets the person nowhere because it makes the other person defensive. He uses Abraham Lincoln as an example and states how he did this early on
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Malala Yousafzai Should Not Win the Nobel Peace Prize Malala Yousafzai is a girl from Pakistan who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize because she called for female education. She should not win the Nobel Peace Prize because she did not make the world more peaceful and the other nominee‚ OPCW‚ is more suitable for the prize. First‚ Malala Yousafzai ’s actions did not make the world more peaceful. Young girls in Pakistan are still fearful when they attend school (Maza 2013). Malala was attacked
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