founder of the Red Cross and the originator of the Convention of Geneva‚ it is to an English woman that all the honour of that convention is due. What inspired me to go to Italy during the war of 1859 was the work of Miss Florence Nightingale in the Crimea” (SOURCE). The Red Cross
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HISTORY PROJECT Introduction After the Second World War‚ the U.S.A. and Russia emerged as the two superpowers. During the war‚ there was a mutual understanding between the two nations‚ which however began to evaporate soon after the war. Difference in ideologies and mutual distrust between the two nations led to the beginning of cold war. Both tried to spread their influence and divided the world into two hostile groups. The western European countries came under the influence of America while
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Introduction A newspaper headline is often the only thing that readers read in a newspaper‚ or at least‚ it is the first thing that everyone notices in a newspaper. It serves as a indicator for the reader that helps decide whether to continue on reading the whole text or to skip it onto another one. Each headline should be a summary of the news which follows. A headline should be a regular sentence structure containing a subject and a verb. It means that only lexical‚ not grammatical words are used
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* [1900:] Maxwelton‚ the estate of a family of rank‚ is beautifully situated on the banks of the valley of the Cairn‚ in Dumfriesshire; and there is the scene of the song. Sir Robert Laurie‚ the first Baronet of the Maxwelton family - so created in 1685 - by his second wife‚ Jean‚ a daughter of Riddell of Minto‚ had three sons and four daughters‚ of whom Annie‚ the youngest‚ was much celebrated for her beauty. She made a conquest of William Douglas of Fingland‚ a cadet of the Queensberry family
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Jake Shawver Cultural Anthropology Elmhurst College Fall 2012 Turkey and Modernity Turkey has always historically been a region of economic and/or military importance. Whether it was under Roman occupation‚ or as the independent Ottomans‚ this region has always been one of vast importance‚ and this trend has continued into the modern era. Starting with the earliest traces of civilization and extending well beyond the democratic reforms of their beloved commander Ataturk (which literally means
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Summary * Still under control of the Mongols * Isolated Russia from many of the advancements made in Western Europe during this time * Began a period of territorial expansion and government reform after freedom from Mongols * Embarked on an aggressive program of westernization in order to leap forward and make up for lagging * Forced imposition of European culture on the people of Russia would create an identity crisis for Russians that continues to this day Breaking
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United States is fairly low – only “603‚628 square kilometers” (Rybin 4). The capital of Ukraine is an ancient and beautiful city Kiev. “Ukraine has twenty-seven regions including cities like Kiev and Sevastopol‚ that are city state submissions‚ and Crimea‚ which is an autonomous republic” (Mintz 25). One of its regions called Chernivtsi region is quite appealing for tourists. Apart from having a wide variety of landforms‚ a climate hospitable to raising vegetables‚ plants‚ and animals and is congenial
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instead invested billions to modernize these weapons. NATO‚ the organization created for the sole purpose of preventing Soviet invasion‚ has done nothing about the territorial ambitions of now Russian president Vladimir Putin. Putin’s annexation of Crimea and invasion of Ukraine has been met only with Western leaders denouncing his actions‚ but doing nothing to combat them. This is the same response that the Soviet Union’s actions were met with throughout the Cold War. Public denouncing of their actions
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dawning of a new era of global cooperation and prosperity. However this thin veil of peace was short lasting. A new century brought new threats: Chinese aggression in the South China Sea‚ Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons‚ the Russian annexation of Crimea. However the new century also brought new technology. America’s nuclear arsenal is aging‚ and something must be done about it. Due to increasing world tension and the advancement of modern technology‚ the United States should modernize its nuclear
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Life of Catherine the Great What would be your thoughts‚ at fourteen years old‚ if you discovered that everyone was pressuring you to marry an unaffectionate‚ immature prince? Princess Sophia Augusta Fredericka was put into this situation when Empress Elizabeth of Russia sent for her to become the bride of her nephew and heir‚ Peter III. Sophia took a strong dislike in her husband and therefore helped to remove him from the throne. She then took charge as the Queen of Russia‚ and changed her
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