The First World War cast Europe into a state of turmoil and disarray. The collapse of the German and Austro-Hungarian empires‚ along with the revolution in Russia‚ left territorial boundaries relatively uncertain. In January 1919‚ representatives from the victorious Allied Nations met in Paris to devise a treaty that might somehow make sense of the chaos and restore some measure of order to the European continent. 1 Each member of the peace conference approached the task at hand with his own agenda
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The main reasons that the League of Nations was originally set up was to prevent war‚ encourage disarmament and as a way to settle international disputes through negotiation and arbitration. As stated by Wilson‚ ’This treaty is nothing less than an organization of liberty and mercy for the world’ (Foley 1969:129) The intentions of the League appealed to many countries‚ especially as they were still raw from the war and favourable towards pacifism. With the benefit of hind-sight it is easy to criticise
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1. Briefly‚ what are the major developments in the history of the labor-management relationship within Major League Baseball? According to Lewicki‚ Barry & Saunders (2010)‚ the major developments of labor-management relationship within Major League Baseball (MLB) started in the late 1960s and were characterized by the ongoing disputes between the owners and the players that resulted in the following hard bargaining agreements‚ work stoppages and lockouts: a) 1st and 2nd Basic Agreement – was a
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far were the league of nations aims justified? When the League of Nations was set up‚ it has four main aims. They were: to encourage nations to disarm; to discourage aggression; to improve living and working conditions of people all round the World; and to encourage countries to cooperate. The League was successful in some areas‚ particularly in with its various commissions and mandates‚ but over all‚ it was unsuccessful in achieving its aims. When it came to organisation‚ the League was quite unsuccessful
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Barclays Premier League 2012/2013 1. Round | 18/08/2012 | 15:00 | Arsenal FC | - | Sunderland AFC | 0:0 (0:0) | – | | 15:00 | Fulham FC | - | Norwich City | 5:0 (2:0) | | | 15:00 | Queens Park Rangers | - | Swansea City | 0:5 (0:1) | | | 15:00 | Reading FC | - | Stoke City | 1:1 (0:1) | | | 15:00 | West Bromwich Albion | - | Liverpool FC | 3:0 (1:0) | | | 15:00 | West Ham United | - | Aston Villa | 1:0 (1:0) | | | 17:30 | Newcastle United | - | Tottenham
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Whenever I have some free time‚ I would enjoy spending by it playing my favorite online game‚ League of Legends. I enjoy playing League of Legends because of the heart pounding adrenaline rush when I am in team fights or when I am running for my dear life. In this game‚ I feel as if I am one with the champion or character I am playing as. This feeling gives me multiple roles as well as a sense of significance‚ along with abilities and powers that are beneficial to the team. I feel important while
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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY National Hockey League was established as a non-profit entity in 1917 by 26 teams to govern the league. They had been very successful over the past 75 years with very little exposure. They have thrilled fans and provide financial returns for their owners. Their primary goal is to take hockey to a next level and makes it more popular. They are not worried about competition and are only concerned with overall growth for the sport‚ the owners‚ the players
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an updated set of rules was put in place and competition started. The Victorian Football League was established in 1896 and the following year the League’s first games were played among the foundation clubs – Carlton‚ Collingwood‚ Essendon‚ Fitzroy‚ Geelong‚ Melbourne‚ St Kilda and South Melbourne. In 1908‚ Richmond and University joined the competition. But after the 1914 season‚ University left the League. In 1925‚ Footscray (now the Western Bulldogs)‚ Hawthorn and North Melbourne (now the Kangaroos)
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According to an article in the Review of Industrial Organization‚ the Major League Baseball (MLB) generated $6 billion in monopoly revenues in 2007 (Vrooman‚ 2009‚ p. 7). More to the point‚ with the opening of the Yankee stadium in 2009‚ baseball tickets continued to soar in spite of a recession because of a limited capacity in an economic and demographic market that is consistently expanding (Site). Since the Supreme Court (1922) ruled that baseball is not a business‚ but a sport‚ the MLB has
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Perhaps one of the most popular growing activities that we see people of all ages dive themselves in‚ is the e-sport game called League of legends. Whether you choose to watch this game like a sport or decide to play the game casually or competitively‚ League of Legends has a home for your interest. League of legends is an online MOBA game created by the company called Riot. The objective of the game is quite simple. Two teams consisting of five players battle it out to destroy the opposing team’s
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