v Sir Nicholas Winton is somebody who saved 669 children from the holocaust.Sir Nicholas Winton a stockbroker at the time canceled a 2 week vacation and in that short period of time he saved 669 kids from the holocaust.It all started when he got a call from his best friend to come to Prague asap.That’s when Sir Nicholas heard of what was happening and knew he had to do something.So that’s when he made a plan and he accomplished it. Sir Nicholas Winton was born in May 19‚1909. He was born into
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How far would you agree that the events of 1905 were caused by Russia’s failure to win the war against Japan? (30 marks) Long-term factors: Middle class- There was a lack of common purpose between Russia’s different social classes. They organised themselves by autumn of 1905 into soviets but spent most of the year protesting in spontaneous strikes/ marches. The peasants were too widely distributed and isolated to have a common organised leadership. Their protests were traditional peasant ones of
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Biography of Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake was the 1st Captain to circumnavigate the globe from start to finish ALIVE. Since Magellan was killed on his journey‚ that gave Drake the distinction of being the first. Name: Sir Francis Drake Date of Birth & Death: 1540 – January 27‚ 1596 Country of Origin: England Sir Francis Drake’s Main Accomplishments Drake’s biggest major accomplishment would be the circumnavigating the world from 1577 to 1580. He is the 2nd person to circumnavigate
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campaigning for reelection at a whistle-stop train tour‚ but in the 1840s‚ candidates did not campaign. People in the movie were constantly talking about the upcoming Civil War‚ which lay twenty years in the future; twenty years before the Civil War‚ no one would have dreamed of a war. The film also gives the impression that John Quincy Adams’ powerful speech alone persuaded the Supreme Court. Although Adams did speak for the Africans before the Supreme Court‚ it was Baldwin’s arguments that won the
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SIR SYED AHMAD KHAN A GREAT MUSLIM REFORMER Following their crushing of the revolution of 1857‚ the British consolidated their secular rule in the Indian subcontinent‚ which marginalized‚ if not totally ignored‚ religion‚ particularly Islam. The whole of India suffered in the backlash‚ but the consequences were most devastating for the Muslims. It was at this critical juncture that Syed Ahmad Khan (1817-1898) gallantly came forward to counter the threat‚ and to defend the Islamic faith and
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Radicals started to gain power‚ Reconstruction shifted from unification to reformation. Alongside others‚ I believe that the South had “nobility‚ Christian virtues‚ leadership‚ [and] loyalty to its men” (“Reconstruction”). In other words‚ we‚ the South‚ did not need reforming‚ but the North and the Radicals proceeded to do so anyways‚ instituting higher taxes and subduing the whites’ political voice by allowing the blacks to vote. Instead‚ the South should have been
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in this paper I will describe the impact of Sir Robert Peel on the evolution of policing and its history. Sir Robert Peel Paper Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) updated England’s criminal code. He established the first modern police force in London‚ whose members were nicknamed after him "bobbies." Sir Robert Peel wanted a police force that would provide citizens with “the full and complete protection of the law”and“check the increase of crime.” Sir Robert Peel pushed through the legislation an
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SCIENCE Energy Resources Research Assignment Nuclear Fission Nuclear energy is a power produced during the nuclear reaction‚ It is an energy that is found in the nucleus of an Atom. Energy must be released so it could create electricity‚ it is released from the atoms in two ways by Nuclear Fusion or by Nuclear Fission. Nuclear Fusion is when energy is released which is when atoms are combined or fused together to form a bigger atom. Nuclear Fission
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uchumi failureFebruary 2009 Njuguna G. Amos. amnjuguna@usiu.ac.ke Uchumi Supermarkets Limited Uchumi Supermarket Limited (USL) was established as a wholly government-owned company from three existing stores in Nairobi in 19751. USL became a public company traded on the Nairobi Stock Exchange in 1992 when the Kenya government divested 48% of its shares. However‚ the Kenya government retained 52% of the stock that was held through three state corporations namely; ICDC Investment Company Limited
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taken over without the leaders Sir Julian Byng and Sir Arthur Currie who played a huge part in the winning of the ridge. The winning of the Battle of Vimy Ridge proved to the other countries that Canada was and still is a proud and capable nation. Sir Julian Byng was the 12th Governor General of Canada and was the Commander of all the Canadian Corps during the Battle of Vimy Ridge‚ which meant that he was in charge of all Canadian Corps that fought in the battle. Sir Arthur Currie was the commanding
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