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    Royal Air Force (RAF) squadrons got involved in defending France from German attacks in May 1940‚ but the campaign resulted in German victory. In the Pacific theatre of World War II‚ New Zealand assisted the French possessions by sending a cruiser to Tahiti in September 1940. Under British command‚ the 2NZEF troops fought in mainland Greece and Crete in the early stages of the European theatre. In Greece‚ the Allied Powers were overwhelmed by the German forces attacking from Yugoslavia. 291 Kiwis were

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    Introduction The theme of the present paper is „Character depiction in the novel The Moon and the Sixpence” of William Somerst Maugham. The reason for writing a paper on this topic are numerous. First‚ the literary works of W.S. Maugham are very famous and popular all over the world. He is recognized as a master of short-story‚ novel a plays writing. Another reason is that author’s characters are considered to be an intresting resouce for studies. Maugham often is represented as a narroter

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    Anth 100 Sept 15 2010 Galileo • Telescope + objectification o Not just the vision to outer space‚ but you could also look back on us o Previous the only way to explain supernatural things was from the bible‚ when your trying to look at planets with an telescope you explain them as objects not as supernatural. o That being said the idea of looking back at the earth would be looking at everything as an object: thus objectifying everything o Saying there

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    Charles-Louis de Secondat‚ the Baron de Montesquieu‚ also known as Charles-Louis Montesquieu‚ was a very important philosophe of his time. Born in France to a rich family‚ he was then brought up by a poor family‚ which is why many say is the reason he had his way of viewing life. Montesquieu was a french philosopher who truly shaped modern government. But‚ to be able to shape the world so greatly‚ he had to study hard and develop all of his ideas. Montesquieu began studying in his home country‚

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    The role of sentencing plays an integral part in the criminal justice system process because it is how criminals are punished. And by punishing the criminals sentencing serves two ultimate purposes. Those purposes are: “deserved infliction of suffering on evildoers” and “the prevention of crime” (Professor Herbert Packer‚ 2006 Criminal Justice in Action: The Core). Sentencing effects society today because if there were no sentencing in the criminal justice system‚ then all of the criminals would

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    of this is the synthetism used by Paul Gauguin. With it‚ he synthesized the observation of subjects in nature with his own personal feelings about the subjects. An example of this is Mahana no atua (Day of the God). Gauguin had taken a trip to Tahiti. When setting out on his trip‚ he envisioned a country rich with culture and tradition. He found instead a country that was losing its culture. Upon his return to Paris‚ he created Mahana no atua from memory. He divided the painting into three

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    Chile is a South American country occupying a long‚ narrow strip of land between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north‚ Bolivia to the northeast‚ Argentina to the east‚ and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández‚ Salas y Gómez‚ Desventuradas‚ and Easter Island in Oceania. Chile also claims about 1‚250‚000 square kilometres of Antarctica‚ although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic

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    Catch Me If You Can directed by Steven Spielberg tells the story of Frank Abagnale Jr.‚ considered one of the most successful con men of all time. I saw this movie recently after renting it from the video store‚ I found it so good that I had to buy it. Frank Abagnale Jr. is an astounding and interesting character. The real life Abagnale originally said that he did not believe Dicaprio to be ’suave’ enough to play the role‚ but he certainly does pull it off. Dicaprio’s acting is superb‚ and totally

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    The French government had many problems financially and politically before 1789 that built up over a number of years and a number of monarchs. The problems stemmed from a growing disorder in the finances‚ aristocratic privileges‚ new revolutionary philosophies‚ power struggles‚ and a weak monarch. Due to lengthy and very costly wars‚ Louis XIV and Louis XV played a big hand in bankrupting France. The French had suffered big defeats and therefore had lost men and supplies. They also failed to gain

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    Question: To what extent was Louis XVI personally responsible for tlie fall of the monarchy in 1792 ? “ What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been in the political order? Nothing‚ What does it want to be? Something.” This slogan published by Abbe Sieyes in January 1789‚ provides an overview of the grievances of the ‘third estate’ thatled to the outbreak of the French Revolution. Although France in 1785 faced economic difficulties‚ mostly concerning the equitability of taxation‚ it was

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