About Boing 777: The Boeing 777 is a long-range wide-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world’s largest twinjet and has a typical seating capacity for 314 to 451 passengers‚ with a range of 5‚235 to 9‚380 nautical miles (9‚695 to 17‚370 km)‚ depending on the version. Commonly referred to as the "Triple Seven"‚[3][4] its distinguishing features include the largest-diameter turbofan engines of any aircraft‚ six wheels on each main landing gear‚ a circular
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International Iraq Attacks Escalate; U.S. Presses Self-Government – Attacks by Saddam Hussein loyalists and other unidentified insurgents in Iraq grew more deadly in November. Sixteen U.S.soldiers died and 20 were injured NOV.2 after Guerrillas shot down a Chinook helicopter near Falluja‚ 30 miles west of Baghdad‚ with a surface-to-air missile. A 2nd missile narrowly missed hitting a 2nd Chinook. A Black Hawk helicopter exploded and crashed Nov.7 in Tikrit‚ killing the 6 American soldiers aboard
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The Most Significant Events in the Latter Half of the 20th Century Michael Hackelton Axia College of University of Phoenix HIS 135 The American Experience Since 1945 George Lawrence-Ell 24 August 2008 The Most Significant Events in the Latter Half of the 20th Century Introduction During the latter half of the 20th century‚ the United States changed greatly in the arenas of politics‚ economics‚ and social make up. Following World War II‚ in just 50 years‚ the US saw periods of great
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The Suez Crisis of 1956: The War From Differing Viewpoints Carleton University Research Paper #1: Submitted to Prof. J. Sigler In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for 47.323 Student: Neil Patrick Tubb (#226591) Introduction Among the most important foundations in the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict was the seeds that were sown in the aftermath of the 1956 Sinai Campaign‚ or the Suez Crisis. Whatever the operation is referred to as‚ its consequences involving both relations
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Bitter Fruit by Stephen Schlesinger and Stephen Kinzer Book Review and Critical Analysis The year is 1954. Government agencies resurrect secret plans previously discarded until a more forceful administration comes to power. Behind the scenes‚ the CIA and State Department are fervently working in over time trying to engineer a government overthrow against a populist nationalist in their own backyard who has the dare audacity to threaten both US economic and geopolitical interest. Accusations
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The Kennedy Doctrine refers to foreign policy initiatives of the 35th President of the United States‚ John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ towards Latin America during his term in office between 1961 and 1963. Kennedy voiced support for the containment of Communism and the reversal of Communist progress in the Western Hemisphere. The Kennedy Doctrine was essentially an expansion of the foreign policy prerogatives of the previous administrations of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harry S. Truman. The foreign policies
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Media Transformations: Can media help win – or lose – a war? Answer through detailed discussion of coverage in one war since 1945. Introduction: The Vietnam War could be characterized as one of the most controversial incident in America’s history. United States acted paradoxically; they claimed that they protected democracy‚ they raised an oppressive dictatorial regime in the area of South Vietnam and later the US army was destroying villages in order to protect them (Wiest‚ 2002). In terms
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On Tuesday‚ September 11th‚ 2001‚ the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history occurred as four large passenger jets were hijacked then crashed‚ killing nearly 3‚000 persons. The attack was carried out by four separate teams of terrorists from the Middle East‚ all operating from inside the U.S. Each team had boarded an early-morning flight‚ posing as passengers‚ then forcibly commandeered the aircraft. Two fully-fueled jumbo jets‚ American Airlines Flight 11 carrying 92 persons and United Airlines
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NEGOTIATION Negotiation theory Last updated 9 months ago The foundations of negotiation theory are decision analysis‚ behavioral decision making‚ game theory‚ and negotiation analysis. Another classification of theories distinguishes between Structural Analysis‚ Strategic Analysis‚ Process Analysis‚ Integrative Analysis and behavioral analysis of negotiations. Individuals should make separate‚ interactive decisions; and negotiation analysis considers how groups of reasonably bright individuals
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Introduction Following the official surrender of Japan on September 2‚ 1945‚ the Allied powers began occupying the war torn nations of Asia and the Pacific Rim. Among these countries were those in Indochina. In Vietnam as Japanese occupiers stepped aside‚ southern portions of the state were occupied first by the British and within a few months‚ by troops of the new French Fourth Republic (1946-1959). It seemed natural since Free French forces had supported the British and Americans in World
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