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    leading up to World War l‚ but it wasn’t until June 28‚ 1914 the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War l. His assassination took place in Sarajevo‚ leading Austria to declare war against Serbia. Austria declaring war to Serbia caused Serbia’s allies to declare war on each other‚ for example France‚ Russia‚ and United Kingdom. From all this chaos World War I began. Franz Ferdinand‚ eldest son of Carl Ludwig‚ the brother of Emperor Franz Josef‚ was born in 1863. He joined the

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    that it happened for a reason. Another example could be the assassination of presidents. If you think‚ you must wonder why were they killed? I believe that their has to be a reason for each assassination. Such as the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. I think that it all traces back to something. For a third example is for myself‚ my determinism to play soccer. On February 16‚ 1898 the U.S.S Maine exploded. The U.S.S was supposedly caused by a mine‚ but nobody knows for sure. The cause of

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    Nature of the Linguistic Sign Ferdinand de Saussure 1. Sign‚ Signified Signifier Some people regard language‚ when reduced to its elements as a naming-process only--a list of words‚ each corresponding to the thing that it names. For example: operation--an assumption that is anything but true. But this rather naive approach can bring us near the truth by showing us that the linguistic unit is a double entity‚ one formed by the associating of two terms. We This conception is open to criticism

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    There are many parts to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: the Archduke himself‚ his assassins‚ why they did it‚ and how they did it. All of these are equally important to the overall event‚ which in turn is important to‚ not only the world‚ but the United States as well. First up is the Archduke‚ one Franz Ferdinand. He was born on December 18‚ 1863‚ in Graz‚ Austria to Archduke Karl Ludwig. He was also the nephew of the Austro-Hungarian emperor of the time‚ Franz Joseph. The Archduke

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    According to Saussure‚ language is a system of signs that develops over time. However‚ embedded words only carry meaning if people agree on a mutual understanding‚ which is provoked by a certain sound. This mutual idea then transforms into a common sign for the given idea. Further‚ Saussure puts forward the idea of langue and parole‚ in which langue does not carry social meaning but only names‚ whereas parole is simply the pronouncement or display of an idea. Saussure`s approach to lingustics and

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    * In Vienna‚ 10 000 factory workers were recently laid off. * The young students were influenced by revolutionary thinking‚ they wanted democracy and liberty. The unemployed workers joined them. * On March 12‚ when the crowd was campaigning‚ they were fired. This caused immediate reactions by the crowd. The crowd set up barricades. * Local guards joined the side of the rebellion. Even the State Council and police decided to voice against the government. * The revolutionaries went

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    image has been found; this is the site of the Santo Niño Church where the Agustinians have cared for the image and the Filipino people have venerated it through the centuries. An earlier authenticated entry in the journal of Pigafetta‚ clerk in the Magellan expedition‚ explains the original of Santo Niño; on the day Queen Juana was baptized by Father Pedro Valderrama‚ chaplain on that expedition‚ Pigafetta himself presented her with the Image. During the last World War‚ a bomb fell inside the church

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    The assassination of the Franz Ferdinand‚ the Austrian Archduke‚ happened in Sarajevo 28th June 1914 and the beginning of the First World War that happened afterwards had a great impact on the world history. There has been many research of the reasons and the beginning of the First World War‚ as well as of the assassination and its consequences. There are many studies about these two important events in national and international history. Although‚ the paper will not deal with the reasons of the

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    Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella Regarding the Fourth Voyage On July 7‚ 1503 Christopher Columbus wrote his final letter during his time that he was spending on the island of Jamaica. During the time‚ Christopher Columbus wrote his final letter to the king and queen of Spain‚ he felt like he should have been granted more opportunities to explore more islands. In this letter was also the expression to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella about coming home in order to receive treatment for his

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    tensions and thus war ensues. Such was the case in WWI with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. There were many tensions that existed prior to his assassination‚ but it was his assassination which triggered the war‚ his assassination that served as an excuse‚ and perhaps the last straw‚ so to speak‚ which led to the First World War. The following paper examines the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and its relationship to the start of WWI. Under the rule at the time of the assassination

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