Why was the first day of the Battle of the Somme on the 1st of July such a disaster? On 1st July 1916‚ the first phase of the allied offensive‚ took place on the Northern side of the Western front and was known as the Battle of the Somme. The main reason for the battle was to take pressure off the French army‚ which had been under heavy attack at Verdun since February‚ and was close to cracking. It was hoped that a major British offensive on the Somme would force the Germans to withdraw troops
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Political parties and instability in Oyo State in the Nigerian Fourth Republic · Political parties are an important institutional component of liberal democracy and successful electoral machination and processes. Parties produce the candidates‚ set the parameters of issues and political agenda within which elections are to be fought and are furthermore expected to perform these duties from one election to another (IDEA‚ 2000: 226-227). Political parties are a form of human organization concerned
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Section D‚ Group 5 12P205 – Karthik K Baradhwaj 12P206 – Kartik Maheshwari 12P207 – Kaushik Mukherjee 12P208 – Kawaljeet Singh 12P209 – Kumar Abhinav 12P210 – Love Kumar Supreme Court of India Deokabai (Smt) (Appellant) vs Uttam (Respondent) on 27 July‚ 1993 Equivalent citations: JT 1993 (4) SC 374‚ 1993 (3) SCALE 255‚ (1993) 4 SCC 181 Author: M M Punchhi Bench: M Punchhi‚ Y Dayal Facts of the Case: 1. The appellant herein Deokabai is an aged widow residing in a portion of a house with her
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In school‚ student’s Fourth Amendment rights are limited. Teachers and school administrators are legally allowed to search students without a warrant. Student’s basic rights are being violated and it shouldn’t be legal. Their rights shouldn’t be limited because it invades student’s privacy. Also‚ these searches could be unreasonable and suspicion less. These students can be searched without a warrant. People in school shouldn’t have their rights limited and violated just because of suspicious teachers
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Back in July 20‚ 1969‚ one astronaut‚ Neil Armstrong accomplished the mission to takes his first steps on the moon. It made many impacts on the world all around‚ from personal observations‚ the news and images. In the article‚ “Man Takes First Steps on the Moon” by The London Times‚ facts are given from that same day of the mission. In “In Event of Moon Disaster” by William Safire‚ gives off a speech from President Nixon incase an inconvenient would of occurred to the mission being unsuccessful
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Death of Cash I. Executive Summary Cash has long been the major method people used to pay. However‚ recent trend showed that cash is being replaced by other paying methods. Miguel Helft‚ the author of the article “The Death of Cash” in Fortune July 23‚ 2012 edition‚ described this trend by introducing Jack Dorsey‚ the Twitter co-founder‚ who is setting up a new cashless payment business with his company‚ Square. First‚ the author described the cashless future‚ derived from the technology developed
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Teacher’s Guide EXPLORE Part I: Testing Known Substances Teacher Prep: 1. Prepare and label four Erlenmeyer flasks and disposable pipettes with the following suggested solutions and place them in the front of the room for easy access for students: a. Polysaccharide Solution - blended potato or lab grade starch solution b. Monosaccharide Solution – apple juice or lab grade glucose solution c. Protein Solution – blended meat or egg whites d. Lipid Solution – vegetable oil‚ melted butter 2. Set up
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An Analysis of 2nd Language Article Use in English‚ 2011. Farha‚ Bryan‚ Measuring the Academic Achievement and English Language Proficiency of Students at the Secondary Level‚ 2012. Gonzales‚ et.al.‚ The Effective Used of Basic Sentence Pattern of Fourth-Year students in Tacloban City. 2010. Hajimirzayee‚ Marjan. The Relationship between Iranian EFL Students ’ Knowledge of Farsi Grammar and their English Grammar Knowledge‚ 2012. Heath‚ Gerald. Achievement of The Third Year Student of MA Madani Alauddin
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Columbus Had to Be Rescued from His Fourth Voyage Even though he was brought back from his latest voyage in chains‚ Columbus did not suffer much consequence. He was stripped of his governorship‚ but King Ferdinand granted him his freedom and even subsidized a fourth voyage. The fourth expedition left Spain in May 1502 and made landfall at Martinique before sailing on to Santo Domingo. As soon as he arrived there‚ he was denied permission to land. His ships encountered a hurricane but managed to weather
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Food affected three-fourths of the French revolution‚ and “when the grain crops failed two years in a row‚ in 1788 and 1789‚ the price of bread shot up to 88 percent of [a peasant’s] wages. Many blamed the ruling class for the resulting famine and economic upheaval. On top of that‚ peasants resented the gabelle‚ a tax on salt that was particularly unfairly applied to the poor.” (Bramen‚ Lisa.) The food that the peasants ate “consisted of inferior grains to that of their noble neighbors‚ such as
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