Topic Proposal Kurt Vonnegut "Happy Birthday‚ 1951" Kurt Vonnegut wrote many short stories on war and peace‚ a series of which was compiled into "Armageddon In Retrospect‚" by his son Mark Vonnegut. The short "Happy Birthday‚ 1951" portrays the aftermath of cultural devastation and its effects on the generation raised amidst such upheaval. A young boy and an old man struggle for survival surrounded by a city in rubble. (Let’s suppose the city is Dresden‚ Kurt Vonnegut loved to write about the
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How different is New Labour from Old Labour? The Labour Party was formed to represent the working class at a time when the franchise had not yet been extended to such groups. The party’s origins in the unions and socialists societies that meant it originally pursued an agenda centered on socialism‚ being more left wing on the political spectrum. However changes in the class and occupational structure of the nation since the 1960s‚ saw the party looking to broaden its appeal beyond this core idea
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Successful Community Problem Solving In the mid-1990s‚ the city of Anaheim‚ California‚ experienced a tremendous problem with gangs‚ drug dealers‚ and criminals preying on a small apartment community in the city; someone got shot‚ stabbed‚ or robbed on a daily basis. Narcotics sales climbed while new graffiti continued to appear each day as well. To fight the increasing problem‚ the Anaheim Police Department assigned six community policing officers and a sergeant to the neighborhood to improve conditions
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deaths was blamed on Czar Nicholas‚ the Czar of Russia. The wrath of his people later led to the the Russian Revolution and the end of the Romanov dynasty. Czar Nicholas II was an autocratic and inefficient ruler‚ which caused political opposition‚ neglect‚ and internal rebellions. Czar Nicholas was famous for his autocratic ideas‚ meaning that he theoretically had total power. His autocratic belief led to an ineffective rule. Nicholas II was the leader of the Russian Empire; however‚ he was not prepared
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To some people‚ Napoleon might have been a successful leader for France. To others‚ maybe not. In order to be considered successful‚ you need to have accomplished your set goal. Although Napoleon had a lot of goals‚ he did not achieve all of them by the time he died. Napoleon was a general in the French army who had outstanding leadership skills and battle tactics. With these pros in his personnel‚ he also had cons which ultimately led to his downfall. On my “Rise and Fall Graph” of Napoleon‚ I
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Was Britain a better place by 1900? This essay covers the years 1750 to 1900. During this period‚ lasting and sustainable changes took place. It was a period in British history when great industrial towns and cities appeared‚ vaccinations meant life expectancy was risen and people where linked by roads‚ canals and trains‚ that not only went through the cities‚ but the countryside too. In the 1900 people where better fed and sewage systems where emplaced and the police were enforced. However some
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How To Be A Successful Overseas Filipino Worker How does an 18 year old International Relations student define success? I would probably define success as the attainment of happiness‚ but I turn to my great friends Merriam and Webster for a more credible meaning. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ success is a state where in a person attain a favorable or desired outcome; it may also equate to the attainment of wealth‚ favor‚ or eminence. In this assignment‚ we were tasked to write and
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Beveridge report a) Influential document in founding the social welfare system of Great Britain‚ 1942‚ Chaired by William Bevridge 2) Backbenchers a) Do not have any real policy making power‚ but provide services to the constituents and allow for a link between parliament and the citizenry 3) Tony Blair a) Parliament member who served as prime minister from 1997 to 2007‚ youngest prime minister‚ part of the Labour Party‚ Founded The Third Way 4) British Broadcasting corporation a) Largest broadcaster
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The Wave essay: How Ben Ross’ experiment was successful Ben Ross wants to show his students how Hitler could control Germany without people stopping him and also why people said that they didn’t know what happened during World War II. That is why he decides to make an experiment. I will explain how this experiment was successful. Hitler built a totalitarian movement from which he was the leader. First‚ it is important to know that Hitler was elected by German population and consequently he
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Cherry Chu Teacher Mr Hattam Why was Jesus successful? The founder I have chosen is Jesus. In my opinion Jesus was the most successful founder among all of the other founders because he was able to spread the faith of Christianity to different parts of the world. One of the reasons why I think Jesus was successful is that today there are over 2000 million Christians – largest religion in the world. Christianity began in the mid-1st century in the Middle East‚ which are about 2000 years
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