It is somewhat ironic to discover that the pharmacophore of phosphoramide drugs currently used as antitumor agents was originally utilized for the purpose of chemical warfare‚ most prominently so in World War I. Sulfur mustard‚ the precursor to phosphoramide drugs‚ was employed to great effect as a wounding agent in the characteristic trench warfare of WWI; Being a dense gas‚ sulfur mustard settled in trenches and created persistent environmental hazards for troops. Exposure to sulfur mustard‚
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So it’s my first day on the battlefield it’s September 16 1916. Yesterday was the first day that the British and French used their tanks they are slow but can take somewhat of a beating and do some major damage to the germans. Well i could not finish yesterday’s entry we had to take cover because the germans started to bombard us with artillery fire and we lost about 30 people in about two minutes and we found their body covered in rats this morning. So today we are going to use the tanks and artillery
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Introduction: In the year of 1917‚ Europe remained in a position of war and stalemate. The whole of Europe had been pitched in a massive war for nearly three years‚ as Europe had been divided between the Central Powers Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and later the Ottoman Empire‚ and Triple Entente forces of Britain‚ France‚ and Russia. While the growing dissent and chaos within the Russian Empire had ensued with the aftermath of the February/March Revolution‚ the situation seemed to begin to lean
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US involvement in WW1: Causes and Consequences The United States initially intended on remaining entirely neutral in World War 1. We wished to remain neutral in respects to continuing to build our economic trade routes with both the Germans and the British/French. When the British imposed a loose blockade of the German waters in order to slow or stop the amount of supplies the Germans had‚ the Germans resorted to using their submarines to put a blockade of sorts around the British Isles as well
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Essay #5: Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified colonials’ resistance to British rule and their commitment to republican values. Colonial exploration in the mid to late 1700s led to stressful times for some countries. Great Britain was one of them. Their American colonies caused them much grief as they tried to take over their society. The British imperial policies towards its colonies made resistance higher to British rule and their commitment
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THE COLOURS OF LIFE-EXISTENTIALISM AND THE SHORT STORY FORM:A STUDY OF SELECTED WESTERN AND AFRICAN SHORT STORIES IN GREEK MYTHOLGY‚ Orpheus‚ a bewitching minstrel whose lyre could hypnotize animate and inanimate elements at will‚ married a nymph‚ Eurydice. One day‚ Eurydice was bitten by a snake‚ and she died. In his quest to bring back the dead‚ Orpheus journeyed to the chthonic realm‚ played his lyre‚ hypnotised the underground deities‚ and secured the release of his wife. He was to return
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THE CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION · -In the 1780’s long standing resentments against the French monarchy made France angry. · -Louis XVI was an ineffective leader · -Minimum or below pay for work. · -Political conflict · -People hated their Queen (Austria) · -High taxes · -Starvation · -Huge division between rich & poor THE STORMING OF THE BASTILLE · -This major event of the revolution happened because Louis made a serious
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During 18th century and early 19th century were the period of change in Europe. Because the industrial revolution happened‚ many powerful European countries colonised other different part of the world. Those European countries took control over other nations and their resource. France‚ which was one of the world great power‚ also control land in Africa‚ South America‚ and especially the three countries in Asia. During colonisation‚ French left negative and positive long-term effect to Cambodia‚ Vietnam
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Camus wanted to show how “us” pictures itself as superior to the inferior “them”. Colonizer is in power and civilized but the colonized is uncivilized and primitive. Arab heading down walking by the French officer conveys inferiority. When their own culture is forbidden or devalued‚ natives come to see themselves as inferior to the conqueror. When the climbers are near the school‚ Balducci shouts to Daru that it took only an hour to travel the two miles from El Ameur. It reflects the idea of how
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Why do you think imperialist countries has chosen a particular group in the country they colonized and made them feel superior to others.In Rwanda ‚ the imperialist nation believed that Tutsi were born to be a leader ‚ so the Tutsi were put in power.How did tensions between the two ethnic groups after decolonization sparked the Rwandan Genocide? Years before the genocide took place‚ Rwanda was colonized by Belgium .The Belgians divided Rwanda population into two groups ‚ the Hutu ‚the Tutsi and
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