Pol Pot (Saloth Sar) was an infamous war criminal and the leader of the Cambodian communist movement called the Khmer Rouge. He was also the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975-1979. Pol Pot’s totalitarian regime brought severe hardships on Cambodia‚ killing at least 1.5- 3 million people. This is at least one-fifth of the Cambodian population. Pol Pot brought a reign of horror with devastating effects to the people of Cambodia as a ruthless dictator for 4 years. The Khmer Rouge and
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pirates have been downgraded from vicious cut throat criminals to silly fairytale characters such as Captain Hook. Archaeologists use data‚ and excavations to go back in time and put the pieces of the past back together. For many years the hunt for the infamous Blackbeard’s treasure has evoked hundreds of people to go on wild goose chases to be the one to discover it. Blackbeard captained the ship “Queen Anne’s Revenge” and when archaeologists discover a sunken ship off the coast of North Carolina believed
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Freedom Writers Gang violence in Los Angeles was at its prime in 1992 right after the infamous Rodney King incident and Los Angeles riots that locked down the city for three days. (Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots‚ http://www.citivu.com/ktla/sc-ch1.html) Teenagers in the rough neighborhoods of California thought that they were destined to become gang members with their respective races‚ to fight a battle that their ancestors started. During this time period‚ teenage gang members felt that
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Stephen King is an author that many have heard of but few know his story. Stephen King has written many worldwide known books including‚ The Shining‚ Carrie‚ It‚ and The Mist. Stephen King has even been compared to Charles Dickens and Edgar Allen Poe. Stephen Edwin King was born September‚ 21st 1947 in Portland‚ Maine to Donald and Nellie King. Stephen also has a older brother Daniel‚ who was born two years before. When Stephen turned two his dad abandoned his family‚ after this his mother
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civil rights movement has been affected by three very important Supreme Court cases. The first infamous case was the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision which dreadfully took away the rights of African Americans. Then the case of Plessy v. Ferguson was held in 1896 which had a major impact on the civil rights movement. This case decided that African Americans were “separate but equal”. Then finally the last infamous case was the Board v. the Board of Education which overruled the case of Plessy v. Ferguson
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The human desire to understand the social world and our positions in it has fascinated mankind for centuries. Initially‚ early psychologists equated our behaviors to our own mental state and completely disregarded how our upbringing as a certain race or gender in a particular social class affected our perspective of the world. By broadening our understanding of how various societal phenomena affect our thoughts‚ behaviors‚ and attitudes‚ we have the ability to explain some of the behaviors that occur
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Twelfth Night: Comedic Techniques Elaborate the Nature of Love The infamous Shakespeare comedy “Twelfth Night” uses a variety of techniques to depict humor and comicality but‚ manages to develop the nature of love in doing so. Literary devices such as puns‚ dramatic irony and scene layout are used to provide comedy but‚ characters are what represent Shakespeare’s personal thoughts on the broad topic of love. Characters in every type of literature give life to the story and are a gateway of expressing
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Chicago‚ and further increased the diversity in the city which can still be seen today. However‚ this rapid growth of the population in Chicago resulted in a competitive job market and amplified stress level among the working class‚ resulting in the infamous crime level of
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is the resting place of America’s most famous and infamous figures‚ including Washington Irving‚ whose story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” still resounds throughout the country… Valentines_Day_Massacre Pictured above: 2122 North Clark St‚ Chicago‚ IL (St. Valentines Day Massacre) Chicago‚ IL is up to its
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Administration in 1973. At first‚ Nixon emphasized for rehabilitation treatment of drug addicts‚ particularly heroin addicts‚ but soon the D.E.A. resorted to incarcerating drug users. In 1982‚ Nancy Reagan started touring elementary schools preaching the now infamous slogan “Just Say No‚” referring to saying no to using illegal drugs because of a growing concern that children may become drug users. Nancy’s antidrug awareness tour wasn’t a completely selfless act on her part‚ though‚ because by portraying drugs
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