rather than civil aggressors‚ and to turn to China to stabilize the international system. Arguably the only success of détente was Sino-American relations and a limit to arms such as the SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) I and ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems) Treaty in 1972. However‚ this made Sino-Russo relations distant. Resulting in an international community that was
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“The major challenge posed by new technology is whether or not it will be used for positive or negative ends.” In history‚ technology has been a double edged sword for humanity. It had been shown as the cause of destruction of a civilization or the saviour of one. Now in our modern era‚ visionaries and inventors alike would have to face the challenges of avoiding negative effects caused by how it is implemented in our society. In Andrew Niccol’s film Gattaca‚ we see our protagonist being effected
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Though the discovered by accident‚ gunpowder changed the trajectory of combat operations. Discovered in the ninth century Chinese alchemist developed something with the potential of conquering nations. Gunpowder is used in many weapons throughout history and to this day‚ but one of the first was flying fire. With the simple invention of the gunpowder cannon‚ a totally new type of defense was unearthed. When the devastating power of the cannon was shrunken down into a handheld weapon‚ the course of
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John F. Kennedy A Biography Sherman Masih 5/1/2014 History 112 Born on May 29‚ 1917‚ in Brookline‚ Massachusetts‚ John F. Kennedy served in both the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the U.S. Senate before becoming the 35th president in 1961. As president‚ Kennedy faced many foreign crises particularly in Cuba and Berlin‚ but secured achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress. On November 22‚ 1963‚ while riding in a motorcade through
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Security Threats and Trade Barriers "As defence‚ however‚ is much more important than opulence..." In 1776‚ even as Adam Smith was championing the ideals of a free market economy‚ he recognized that the interests of national security far outweighed the principles of free trade. More then two centuries later‚ that sentiment proves to still be accurate and in use. Since the early 1900s‚ the United States has used this precept to defend its position on trade barriers to hostile nations‚ and
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THE ARMY RESTRUCTURING PLAN 2 Abstract The U.S. Army plans on cutting 80‚000 soldiers by 2013. This will be done by cutting the number of combat brigades from 45 to as low as 32. This restructuring comes as the Pentagon works on its 2013 fiscal year budget‚ which much reflect $260 billion in savings over the next five years. On January 26‚ 2012 senior DOD leaders released a new defense strategy‚
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EDITORIAL Saving Money‚ Poisoning Workers By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Published: April 4‚ 2013 The workers at Royale Comfort Seating in Taylorsville‚ N.C.‚ had a simple but grueling job. For 10 hours at a stretch they spray-glued pieces of polyurethane foam into shapes that became the spongy filling of cushions sold to many top furniture brands. Unfortunately‚ the glue contained a dangerous chemical known as n-propyl bromide‚ or nPB‚ and the spray guns left a yellowish fog in the air that coated everything
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arms race‚ which created the worldwide fear and paranoia of a devastating nuclear war which was possible the greatest “feature” and cause of the continuing Cold War. Furthermore‚ even after the Cuban Missile Crisis which they sparked off‚ as Sherry Sontag writes‚ “The Soviets (continued to) develop missiles at a phenomenal rate.” It is vital to note too‚ that it was Stalin who began work on his thermonuclear program before the U.S. and which sparked off an escalation in the arms race. There were many
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Role of science and technology My mandate‚ as I understood it‚ was to sketch the principal orientation of peoples in the capitalist democracies of North America and Europe to the human rights issues implicated in the constantly growing capacity of men and women to manipulate the natural world and to influence virtually every aspect of human life in ways hardly imagined just a few decades ago. TENSION BETWEEN THE SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES The juxtaposition of "science and technology" with "human
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States of America. He organized the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and began the Alliance for Progress. Kennedy’s most noticeable accomplishments in the midst of his brief term as president came in the field of outside endeavors. Benefitting by the spirit of activism he had made‚ Kennedy made the Peace Corps by official demand in 1961. Prior to the century’s finished‚ in excess of 170‚000 Peace Corps volunteers would serve in 135 countries. In
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