Regular Verbs and Irregular Verbs English verbs are tricky. Even the regular verbs are not always so regular‚ but what makes a verb regular exactly? Regular verbs can be written in the past tense by adding either -d or -ed to the base verb form (jump‚ jumped). Irregular verbs‚ however‚ have different spellings to change a verb to the past tense. Sometimes the change is as simple as one letter (know‚ knew)‚ and other times the change is more complicated (go‚ went). Most irregular verb forms come
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massive impact on governments and civilians alike. It was also during this time that many advancements were emerging into the world. The United States of America made many technological advancements to their weaponry‚ armed forces‚ and the types of warfare crucial to the allied victory in World War II. The advancements to weaponry in America during the 1930’s to 1940’s greatly influenced the tides of battle for the allies. The firearms of the time were becoming faster‚ increased accuracy‚ and more
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A summary of Al Ries & Jack Trout’s marketing bestseller Marketing Warfare Executive summary Marketing warfare strategies are a type of strategies‚ used in business and marketing‚ that try to draw parallels between business and warfare‚ and then apply the principles of military strategy to business situations‚ with competing firms considered as analogous to sides in a military conflict‚ and market share considered as analogous to the territory which is being fought over citation needed. It is
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Introduction The history of American involvement in Somalia can traced back to the 1970’s‚ where Somalia and Ethiopia were both frontlines in the Cold War. In order to indirectly fight the Soviet Union‚ the USA supported the Somali Dictator Siad Barre with arms sales‚ in return for the use of strategic former Soviet bases‚ which could be used as strategic positions with which they could expand to the Middle East. Backed by the US‚ the Barre regime solidified its power by being one of the most
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Trench warfare speech I’m here today to talk to you about the techniques and conditions of trench warfare in World War 1. Trench warfare was a living environment for troops fighting in World War 1. Conditions in trenches were harsh‚ unsanitary and extremely dangerous‚ Trenches were always under threat of attack from bombs or other weapons‚ and there were also many threats to health that developed into big problems for doctors. Apart from the unstoppable cold during the winters in France‚ trenches
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Game of drones: A worldly Look into Unmanned Aerial Vehicles There have been over 800 women and children who have died in attacks from drone warfare. This is only a small fraction of the approximate 6000 total that has perished in the Middle East. These weapons are ones that are not only a regulating threat in the Pakistan areas‚ but also they are actually instilling fear in everyday civilians the live there. These men‚ women and children cannot even be seen in groups of five or more without
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Guerilla Warfare: A Constant Evolution Guerilla warfare is the type of warfare fought by irregulars in fast moving‚ small-scale operations against police forces and‚ on occasion‚ against rival insurgent forces. The word Guerilla stemmed from the Spanish word Guerra which means war. The term was first used after the Peninsular War where the Spanish irregulars were called guerrille. Over time they have changed to be called rebels or insurgents. They are often given bad reps because they are often
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The Modern Warfare The modern man has created a paramilitary world in which a new form of culture has emerged. In James William Gibson’s essay Warrior Dreams‚ he discusses the idea of an energized culture whose main objective is to fit the “warrior” persona. The appearance of this warrior persona “revealed that at some deep‚ unconscious level….the images and tales from the mythic world of warriors and wars still shape men’s fantasies about who they are as men” (633). Men create an image in which
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PIRACY IN SOMALIA AND ITS INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS In the past few years‚ pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia have received a great deal of public attention. According to the London-based International Maritime Bureau‚ there has been an “unprecedented increase” in Somali pirate activity in the first 9 months of 2009. Until September this year 147 incidents were reported off the Somali coast and in the Gulf of Aden (separating Somalia and Yemen)‚ compared with 63 for the same period
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In the 7th Century BC a new era of warfare strategy evolved. Before this new strategy‚ foot soldiers (known as hoplites) engaged in battle in the form of one mob for each army which on the command of their generals runs at each other and proceeds to hack blindly at the enemy with little to no direction other then to kill the enemy in front of them. This proved to be very messy and the tide of battle depended mostly on emotion and size of an army. In the name of strategy and organization‚ the phalanx
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