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    did Lenin honor his promises? When Lenin published his April theses he began using the quote ‘peace bread and land’ as a promise to the Russian people if he was their leader. This slogan was used‚ alongside many‚ to drive the Bolsheviks into power after the October revolution. However‚ they weren’t exactly what the people expected‚ nor did the Bolsheviks expect the response they got from the people. This essay aims to discuss the extent of the Bolsheviks keeping their promises. Lenin stuck to

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    WAS DARWIN WRONG

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    WAS DARWIN WRONG? An insight of Darwin’s theory of evolution 20th November 2013 Charles Darwin was an English naturalist who studied variation in animals and plants on a five year voyage around the world in the 19th century. He was born in 1809 and died in 1882‚ during his lifetime he managed to present his findings in his book‚ “On the Origin of Species”. Darwin’s findings caused a lot of controversy during his time and the present day‚ they were seen as conflicting with religious beliefs about

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    The Not-So-Wonderful World of EuroDisney Summary1 EuroDisney SCA opened in April 1992 its doors to the European public which was located 20 miles from Paris. This specific location was selected over 200 potential sites in Europe (Greece‚ Italy‚ Spain‚ Portugal‚ and France). Spain was threw out the selection period the most likely place to be chosen but due to the insufficient acreage of the land around Barcelona area as opposed to France government was generous with incentives and showed impressive

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    * Online Dating Services Are Wonderful Way To Meet Compatible Potential Partners * Adam Ali‚ Bob Crawford * CISC 497 - 002 * The rapid advancement of the Internet and the thousands of online dating websites is changing the way we seek out potential mates. Instead of heading down to the local bar or nightclub in hopes of finding that special someone‚ more people are at home‚ meticulously constructing descriptive verses of themselves for their online dating profile. Some of the biggest issues

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    Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero? Andrew Carnegie‚ the ambitious and skilled king of steel during the late 1800s‚ was the most famous man in business of his time. He certainly had his many flaws and as the most famous American of those days‚ his faults were highly talked about. Carnegie was not perfect and made his share of choices that many people saw as misdeeds‚ but that is like how everyone in the world is. Carnegie was a hero of his day because he showed the characteristics of being capable‚ responsible

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    Was Atlantis Real?

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    ago. Plato wrote two dialogues Timaeus and Critias at around 360BCE‚ Atlantis’ features in both of these. This myth has enthralled people for centuries and has given rise to many skeptics and believers of the legend. Still to this day people ask was Atlantis real? The Greek scholar Plato spoke about a place In the Mediterranean Sea that housed a spectacular city built on a luxurious Island; this is the city of Atlantis. In the beginning‚ The Gods of Olympia divided the world up among themselves

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    Reconstruction Rebecca Howard University of Phoenix #1 I found that I had mixed feelings as to if the Reconstruction was a splendid failure or not so I did some research. The Reconstruction is surrounded by controversy. Eric Froner asserts that the Reconstruction did not achieve the radical goals that were hoped for but the Reconstruction did offer African Americans in the south a vison of a free society even if only temporarily. Historians have categorized the Reconstruction as a total failure

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    Nanotechnology holds huge promise in a wide range of applications but there are potential risks. Discuss. “Nanotechnology is the science of creating or modifying materials at the atomic and molecular level to develop new or enhanced materials and products. Nano-materials are one-billionth of a meter in size‚ a thousand times smaller than a red blood cell.”[i] One of the common words that are being referenced these days when we discuss about the world developing into a more advanced is nanotechnology

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    all of his films portray that being a great example for auteur theory. Though some of his films show these morales more forth right than others‚ all of them contain a bit of Capra somewhere‚ or in one of the characters. In Capra’s films "It’s a Wonderful Life" and "Pocketful of Miracles" there are many similarities and differences between Capra’s characters‚ and thematic elements. Though Capra is known for having very wholesome‚ American‚ do-gooders as his main men‚ this film goes slightly off

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    Why Was Haig Important

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    Haig was a significant character for various reasons during World War One‚ most of which were negative. In his earlier days‚ Haig was significant because it was ultimately his leadership that resulted in a number of disasterous losses for the British Army‚ for example the Battle of the Somme (1916) which is still seen as one of the British Army’s biggest failures to this day. His intial failures stem from his backward leadership and poor connection with the British troops. Having said this‚ in the

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