Ford and His Presidential Flop Ford did not last long in office‚ having only been there for around two years after Nixon had resigned. He was known as one of the most useless presidents in the White House and had gotten to office without ever campaigning for either of the two top executive offices. The man wasn’t given much time to implement any solid bills in that short period of time‚ but he did do a few semi-notable actions that put him in history as more than the president who did nothing.
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Viewing Dance Assignment #2 Khmer Traditional Dance This dance is danced to live music with traditional Cambodian instruments. There is also singing done by the musicians. It is performed on an indoor stage. The dancers are very graceful and move slowly. The focus a lot on head movements even though there is a slight tilt from side to side. The dancers are carrying a goblet. They wear costumes with headpieces. The hands and wrist move and the focus is on the upper body because the long skirts cover
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Vietnam is a country with long and rich cultures. Festivals are important facts of the year which vary from different ethnic groups. Among thousands of them‚ Lunar New Year (or Tet) stands the first in the list - it is a sacred festival of every Vietnamese. Extracts below are major events which we have gathered and edited notably. Lunar New Year (Tet Nguyen Dan) Tet falls on a time when the old year is over and the New Year comes by lunar calendar. This is also the time when the cycle of the universe
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The Royal Plowing Ceremony The Royal Plowing Ceremony is one of the most important annual royal traditional ceremonies‚ which is held at the open square of Veal Preah Merhu in front of the National Museum in Phnom Penh every year. This ceremony is deemed one of the marvelous blessings of the Cambodian people. Each king has led this celebration since ancient times. According to the tradition‚ the Royal Plowing ceremony is celebrated to predict the upcoming orn‚ bean‚ grass‚ sesame‚ water‚ wine
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Most people would be the same way especially if their mother was killed the same way as Loungs mother. “Feeling safer after my talk with Pa‚” (Ung 19) Loung is asking Pa why the Khmer Rouge was in Phnom Penh. She didn’t quite understand though. She says she hopes to be half as smart as he is. She obviously loves her father; as well as her mother but she was closer to her father. “I cannot think of Pa being hurt this way‚ but images
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the United States could risk an all-out war against each other‚ such was the nuclear military might of both. The people/ countries that were involved in the war were the United States‚ South Korea‚ Australia‚ the Philippines‚ New Zealand‚ Thailand‚ Khmer Republic‚ Kingdom of Laos and Republic of China (Taiwan). On September 2‚ 1963 President Kennedy sent 16‚200 troops to Vietnam. There are several reasons America was involved in the Vietnam War. One reason was because the oppressive actions of Diem
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Children of the River Children of the River is an excellent portrayal of immigration by the Cambodian refugees during the Vietnam War. Linda Crew provided an candid look at the Cambodian people‚ their ordeals‚ their likes‚ their dislikes‚ their talents‚ and their fallacies. This candor is rare when speaking or writing about a race or culture‚ but it reinforces that honesty can teach the most. Irony was one of the most affecting features in this book. The irony of Soka wanting Sundara to marry
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There have been a number of genocides since the Holocaust. For example‚ in 1994‚ the Hutus killed over 800 thousand Tutsis in the Rwandan genocide and the world did nothing. Just twenty years earlier in Cambodia‚ a communist group called the Khmer Rouge murdered over 1.7 million people by working them to death and by starvation. The crisis in Sudan is still going on today. Approximately 3.2 million people have fled Sudan and are without a home and virtually nothing is being done by the nations
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helped out with the Carter Center‚ he created it for christ’s sake.) K Khmer Rouge A name given to the followers of Kampuchea‚ a Communist Party in Cambodia. This party was created in 1968 and partnered up with North Korea‚ the Viet Cong‚ and the Pathet Lao during the time period when the Vietnam War took place. In their own war in Cambodia‚ they had won and took over the strict military dictatorship of the Khmer Republic. Then in 1975 they created their own government called the Democratic
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The epic poem Beowulf does not portray Grendel in a fair manner. One of the main characters in the epic poem is called Grendel. Grendel is a monster who lives in a cave with his mother. He hates his mother and thinks that he is the most intelligent species and no one else’s life has meaning. Grendel in the epic poem is portrayed as a monster who only kills and cannot think for himself. John Gardner‚ an author of the book Grendel felt like the epic poem was one sided and Grendel did not get to share
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