1970 The Beatles break up‚ and 448 U.S. colleges and universities are closed or go on strike and killing of students by the National Guard at Kent State and Jackson State universities. First Earth Day celebrated‚ reinvigorating the environmental movement worldwide. Soviet dissident and author Alexander Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize for literature. U.S. forces in Vietnam reduced to below 400‚000 troops. The Apollo 13 space mission was launched from Cape Kennedy and the Russian unmanned
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been shaped by astounding historical events and the geography in which the country resides. The most common characteristics of France include its landscape‚ lifestyle‚ customs and traditions‚ its values and history. The Capital of France is Paris and the overall population is approximately 66‚259‚012 people (2014). The official language of France is French‚ approximately 88% of the total population speaks French. France is the second largest country in Europe and can be described as a channel
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1976‚ approximately 2500 miles from Israel (Dunstan‚ 2012). Fundamentally‚ what instigated the attack was the hijacking of Air France Flight 139‚ headed to Paris from Tel Aviv. Within minutes after take-off from a layover in Athens‚ the aircraft was seized by a terrorist team comprised of two members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and two Germans from the Baader-Meinhof gang. Consequently‚ what
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Sabah Spratly’s Island Calayan Group of Islands I. Historical Background Under a treaty entered into with the sultans of Sulu and Maguindanao in 1640‚ the Spaniards recognized the independence of the two sultanates. Thus‚ the Sulu sultan later became the sovereign ruler of Sabah. The Spratly Islands consist of more than 100 small islands or reefs. They are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and potentially by gas and oil deposits. They are claimed in their entirety by China‚ Taiwan‚ and Vietnam
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Critical graphic design essay “comparison” “Cipe Pineles” Cipe pineles was born- June 23rd 1903 in Austria‚ she was a graphic designer /art director and made a career in New York with magazines such as seventeen‚ charm and mademoiselle. She became the first member of the female art directors club‚ then later introduced to the art directors hall of fame‚ Pineles became art director at Charm‚ a magazine targeting a new demographic: working women. She designed fashion spreads showing the clothes in
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Bibliography: Daniel Ellsberg‚ Papers on the War. New York: Simon and Schuster‚ 1972. David Kaiser‚ American Tragedy: Kennedy‚ Johnson and the Origins of the Vietnam War Douglas Pike‚ Viet Cong: The Organization and Techniques of the National Liberation Front in South Vietnam. Cambridge: MIT Press‚ 1966. Gabriel Kolko‚ Anatomy of a War George C. Herring‚ America ’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam‚ 1950-1975. New York: Wiley: 1979. Jean Lacouture‚ Vietnam: Between Two Wars. New York:
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From time to time you may catch yourself wondering what would have happened if you had made a different decision or if a certain person had never entered your life. Historical events all happened because of the actions someone or a group of people committed or the pure existence of someone. What would history be like if the Hitler did not exist‚ if Franz Ferdinand the archduke of Austria-Hungary was never assassinated‚ or if Spain never supported Christopher Columbus’s voyages? Throughout this essay
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MODEL UNITED NATIONS (MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events‚ topics in international relations‚ diplomacy and the United Nations agenda. WORLD PEACE AND SECURITY FORCES Peacekeeping‚ as defined by the United Nations‚ is a "way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace." Such assistance comes in many forms‚ including confidence-building measures‚ power-sharing arrangements‚ electoral support
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plantation managers. The British declared a State of Emergency after the assassination. The Malayan Communist Party was outlawed and any communists could be imprisoned without trial. The MCP retreated to rural areas and formed the Malayan People’s Liberation Army (MPLA) which targeted colonial resources extraction industries. The Communist threat posed during the Malayan Emergency dwindled and an agreement for Malaya to gain independence from the British Empire was made on 8 February 1958. In this case
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rising walls and intimidating structure.The French revolution was a large step towards nationalism‚ between the lines of the revolution where events like the storming of bastille that set course for change and nationalism. Bastille on the outskirts of Paris was used
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