Title: The Berlin Wall General purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: to inform about The Berlin Wall aka Berliner Mauer Central idea: There are three parts to this speech regarding the Berlin Wall Introduction Have ever heard about the Berlin wall‚ it has many histories to it which brought sorrow grief and happiness to many Berliners I. World War 2 ended in the year 1945 and Germany was separated into four parts A. The allies that that was in charge of the administration of the each quarters were
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Talkman portable car phone – a chunky piece of kit but a start. 1987: Nokia introduces the Mobira Cityman‚ the first handheld mobile phone. It weighs in at 800g and comes with a price tag of 24‚000 Finnish Marks (about £3‚400). The Soviet leader‚ Mikhail Gorbachev‚ is pictured using one to make a call from Helsinki to his communications minister in Moscow. 1991: The Finnish prime minister‚ Harri Holkeri‚ makes the world’s first "global system for mobile communications" call‚ using Nokia equipment. 1992:
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her humanitarian work and books including: Woman of the Year Award" by Glamour Magazine (2000)[14] "Corine Award" of the umbrella association of the German bookselling trade (2002)[15] "Women’s World Award" from former Russian President‚ Mikhail Gorbachev (2004)[16] "Bishop Óscar Romero Award" by the Catholic Church
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Ronald Reagan On January 20‚ 1981‚ Ronald Reagan was elected the fortieth president of the United States and proceeded to serve two extremely successful terms in office. He was the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and had a successful career in film and television. He has been widely recognized as one of the greatest American Presidents and the main inspiration for the conservative movement from the 1970s to the present day. Reagan burst onto to the
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The 6 Life Changing Decisions Discuss the developments of the Cold War using the Presidential policies (6 paragraphs). (1) In 1950‚ President Harry Truman prevented the expansion of Chinese communists and soviets from influencing East Asia. He did this by resisting North Korea’s invasion of South Korea. Although President Harry Truman’s decision prevented the expansion of the Chinese communists and Soviets‚ his decision was very risky and could have gotten the United States in big trouble
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DO NATIONS NEED NUCLEAR WEAPONS? -TUSHAR AGARWAL A3256112028 LL.B. IInd Semester 2012-2015 Amity Law School I Amity University Noida [pic] A giant column of dark smoke rises more than 20‚000 feet into the air‚ after the second atomic bomb ever used in warfare explodes over the Japanese port and town of Nagasaki‚ in this August 9‚ 1945 file photo. If a nuclear war were to start today there will be no victor‚ no vanquished. On August 6‚ 1945
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National History Day on the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall and the decline of the Soviet Union. The Berlin Wall was put up August 13‚ 1961. The reason why it was put up was because Cold War tensions over Berlin were running high again. For East Germans dissatisfied with life under the communist system‚ West Berlin was a gateway to the democratic West. Between 1949 and 1961‚ some 2.5 million East Germans fled from East to West Germany‚ most via West Berlin. By August 1961‚ an average of 2‚000 East
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World War 1 rioting began and the current empire was overthrown and Vladimir Lenin took power and created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). For 74 years the USSR continued its Communist rule under several leaders‚ such as Stalin and Gorbachev. Under Stalin’s rule communism grew substantially however the economic growth of the country was
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO also called the (North) Atlantic Alliance‚ is an intergovernmentalmilitary alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. NATO’s headquarters are in Brussels‚ Belgium‚ one of the 28 member states across North America and Europe‚ the newest of which‚ Albania and Croatia
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anticommunist countries around the world. This policy was known as the Reagan Doctrine. In November of that year‚ the Berlin Wall was destroyed two years after President Reagan faced the Soviet premier in a speech at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin saying “Mr. Gorbachev‚ open this gate‚ tear down this wall”. By 1991‚ the Soviet Union had fallen apart completely. The Berlin Wall had been constructed overnight and on the night of November 9th‚ 1989‚ it fell. Thousands of East Germans traveled to the barrier to demand
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