of Pearl Harbour‚ leaving them to wonder if the Americans had ever heard of the 1904 surprise attack on the Russian Naval base at Port Arthur. In less than twenty-four hours after the Japanese aggression‚ United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt would address the congress: Yesterday‚ December 7‚ 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.... I ask that the Congress declare
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Maisha Chowdhury There arc 6‚000 to 7‚000 spoken languages in the world and half of them arc in danger of extinction. The Interna tional Mother Language Day that is celebrated annually on Feb. 21‚ after it was declared by UNESCO in November 1999‚ reminds us of the necessity‚ mier alia‚ of protecting these languages from extinction by promoting meir importance. It is important to keep these languages in practice; languages are simply not a random compilation of words but a means of communication
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The February Russian Revolution in 1917 saw the downfall of Tsar Nicholas II‚ the last Tsar in Russia’s history. There were many contributing factors that led to Tsar Nicholas II’S abdication and the fall of his autocratic government‚ including economical aspects. However‚ economical problems were one of many complications facing Russia‚ such as the destruction that was occurring to Russians in World War I‚ and the lack of organisation in the government. All of these factors‚ and more‚ had an equal
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(ST-1) the Calgary company is attempting to establish a current assets policy. Fixed assets are $600‚00‚ and the firm plans to maintain a 50 percent dept-to-assets ration. Calgary has no operating current liabilities. The interest rate is 10% on all dept. three alternative current asset policies are under consideration: 40‚ 50‚ and 60% of projected sales. The company expects to earn 15% before interest and taxes on sales of $3 million. Calgary effective federal-plus-state tax rate is 40%. What is
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Radio Shack Spirals into Bankruptcy February 6th‚ 2015 RadioShack filed for Bankruptcy Thursday due to a long spiral that landed it in retail limbo. Standard General has agreed to buy about $4‚000 of its stores and run about 1‚750 as co-branded shops with Sprint Network‚to stop a liquidation of their inventory that other stores like Circuit City and Borders have already been a victim of. RadioShack has been in business for 94 years and really started to grow in the 1970s and 1980s when electronics
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Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th‚ and youngest‚ president of the United States. When Theodore had to take office he was only 43 years old. Theodore Roosevelt is known for many of his achievements while in office as well as before and even after he was in office. Before taking office Roosevelt was assistant secretary of the navy from 1897-1898‚ once the Spanish-American war started he became a lieutenant colonel and came out a hero. Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901 after the assassination
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Have you ever wondered how it is that one man can amass a huge crowd of people and have them cheer him on? How one man can project his emotion‚ feelings and sense of urgency throughout a whole nation? Well Franklin D. Roosevelt was able to by using ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to communicate with the crowd and show them that he too is sad and that Japan will pay for the wrong that they have committed against us; and that they will fear the wrath of Americans determined to put them back in their place
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RooHaider Mustehsan AP U.S History Mr. Thronton To what extent did the role of the federal government change under President Theodore Roosevelt in regard to TWO of the following: Labor‚ Trusts‚ Conservation‚ World affairs Trusts and Conservation The role of the federal government changed significantly under President Theodore Roosevelt’s administration‚ especially in respects to dealing with trusts and conservation. Under his administration he was successful in creating some of the first major
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by introducing the Monroe Doctrine. This meant that Europe was unable to further colonize in the Western Hemisphere. In response‚ America agreed not to interfere with European relations. Almost a century later in 1904‚ President Theodore Roosevelt presented the Roosevelt Corollary‚ which was an extension to the Monroe Doctrine. This extension gave the United States the right to intervene in countries south of the United States if necessary. Roosevelt’s philosophy‚ “speak softly but carry a big stick
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period of 1865 to 1912. I will describe the specific roles female authors played in this period and explain how the perspectives of female authors differed from their male contemporaries. INTRODUCTION As the United States was continuing recovering from the Civil War and embracing the expansion of the West‚ industrialization‚ immigration and the growth of cities‚ women’s roles in America were changing by the transformation of this new society. During the period of 1865-1912‚ women found themselves
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