weaponry still‚ but it just did not have enough men to use the weaponry. They certainly did not lose for any lack of idealism‚ or dedication to its cause or beliefs‚ or bravery and still on the battlefield. Mainly the Southerners began losing faith in the cause because it really did not speak to them directly‚ and because the North and Abraham Lincoln were determined to win the Civil War. But the principal cause of the South losing the war was the fact that the South’s armies did not win enough victories
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1. In the first half of the lecture we discussed an example of a "pathosformel" and how it was recycled from ancient Roman times to the twentieth century. What exactly was this pathosformel‚ what did it mean‚ and how did it evolve over time? Be sure to name names and be as detailed and as specific as possible. Aby Warburg found the term – Pathosformel‚ the feeling formula to describe motif‚ which has emotional charge. To Warburg‚ the history of image likes a complex family tree‚ motifs and pathosformel
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obstacles i n his way. Many people say that he is a “self-made man” because he was not born into wealth he rose to it. The bad things that people had to say about him mostly came from the actions he did or did not take during the time of the 1892 Homestead Strike. Many people thought that even though he did want his employees to save their jobs by joining the union he still took part in locking out workers and discouraging them by using thugs to scare the people who were on
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Did Woodrow Wilson Try to Keep the U.S. Out of War? There’s been a lot of controversy about whether or not President Woodrow Wilson tried to keep America from going to war. Wilson’s neutrality proclamation was a step towards withdrawal. However‚ his ultimatum to Germany was a step closer to to war. His pursuit to trying to stay out of the Allied Powers self-predicaments also pushed him more into declaring war. Wilson’s strong attempts to stay out of war‚ were not effective because in 1917 he entered
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Nando Parrado was an average Joe‚ always went with the flow. He didn’t really have any strong leadership skills that is until‚ his plane‚ the fairchild‚ crashed in the Andes mountains. Nando changes drastically from the beginning of the story to the end. He goes from not speaking up to the leader who saves lives‚ gives hope and encouragement. When his plane first crashed all he could think of was his sister Susy‚ and how he could keep her alive. Once she died he was lost. He questioned things
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Merck is a pharmaceutical company that we often see on television for their prescription drug ads. They were known for their ability to produce 13 new drugs from 1995 to 2001‚ of which included the painkiller Vioxx. The drug was supposed to beat out Pfizer’s‚ Celebrex‚ and Bextra because it was gentler on the stomach. (www.cbsnews.com) But was that the only thing different Vioxx could do? Vioxx was introduced in 1999. Almost immediately reports started pouring in about patients having complications
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During the Sata Yug‚ the Kathmandu valley was a huge bowl of placid water‚ cradled by hills and mountains. The lake was home of the Naags‚ the serpent gods. Then one day a God descended to the lake and cleaved a pass through the mountains with his sword. The pass is called Kotwal‚ Kotbar or Kotpal. The water gushed out‚ emptying the lake and leaving behind a fertile valley. This valley would eventually be the site of not only kings but also great spiritual and religious activity for centuries to
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Australia Australia has changed a lot in the last 250 years. Before 1788 there were around 250 languages spoken in Australia and a population of 750 000. Many of the 250 languages were spoken by the indigenous people in Australia but many of the languages died out as the indigenous people were murdered and became fewer and fewer. When the English people came to Australia with the first fleet which consisted of 11 ships in 1788 the indigenous people were killed and suppressed by the English people
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On February 14th 1978‚ a teenage boy named Piscine Molitor Patel was found at the coast of Mexico. He survived 227 days in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Pi and his family were moving from India to Canada. While they were on their way the Japanese ship named Tsimtsum sank due to engine failures. Pi describes that after the sinking of the cargo ship occurred he found himself swimming in the Pacific Ocean. He was swimming toward the lifeboat. Four people survived Pi’s mother‚ the French cook‚ the
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The Watergate scandal had a profound effect on American history and impact on the American public’s perception of the Presidency. The scandal was the first of its kind that truly grasped the media and public’s attention. In just over 780 days‚ America became gripped by the shocking revelation that behind this scandal was the man they elected to sit in the White House and run their country‚ President Richard Milhous Nixon. The Watergate Scandal led to Nixon becoming the first and to this date only
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