made at various times during 1942‚ the station was completed in December 1941. No Seabee personnel participated in its development other than to make a few minor repairs and alterations during the early summer of 1943. These men were drawn temporarily from battalions stationed at Trinidad. The air station on St. Lucia was decommissioned on September 1‚ 1943‚ and placed in a caretaker
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The Just War Tradition is a justification for how and why wars are fought. A just cause is clearly the most important rule setting the tone for everything else.1 The two basic rights for a just cause are the rights of the state and those of individual citizens. International law affirms these rights and further identifies legitimate governments (states) to have rights.2 To be legitimate the state must be recognized as legitimate by its people and by the international community. The state avoids
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two main tenets. One for the individual‚ and one for the Order as a whole. Those are adaptability and sovereignty‚ respectively. That we are involved in an eternal revolution striving to further better ourselves while also combining our sovereignty under one Emperor in order to focus our power and remain free. However‚ this in and of its self is not the entirety of Francoism‚ as you delve deeper into the works and essays of many scholars‚ you find that adaptably and sovereignty are just the tip of
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Saint Augustine is famous for his notion that the nature of human life is to return to God. He writes with God in mind and weaves theology‚ philosophy and phycology into his writings. He is a pioneer of the field of thought of early phycology and the human will. In his “Confessions” he explores infancy and his early childhood behavior in order to make revelations about the human psyche and the motivations behind certain decisions. In this paper we will discuss and summarize some of Saint Augustine’s
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Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002 ) is a French artist often affiliated with the Nouveaux Réaliste group. Saint Phalle grew up traveling between New York City and France. Living in arguably the world’s largest art centres‚ Saint Phalle was introduced to art at a young age and took up painting. Between 1961 and 1964‚ Saint Phalle gained popularity through the performance of her series Tirs‚ which artists like Jean Tinguely‚ Jasper Johns‚ and Robert Rauschenberg often collaborated on . Many of Saint
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as La Chevalier de Saint-George. There are major and minor similarities and differences between their upbringings that lead into their musical styles overall. The two well-known composers were raised in very different manners‚ but ultimately they were raised in such a way they both grew up to be the best musicians of their time. For La Chevalier de Saint-George‚ he was born into a wealthy family from France west indies’ colony of Guadalupe. His father‚ George de Bologne de Saint-George‚ was a wealthy
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1. The title of this painting is Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard‚ located on page 946 of the textbook. This oil painting on canvas measures approximately eight feet‚ eleven inches by seven feet‚ seven inches. Painted by Jacques-Louis David in 1800-1801‚ this piece can now be found in Versailles‚ the Châteaux de Versailles et Trianon. 2. In this work of art‚ Napoleon is the only character riding a white horse and depicted front and center. All figures are anonymous‚ except Napoleon himself‚
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The Civil War was a war that helped give slaves freedom‚ unite the people‚ and have the South and North join together as they once did. There was many important people‚ battles‚ and events during the Civil War. Two important events in this war was the Emancipation Proclamation and Lee’s surrender. Two important battles‚ are the battle of Gettysburg and the battle of Vicksburg. Two important people in this war was Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis. The two important events in this war were key
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Today is the feast of Saint Marguerite d’Youville‚ the first Canadian-born saint and founder of the Grey Sisters. Widowed shortly after her marriage‚ she reared her two children and managed the family business. Following a religious conversion‚ she and four other women formed a lay group dedicated to charity and took simple vows. Called “tipsy women” because of the d’Youvilles’ alleged profits from brandy trafficking‚ in 1747 they were put in charge of the bankrupt Hôpital Général de Montréal. In
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have the ability to rise up from having nothing to extreme wealth and happiness. People tend to look at it as a source of hope. It’s widely accepted that Americans have the ability to achieve this dream more than people in other countries do. However‚ Randy Ribay’s Patron Saints of Nothing and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby both show that it may not be any more possible to do this in America than it is in foreign countries‚ such as the Philippines. Patron Saints of Nothing is about a high
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