Hundreds of thousands going all the way up to even millions could be killed; and people have to go through unexplainable amount of hardships and brutal (even barbaric sometimes) torture. The Indonesia killings of 1965-66‚ also known as the Indonesia Massacres or Indonesia Genocide‚ is a genocide that took the lives of many innocent people. The Indonesian “Communists” genocide took place from late 1965 to early 1966‚ in Indonesia. The majority of the genocide took place from October 1‚ 1965 to April or
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Text analysis “Cat in the rain” Ernest Hemingway The story under the title “Cat in the Rain” was written by Ernest Hemingway‚ one of the most favourite American novelists‚ short-story writer and essayist‚ whose deceptively simple prose style has influenced wide range of writers. So‚ the story begins with the description of the hotel where two Americans stopped. It was raining‚ that’s why the couple stayed in and just a cat in the rain attracted the young woman’s attention. She wanted to get
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The Boston Massacre. On 1770‚ March 5th‚ Boston‚ people were mad Europe refused to leave them be and stayed in control. As a plus a couple years before 1770‚ the king of Europe placed a law or act called the stamp act. This act stated that most items bought at market
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On April 16‚ 2007 a student‚ Seung Hui Cho‚ at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg‚ went on a shooting rampage and opened fire on his fellow students and Virginia Tech community members. The shooting took place in the early hours of the morning when many students were preparing for classes. The first two shootings occurred at 7:15 am at West Ambler Johnston Hall. 21/2 hours later after Cho had changed his blood stained clothes‚ deleted his e-mails‚ removed
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• This documentary focuses on the accounts of the Central Park Five‚ Raymond Santana Jr.‚ Kevin Richardson‚ Antron McCray‚ Korey Wise‚ and Yusef Salaam; who were all accused of assaulting‚ raping and sodomizing a women in 1989 who was out for a jog in Central Park. At the time of the crime all 5 men were between 16 and 14 years old. The boys at the time had gone out together with their friends to Central Park and were causing ruckus‚ the friends who were about a group of 25 boys were assaulting
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Due to the frustration‚ lack of belief and low morale of US soldiers in post-Tet Vietnam‚ a village named My Lai had been massacred in March 1968. The village had been a stronghold for Vietcong troops and most of the villagers had been communist‚ Vietcong sympathizers. During a routine search and destroy mission‚ Charlie Company‚ led by Lieutenant William L. Calley‚ was ordered to destroy the village. Charlie Company had lost a total 28 men which is almost 1/5 of the companies original size. While
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WHAT ECONOMISTS DO Economists have an image of practicality and worldliness not shared by physicists and poets. Some economists have earned this image. myself and many of my colleagues here at Chicago--have not. Others-- I’m not sure whether you will take this as a confession or a boast‚ but we are basically story-tellers‚ creators of make-believe economic systems. Rather than try to explain what this story-telling activity is about and why I think it is a useful--even an essential--activity
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The Columbine Massacre‚ the most gruesome school shooting in U.S. history‚ plagued the town of Littleton‚ Colorado. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ the shooters‚ have very diverse backgrounds. Eric was intelligent while being cool at the same time. He manages to get superior grades‚ while doing shameful things. However‚ “Dylan Klebold was a meek‚ self-conscious‚ and authentically shy. He could barely speak in front of a stranger‚ especially a girl” (Columbine 6). Judgment Day‚ the most tragic
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Cat on a Hot Tin Bed Space is an important element in drama since the stage itself represents a space where action is presented. Plays can differ significantly with regard to how space is presented and how much information about space is offered. The analysis of places and settings in plays can help one get a better feel for characters and their behavior but also for the overall atmosphere. The layout and overall appearance of the set is usually described in stage directions or descriptions
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then themselves under the direction of just one man‚ Jim Jones‚ seems hard to believe. Although it is technically a suicide‚ the people were by no means emotionally stable enough to all make this decision willfully. Jim Jones carefully planned this massacre‚ which is shown through his treatment of the members of his temple‚ his mental state‚ and the timing in which everything was carried out. In order to understand Jones’ motives‚ one must look back into his childhood. He was born in indiana to James
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