second plane hit near the 60th floor of the south tower. This crash caused debris to rain all over people and buildings nearby. People instantly knew America was under attack. At 9:45 a.m. a third American Airlines plane crashed directly into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Less than 15 minutes later‚ the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed due to the heat of the burning jet fuel. Then‚ about a half hour later‚ the north tower collapsed. There also was a fourth plane that was delayed.
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Ch 29 pt 2 vocab Neil Armstrong and the moon landing: America celebrated the moon landing and the defeat of the Soviets in the space race. Armstrong was the astronaut to first make it to the moon from America. Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers: In order to secretly divide America so he could win the 1972 election‚ Nixon opposed court-ordered busing and took a stand against criminals‚ drug users‚ and radicals. In order to continue his plans‚ Nixon authorized illegal investigations against
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The media played a critical role in the ending of the Vietnam War. With television rising in popularity at exceptional rates‚ the media quickly began to be the most efficient method of gaining knowledge of the world. Due to the “The Buddhist Crisis” in 1966‚ America already had a negative opinion of Vietnam. “The Buddhist Crisis” was the result of the South Vietnamese political leader‚ Ngo Dinh Diem‚ imposing his Catholic government. This resulted in the public suicide of Buddhist monks‚ which turned
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Obituary World Trade Tower One (northern tower)‚ 30‚ of New York City‚ New York‚ passed away on September 11‚ 2001. She died at 10:28 A.M.‚ 102 minutes after being hit by an airplane that had been hijacked by terrorists from the Al Qaeda terrorist organization. The Al Qaeda terrorist organization is a group of Islamic Extremists who felt anger toward the United States for discriminating against their religion (Muslim). World Trade Tower One was finished being built on December 23‚ 1970‚ located
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EMBEDDED JOURNALISM 1. In the realm of media-military relations‚ Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) has become synonymous with the concept of ‘embedding’. The Pentagon defines ‘embed’ “as a media representative remaining with a unit on an extended basis”[i] and OIF represents the single greatest instance of embedding. The Pentagon offered 920 embed spots‚ and‚ from 775 acceptances‚ eventually managed about 600 positions from more than 250 national and international media agencies[ii]. The British Ministry
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The traits of what makes a great leader have been long disputed throughout history. The problem with this question lies within the fact that there is no single trait that enables an individual to become a leader. Many times good leaders are often thought of as those that can set fire to a crowd and inspire people by words alone. With the ever changing environment in both todays tactical and business environment‚ it is becoming more important for leaders to be able to stray from the normal way
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because in some ways‚ America is a more modernized country than for instance Denmark is. One of the reasons could be that America is the most powerful among the technically advanced countries in the world today. Inter alia because their military‚ the pentagon and all the encryption‚ and a lot of the highly popular brands such as Apple‚ also comes from America. And America’s influence on the shaping of international relations is absolutely incalculable. But America is a large country and its people haven’t
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9/11 essay This article was about how the al-Qaeda group had attacked the world trade center on September 11‚ 2001. It also talked about how they took control of 4 planes and 2 crashed into the world trade center and 1 crashed into the pentagon. There were more than 2600 people had died and how it was a tragedy for everyone in the United States. This article was also about how the 9/ 11 attacks were a shock and how they think that they should have had not came as a surprise. It was also about how
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911 Flight 93 September 11‚ 2001. Was a nightmare for American’s everywhere; many lost their family members and loved ones. Only two hours after the Pentagon had been attacked and 3 and half hours after the Twin Towers had been knocked down. The President and our Military had received terrifying news. The United Airlines had called 911 stating that they’re flight 93 was scheduled to fly from Newark International Airport in New York to‚ New Jersey‚ to San Francisco International Airport than into
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the artist put many art elements into it. The artist uses many lines to help him bring this painting alive. On the edges of the painting lines can be seen forming a pentagon. The platform the main figure is sitting in also has lines helping it look like a throne. There is also shapes in this painting one easy one would be the pentagon shape throne the lady sits n then there are squares‚ circles‚ triangles‚ rectangles‚ and few biomorphic shapes. The texture the viewer can see are skin‚ shiny‚ and wood
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