To what extent has the importance of the Tet Offensive of 1968 been overrated? On January 30th 1968 over 80‚000 Vietcong soldiers launched a surprise attack on over 100 towns and cities in South Vietnam. This is known as the Tet Offensive. The US army and South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) launched a counter-attack which regained all lost territory and crippled the military capabilities of the Vietcong. Some historians argue Tet was not as important as it appears to be. However‚ it is widely considered
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On February 1‚ 1968 Pennsylvania railroad and New York Central Railroad merged together‚ which at the time of publishing “Deals from Hell” (2005) was the largest US corporate merger. National interest was at stake due to the magnitude of this union as it was estimated to contribute 3% of national GDP and should the corporate entities fail it would also lead to an estimated 3% unemployment as well. Unfortunately this merger was doomed for failure only 29 months later when bankruptcy was filed as
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Planetary Study Guide Mercury * As seen from Earth: * Orbital period of 88 days; rotation to orbit is a 3:2 ratio * Distance from Sun: 0.31 AU to 0.46 AU from the Sun * Eccentric orbit: close and far away (perihelion and aphelion) * 7 percent to the ecliptic * Visible by the naked eye just before sunrise or just after sunset (when the Sun’s light is blotted out) * Never far from the Sun * As a physical body: * Small (about 0.055 Earth’s
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Hemispheric disconnection and unity in conscious awareness - Sperry 1968. Evaluation In 1968 the neuropsychologist conducted a study into split brain patients while working at the California Institute of Technology. Previously he had carried out research similar to this‚ in the1950s‚ splitting the brains of cats and monkeys. It was during this research that he realise3d that you could teach one of the hemispheres a task‚ while keeping the other hemisphere unaware of the information learned. This
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THE PLANET MARS AND ITS INHABITANTS ESSAY: The Urides God Theory Eros Urides paints a very detailed picture of endless imagination in his short science fiction epic‚ “The Planet Mars and its Inhabitants‚” written in the 1920’s. Urides does this by creating a complex yet believable story line of how life on Mars could be in comparison to our planet Earth. Outlining key details‚ which we will cover in this essay‚ Urides explains to us
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“Diet for a Warm Planet” by Julia Whitty is an interesting article. Throughout this article‚ Whitty made her argument for her proposal about reaching a consensus that the earth is currently heating up because of human. According to the author‚ she also discusses many ways that can help people reduce the carbon by installing more efficient lighting‚ heating and cooling in the plants. However‚ Whitty noted that dieting and losing weight were able to reduce the amount of energy‚ which can reduce atmospheric
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USE ALTERNATIVE FUELS‚ SAVE PLANET EARTH We are all aware of the current state of our environment. Mother Earth is on the brink of total destruction brought about by pollution‚ irresponsible use of resources‚ and the excessive use of conventional fuel such as fossil fuel and nuclear energy. Part of the efforts to save our planet is to shift from using conventional fuels to alternative ones such as wind energy‚ solar‚ tidal‚ wave‚ oceal‚ thermal‚ dendrothermal‚ biogas and biodiesel‚ alcohol
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Radha Jalan took over management of ElectroChem‚ a struggling company that researched and developed fuel cell technology‚ after the sudden death of her husband Vinod Jalan in 1992. She did so because she was intrigued by the possibility of participating in the early stages of a growth industry‚ and she looked forward to the intellectual stimulation and challenge. The biggest challenge she faced early on was funding‚ mostly because the company was not profitable and the government grants that had
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How far does curiosity take you?The book is called The Only Alien on the Planet and the Author’s name is Kristen D Randle.Smitty went through a horrible experience when he was little‚ his brother tried to drown him and told him if he ever spoke or told anyone about him trying to drown smitty that a bomb was going to explode in his head.Ginny had started to talk to Smitty because she was so curious that he would never talk and how he was so smart.The theme of the book made me realize how far curiosity
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In Vandana Shiva reading she disuses how the residents of Plachimada fought against the Coca-Cola Planet in their community‚ to help save the water supply and crops. On March 2000 Coca-Cola was granted permission “ to produce 1‚224‚000 of Coca-Cola‚ Fanta‚ Sprite‚ Limca‚ Thums Up‚ Kinley Soda‚ and Maaza” in Plachimada . In addition‚ they were given a license to install a motor to extract water. However‚ To manufacture millions of bottles of soft drinks the started “ to illegally extract million of
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