Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig: World War I’s Worst General Even so‚ a staff colonel had the cheek to write: "The events of July 1st bore out the conclusions of the British higher command and amply justified the tactical methods employed." Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig‚ chief of staff of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and architect of the battle‚ evidently agreed. On the day after the debacle‚ stating that the enemy "has undoubtedly been shaken and has few reserves in hand‚" he discussed
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“bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem” “It is not goodness to be better than the worst.’’ Most people‚ when given an assignment‚ will do the least possible work required to at least pass. Obviously‚ with newer and newer technologies‚ people have becomes lazy over time. If one is near death‚ it doesn’t mean that they are equal to one who is completely fine. There are countless examples for a quote such as this. Students may only meet the minimal requirements for a project just for it to
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The Worst Sinner in The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter there are three main sinners presented to the reader. Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth are all written with their own forms of sin‚ and each has a unique coping mechanism for their sins and guilt. Sin‚ at this time‚ was a hugely important part of daily life‚ and punishment for one’s sins was universally seen as not only a positive thing‚ but a necessary action to keep the people of the colony pure. Both Hester
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everyone cried and grieved the end… narrative descriptive -short story‚ -song -letter -diary entry -story book (can be illustrated) -fable/fairy-tale -myth -poetry. - Script for radio‚ TV‚ film‚ dramatic scene from a play well‚ this one time at band camp I got stuck between two rocks and got suicide bombed 3 times and had to cut off my own arm to survive a tsunami and find my family who got lost at a wedding when the suicide bomb hit‚ and I rock fell down and jammed their
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NURSYAHIRA ABD HAMID ASSIGNMENT 1 Explain the concept and purpose of the geochemical‚ gravity‚ electromagnetic and magnetic surveys. 1. Concept and purpose of geochemistry Petroleum geochemistry has played an important role in many areas of exploration and production for fossil fuels. Many of the more recent developments can be seen to have developed in parallel with developments in analytical chemistry such as gas chromatography and gas chromatography−mass spectrometry. For the past two decades
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My Worst Day at Work Deborah A. Lightfoot Western International University ENG 101-2019 English Composition 1 Instructor: Nichole A. Harris My Worst Day at Work My worst day at work is when I got fired. It all started on a cold snowy‚ Saturday morning when I got this feeling in the pit of my stomach on my way to work. As I was driving to work I was driving like I was in a funeral procession. Then I wander down sides streets on the other side of town‚ trying to give myself a little
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Background: The First Anglo-Afghan War 1839-1842 The First Anglo-Afghan War is widely considered the worst military defeat in British Imperial history. Also known as Auckland’s Folly‚ it was a contest between the British East India Company and the tribes of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. Approximately 4‚500 British and Indian Sepoy soldiers‚ and 12‚000 camp followers died in the ruinous retreat from Kabul through the Gandamak Pass to Jalalabad. Famously (if exaggeratedly) only one British survivor
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Emilie Debarnot 2nd3 Wednesday 9th of September 2014 How does the writer create a sense of horror in “Out‚ Out-”? The poem “Out‚ Out-” by Robert Frost is about a young boy cutting trees with a buzz-saw somewhere in the mountains in Vermont. After being announced that supper was ready‚ the young boy accidently cuts his hand off‚ and dies later on after losing too much blood. Robert Frost describes the tragedy of the boy’s death in a very particular manner and fills his poem with suspense and horror
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The Importance of Humanities in the 21st century? In this annotated bibliography I will be trying to answer the question of the importance of humanities in the 21st century. I will be using sources from newspapers‚ books and blogs in which I found either in the UEA library‚ internet and other sources of information. I will be making summaries of the content which I read and evaluate the source as a whole‚ for this annotated bibliography most of the sources which I came across coincidently were
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Randazzo Mrs. Livingston English 11- G Period May 1‚ 2013 Hall‚ Mitchell K. "Napalm: Vietnam War." World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. ABC-CLIO‚ 2013. Web. 29 Apr. 2013. . Root‚ John D. "Cambodian Invasion: Vietnam War." World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. ABC-CLIO‚ 2013. Web. 29 Apr. 2013. . There were many brutal effects caused by the weapons used in the Vietnam War. One weapon that was used were napalm bombs. It was the U.S. military’s most primary weapon used
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