I was only 19‚ written by red gum‚ an Australian band is a song about the Vietnam War. It is an extremely moving song‚ as from what we gather from the title‚ the song is about a young lad who was only 19 when he first went off to fight in the war. In the song‚ there is a lot of alliteration used such as the phrase “passing-out parade at Puckapunyal” and “Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon”. A passing out parade is a sort of graduation ceremony for soldiers one they have
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Political Climate of 1950’s vs. Today The novelist Lauren Groff once wrote‚ “In America‚ possibly because of whatever the American dream is‚ this happens over and over again. These eras repeat” (“Lauren Groff Quotes”). Two such eras are the 1950’s and the 2010’s. The 50’s‚ remembered with the military-man Eisenhower; the 2010’s‚ with the watershed Obama‚ may seem stark in their physical attributes; however‚ at their heart‚ these two eras may have more in common than first realized. The political
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Since 1952‚ television has played a major role in presidential elections. Television allows candidates to reach a broad number of people‚ and personalities‚ to help push along their campaigns. Campaigns help the candidates just as much as the voters. The candidates get to be identified‚ and known to the voters‚ and the voters get to hear and see how a specific candidate identifies with their needs and wants. The best way to get this information out there is through the most used form of media‚ television
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General election in 1987‚ Thatcher made the unfortunate political mistake of introducing the Poll Tax‚ which contributed to her downfall. The Poll Tax lead to riots throughout the UK and in March 1990 there was a protest in London which resulted in hundreds of arrests and injuries. The unpopularity of the poll tax was widespread and caused many MPs to lose faith in Thatcher. She refused to give in but former defence secretary Michael Heseltine stood against her in a leadership election. Thatcher
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Fiona “Why Americans Should Vote in Presidential Elections” Being able to vote for the leader of one’s country is one of the foundations that our founding father built this country on. When early settlers came from England their main goal was to start a country where people had the right to do whatever it is they choose to do with their lives‚ starting with freedom from a monarchy. People died in the Revolution for such freedoms as choosing the leader of their country. It started out as just caucasian
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Abraham Lincoln’s Election In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United states and had helped free the African Americans. There is a lot of things that Abraham did that changed the United States. Everything would have been different if Abraham Lincoln didn’t change anything and didn’t try to free the slaves. Would the United States of America have slave states today if Abraham Lincoln wasn’t there to help? Would Civil War ever happen if he was not president. What would’ve happen if
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the person that committed the crime should be punished. The concept of justification for punishment is to deter deviant behavior. Retribution‚ deterrence‚ rehabilitation and societal protection are the four justifications for punishment currently used in today ’s society. These four forms of punishment are used in today ’s society in an attempt deter criminal activity and to lower crime rates. Research of the four justifications of punishment will reveal which type of punishment deters crime most effectively
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the status quo for the nation’s white citizens for decades. The 1950s had been a decade hell-bent on various societal characteristics: conformity‚ financial success‚ and material excess. However‚ many of the kids that grew up in this society grew to hate it‚ with its promotion of the corporate rat-race mentality and devaluation of sincere human relationships. Because colleges‚ once beacons of conservatism
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Why did the Conservatives loose the general election of 1945? The conservatives lost the general election in 1945 for a number of reasons some of which were the attitudes of many of the British after the war and the way the country had been run in the time leading up to the election. The labour party had gone from a party which people feared as being socialist to a party which during the war had shown was very much a balanced party which would not ruin the middle and upper classes and yet provide
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To what extent did Arthur Balfour cause the defeat of the conservatives in the 1906 election? Arthur Balfour was elected as prime minister in 1902 after Salisbury retired and gained the approval of the unionists‚ even though it appeared to quite a few people in the parliament that Arthur Balfour wasn’t actually up to the job. Many say that the Tariff reform was his down fall in the long run but it is debatable. He steered the Education act through parliament‚ which benefited a lot of people.
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