Did We Really Win the Cold War? Most people would say yes‚ we did win the Cold War. We accomplished some of our goals‚ the biggest being the collapse of the USSR. I personally believe that‚ even though we won by "last man standing" terms‚ the consequences that sprung from our actions in the past and present constitute as a loss. My first example would be the fear of nuclear weapons‚ and the actions that followed it. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962‚ we were at the closest we had ever
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Pertinent Questions Chapter 7 31. How did the Embargo affect the election of 1808‚ and what was the response of the new president to diplomatic problems that the Embargo had addressed? The Embargo created a depression on the nation and gave merchants the impression that Jefferson was acting unconstitutionally. Therefore‚ in the election of 1808‚ the Federalists ran stronger than before. Even though the Republicans won the presidency‚ Madison understood that the Embargo was a political liability
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these‚ what seems to be‚ never-ending bills. In 2007‚ McGuinty even promised the people of Ontario that he would not hike taxes anymore by signing a contract with the Taxpayers Federation. However‚ soon after he was seen at the Ontario Provincial Election 2007 campaign commercial admitting to breaking his promise to not raise taxes. Many people are out of work and can barely make ends meet. So when Dalton McGuinty decided to merge the PST and GST to make the Harmonized Sales Tax‚ it is the people
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Background The International Geotechnical Societies’ UNESCO working Party on World landslide inventory defined landslides as “the movement of a mass of rock‚ debris or earth down a slope”. (Sassa et.al.‚ 2007). Landslides as described by the Dahal (2006) are a downward movement of rock materials or debris or soil along the slope‚ when shear stress exceeds shear strength of the material. Many classification of landslides have been found in literature among them are the classification given by Shape (1938)
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The election of 1828 Course: Name: Institution: THE ELECTION OF 1828 The 1828 election is arguably one of the most significant elections in American history which involved perhaps the longest presidential campaigns. The historical race involved the incumbent‚ John Quincy Adams‚ and the once-defeated Andrew Jackson. The election is deemed significant in the political arena as it marked the beginning of modern American politics and the formation
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THE PERSIAN WAR The Persians and the Greeks were at war with each other in the Persian war. It started when the Ionians revolt against the Persians and asked Greek to save them. The wars were Marathon‚ Thermopylae‚ Salamis‚ and Plataea. The battle of Marathon was the first war. The Greeks won the war against the Persians. In the war the Persians thought they could sneak attack Athens but the Greeks were waiting for them the whole time. The battle of Thermopylae was the second war. The Persians
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In 1945-1949‚ the Guomindang (GMD) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) fought for the ultimate control over China in the Second Civil War. In the beginning‚ the GMD had a great advantage over the CCP as the GMD had a larger arsenal and the Americans gave them large amounts of money. However‚ the CCP eventually won the Civil War‚ due to 4 main factors: (1) many GMD troops surrendered to the CCP‚ bringing American Weapons with them; (2) the CCP continued land reform whilst the GMD returned land to the
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On January 5th 1066‚ the English king Edward the Confessor died-childless. This meant that was going to be a fight over who would have the throne. There were three competitors- Harold Godwinson‚ William of Normandy‚ and Harald Hardrada. Harold Godwinson was an Englishman and was brother-in-law to Edward himself. Apparently it was said that on King Edward’s death bed‚ Edward promised to him that he would be able to take care of his wife and of his kingdom. But Harald Hardrada and William of Normandy
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Both Twain and London talk about some of the worst. Twain’s takes place in 1865 and London’s in 1906. Each story targets different perspectives of the earthquake. While one shows the people San Francisco has tons of earthquakes each year during the earthquake‚ the other shows the destruction of the city. In Twain’s story he tells about multiple people he sees during the earthquake. He talks of one woman who had just ran from the building in nothing but her underwear. He also tells of men rushing
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Science is often portrayed as the opposite of the liberal arts. Yet Skorton presents a different view in Why Scientists Should Embrace the Liberal Arts. In this essay‚ he tries to convince scientists‚ especially those who are frustrated at the public’s misunderstanding of science‚ that they should embrace the liberal arts. He believes the liberal arts education is necessary for scientists because it will enable scientists to communicate more appropriately to the public‚ which will help scientists
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