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    used by the Vietcong in Vietnam were unsuccessful" The Vietcong were a communist movement in the South who were against the South Vietnamese government and the USA’s involvement with the civil war. The use of tactics (the plans‚ weapons and battle strategies used in war) were prime in minds of the Vietcong and they went to all means to gain the upper hand in the conflict. For example the use of booby traps‚ tunnels and trails. Some like the Ho Chi Minh trail were a huge success among the Vietcong

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    I know about Jewish was from the history class. At that time‚ my Chinese teacher told me that Jewish were persecuted by Nazi during the Second World War‚ and the reason is because the ruler of Nazi-Hitler hated Jewish. From the video and books‚ there are many pictures about how Nazi persecuted Jewish such as the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. However‚ there always is a mystery puzzled me‚ why were Jewish persecuted by Nazi? From the videos which are talking about the Second World War‚ they are only

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    Why Were Cornell Notes Invented? The Cornell note taking system‚ developed by former Cornell University professor Walter Pauk in 1949‚ features three areas. It features a three-part system used for condensing and organizing notes‚ whether in the classroom or out in the field. One area is for note taking‚ the second is for review notes‚ and the last one is for summarizing. Cornell notes was invented to benefit students in the classroom and help them formulate a way in which they can understand

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    seen during slavery when slave traders and slave master tried to control people for their own benefit and wellbeing. The slave traders kept the slaves in inhumane conditions on ships below decks‚ where overcrowding and extremely unsanitary conditions where a common theme on these ships. The slaves were never allowed on the deck of a ship and the only time they were able to get up there they got beaten by the slave traders. Also the slave masters did not treat the slaves like human beings‚ but more

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    In Luke 7‚ when John the Baptist sends his disciples to find out if Jesus was the Messiah‚ Jesus tells them‚ “Go back and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind see again‚ the lame walk‚ those suffering from virulent skin-diseases are cleansed‚ and the deaf hear‚ the dead are raised to life‚ the good news is proclaimed to the poor.” So‚ who are the poor? The poor are those who are in need of the help of God; those who are open to the plan of God in their lives; those who are simple hearted;

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    The year‚ 1984 saw the introduction of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act‚ also known as the PACE codes. The PACE codes were an act of parliment‚ the introduction of these codes was to standardise and proffessionalise police work. It basically provides a core framework of police powers and safeguards around stop and search‚ arrest‚ detention‚ investigation‚ identification and interviewing suspects. Official dissatisfaction with the rules of the criminal process goes back to the mid 1960’s when

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    Nightjohn was an escaped slave. He had escaped from the south but had come back to teach other slaves how to read and write.He returned to the south to teach secret schools at night.That is how he got his name Nightjohn.His name was just John.John had been caught at night going to pick up the students he was going to teach. A man came by the house owned by a man named Clel Waller.He bought nightjohn from the man.And that’s the first time that Sarny saw Nightjohn. Clel Waller was the slaveholder

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    I know about Jewish was from the history class. At that time‚ my Chinese teacher told me that Jewish were persecuted by Nazis during the Second World War‚ and the reason is because the ruler of Nazi-Hitler hated Jewish. From the video and books‚ there are many pictures about how Nazi persecuted Jewish such as the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. However‚ there always is a mystery puzzled me‚ why were Jewish persecuted by Nazi? From the videos which are talking about the Second World War‚ they are only

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    And Then There Were None is a classic mystery novel by Agatha Christie where 10 people receive letters from a mysterious U.N. Owen asking them to Soldier Island to stay for the summer holiday. In each of their rooms they find a nursery rhyme telling of the deaths of 10 soldiers. The first night on the island during dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of murder. Then one by one they all begin to die. I believe that And Then There Were None would be a good addition to the curriculum

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    Why were plebeians so important to Rome? The Roman Plebeians were members of the common population of Rome and where considered lower class. The word plebs is said to be derived from plere‚ ’to fill up’. Plebeians were‚ therefore‚ people who were considered to be an addition to the ’real’ Roman population (livius‚ 2015). This unkind expression was used by the Roman aristocracy of the early republic‚ the patricians‚ who monopolized the magistracies and wanted to keep all others out of office (livius

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