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    Was the cold war a clash of ideologies or a clash of superpowers? With the Nazis attack on the Soviet Union in 1941‚ the United States and the Soviet Union transformed from enemies into allies. The Grand alliance consisted of a shared mistrust of each other’s motives. Stalin always had his suspicions of the Western aims. The different views they had began to aggravate their post war settlement‚ to the West the adamant stand the Soviets had on the future of Eastern Europe was threatening. And so the

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    psychological factors including anxiety and stress‚ reconstructive memory and also the use of leading questions. One factor that is thought to have a significant effect on eyewitness memory is the degree of emotional arousal or stress experienced by the witness during the crime. There are many studies looking at the effects of anxiety and stress on eyewitness testimonies’. Some of them have shown that anxiety can impair the accuracy of these testimonies. However‚ other studies have proven that anxiety and

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    Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X Christian Hamlin HIS/145 01/30/2014 Professor Lucht Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X The death of the great Malcolm X was a most tragic day. On February 21‚ 1965 Malcolm X was preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom where he was gunned down by three men‚ one of the gunmen was a member of the Nation of Islam Talmadge Hayer (Journal‚ 2014). Malcolm X was a great leader not because he wanted

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    Results Part A: Rectangular Notch Width of rectangular notch‚ B = 3.00 cm Volume (L) Height‚ H (m) Time‚ t (s) 3.00 0.01 26.73 3.00 0.02 14.76 3.00 0.03 8.91 3.00 0.04 5.40 3.00 0.05 3.55 3.00 0.06 3.01 Part B: Vee Notch Enclosed angle of Vee notch‚ θ = 90° Volume (L) Height‚ H (m) Time‚ t (s) 3.00 0.01 56.20 3.00 0.02 15.84 3.00 0.03 7.56 3.00 0.04 3.64 Calculations Part A: Rectangular Notch Volume Collected (m3) Height of Water Level‚ H (m) Time for Collection‚ t (s) Volume Flow Rate

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    ambiguity of each reaches an overwhelming total. The sort of a particular conflict is highly dependent on why the conflict has occurred‚ as individuals posses differing core values and beliefs. Conflict is born when aspects of individuals or groups clash. There are infinite aspects that make up an individual‚ but three remain prominent when it comes to tracing where conflict has originated from. Ideas‚ interests‚ and hopes or expectations of an individual are all integral factors that can lead to both

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    same events in the same order. Just like in the myth “Perseus” and the movie‚ Clash of the Titans‚ the event are not all the same and some of the causes of the events are not the same either. Different things happen in the movies that are not even close to some of the things in the myth. These differences can either make the story better or just make it less interesting.         The first difference from the movie‚ Clash of the Titans‚ and the myth “Perseus” is how Perseus was assigned to fight Medusa

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    The "Truman show" an innovative‚ courageous film directed by Peter Weir is distinctively not a film about Truman Burbank. Although he may be the main protagonist of the film‚ theoretically he doesn’t exist‚ and is only there to bring out the main theme of the text. As an actual fact‚ this film is about our society as many of the themes that are conveyed throughout the film can be described as being based around our society such as technological influences and social and psychological behaviour.

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    novel Things Fall Apart‚ when the main character‚ Okonkwo‚ clashes with his society ’s beliefs. The conflict that exists between Okonkwo and his society is what ultimately leads him to his downfall. Very early on‚ Okonkwo disagrees with many of his culture ’s most important values. These are held sacred in his clan‚ and have been practiced generations before him. The clan practices these values because they are tributes to the gods and goddesses. They are practiced as signs of respect for these deities

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    The buck poem in Witness by Karen Hesse is about a buck who repeatedly gets stuck in the ice. Merlin Van Tornhout finds a buck trapped between the ice on a river that dogs chased it into. The buck had tried crossing but fell between the ice and got stuck. Constable Johnson comes and together‚ Merlin and him pull the huge buck out. Unfortunately‚ the cold buck gets scared and jumps right back into the hole it was just pulled out of. Merlin and Constable Johnson take it out‚ and this time the buck

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    Where Ideologies Clash: Galbraith vs. Carnegie Wayne Eternicka Nicolet Area Technical College Where Ideologies Clash: Galbraith vs. Carnegie All men are created equal – that is‚ unless you subscribe to Andrew Carnegies ideas put forth in the 1889 essay “The Gospel of Wealth.” Carnegie (2010) wrote that some people are “unworthy” while others are “the highest type of man‚ the best and most valuable of all that humanity has yet accomplished” (p. 395). Carnegie’s (2010) belief in social Darwinism

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