the war and harsh terms imposed by the Treaty of Versailles led straight to the rise of Hitler as well as the Nazi Party. Following its setback the Austro-Hungarian Empire broke up into several independent states such as Poland‚ Czechoslovakia‚ Yugoslavia‚
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Born in the Ontario village of Almonte in 1861‚ James Naismith was a hardworking athlete who excelled at many sports‚ and who chafed when the long Canadian winter kept him from playing outdoors‚ resulting in added pounds and lost strength. Naismith moved to Massachusetts‚ where he taught physical education at a small Christian college. The winter weather of New England was no better than that of Ontario‚ but the school had an assembly hall with moveable benches and a hardwood floor. Naismith concocted
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Persuasion Theory is a mass communication theory that deals with messages aimed at subtly changing the attitudes of receivers. The concept of Persuasion has been developed between the 1940s and 1950s after studies aimed at defining the optimal persuasive effectiveness of Propaganda‚ being it political or an advertising campaign. Like the Hypodermic Needle Theory‚ it considered audiences passive although the scope of a campaign switched from manipulation into persuasion. Researches on Limited Effects
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Anyone who declared they were loyal to a different party or disobeyed the Communists was either thrown in jail or killed. Hungary‚ Rumania‚ Bulgaria‚ Poland and Yugoslavia became people’s democracies and had to have Soviet advisers who made sure their government was being run the correct way. Russia not only took control of these countries governments but also their goods. In 1948 war hit center in Berlin‚ Germany
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International fame came with international honor and that exactly describes “Elvis Presley’s Trophy room at Graceland is filled with gold and platinum records and awards of all kinds from around the world. Some of the countries represented are Norway‚ Yugoslavia‚ Japan‚ Australia‚ South Africa‚ England‚ Sweden‚ Germany‚ France‚ Canada‚ Belgium and Netherlands”. (elvis.com) Presley’s trophy room would match many of the trophy rooms of famous stars today. The amount of gold and platinum records he earned
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(Slide intro) ED 636 English for Graduate Students Professor Birte Bolte-Chuychunu Topic: Reducing ethnocentric belief and increasing intercultural communication Ethnocentric beliefs does not cook rice‚ nor does it boil potatoes‚ neither steams up noodles‚ nor simmers corn. However variety does spicy up life. Think of your ethnocentric beliefs as a take away meal. After consuming it throw away all the packages. Your body only needs the nutrients and disposes the waste material.
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against Nazi Germany‚ leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences over capitalism and democracy. A deliberately neutral grouping arose with the Non-Aligned Movement founded by Egypt‚ India‚ and Yugoslavia; this faction rejected association with either the US-led West or the Soviet-led East. The two superpowers never engaged directly in full-scale armed combat but they each armed heavily in preparation of an all-out nuclear World War III. Each side
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The majority of Australia’s population is distributed along the coastline. The current population of around 20 million is concentrated mainly in the large coastal cities of Sydney‚ Melbourne‚ Brisbane‚ Perth and Adelaide. Brisbane and Sydney are located on the south-eastern coast consecutively. From the bottom right to the bottom left of the continent‚ located on the south-eastern to south-western coasts are Melbourne‚ Adelaide and Perth‚ respectively. These concentrated cities then branch
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With the Nazis rule of over Europe ended many wondered who would take control over the respective territories leaving the USSR as the front runner. Through the Russians re distribution of the war torn land throughout Poland‚ Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ Yugoslavia and Romania‚ and Albania this enabled the USSR to maintain military control throughout these countries. Right after the war communist parties sprouted up in all of these countries that Russia had control over. By 1948 most of Eastern Europe had
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The Sicilian Mafia‚ or Cosa Nostra is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily‚ Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct. The origins lie in the upheaval of Sicily’s transition out of feudalism in 1812 and its later annexation by mainland Italy in 1860. Under feudalism‚ the nobility owned most of the land and enforced law and order through their private armies. After 1812‚ the feudal barons
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