... is unavailable. Today, eight years of schooling are required. Students who wish to attend high school for another two years must undergo examination. Russia has opened a number of business schools, trade schools, artistic schools and others to give students a choice. University professors, who used to be paid well, now find themselves with much lower incomes. Medical care is free and widely available. There ... change policy and not allow Yeltsin to be president. A two-week showdown began, ending with bloody fighting in the streets of Moscow. Following Yeltsin's victory, congress electi...

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... was to have a great effect on the future of Russia and, the world. His father had been the son of a serf who had risen to the position of inspector of schools in Simbirsk. While his mother was the daughter of physician. In school he proved himself to be very bright though he got picked on because of it. However, he excelled ... revolutionary and found many doors closed to him. He finally managed to be accepted in a Kazan University where he studied law. This was to be short-lived as he was expelled for attending a peaceful protest some three months later. He studied the law on his own a...

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... and not able to tolerate any type of "criticism or imposition of authority." Fidel was disruptive and his schoolteachers were not able to deal with him, and he attended many schools before he completed his elementary education. By his teens he had begun to use his school vacations usefully, he attempted to organizer the sugar workers on his father's own estate ... president. His period of leadership was important for Cuba and with his leadership Cubans were encouraged that a new era of democracy was coming. After college Castro enrolled in Havana University's law school, and became inte...

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... and second son of Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov, who was one of Simbirk's most respected citizens, and Maria Aleksandrovna Ulyanova. Ilya Nikolayevich held the most prestigious position of inspector of public schools for the administrative district of Simbirsk. He loved his work especially because it brought him into contact with the children of the peasants. He wanted to do as much as ... . He simply said: "I"ll make them pay for this! I swear it!" Following his graduation in June of 1887, Vladimir applied for admission to Kazan University, where he wanted to study law. At this point in his...

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... in medieval Germany. During the Weimar Republic, German Jews were considered citizens in every respect. They were to be found in all walks of life, especially in professions such as law, medicine and civil services. Then came a terrible reverse. Between 1933 and 1945 the Jews were once again persecuted. By the time the third Reich had ended, most of Germany's Jews ... wiped out, along with million of others through out Europe. This 12 year period represented horrifying changes. During 1933, German Jews were deprived of their rights and protection of the law. Physical violence was not th...

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Fidel Castro Ruz was born on August 13, 1926 on a farm in Mayari, Province of Oriente. He attended good Catholic schools in Santiago de Cuba and Havana. In 1945 he enrolled in University of Havana. He graduated with a law degree in 1950. Two years before he graduated, in 1948 Fidel Castro married Mirta Diaz-Balart. But then in 1954 they got divorced. In ... ...

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... equal, but some are more equal than others" illustrates the corruption of people. In Orwell's fable some pigs want to enjoy more privileges than others, so they just change the law to fit it their requirements. The original idea was to do away with discrimination, with class-distinctions and to treat people equally. Some time ago it was suggested that everyone ... identically devoted to studies, or hardworking. Working for equality means to end discrimination at different levels. In education it means all children must have the same opportunities to attend proper schools. The state must...

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