... invention. As with all concepts, just because they have not entered the human consciousness does not mean that they do not exist. For example, Michael Faraday only discovered electro-magnetic induction in 1831 but this principle had nevertheless always existed even though it had never been utilised until ... situations in which Mathematics is applied in order to get to grips with the technique that is required to solve a particular problem. For example, when a medical statistician is working for a pharmaceutical company they very rarely get to observe the circumstances under which data ...

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... principle that the boundaries between a nation and state should agree. It emerged as a historical movement in the nineteenth century, rooted in the ambition of different peoples for self-determination. An example of why it can be argued that nationalism is aggressive and expansionist is through its tendency to create a 'them' and 'us' with regards to other nations. Within expansionist nationalism, for ... where it was the "white man's burden" to civilize those who lived in the territories the Europeans claimed. This is aggressive as the means in achieving this were violent find example o...

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... was held in 1912 in London. Rather than being a fringe movement, it was hailed by a number of luminaries of the day. For example, Charles Darwin's son presided, while Winston Churchill led the British delegation. Among the Americans present were the presidents of Harvard and Stanford universities and ... many of these same subjects are being addressed with therapeutic abortions and genetics counseling. In America, breeding for a better race was supported. For example, the Pioneer Fund, an American eugenics foundation, proposed that American pilots should be encouraged to have more child...

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... was held in 1912 in London. Rather than being a fringe movement, it was hailed by a number of luminaries of the day. For example, Charles Darwin's son presided, while Winston Churchill led the British delegation. Among the Americans present were the presidents of Harvard and Stanford universities and ... many of these same subjects are being addressed with therapeutic abortions and genetics counseling. In America, breeding for a better race was supported. For example, the Pioneer Fund, an American eugenics foundation, proposed that American pilots should be encouraged to have more child...

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... July 1916, where whole towns lost the flower of their manhood for an entire generation. Indeed, the attacks on the Somme, and many other dismal affairs like it, Passchendaele for example, may well have not been possible, bar such unscrupulous recruitment practices, many of the enlisting Sergeants allowing underage enlistment, "smiling they wrote his lie: aged 19 years", (Disabled) sending ... of bombed out wasteland. Such is the effectiveness of propaganda. The effectiveness of censorship, however, was not absolute, however, many contemporary accounts written in newspapers published bot...

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... oldest of the Christian churches, the Roman Catholic Church has a very long history in Germany and remains one of the largest religions in the German speaking world. In Austria for example, 98% of the population professes to be Roman Catholic. Catholicism is a more ritualistic, traditional form of Christianity than most other denominations. The German people's first loyalty was usually to their ... his illegitimate son (Cesare Borgia) to the College of Cardinals. The papacy was also well known for nepotism during the 15th and early 16th century. Sixtus IV (r. 1471-1484), for example, ap...

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... reasons behind this new approach to studying economic systems are the immense political and economic changes that took place both in the Western and Eastern hemispheres. The Soviet Union for example, which was well known for its socialism and centrally planned economy underwent radical reforms of society and market under Mikhail Gorbachev. These political reforms eventually led to the liberalization ... system can be achieved if an optimal compromise is made between them. These characteristics can also be applied to the traditional capitalist, socialist and communist systems. A capital e...

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... he contrasts and contradicts one scene with the next, in order to make the spectator question what he has just accepted. Let us take, for example, Emmi's colleagues as a good reference point for the prejudices of the petit bourgeoisie against Gastarbeiter. According to these women, Gastarbeiter are lazy, ... clearly shown how fickle and unscrupulous society is. After Emmi and Ali's honeymoon, a complete turnaround in the nature of the characters occurs. For example, the grocer, who by that time has refused to serve either Ali or Emmi, decides that aversion must give way to business sense...

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... by those who followed the Nazis (Allen 1996). Basic elements of early eugenic belief are still used today in discussions about cloning humans. For example, selective breeding (i.e., propagation of humans with certain favorable genetic traits) is thought to be an effective means of improving the overall superiority of ... for Eugenics met in London in 1912. Rather than being a fringe movement, it was supported by a number of luminaries of the day. For example, Charles Darwin's son presided over the assembly, while Winston Churchill led the British delegation. Among the Americans present w...

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... adequate explanation. For each of the explanations there are examples that can be proven an exception to the rule. For example, the changes to the legal procedure help to explain the growth of persecution. This evidence isn't absolutely conclusive. Those parts of the Holy Roman ... Empire, for example, which applied the Imperial Code of Justice strictly, prosecuted far fewer witches than those that did not. The religious changes and tensions of ... Catholic than Protestant societies. On the other hand, strongly Catholic societies like Spain and Italy were relatively free from witch-hun...

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... the revolution of 1848. The problem of the national question with regard to Germany and Italy is interesting for historians, because it allows them to use this study as an example for core historical debates which surround nations and nationalism, in particular, that how of nations and nationalism developed. Moreover, the German and Italian question raises key issues concerning the ... political force until now. Through this evolution historians are able to learn about how politicians have used this concept of nationalism as a political tool, to achieve a certain aim. The clearest examp...

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... were enemies of Biz's Germany (the Prussian protestant dominated Germany), though not of Germany itself and enemies, above-all, of the state's claim to regulate all temporal affairs ([education, for example]). Biz was exasperated and driven forward against the Centre by his realization that he had himself put power into their hands. The Centre was the creation of universal suffrage and ... words the Nazis would be able to take advantage of-among other things-the inter-party cleavages that prevented German parties from working together to save Weimar. Furthermore, "the example of Bismarc...

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... of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages, shipbuilding, and textiles. Germany's industrial production growth rate is 4.7%. Having excellent liabilities for example in Germany's optimism appears warranted: unemployment in the United States rose during the recent economic recession, from 4.6 percent in 2007 to 9.0 percent in 2011 (seasonally adjusted), in Germany, it fell ... /steven-rattner/the-secrets-of-germanys-success Germany also has a very influential government. Germany's government has many social programs or bene...

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... a republic. Political authority is derived from the people. This was very advanced for its era, especially the fact that voting included women suffrage as well as male suffrage. Another good example of it being very democratic in its thinking is article 41, which states that The National President is chosen by the whole German people. Not only could the people choose ... of them were used to an autocracy, began to side with either the left or the right in Germany. This led to uprisings from these two sections of society. For example the Sparticast uprising was due to communists who want...

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... reverent way, a stereotyped "perfect" standard for German families to aspire to. This was an extremely popular subject as indicated by the multitudes of paintings that were similar in genre, for example "Rest During the Harvest" by George Gunter, and "Farm Girls returning from the Fields" by Leopold Schmutzter. Hitler said that art should be the "expressions of the soul and ideals ... Germany, who is regulator of the land (representing European countries), acts to subtly alter personal views on the Nazi situation. "Water Sports" painted by Albert Janesh in 1936 is a prime example of the...

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... or that it is claiming as true. With this, the observer must also assess what position is being taken on that particular issue. In Fritz Hippler's "The Eternal Jew," for example, the main goal was to show the Jewish race as evil or infecting their societies as rats do the streets. Hippler was using the tactic of demonizing the Jews to ... in with the third step in the basic critical thinking process. The spectator must evaluate whether the argument supports the claim by presenting viable reason(s) for accepting it. In the example of "The Eternal Jew," many supporting ideas slandering th...

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... presence notable. In 1911 Italy declared war on Turkey and began the second Balkan crisis. Italy conquered Tripoli and the Dodecanese Islands in a short time and made an example of Turkey. Following Italy's example Bulgaria, Greece, and Serbia waged war on Turkey for the purpose of gaining more territory in the Balkans. Again, Turkey was defeated, but the Bulgarians wanted more of ... I the European countries were facing a lot of pressure from their citizens. During these years many domestic affairs had risen, and they appeared to have no end and no solution. An example of this would be...

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... the military. States were equally developed in that they all had knowledge of ironworking, gun powder and mathematics. Proficiencies in areas varied but all had a lead in certain fields. For example, the German states were renowned for their advances in mining processes. Prior to industrialization, Europe was a patch-work of agrarian economies and neither France, Germany nor Britain was more urbanized ... top down approach of Germany are not without their reasons. Britain, by virtue of proceeding first, had to wait for technology to catch up to necessity, or vice versa. For example, alt...

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... of a certain country could negotiate with banks to promote financing for certain industries. It could also mean that governments would give preferential treatment to certain industries such as cartels. One example of such country would be Germany. According to Cameron Germany did in fact promote cartels and it made legal for cartels to exist. The notion of a cartel or the theory ... the promotion of cartels in Germany actually helps Germany grow. This happens because maintaining high prices at home helps them do trade at lower prices abroad. Germany is also a good example to Gerschenkro...

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... crimes, but the passion for achieving the greater good that the individual strives to attain. However there are certain exceptions to this claim; take Ed Gein and Michael Hamilton for example. Ed Gein was a notorious criminal who took interest in skinning corpses and wearing them or using them as decorative items. He was arrested and tried in 1957. Gein pled not ... opportunities. However the head of the environmental committee of that city would rather die than see an ecosystem of thriving life die at the hands of mankind. This is an example of an event in which the spectrum of good an...

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... countries the immigrants – who mainly belonged to the Latin races – mated with the aborigines, sometimes to a very large extent indeed. In this case we have a clear and decisive example of the effect produced by the mixture of races. But in North America the Teutonic element, which has kept its racial stock pure and did not mix it with any ... dictator's attitude towards the Soviet Union and The United Kingdom. In the opening paragraph is submitted a correlation between racism and the foreign policy. To explain this concept, Hither used the example of the Anschluss (the unification ...

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... of opposition, as people feared being sent to concentration or death camps. There was very little opposition for Hitler but some groups carried on embracing consequences and becoming martyred. For example the Edelweiss Pirates, a group of young people who dismissed Nazi values. They defaced Nazi slogans and beat up Nazi officials. In 1944 the Cologne Pirates (a branch of the Edelweiss Pirates ... fear create from propaganda wasnt very effective with people who were ready to die for their beliefs. In conclusion I believe that in many areas propaganda was effective and efficient for examp...

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... the beginning of the new dimensional ruling in the European nations. In his word, the regime of Louis was a great example of uncovering the dynamism and revolution associated with the ninth-century leadership in Europe. In order to cite the example and effectiveness of Louis's developing rules; Goldberg went beyond the proof conventionally used by several other historians to study his reign ... ...

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... an ideal Utopia where the every day person a subject worthy of intense interest. This was a very popular subject as showed by the many paintings that were alike in genre, for example "Rest during the Harvest" by George Gunter, and "Farm Girls returning from the Fields" by Leopold Schmutzter. Hitler said that "art should be the expressions of the soul and ideals ... representing a hard working Germany, who is regulator of the land, acts to subtly alter personal views on the Nazi situation. "Water Sports" painted by Albert Janesh in 1936 is a prime example of the way National Socialists e...

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... European life for several centuries to come (2, pp 226-232). Charlemagne had deep sympathy for the peasants and believed that government should be for the benefit of the governed. One example of this is displayed by Einhard, one of Charlemagne's prominent figures, who wrote a biography on Charlemagne years after his death. In an excerpt from the biography Einhard stated, "He was ... knowledge was created that had eternal effects on European society. The influence of humanism was a decisive component in the affect the Renaissance had on European civilization (2 pp 318-322). One example o...

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