In the discussion board I wrote that Ray Kroc's: Ambition, persistence, and unrelenting dedication towards making McDonalds a successful business proved to have paid off in the end. ... Guadalupe De La Cruz, a student who commented on Elvis Presley's influence on America, wrote that: Elvis illustrated the culture of the 1950's by changing the face of popular music forever His unusual style, that included sexy moves, and good looks started to cause more and more excitement everywhere he played. ...

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(Do little play/script thingy) Shintoism provided a religious justification for nationalism and support for the militaristic government. ... So the army played a very important role in the rocky path that Japan followed towards militarism. ... Now the relationship between the Koda-ha and the Tosei-ha was that they were both fighting to gain control of the military and so throughout the Saito government of 1932-1934 and the Okada government of 1934 to 1936 they played an important role. ... Now under Admiral Okada the Koda-ha attempted to try for power once again and so early in 1935 they wrote...

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The purpose of this essay is to talk about balance of power in the international scene where polarity plays an important role. ... In his book The Stability of a Unipolar World, he wrote, "The existing distribution of capabilities generates incentives for cooperation....

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The earlier sources provoke Victorian attitudes towards duty, leading to the enrolling of over two million volunteer troops into the British armed services from 1914 - 1916, while source C plays on the moral decency of the reader, calling for a halt to the foul deeds committed by the ape (representing Germany) that has caused the desolation of massive amounts of territory, together with the atrocities committed by soldiers under the direct control of Germany. ... Respect also plays a significant role in all three sources, and, in what was a predominantly team-based society, a suggestion could...

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Churchill admitted having cloudy morals regarding the lack of assistance Britain could give Poland because of the tight rope act they were having to play with their new alliance, "...we had a strong obligation to support the interest of our first ally. ... As one paratrooper wrote, "The hearts and m...

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After being taken prisoners, the three friends are forced to play in a Russian roulette sequence where the captors bet on the outcome. ... This gut-wrenching scene of American soldiers fighting for their lives through the perverted ideals of the savages illustrates the removal of the historical context of the war for the creation of a scene that powerfully plays on the viewers" emotions. ...

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Throughout the novel "Lord Of the Flies," author William Golding incorporates characters, objects, and events which represent concepts or ideas pertaining to the flaws of mankind. These things are known as allegories, because they are symbols that stand for the truths about human life. Golding uses ...

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Nancy Pelosi once said "Women are leaders everywhere you look-from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women, and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes." As seen today, women have...

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Known as the "Roaring Twenties", the 1920s in America was overall a decade of great prosperity and optimism following the First World War. It was a phrase used to describe the period of sustained economic, cultural, and social success that existed in 1920s United States. The decade brought new forms...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Sta...

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The Cold War is a term used to describe the period of non-violent conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their respective allies, between the mid-1940s and lasted until the early 1990s. This essay seeks to examine the political relations between the leaders of Britain, t...

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As he neared a 1924 death, Lenin began to grow wary of his former protégé, and wrote a Testament warning against Stalin's influence. ... Meanwhile, he brilliantly played the Politburo's factions off one another, first allying with Nikolai Bukharin and his "Rightists" to destroy the "Leftists," and then, when his position was secure, turning on Bukharin and destroying his power. ! ... In an amazing scene that was broadcast around the world--and which played a large role in exposing the true nature of the Soviet regime--every one of the accused Bolsheviks confessed thei...

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Mikhail Heller wrote, "to get rid of President Gorbachev, his opponents liquidated the Soviet Union".4 Russia as the largest and strongest declared itself the heir of the Soviet Union. ... Zelikow and other former U.S. officials who played a direct role in the negotiations on German reunification once again rebutted these statements and denied that any such assurances were ever given.6 The aim here has not been to judge, one way or the other, whether the enlargement of NATO was, or is, wise. ...

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"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Family Redefining the American Teenager The Rise of the Hot Rod Culture The Rise of the Excess Culture Baby Boomers and Redesign Converting from Chrome to Muscle The Automobile as Identity Downfall and Decline Conclusion Bibliography Introduction With the end of World War II, the United State...

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Nevertheless, Joll points out that domestic policies played a part, but not a big one as to lead to war. ... The following historians wrote in different decades and approached the causes of WWI from different directions. ...

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It is true that during his reign Japan has seen a territorial expansion in Asia not unlike that of Genghis Khan's Mongolia or Julius Caesar's Rome but the question remains whether Hirohito played an active role in that expansion. ...

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