... still seen as a great person for what he did. I still remember him and so does this community when they see the high school named after him. This high school is John. F. Kennedy and I attend this fine school. It may be under construction, but it still brings memories of the 35th president of the United States of America. The first ... for a second then continued until the ending quote "Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, wit...

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... up in the mountainous region of Oriente province. As a boy, Fidel worked in the family's sugar cane fields and, at 6 years old he convinced his parents to send him to school. When Fidel turned 7 years old, Angel Castro married Fidel's mother so that his son could attend the Colegio La Salle in Santiago de Cuba. After attending the Colegio La Salle ... , he went to the Colegio Dolores also in Santiago, and then to the Belen High School in Havana. He proved to be an outstanding Athlete in the Belen High School. In 1945 Fidel entered the University of Havana, and earned a law degree. To fur...

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... or just help them out. Most likely that person will have to work along with going to school, of course the job will take away concentration from school. There will be a little chance that the person will finish high school or even go to college. The family will show little or no support for the higher education ... , because they will look at the short run problems, they need money now, not four years from now. Secondly, the person will not be as motivated to go to school of higher education ... to their future and the future of their children. The older generation knows that they will d...

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... or just help them out. Most likely that person will have to work along with going to school, of course the job will take away concentration from school. There will be a little chance that the person will finish high school or even go to college. The family will show little or no support for the higher education ... , because they will look at the short run problems, they need money now, not four years from now. Secondly, the person will not be as motivated to go to school of higher education ... to their future and the future of their children. The older generation knows that they will d...

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... Revolution) In 1946 Hungary became a republic, the new government started political, economic, and social reform. Hungarian communists were gradually gaining control of Hungary's government. Matthias Rakosi was head of the communist party, and head of the government. The Hungarians did not like his policies and replaced him for the first time in 1953 with Imre Nagy. Rakosi still remained in the communist ... Hungarian were reportedly deported in sealed trains to the Soviet Union by communist troops. The estimated number of Hungarians that were killed during the fighting in their revoluti...

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... the NHL All-stars. First the Soviets shutout the NHL All-stars by a score of 6-0 then went on to destroy the young feeble American team that was hand picked by head coach Herb Brooks by a score of 10-3. So going into the Olympic Tournament the USA was the seventh seed out of twelve teams, so winning was unthinkable(2). It was now ... game and tying the score up at 3-3. A short 1 minute and 21 seconds later captain Mike Eruzione scored to take a 4-3 lead their first lead of the game.(4) "The U.S. team was heaven-high at that point, and Brooks tried to bring them down to earth. "I stresse...

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... of the capitals of the ancient states of central and eastern Europe . . . all these famous cities and populations around lie in the Soviet sphere and all are subject . . . to a very high and increasing measure of control from Moscow." With this section of Winston Churchill's famous speech in 1946 at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, he coined the term "Iron Curtain." Most ... huge evacuation, mass demonstrations against the government and the system in East Germany began at the end of September and lasted until November 1989. This forced Erich Honecker, East Germany's head of sta...

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... the pink and orange flowers sewed on were the coolest thing oh excuse me, I mean the "grooviest" thing to have. Big cars were the big thing and inflation was as "high" as the teenagers smoking pot and shooting heroin. This was the 1970s. Alice of "Go Ask Alice" would have been greatly influenced by this era of time. Although she had ... at the 1972 Munich Olympics shocked many people and the OPEC oil embargo in 1973 had a great impact on society. Financially, many were a mess. The cost of living was excruciatingly high as inflation just kept rising. All of these events would have had a ...

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... . Of course being born in Austria made him a native Austrian not a native German. As a young child, Adolf didn't get along real well with his peers. He did rather poorly in school, and even dropped out early to pursue a dream of becoming an artist. This too would prove not to be the thing for Adolf. He applied to the Vienna Academy of ... the Soviet forces closed in on his underground Bunker in Berlin, he married his mistress and after their brief wedding, she took poison and he put a bullet through his own head. Their bodies were then taken and burned. Hitler may not have been the pures...

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... the Germans. August 1915 - Germans enter Warsaw and Russians forced to withdraw from Poland August 1915 - Tsar assumes command of the army - After a series of defeats Tsar takes over as Head of the Army hoping that this would rally the troop and help secure victory. June 1916 - Brusilov offensive - To help the Allies at the time of Verdun and the Somme ... was incompetent. It was a bad decision as now the Tsar was directly linked to the defeats of the army, and this led to him being blamed. Desertions by 1917 was high as moral was low from constant defeats. The Economic and Social Impac...

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... to use it. By sending this message; Soviet expansion would have to be thought twice about. Following the Berlin blockade, the fear of soviet aggression in Western Europe reached a new high. To ensure the safety of Western Europe, Truman organized the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with ten other European Countries to form a military alliance that would stand tall against the ... began to take the stage. The integrity in the future of economic and governmental freedom in Europe came into question with anticipated expansion of Soviet ideals. To meet this dilemma head on; Truman...

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... in my interests and my favorite gift became a set to play doctor at home. As time went on, I grew up, and my interests changed. I graduated from high school and enrolled in college, but not in medical school. I went to college for computer science. Computer technology had just begun to develop, and I decided that it would be very good to keep up with the ... not to fear anything. I have to start to do something: work hard, believe in myself, have dedication to my wishes, and I will be the winner. The price of victory is high, but such is the reward. If I do nothing, I will stay at the e...

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... assassin's bullet after serving less than one term in office. Kennedy attended private elementary schools, including a year at Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut, and four years at Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut. He spent the summer of 1935 studying at the London School of Economics. He entered Princeton University but was forced to leave during his freshman year because of an attack ... vice president in 1956, and four years later was a first-ballot nominee for president. A young, handsome and personable candidate with a beautiful wife, Kennedy enjoyed the friends...

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... and domestic, in 1917 resulted in "extensive popular support for the Bolsheviks and Soviet power."" This support was particularly intense in "urban centers and the army- since they were both high disappointed in the lack of policy execution by the Provisional Government. These two important factions of the population sought out the Bolsheviks in an attempt to achieve solutions to their ... woes. As the Bolsheviks progressed through their takeover however, their concern with popular support waxed and their intentions of grasping and retaining power came to a head. The Bolsheviks acted ou...

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... years ago. In the early mornigh hours of August 13, 1961, the top secret top-secret operationwas carried out by the military and police, under the direction of the future head of the German Democratic Republic, Erich Honecker. It was made to stop theflight of GDR citizens, espically skilled workers, to West Berlin. Berliners called the Wall "das Unding"-the Monstrosity ... secure its future-by walling its people in. East Berliners waken to a nightmare. For almost a decade, East Germany's 600 mile border has been sealed by barbed wire and twelve foot high electric fence. Just inside the ...

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... family who he would live with for the next six years. In 1916, Langston lived with his mother and new stepfather in Cleveland. Langston attended Central High School in Cleveland where he started writing poems for school paper. He published his first poem. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," in Crisis Magazine in 1921, and studied at Columbia University form 1921-1922. Hughes wrote ... ...

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... ). Richard Nixon and his wife Thelma "Patricia" Catherine Ryan had two children named Patricia and Julie. Richard Nixon began his high level education by attending Whittier College and later receiving a scholarship to Duke University for law school. In 1942 Richard Nixon joined the US Navy where he was a supply officer spending much time in the Southern Pacific during World War ... ...

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... is a complex part of history and should be examined with care. Even 60 years after the war, the cause and course of the war is debated among many scholars. In school we are taught that the Korean War was fought to crush communism, that it was an act of "Soviet inspired communist aggression" (p. 100) which the United States had ... of Stalin of the Soviet Union while Rhee sought the help of the United States. Following the Cold War, mistrust between the Soviet Union and the United States still ran high and both Kim Il-Sung and Rhee played off of those fears to get what they want despite ...

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... born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. He went to Eureka College on an athletic scholarship for swim, track and football. He was also involved in student council and the school productions. Reagan studied sociology and economics. After college he became a radio show host then movie actor. He was married twice. He was first married to Jane Wyman with whom he ... down. Under Reagan the country prospered longer than under any other president. It was the longest time to that point without a recession or depression. In Reagan's office the economy hit a high and foreign affairs were r...

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... unsuccessful, an alcoholic he died when Stalin was eleven. His mother struggled and raised him on her own. She always wanted him to be a priest; he even went to seminary school. That didn't work out to well. He was expelled right before graduation because he had joined a secret organization supporting Georgian nationalism and socialism, Mesame Dasi. After that he bounced from ... at 1928. From the start Stalin fixed his problems by execution. Anyone that dared to disagree with his ruling was sent away. As a result of his ways tension was extremely high between him and Sergei Kirov. Rumo...

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... are requirement for all schoolchildren. 41% of the Russians are Russian Orthodox believers. Other religious information 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 ... ...

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... concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald, an ex-Marine who had defected to the Soviet Union in 1959 and later returned, had fired three shots from the window of the Texas School Book Depository, inflicting all of Kennedy's and Connally's wounds- (Cullather 178). Based upon the investigation, the [Warren] Commission concluded that there is no credible evidence that Lee Harvey Oswald was ... from the grassy knoll has been the subject of heated debate (Final Report 187). The House Select Committee on Assassinations, after hearing reports from acoustics experts who said there was a high probability...

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... many misfortunes, he loved his mother who saved money for Joseph's education. As Russian wasn't Joseph's first language, he learnt it by the time he was nine. After graduating from school faster than any other student of his age, Joseph's mother enrolled her son in the Tiflis Orthodox Theological Seminary in 1893, where he also received ... high marks due to his extraordinary memory. The Seminary was where Staling revolted the first time and began his revolutionary career as a part of Marxist group. Stalin began to read about ... ...

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... during the first couple of months in this country due to this language barrier. Merely one month after I first set my feet on American soil, I was enrolled in a regular public high school. It was very hard for me to understand what people were saying around me. I hoped to assimilate socially with my peers, while not wasting any time with my academic pursuits ... ...

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... politics once and for all. According to Ross, this separation of Germany caused approximately 3.5 million people out of 18 million, many of them who were skilled workers and intellectuals, to head towards the western side of the country (459). "Moreover, the open border and possibility of flight to the West placed certain constraints on the entire 'construction of socialism' in ... ...

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