... punt. 2002 March - Small majority of voters rejected government attempt to tighten already strict anti-abortion laws in constitutional referendum. 2002 May: Voters re-elected Fianna Fail's Bertie Ahern as Prime Minister (Taoiseach) in a continuing coalition with the Progressive Democrats. Fine Gael, the main opposition party, lost over a third of its seats in parliament. 2002 October - Irish voters endorsed ... Ireland, clearing land of the native people. Unfortunately for the English, the Irish were not easily subdued and fought against the settlers. Furthermore, the queen was unable to...

• Word Count: 8211
• Approx Pages: 33
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... strengthen its autonomy and entrench its hegemony. The third article deals with electoral reform in Great Britain, which deals with the strength in numbers. By British standards the turnout at the last general election on 2nd of May 1997, was relatively low at 71.5%, but apart from ... former Cabinet colleague of Thatcher's, started the process that lead to an effective revolt against her style of leadership and her ultimate resignation as Prime Minister in 1990. John Major also experienced a revolt over his support for Britain developing greater links with Europe. He is alleged to have ....

• Word Count: 4029
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... plant at Capenhurst in order to secure future military supplies. It began operating in 1984 or 1985 but only ever produced Low-Enriched Uranium, never HEU. When Mrs Thatcher became Prime Minister, she successfully persuaded President Reagan to restore the exchange agreement. Thereafter, the Capenhurst plant sent intermediate-level (usually 4.5%) enriched uranium to the US for re-enrichment to the levels ... . The quantities of tritium produced at Chapelcross have not been disclosed. Without detailed knowledge of fuelling arrangements at Chapelcross, Britain's tritium production is very d...

• Word Count: 14040
• Approx Pages: 56
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Australia who heavily relied on voluntary enlistment. At first, there were many volunteers who wanted to enlist which greatly exceeded the numbers in which the army could accept; this however soon changed. During 1916, two years into the war soldiers numbers started declining, and the need for more recruitments was required. At this time recruitment campaigns did no help to encourage the ... that it would be used by employers to destroy the gains made by the Australian workers and also feared they would be left with no workforce. At this time Australia's prime minister was Labours W.M. ...

• Word Count: 512
• Approx Pages: 2

... do it alone. Great Britain wanted to use the resources that they already had to open new markets to the world. This would allow a flow of income for their nation. Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald says to open up the land and to give of the country rights upon the soil to provide more industry which will in turn lead to more ... that they need to survive. The United States" plan was recognized by the amount of expenditures that they had from 1931 to 1939, the numbers were always higher than the amount of revenue that the nation had. The numbers varied from 3,577,437 to as high as 8,841,22...

• Word Count: 1168
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... containing useful information to help reduce the effects of flooding on people and their property. This leaflet included a flood plan, important telephone numbers and what to do during and after a flood. A similar document by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was also released in 2002 in time for the 2003 floods. In 1968, flood warnings were not common and only temporary ... ...

• Word Count: 4336
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography

... 33 percent in 1999 (Scanlon, 2001). Jupiter expects the percentage of whites using the Internet to grow from 47 percent in 1999 to 76 percent in 2005 (Scanlon, 2001). The numbers can even be higher if companies start to target ethnic groups using different languages and their cultural issues. Companies need to make a special effort to reach out to minorities and ... urban setting companies and marketers are using marketing strategies aimed at that. This is called urban marketing. More than 80 percent of the U.S. population lives in urban settings (Velasquez, 2000). A prime example is th...

• Word Count: 1732
• Approx Pages: 7

... big. There were also celebrations going on all over, in many of England's cities such as:Cornwallis D.C.?, at theCornwallis Monument?; Mount Rushmore, to include the faces of many past influential Prime Ministers: Winston Churchill, John Major, David Loyd George and Benjamin Disraeli. But this celebration is supposed to be nothing compared to the one that is going to be held on ... hand, were carefully planning out strategies, getting reports back from spies they had sent out to listen of what the word was on the street. After having heard about the numbers the colonists had, Britain de...

• Word Count: 1210
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... customs adopted over the years. Parliament, the legislature, consists of the House of Lords, the House of Commons, and the monarch, also called the Crown. The chief executive is the prime minister, who is a member of the House of Commons. Because the House of Commons is involved in both the legislative and executive branches of the British government, there is no ... the British Isles in general, are descended from early Celtic and Iberian peoples and later invaders of the islands, including the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Danes, and Normans. After 1945 substantial numbers of blacks and Asian...

• Word Count: 816
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... that war would an effect on the foreign trade and the foreign exchanges. In August 1914 almost everyone expected that the war would be over quickly, including Herbert Asquith the prime minister. He adopted the slogan Business as Usual'. He wanted to convince the British people that the war could be fought without disturbing life in Britain. Initially most people expected ... normal' rate of income tax was raised, by steps. At the same time, prices and wages were rising to about double the pre war level by 1918 and the total numbers liable to income tax rose from 1.2 million in 1913-14 t...

• Word Count: 2038
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

For over four-hundred years, New York City has been a thriving city sought out by those wishing to better their lives. New York City is situated in a prime location and has been drawing people from all over the world since its grassroots with the Pilgrims who settled Manhattan Island. New York City's business oriented leadership was enough was ... they could keep them. When WWII started, German-Jews were free to leave Germany because Hitler wanted them out. They came to America because the immigrant quota system allowed great numbers of them to be accepted. Transportation was another issue t...

• Word Count: 4369
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

... . In May they overran the Low Countries, broke into France, and swept to the English Channel. On 22 June, France surrendered (although a Free French force continued to fight). Britain, under Prime Minister Winston Churchill, was left to fight alone. The only question that remained was: Would England continue to fight, or would they concede and pursue peace with Germany? Hitler, believing ... it. The British had acquired a machine, called Ultra, which enabled them to break the complex German code. With this tool, the British could estimate the Luftwaffe's intended targets and the numbers ...

• Word Count: 2785
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... German colonies, in that it was essentially an African Army that was doing the attacking. This army was the forces of the Union of South Africa, who were led by Prime Minister Louis Botha . The Germans had a defense here of about 10,000 men, while against that the South Africans were able to come up with a force of 50,000 white ... colony's interior. However Von Lettow-Vorbeck would have none of this, as he planned to spring savage ambushes on moving enemies, and then slip away before they could bring superior numbers against him. As well Von Lettow-Vorbeck became so successful by learn...

• Word Count: 2502
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... do nothing to provide any relief to the Soviet Union in their fight against the Germans -- something that opening a "second front" on the continent would have accomplished. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill had both committed the Allies to a second European front in 1942; a commitment that Soviet Marshal Stalin demanded be kept. It was important for the Allies that the Soviets ... invasion of the continent; American soldiers had not yet faced the German Army; the American army had never conducted an amphibious landing and did not have landing craft in sufficient numbers f...

• Word Count: 2341
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate