... people such as Walter Carlos, Emerson Lake & Palmer and Pink Floyd. Although most bands used guitars, it was these electronic instruments that made their sound "different". Time goes on into the 70's where soul and funk dominated dance-floors in nightclubs all over the world. So many songs come out ... at the time with a variety of instruments such as trumpets, violins, guitars, and drums, but what made the sound unique were the electronic keyboards mainly used for the bass sounds. YMCA, Macho man, I will survive, funky town, the bee gees, the Gibson brothers, ... electronic instruments...

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... had received secret promises of specific territorial gains during the war, only to find those promises withdrawn when they con- flicted with principles of self-determination. Italian claims to the west coast of the Adriatic, for instance, were denied by Yugoslavia. Italy received most of the Austrian territories it demanded, but many maintained that these were inadequate rewards for their sacrifices. Groups ... Avanti, he founded a new paper, Il Popolo d'Italia, and dedicated its columns to arousing enthusiasm for war. As early as October 1914, Mussolini had organized groups, called fas...

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... the battles that took place in Africa. The main areas that battles took place were the four German colonies of Togoland, Cameroon, German South-West Africa and German South-East Africa. All of these colonies were attacked simultaneously upon declaration of war by the allies on Germany. The battles for ... Togoland occurred and the Allies drove back the Germans, while suffering 17% casualties . A couple days later after more forces invaded Togoland from the Gold Coast and Dahomey, the Germans blew up their wireless station and called for terms. The British demanded unconditional surrender....

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... Under Turkish supervision, different Sherifs of Mecca governed the territory of Hejaz. Furthermore, this covered the western part of the peninsula including the Red Sea coast, including the holy places of Mecca and Medina, until the onset of World War I. Saudi Arabia was one of the Arab states that emerged ... the direct control of a European power. (CountryReports.org 2) It is during the period just prior to and following World War I that the West imparts the greatest impact on the formation of the current Saudi state. Tribal loyalties also play an important role in these countries and o...

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... imprisoning any of them assumed to be dangerous (Armor 13). Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt was the Western Defense Commander. Four days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, DeWitt declared the West Coast of the United States and Alaska a "theater of operations." This made the area a war zone. DeWitt commenced with random raids of Japanese homes and seized guns, radios, and cameras from ... were required to report to processing centers. An article in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 20, 1942 printed: 100,000 Japs Now Cleared From Coast- Almost 100,000 Japanese have already been moved f...

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... had yet trained to the techniques demanded by fluid operations; and every tank suffered from the same gunnery limitations. The German plan of attack in the west was similar to the famous Schlieffen plan of World War I. The point of main effort was to be on the right wing, but swinging a little ... inadequately guarded. They would force the crossing of the Meuse at Sedan and sweep rapidly west in order to push far behind the flank and rear of the enemy's forces in Belgium. By advancing to the Channel coast, the Germans aimed to encircle and destroy the northern Allied armies. This plan w...

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... I. Canada, automatically entered the war in 1914 when Great Britain did, this was unquestioned and greatly supported by the people of Canada, coast to coast. Even though Canada's regular army started out relatively small and weak, within two weeks of the conflict's start, over 32,000 men ... armies swept into Poland. With the full fury of the blitzkrieg - the lightning war - the German armoured divisions destroyed Polish defences in the west. The Soviet troops, as previously agreed with Germany, crossed the eastern frontier. Trapped between two advancing armies Polish resistance ended. Po...

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... and Austria-Hungary. The fateful voyage begins on a drizzly spring morning. The Lusitania boards its passengers and departs from Pier 54, in New York's Lower West End with William Turner as its captain. The deck is suspiciously rigged with twelve 6-inch guns. These were added in 1913 because of the impending war. ... a warship escort. It was arranged for the British cruiser, Juno, to escort the Lusitania through the war zone off the coast of Ireland. Admiral Fisher organized a meeting at the Admiralty and together they resolved to withdraw the Juno from the waters off of the ... coast o...

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... and Austria-Hungary. The fateful voyage begins on a drizzly spring morning. The Lusitania boards its passengers and departs from Pier 54, in New York's Lower West End with William Turner as its captain. The deck is suspiciously rigged with twelve 6-inch guns. These were added in 1913 because of the impending war. ... a warship escort. It was arranged for the British cruiser, Juno, to escort the Lusitania through the war zone off the coast of Ireland. Admiral Fisher organized a meeting at the Admiralty and together they resolved to withdraw the Juno from the waters off of the ... coast o...

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... the sophisticated irrigation networks built up over the centuries. 'The moment you set off you felt that dreadful suction. It was forever pulling you down, and you could hear the sound of your feet coming out in a kind of sucking 'plop' that seemed much louder at night when you were on your own. In a way, it was worse when the mud ... in attempt to keep out the deadly fumes. "It seemed as if my lungs were gradually shutting up and my heart pounded away in my ears like the beast of a drum. On looking at the chap next to me I felt sick, for green stuff was oozing from the side of his mout...

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... achieve the combination of international celebrity and literary stature in the twentieth century. Hemingway was brought up in the village of Oak Park, Illinois, close to the prairies and woods west of Chicago. Both here and in Michigan, he could explore, camp, fish and hunt with his father, Dr. Clarence Hemingway. In Chicago he would attend concerts, operas and visit art ... stories Hemingway looked back on his African safaris from 1934. Most of the source material for The Old Man and the Sea comes from Hemingway's own experiences fishing off the coast of Cuba. Hemingway spent more than...

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... secure their own economic footholds by searching for an outlet to the sea. The establishment of the mine's also resulted in the completion of a railway from the Rand to the coast. Because there was a transfer of economic power from the Cape to the Transvaal, there was a shift in population of Englishmen to the Rand. Imperialist felt threatened that the union under ... her rivals' gain. International competition and the partition of Africa into European colonies and spheres of influence had not passed southern Africa by. Germany and France had territories in South-West Africa and Madagas...

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... action. Out of the 4.7 million Americans that contributed to the war, 4 million were serving in the Army, 600,000 served in the Navy, and 79,000 were in the Marine Corp. By the end of the war the Doughboys had controlled and commanded 83 miles of the 392 mile long western front while Belgian Army controlled 25 miles, the British controlled ... Armistice there were nearly 145,000 AEF soldiers that were hospitalized (ww1.com). It was written that during the Chateau-Thierry campaign by the Chief surgeon of the First Army Corp of the American E. F. that after the battles fought by the AEF, ...

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... lacked a modern transportation system, its slow mobilization would allow Germany to apply a mere defensive force in the east until it defeated France in the west. Once France was out of the picture, Germany could devote all its military might to defeating the Russian Bear. How, then, was Germany to ... ) Summary Though the major battle lines had been drawn in Europe, the war was not confined to the Continent. Recognizing the stalemate in the west, the Allies purposely opened fronts on the periphery of the conflict--in Italy, in the North Sea, in the Ottoman Empire--so as to ... traditio...

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... entered the war, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. The bill forced all Japanese living in the U.S., regardless of citizenship or loyalty to evacuate the West Coast and be placed in detention centers. The signing of the bill also "demonstrated how racial prejudice can take over and people can ignore constitutional safeguards and the Bill of Rights ... liberated and the Germans were retreating to their borders. A very important part of the war, and the U.S. played a crucial part in it. Hitler made on final attempt to win the West and caught the Ameri...

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... Company that introduced electricity to a now industrialized diner style. Jerry O-Mahony's goal for the architecture of a diner was to combine beauty and form so that in could withstand harsh East Coast winters, while still catching the eye of every tourist that passed by. His design for a barrel roof was like seen before, but added a central entry through the form of two ... sliding glass doors, which can be seen in figure 3. Five windows were placed on either side for a sound and secure symmetrical look. Two operable transom windows were put in on either end to complete a surrounding o...

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... , the Japanese attacked on Pearl Harbor. Within a year, hundreds of thousands of American men from eighteen to thirty-nine years old were fighting in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. The men left their wives, children and jobs. With no one working, how would the economy hold up, and how would the production of needed supplies be produced? Wives ... the Riveter-, quickly became the catchy phrase that represented all women workers. It was a song that was made, not based on a real person but it was selected because of its sound in accordance with what was going on in the world...

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... Germany needed rearmament and domestic consolidation, coupled with the gaining of alliances with Britain and Italy. Then would come the subjugation of France in the west, to protect its rear. All allowing for the conquest of Lebensraum or living space in the east for the cramped German folk at the expense ... could leave German lines temporarily free in the East, while in anticipation of British neutrality Germany could deal "swift and decisive blows, first to the West and then to the East." (10) Thus new Lebensraum in the East would be gained and hegemony on the Continent would be achie...

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... 1944 to August 1944xiii and resulted in an Allied victory. It began on June 6th 1944, 156,000 American, British and also Canadian soldiersxiv landed on five beaches along the coast of the Normandy region located in France. The beaches have a total length of 50 miles and are heavily fortified by the German forcesxv. The American, British and Canadian forces landed ... Vimy Ridge during World War I. Overall, Canada has proven to be an independent country at a various different events throughout the 20th Century. The battles of Vimy Ridge, The Statute of West Minster as well as the Battle ...

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... growth in the United States. Industrial production soared, and manufacturing activity expanded in regions that had been previously had relatively little of it. The shipbuilding industry grew rapidly on the West Coast. Employment increased dramatically; and because so many men were away at war, new opportunities for females, African-Americans, Mexican, and Asian workers appeared. Some workers experienced a significant growth in income ... ...

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... Jay Gatsby took his place. Cody asked him a few questions and found Gatsby to be quick and extraordinarily ambitious. A few days later when the Tuolomee departed for the West Indies and the Barbary Coast, Gatsby left with her. Gatsby was under Cody's employment for five years. Once Gatsby tasted riches, there was no going back. He knew that someday, he must obtain ... ...

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... Alpha, which was closed off about 200 years ago by the new republic. All restrictions have been lifted since our arrival considering the new republic, and the colonies of the west, are both considerably interested in our finds. The mutuality of agreement of both sides have helped fund and care for this expedition. 21 Alpha, according to records, was home to ... mind, it was possible that the people of this land resorted to the sea as a source of food and nutrition. After all, it would make sense considering this embankment parallels a coast. This helped Dr. Flynn with her indigenous res...

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... you see the title of an article "American Position Defined." As you move on to page nine you see a little paragraph underneath the title "The Lusitania Sunk - Torpedoed of Irish Coast - NO WARNING - Many Notable Passengers - 2,160 Board - ONLY 658 KNOWN TO BE SAVED." "There were nearly two thousand souls on board, and for many hours there was no certain news ... crime of the German war on peaceful merchant shipping was perpetrated a few miles off the Old Head of Kinsale, the bluff landmark so familiar to Atlantic travelers, to the south-west of Queenstown Harbour. The weather at the tim...

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... . Once again, they were defeated and were forced back. For some time, France held their ground outside Paris. The Germans were unable to enter. Even if they attacked on the West side and lost, then attacked on the East, the French Army was still able to get there. They transported all their troops in taxicabs, having every cab going in the ... Allies defending. Normandy's terrain was the worst out of all the beaches that the Allies could have invaded. Normandy had high cliffs instead of beaches and it had a very rough coast. The strait in between Normandy Beach and the rendezvous point w...

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... did not start right away. There were many underlying issues, which brought about he war that are sometimes overlooked. For instance, when the settlers took the land along the east coast, there was a serious drive to move inward for extra space however this was not possible because of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 which said all areas ... west of the Appalachians were "reserved" for the native Americans (American Rev. 1). To follow up on Britain's strangle hold on the colonies, in 1764 Britain successfully passed the Sugar Acts, which ... ...

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