... of nuclear arms. It is also illustrated in the Cuban Missile Crisis, where Russia agreed to withdraw the missiles placed in Cuba, fearing U.S. retaliation. In order to better understand the Arms Race, a brief history must be given. The Arms Race probably began in August of 1949, when Russia detonated its own nuclear weapon, thus ending the U.S. monopoly. In response, president Truman ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb in January of 1950. However, the Soviet Union made the first H-bomb in August of 1953. Then, the race escalated when the Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile was developed in the summer of 1957, again by the Soviets. A serious crisis ...
... she returned from the bathroom and sat on the bed, she was very able to seat herself and sit very well without any back support whereas earlier she had needed assistance as well as a pillow for her back. The other characters, B and C, were convincing in their costumes and makeup. However, I didn't truly understand their characters. I couldn't tell if the nurse, B, was annoyed with the old woman or if she felt sorry for her. Character C, the lawyer, didn't really have a defined character except that she exhibited no sympathy for the old woman. Her facial expressions were blank at times and her movements seemed awkward. After intermission, the play resumed and thi ...
... cameras, lock picks, pensized teargas guns, and bugging devices. (Gold, 75) These five men and two co-plotters were indicated in September 1972 on charges of burglary, conspiracy and wire tapping. Four months later they were convicted and sentenced to prison terms by District Court Judge John J. Sercia was convinced that relevant details had not been unveiled during the trial and offered leniency in exchanged for further information. As it became increasingly evident that the Watergate burglars were tied closely to the Central Intelligence Agency and the Committee to re-elect the president. (Watergate) Four of these men, that were arrested on the morning of Jun ...
... "alt.country," the latter is a reminder of the role the internet has played in the growth and publicity of this movement. For the most part, No Depression or alt.country bands aren't much of a threat to the sales figures of mainstream Nashville country artists. But the speed with which this music has caught on has shown that a substantial number of people have grown weary of the overproduced pop trends of 1990's mainstream country music, and the limited range of styles and sounds that are typically played on country radio stations. Rap Music Rap of the late 70's and 80's, commonly called "old school", was made by DJs scratching records and playing d ...
... problems when soldiers are exposed to a large quantity of the chemical. Asphyxiators cause fluid to enter the lungs and prevent oxygen from reaching the blood. Toxic gases pass through the lungs and into the blood and prevent the circulation and release of oxygen in the body. Sternutators caused respiratory irritation, sneezing, nausea, and vomiting. Blister agents initially cause pain in the eyes, throats, and lungs, but later cause blisters on exposed skin. Germany used various chemical agents during the war, depending on the desired effect they wished to inflict on the Allies. The primary gases used in the Great War were chlorine, phosgene, a mix of chlorine ...
... only thing keeping Egypt from change to a desert. Even back then, everybody knew that without the river they had no chance of survival. First of all the main food the Egyptians ate were bread made from the grain grown with the precious silt and water from the Nile River. Barges and boats made with papyrus reeds or wooden planks(used after 3,000BC) were filled with different thing such as grains were floated downstream and carried by the current, or if they needed to be floated upstream, you would simply just raise the sails up and the ship would sail upstream, the Egyptians invented sails at approximately 3,200BC. Although the Nile is such an abundant source of l ...
... also favored a loose, general interpretation of the United States constitution. The Federalist’s also favored tariffs to protect good manufactured in the United States. In contrast, Thomas Jefferson’s political views favored the common person. Jefferson believed that farmers were the most valuable citizens. His followers called themselves the Democratic Republicans. “Cultivators of the earth,” Jefferson wrote, “are the most valuable citizens.” This belief could be due to the fact that he was a farmer himself. Jefferson thought that agriculture should be the backbone of the economy, and that an industrial economy would corrupt the nation. He wan ...
... Rhineland (March 7, 1936). When Hitler the annexed Austria in February and March 1938, no effective attempts were made to prevent this "Anschluss" from occurring. Anschluss is a German word for union, and was an slogan in the battle to unite Germany and Austria. Clauses of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles expressly forbade Anschluss, and was thus they one of the times Hitler neglected the Versailles Treaty. On March 13, 1938, invited by Seyss-Inquart to prevent «disorder», German troops and police flooded into Austria where no one resisted them in taking over. Hitler entered Vienna on March 14 to proclaim Anschluss, though to most observers the act looked more l ...
... of whether the bomb should be dropped arose, people knew that the bomb was not necessary for a victory. The American Government knew, that Japan was essentially defeated and that we could win the war in another six months. American military had an invasion plan for Japan ready even before the atomic bomb was tested. “The strategic plans of our armed forces for the defeat of Japan, as they stood in July, had been prepared without reliance upon the atomic bomb, which had not yet been tested in New Mexico. The Americans were planning an intensified sea and air blockade with intensified air bombing. The down side of the invasion meant serious casualties. ...
... to. The Laurier Boom largely excluded Quebec because America and English Canada shared so much language and culture that Quebec was left behind by comparison. In 1905, while Laurier tried to implement dual educational systems in Saskatchewan and Alberta, Clifford Sifton essentially forced Laurier to abandon it because Sifton desired to make Canada an English nation. Sifton's "white mans Canada" offended French, Blacks Asians, and others alike. French Canadians began to feel that Quebec was the only place their language and culture would be tolerated. The stage was set for unrest and discontentment in the future. With the onset of World War I, Fren ...
