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Assassination Of JFK
Number of Words: 3409 / Number of Pages: 13
... the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and
any additional evidence that may hereafter come to light
... to make such
further investigation, as the Commission finds desirable.
In less than one
week they found that a 'lone nut' killed JKF.
At no time did the Warren Commission seem to consider the
basic legal
rights of Oswald - innocence until proven guilty, the right
to legal
representation, or the right to cross-examine witnesses and
evidence
against him. There is no way that Lee Harvey Oswald was the
lone assassin.
Firstly the paraffin test of Oswald's hands and his right
c ...
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Germany 2
Number of Words: 996 / Number of Pages: 4
... preference by German companies
to locate new manufacturing facilities in foreign countries rather than in
Germany, to be closer to the markets, and to avoid Germany’s high tax rates,
high wage cost, rigid labor structures, and extensive regulations. For similar
reasons foreign investment in Germany has been lagging for years.
Germany is one of the world’s leading industrial nations. Western
Germany is among the world’s largest and technologically advanced producers
of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, and
electronics. Eastern Germany’s industries a ...
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Columbine Whose Fault Is It
Number of Words: 1115 / Number of Pages: 5
... had previous criminal records for breaking into a van and stealing electrical equipment.
Many things can be attributed to this massacre. This nation has many aspects contributing to the early loss of children's innocence, which in turn cause adolescents to develop earlier and which, in this case, can have grave consequences. This paper will explore how peers, the media, and access to guns, may have played a huge role in this tragedy.
Klebold's and Harris's peers played two very important and different roles in their lives. Peer rejection by the majority of the school's population was a very notabl ...
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Great Britain
Number of Words: 1797 / Number of Pages: 7
... for fishing, tourism and ports.
Britain’s rivers provide drinking water for towns, and irrigate farmers’ crops. However rivers can cause floods.
England
The northern and western portions are mountainous. The highlands - the Pennine Chain, forms the backbone of northern England. Rolling plains occupy most of central and eastern England. The western part of the central region is known as the Midlands. To the east lies The Fens, a marsh area. To the south, an elevated plateau slopes upward.
Scotland
The terrain of Scotland is mountainous but is divided into three regions, from north to south: the Hig ...
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Rebellion Of Company Rule In 1857 In India
Number of Words: 927 / Number of Pages: 4
... army by 1815, and several others followed suit. In the 1850's, many soldiers from the Bengal army were alienated and lost some of their pay and prestige.
There were rumors of gun cartridges being greased with animal fat from cows and pigs, which came as an insult to the integrity of the some of the soldiers. The Hindus and Muslims were offended at this attempt to pollute their religious convictions before forcing them to convert to Christianity. Those who did not load the rifles with these cartridges were sentenced to jail time. In May of 1857, after hearing about this insidious attempt, the nati ...
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Education Of The Middle Ages
Number of Words: 1550 / Number of Pages: 6
... for a specific role in life were the Knights who had learn how to fight with various weapons so that they could fight for their king. The common people, however, had no way of being educated other than going a monastic school. However, if they did this, they had to donate their property to the church. The people who went to this school later become monks or nuns. They had to follow three important laws: chastity, obedience, and the law or the lord if not followed they would be thrown out of the monastery. Most monasteries had a rule of silence: monks could not talk which other except for a short per ...
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Spanish Conquistadors: Heroes Or Murderers
Number of Words: 800 / Number of Pages: 3
... life.”
Another thing taken from the Indians of Americas was their way of life.
One thing almost all people hold close to their heart is their way of life
whatever it may be. The Indians however were persecuted for their beliefs and
either killed or converted to the “Spanish Catholicism” or many other varying
ways of life. This conversion did not take place peacefully. Many resisting
Indians died for their cause. The Indians of the Americas could no longer hunt
and gather food freely. Nor could they farm just for their community. Strong men
were taken as slaves either to Hispañola (Modern Day Haiti) ...
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Immigration
Number of Words: 615 / Number of Pages: 3
... West Coast centers. More than 70 percent of all immigrants, however, entered through New York City, which came to be known as the "Golden Door." Throughout the late 1800s, most immigrants arriving in New York entered at the Castle Garden depot near the tip of Manhattan. In 1892, the federal government opened a new -processing center on Ellis Island in New York harbor. Although immigrants often settled near ports of entry, a large number did find their way inland. Many states, especially those with sparse populations, actively sought to attract immigrants by offering jobs or land for farming. Many im ...
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Jacksonian Democracy
Number of Words: 729 / Number of Pages: 3
... Cotton Gin, the United
States’ speed in manufacturing textiles
increased rapidly. In 1837, however, America experienced a
tremendous financial depression.
Bad land speculation, and the fall of the Federal Bank (due
to Jackson’s failure to recharter the
Bank in 1832) were the two main factors that caused the
financial crisis.
Consequently, along with the inflation of the nation’s
economy, working environments
drastically changed. Quaint “master and apprentice shops”
were quickly overtaken by
uncomfortably crowded factories. While owners of assembly
plants enjoyed a luxuri ...
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Ancient Olympics
Number of Words: 1145 / Number of Pages: 5
... by a long distance race, about 2 1/4 miles and called the dolichos, at the next games four years later. Wrestling and the famous Pentathlon were introduced in 708 BC.
The Pentathlon consisted of five events; the long jump, javelin throw, discus throw, foot race, and wrestling. The Pentathlons, especially the successful ones, were often treated and even worshipped like gods. Because of their exquisite physiques, they were used as the models for statues of the Greek Gods. The superior athletic ability of these athletes affects the games even today. The twisting and throwing method of the discus throw ...
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