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  • Wasteland: War and Wilfred Owen’s Poetry

    Wasteland: War and Wilfred Owen’s Poetry

    Wasteland: War and Wilfred Owen’s Poetry Poetry, by its definition, is a type of language that unites beauty, the deep sense of the value of life, with truth, the realization and awakening to the meaning of life. Poetry is also a type of language that expresses more and expresses it more intensely than ordinary language. It can also unite the three uses of language: literary, hortatory, and practical. Poetry can be written on a very

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Tasha
  • What Does the United States Have to Gain from a War with Iraq?

    What Does the United States Have to Gain from a War with Iraq?

    What does the United States have to gain from a war with Iraq? Supporters of a war with Iraq say it will help prevent the risk of an attack by a weapons of mass destruction developed by Iraq. Critics of a military action that say nothing will be gained, and the U.S. just wants to obtain the oil that Iraq controls. They claim that casualties will be too costly for America to afford. Nonetheless, America

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Jon
  • Disadvantage of German in World War II

    Disadvantage of German in World War II

    Disadvantage of German in World War II World War II was a worldwide military conflict which lasted from the late 1930s to 1945. World War II was the amalgamation of two conflicts, one starting in Asia, 1937, as the Second Sino-Japanese War and the other beginning in Europe, 1939, with the invasion of Poland. At the beginning of the war, German got a big advantage in military affairs. They occupied France, Belgium, Austria and other

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Artur
  • Emma Sansom - Civil War Heroine

    Emma Sansom - Civil War Heroine

    Emma Sansom - Civil War Heroine During Col. A. D. Streight's cavalry raid across north Alabama (April 19-May 3, 1863), he was pursued by a Confederate force half the size of his Union company. Led by Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confederates had several advantages. They were riding horses; the Union troops were riding mules (except for a small contingent of cavalry composed of north Alabama Unionists who were showing Streight the way). Horses were

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

    Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

    Cold Sassy Tree is a moving novel written by Olive Ann Burns. It is filled with interesting life-like characters that are foils or opposites of each other. Two of the characters are Mary Willis Tweedy and Loma Campbell. Mary Willis and Loma sisters and they are both alike and different in many ways. The same is true for me and my sister Amna. Loma and Mary Willis are very different people but they can be

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Events That Lead to the End of the Civil War

    Events That Lead to the End of the Civil War

    The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the events surrounding the end of the American Civil War. This war was a war of epic proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in terms of human life. In this document, I will speak mainly around those involved on the battlefield in the closing days of the conflict. Also, reference will be made

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Which Factor Was the Most Important in Causing the End of the Second World War?

    Which Factor Was the Most Important in Causing the End of the Second World War?

    Historians have questioned the factors leading to the end of the Second World War. The allies had greater resources compared to the Axis power, but Germany was dominating even before the World War had begun. Though material comparison was convincing, it was the naive form of analysing the factors. Strategically, Hitler and the rest of the World made mistakes, but some of the strategies prevailed. Evidently through the events of the Second World War, strategy

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Fighting the War on Medical Marijuana

    Fighting the War on Medical Marijuana

    Justin Marine English 101 15 March 2008 Fighting The War On Medical Marijuana The war on medical marijuana is a very broad topic because they’re many different reason why people would pro on medical marijuana and then they’re are people that don’t feel that patients should be prescribed medical marijuana. Reasons for patients getting prescribed this drug is because patients feel its relieves some of their problems due to certain diseases or illness’s. There was

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Max
  • War -- What Is It Good For?

    War -- What Is It Good For?

    Is war really ever justified? All different kinds of people, in all different corners of the world have different opinions on this controversial issue. Many people think that war is never justified, many think that war is always justified, and there are some people who think that it completely depends on the situation of the battle. This situation is not a new one, it has not become easier to understand over time, and will never

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Bred
  • Women's Rights Before the Civil War

    Women's Rights Before the Civil War

    Women's Rights Before the Civil War To me, the sun in the heavens at noonday is not more visible than is the right of women, equally with man, to participate in all that concerns human welfare . . . These words were penned in 1866 by Frederick Douglass, a former slave and avid rallier for abolition and women's rights. This was no small task. Women's struggle for equality was and is a long and hard

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Monika
  • According to the Goal: How Eliyahu Goldratt Helps Organizations Examine Their Processes to Achieve Maximum Results

    According to the Goal: How Eliyahu Goldratt Helps Organizations Examine Their Processes to Achieve Maximum Results

    According to the Goal: How Eliyahu Goldratt Helps Organizations Examine Their Processes to Achieve Maximum Results Summary of Book The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement is a work of fiction describing a very real thing—the process of manufacturing a product. This includes the engineering and production process, marketing, sales, and interaction with corporate and regional headquarters. As an employee in a corporate contract manufacturing environment, I felt that this was not a work of

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Declaring the “undeclared” War

    Declaring the “undeclared” War

    Declaring the “Undeclared” War Susan Faludi speaks of war. She speaks of the victims being chained against achieving dreams of freedom. She speaks of a silent war that brews beneath the surface of society; that slowly erodes the will to overcome. In her excerpt “The Undeclared War on Women”, Faludi declares the thus far “undeclared”; that women have strived for equality, but have only achieved it at a meager level as a result of

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • War

    War

    1.) Critically Evaluate Hedge's account for the reasons for War. Does his account have limited applicability or should it be regarded as a general theory for war? Chris Hedges gives many reasons for war; but I will start at the top and work my way down. He states that we as a people ennoble war, that we turn it into entertainment. In all we forget what war is really about and the effects that it

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: David
  • Help Save Lives

    Help Save Lives

    Help Save Lives Every year about 300,000 people die because of smoking and other related tobacco products. Cigarettes are one of the main causes of deaths. Prop 86 is a new bill that “imposes additional $2.60 per pack excise tax on cigarettes and indirectly increases taxes on other tobacco products” (Proposition 86: Tax on Cigarettes- State of California). Prop 86 also “provides funding for various health programs, children’s health coverage, and tobacco-related programs” ( Proposition

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Kevin
  • War of 1812 Information

    War of 1812 Information

    John Marshall was Chief Justice in many early cases that would help get the Supreme Court up to the level of power and equal amount of say as the other branches. His ruling in the first few important cases helped bring the Courts uses of Judicial Review up to balance the powers. John Q. Adams, son of John Adams and he was the leader behind the signing of the treaty of Ghent. Daniel Webster

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Anna
  • Help in the 40’s

    Help in the 40’s

    http://www.cfmc.com/adamb/writings/reviews/rockdale.htm In his book, Rockdale, Anthony F.C. Wallace explores the relationship between the products of technology and social organization. Wallace focuses his study on the fairly small village of Rockdale, an environment that is intended to reflect a significant part of the American industrial experience of the nineteenth century. Many parallels are drawn between the various members of the community, relating not only to their time and place, but the religious, intellectual, and organizational aspects

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Wendy
  • The War on Terror

    The War on Terror

    When President Bush called Americans to enlist in his "war on terror," very few citizens could have grasped the all-encompassing consequences of the proposition. The terrifying events of 9/11 were like a blinding flash, benumbing the country with a sudden knowledge of unimagined dangers. Strong action was recommended, skeptics were silenced and a shallow sense of unity emerged from the shared vulnerabilities. Nearly three years later, the enormity of Bush's summons to open-ended "war" is

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Andrew
  • War on Drugs

    War on Drugs

    Have you ever heard the expression “War on drugs”?. That was first used in 1972 when Richard Nixon described a series of govern-mental programs intended to suppress the consumption of certain recreational drugs. Marijuana was one of them. However the first attack on Marijuana occurred not in 1972 but in1937 when the Marijuana TaxAct was passed. According to Legalizationofmarijuna.com Harry Anslinger (bureau of narcotics commissioner) testified in hearings on The subject that the hemp

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    Vietnam War The Vietnam War was truly one of the most uncommon wars ever fought. This conflict was so hostile and ironic, that the official beginning and end could never be identified, or pinpointed. Likewise, the enemies and the allies looked exactly alike. This turmoil made everyone in the war confused, because “anyone” could be a friend by day, and foe by night. Additionally, what made the war so difficult was the tactics used by

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Artur
  • Philip Caputo's a Rumor of War

    Philip Caputo's a Rumor of War

    Philip Caputo's A Rumor of War, is a very realistic and harrowing account of the Vietnam War from a soldiers perspective. Caputo's approach to depicting the Vietnam War is very intriguing, because you see the war as he saw it. The reader grows with the author as he changes from a young starry-eyed soldier, dreaming of "bayonet charges, and desperate battles against impossible odds." (Caputo, p. 14) To a weathered warrior fighting not only an

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Jon
  • World War II

    World War II

    A Violation The Treaty of Versailles was a violation of Wilson's ideals. The Treaty is one of the most important agreements (or disagreements) that shaped 20th century Europe socially and physically. Woodrow Wilson on January 22, 1917 in an address to the United States Senate called for a peace without victors, but the Treaty signed by the participating nations was everything but that. The blame for the war was placed on Germany and justified the

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: regina
  • World War I and World War II

    World War I and World War II

    World War I and World War II: A comparison of the weapons, Technological advances and the tactics involved. World War I and World War II both changed the political world and forever alter the war we thought about warfare. Not only did it change the world in those ways, it also drastically changed the way war was waged. Numerous technological advancements allowed for war to be waged further away from your enemy, with greater accuracy,

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The Vietnam War Vs. Iraq War

    The Vietnam War Vs. Iraq War

    The war in Vietnam and the war in Iraq differ in many ways such as; the reason for war, US support, the cost, number of deaths, and the time and place. In this essay I am going to compare the Vietnam War with the war in Iraq describing three ways in which the war in Vietnam differs from the war in Iraq. Three ways the two wars differ are the reason for war, number of

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • Differences in Northern and Southern Colonies Prior to Revolutionary War

    Differences in Northern and Southern Colonies Prior to Revolutionary War

    Actions, as Driven by Beliefs As Earl Nightingale stated, “we can let circumstances rule us or we can take charge and rule our lives from within” (qtd. in www.brainyquotes.com). This attitude was held by the people who colonized the eastern seaboard of America. They left home and everything familiar to brave sickness, hunger and the threat of death on the long voyage to America, in the hopes of creating a better life. They formed settlements,

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: July
  • The Civil War

    The Civil War

    The Civil War is acknowledged as the greatest war in American history. Known as "The War that Never Ended". Nearly three million fought, and 600,000 died. It was the only war fought on American soil by Americans, and for that reason we have always been fascinated with The Civil War. On April 12, 1861, at 4:30 AM, Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard opened fire upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina with the use of

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Mike