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Biography of Sen. John F. Kerry

for President, 2004). Kerrys upbringing as a member of a vocal family and his time at Yale served him when he returned from Viet...

Operational Art and the Battle of Leyte Gulf

"how should the resources of the joint force be applied to accomplish that sequence of action" (the means) (Overview of operationa...

Island of Terror: Battle of Iwo Jima

wife that said she should not plan for his return. This shows how strong and determined he was to do the job that the Japanese mil...

Battle Scenes: Saving Private Ryan and The Return of the King

graphic violence, others praised the realism, while some questioned whether war is really like that at all" (Haflidason, 2000). Th...

How Did the New Left Lead to the Rise of the New Right?

support one another, and as a result, there was great social change. Perhaps the greatest success of the New Left was the Brown v....

"Option Four" By Ramesh Ponnuru: Review

plays a role in mandating its recognition as a union, will it automatically segue into an issue of rights that have been heretofor...

Poachers vs. the Conservation Police

Louisiana alligators, the population had been depleted nearly 90 percent because of an extremely lucrative skin trade (Speart, 199...

Battle of Waterloo and the Reasons the Duke of Wellington Emerged Victorious

outnumbered "Frances 72,000 men (Bonaparte) and its detached right-wing corps of 33,000 (Marshal Grouchy), so the French emperor s...

World History Changed by 3 Important Battles

documents of this particular battle in a less biased view than what he grew up with (LeBlanc, 2002). His book, The Tsars Last Arma...

'The Battle of Maldon' and the Characteristics of Old and Modern English

lost" (The Battle of Maldon: Introduction). In this battle, which involved the Vikings and the leader Anlaf tried to land ashore...

Media and Film Documentaries in China

which provided free education, pensions, and social services to the people and peasants. Instead, the self-sacrificing citizen of ...

Microsoft's Operating Systems Dominance and the Emergence of Linux

According to one author, the clash between Microsoft and Linux is mainly a clash of ideals -- while Linux supporters claim that mo...

Military Strategy and Napoleon's Rise to Power

and spoke French poorly even as an adult, always with a thick Italian accent (Black 10). Napoleon attended military school where...

Jonathan Swift and Modernity

by pairing books against each other, thus pitting classical works against modern counterparts. For instance, Swift includes such ...

Richard and Richmond's Speeches in Richard the Third by William Shakespeare

and one in blood establishd; One that made means to come by what he hath, And slaughterd those that were the means to help him; Ab...

Analyzing The Stand by Stephen King

Despite the obvious panic, a visibly ailing President of the United States attempts to reassure a shaken nation by vehemently deny...

31 B.C.'s Battle of Actium

with the respected General Marcus Aemilu Lepidus (Chesser, 2003; Meadows, 1999). When Lepidus was forced to retire by Octavianus a...

California's Legalization of Ferrets as Pets

during the Medieval era in Europe, ferrets would be introduced into the Palaces and homes of the royals to control vermin. They wo...

Sterilization Methods, Ancient to Modern

and isolation of contagious patients would save lives and slow the transmission of illness. Sterilization and disinfection of mi...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Fifteenth Amendment right to vote. Congress therefore authorized extraordinary federal interventions for five years. But the deadl...

Significant Policies of Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama and Their Controversies

Hillary Clinton has lobbied tirelessly to provide all Americans with decent and affordable health insurance and was the chief arch...

The Battle of Cowpens

were taken without what was now a deeply ingrained sense of restraint. Revolutionary warfare was simple and to the point....

Violence and Pride: Ellison and Morrison

a sense of innocence. "I had begun to worry about my speech again. How would it go? Would they recognize my ability? What would th...

IKEA, FREEMAN AND FRIEDMAN

with a high conservation value (Bartlett et al, 2006). But the issue with child labor was two-fold. Should IKEA try to...

Kasserine Pass - American View

his arrival in North Africa, British General Harold R.L.G. Alexander described the Americans as "ignorant, ill-trained and rather ...

Pressfield: “Gates of Fire”

"device" through which he tells not only the story of the battle, but the story of Spartan life as well. Pressfield structures the...

1999 French Banking Merger and Hostile Takeover

In fifteen pages the 1999 banking battle between France's Paribas banks, Societe Generale, and the Banque Nationale de Paris is ex...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In eight pages this paper discusses Joseph Conrad's battles with depression and how this affected his novel Heart of Darkness. Ni...

Elian Gonzalez Should be Returned to Cuba

In eight pages this paper presents the argument that 6 year old Elian Gonzalez should be reunited with his father in Cuba in an as...

Societal Struggles of Man and John Steinbeck's Novels

In ten pages Steinbeck's depiction of man's continuing struggles with society are examined within the context of The Grapes of Wra...