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The Reign Of Terror

History is said to be written by the winners, but is it possible to rewrite history? In a way, the French, like many who have preceded them, and many who will proceed them have done the impossible, rewriting history. From trivial folklore, such as George Washington chopping down a cherry tree, ...

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Hear No Evil: Music Censorship

The debate over censorship in music has gone on for centuries. From the Catholic Church’s disapproval of Gaetano Donizetti’s 19th century opera (Oliver 40) to the refusal to show Elvis’s gyrating hips on television in the 1950’s (Nuzum 12), the problem has always loomed in the background of ...

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East Timor. Do They Have A Rig

East Timor is half of an island in Indonesia, about 300 miles north of Australia. In the 1500's, Portugal colonized the island of Timor, and its inhabitants today are primarily Catholic. The Dutch colonized much of the area, eventually including the western half of Timor as part of the Dutch East ...

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The Roots Of Judaism And Christianity

(i) Judaism: The Jews are a people who trace their descent from the biblical Israelites and who are united by the religion called Judaism. They are not a race; Jewish identity is a mixture of ethnic, national, and religious elements. An individual may become part of the Jewish people by ...

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Explain The U.S. & Russian Positions In The Cold War

The Cold War between the superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union was a clash of distant ideologies in a changing world. Friction developed between the two on many occasions as either side tried to expand their spheres of influence in politics, geographical surroundings, and even ...

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Anti -semitism

Stop and think about this for a second. What if someone was torturing and killing other innocent human beings by the millions using methods of starving, shooting, gassing, burning, and hanging. You might say, “Oh, that could never happen.” Well it has. During World War II, ...

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Joseph Stalin

’s official reign of terror ended with his death in 1953, but the effects of his autocratic rule continued for many years to follow. His lasting hold on the people of the former Soviet Union still lingers in a few brainwashed minds. In the article "Stalin’s Afterlife" and the movie ...

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Hiroshima And Nagasaki Bombing

Fifty four years ago, the detonation of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima (and later on Nagasaki) ushered to the Nuclear Age. It was a moment full of horror, in which the eyes of the whole world were opened to the unimaginable possibility of nuclear holocaust. The ...

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Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Rothschild Parker was an American writer who wrote poems, playwrights, and short stories. Parker is most well known for her sharp wit, pessimistic attitude, and use of irony. Most of her poems were works of satire, which ridicules a situation for the purpose of bringing about change. Most ...

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The Study of Psychology

The study of psychology in a philosophical context dates back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, China, India, and Persia. Historians point to the writings of ancient Greek philosophers, such as Thales, Plato, and Aristotle (especially in his De Anima treatise),[11] as the first ...

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Nanjing Rape

When World War II broke out, on September 1st, 1939 with the invasion of Poland by the German Army, there had already been a war going on in China for almost two years. Most know of the war crimes committed by Nazi’s during the war and many know of the war crimes trials that took place once the ...

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Anne Frank

Anne was born in 1929. She had one sister, Margot, who was 3 years older. Anne, Margot and their parents lived in Frankfurt in Germany until Anne was four. In 1933 in Germany, the Nazi party came to power, led by Adolf Hitler. They were a violent political party who hated and victimised many groups ...

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Genocide and UN Intervention

THE CONFLICT IN SYRIA Why has the United Nations not intervened? CAPSTONE PAPER POLITICS 497 – 01 – DISCIPLINE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE - SPRING 2014 Tyler Watkins In the past there has been many circumstances of extremely violent acts against human right laws as cases of genocide ...

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Night by Elie Wiesel: A Review

Elie Wiesel's story NIGHT is an accounting of his later childhood in Hungary and how he and his family ended up transported to German concentration camps. The book is emotional and moving although Wiesel does not use emotional words or phrases. His simple language and matter-of-fact approach ...

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