... the communist party in Cuba, Fidel Castro appeared tempestuous, irresponsible and stubbornly bourgeois. In 1943 President Batista appointed a communist to his Cabinet, as he used communists as leaders of the labor unions. Batista started to fail the Cuban communists and their loyalties transferred gradually to Castro, completely by 1958. Most Cubans idolized Castro, supported his government and at least accepted his measures. He claimed to have a desire to help the poor and said he would have found it impossible to follow the dictates of a single philosophy. In 1960 Castro was swiftly pushing Cuba to the left wing, and as a result many Cubans left . There was so muc ...
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... had protested for years that many clergy were selling indulgences, which were pardons for sins without making it clear that people must sincerely repent their sins. He attacked the monk Johann Tetzel for decieving the people. Eventually, he became angry enough, and he nailed a complaint, called the 95 theses to a Church door. The 95 theses complained about the sale of induldgences and other corruptions in the Church. Luther also created new ideas against the Church. He rejected the authority of the Pope and said that priests had no more authority than laymen did. He said that vows taken by monks and nuns should be abolished and said that clergy should be able to m ...
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... The teachers weren't so happy about how Einstein was doing and once one of his teachers told him: "You know Einstein, you will never amount to anything." At the time his family's financial status had gone from bad to worse. Teenage Years and Graduation: Einstein's relatives in Northern city of Milan in Italy, offered help to the family. At the time Einstein was at the age of fifteen when he decided to drop-out of high school and join his family to travel to Milan. However he was expelled from school by the principal; he (the principal) said:" on the grounds that his presence in the class is disruptive and affects the other students." Albert Einstein had ...
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... said that their country used socialism as a major step towards "building communism". However most socialist political parties in democratic countries of the West rejected the Communist idea of socialism. Socialists prefer the government ownership of industries that are vital to a country's welfare. These include the coal, oil, iron, and steel industries. The basic idea favored by all Socialists is the public ownership and use of property in order to extend the benefits of wealth more equally. Many economic, political, and social factor lead up to the New Deal. When staggering statistics such as 25% unemployment, and the fact tha ...
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... order to save the lives of their people. In the nineteenth century the most dominant nation in the western plains was the Sioux Nation. This nation was divided into seven tribes: Oglala's, Brule', Minneconjou, Hunkpapa, No Bow, Two Kettle, and the Blackfoot. Of these tribes they had different band. The Hunkpatila was one band of the Oglala's (Guttmacher 12). One of the greatest war chiefs of all times came from this band. His name was Crazy Horse. Crazy Horse was not given this name, on his birth date in the fall of 1841. He was born of his father, Crazy Horse an Oglala holy man, and his mother a sister of a Brule' warrior, Spotted Tail. As the boy grew older his ha ...
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... not being met. Governmet was inefficient and unrepresentative. Economic problems made the heavy tax exempt but neary so, while the peasents and middle classes were subjected to greater and greater burdens. Crops falied, and trade was stagnant. The people could no longer be taxed, but the government faced bank- ruptcy unless new revenues were found. The only soulution was to tax the privileged classes. But they were jealoous of their privileged posistion. Altought they were not completely unwilling to contribute some additional taxes, they never understood how grave the economis crisis was. They say the crises as only some form of financial corruption ...
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... play each other. The games usually took place inside the safety of the camps. Although Kirsch does mention that a few times games were played outside the camp and ultimately ended up being ambushed. In the north the came continued to be played even though the majority of the men were off fighting. Teams from New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia often traveled to other towns to play games. This helped to keep moral up at home. Kirsch does mention that those men that stayed behind to play baseball were not looked upon badly in any way. When the war ended baseball as we know it today was able to flourish. The organization began and various baseball leagues were ...
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... nightmarish stage where every character reveals repressed desires and a demonic nature. Initially, the characters are: cultured and reasonable, the Min-su couple and Sae-wha; calculating but friendly, the Byung-kwan couple; considerate and disinterested, Chang-yun;innocent-looking, Tae-ju; and crude but well-meaning, the hunters. However, all turn out to be selfish and cowardly people concerned only about themselves. In the midst of this nightmarish stage, the characters observe the trout and find when the trout are stressed out, they have an unsettling way of hitting their heads against the wall until they die. The correlation between theoverwhelmed trout an ...
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... in the painting. When Lorenzo died in 1492 at the age of 43 Michelangelo was intended to design to tomb but he left Florence for good in 1534 only the Ducal tombs had been designed. Lorenzo (the magnificent) and his brother Giuliano lie disregarded on a cassone or chest, opposite the altar. Michelangelo designed the tombs for Lorenzo de Medici Duke of urbino and Guiliano de Medici Duke of Nermours. The two complex tombs were conceived as representing opposite types: Lorenzo, the contemplative, introspective personality; the Giuliano, the active, extroverted one he put magnificent nude representations of dawn and dusk beneath the seated Lorenzo, day and night ...
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... record with the release of an album, "Meet the Beatles," in late January of 1964. That event was followed by the Beatles themselves, who arrived in New York February 8, 1964 for three appearances with Ed Sullivan. The first show was scheduled for Sunday, February 9, the second was telecast from Miami a week later, and the third pre-taped for an airing in March. These concerts were the most watched television programs ever (70 million viewers) until recently. The Beatles' arrival in the United States was presaged by a deluge of advance publicity. Newsweek, Time, and Life have chronicled Beatlemania, UPI, and the AP(Associated Press) had done their part fo ...
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