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1401: Copper and Molybdenum Deposits in the United States: ... needs until the discovery of gold in California shifted the focus of mineral exploration westward and strikes of rich copper ores occurred in Tennessee and the Cordilleran base regions. The Civil War caused copper demand to increase greatly in order to manufacture cartridges and canned goods, this resulted in the openings of numerous copper mines of which more than 90% were in ... armies. Major copper production districts then shifted to Montana and Arizona in the early 1890's. Production increased to reach peak levels of 900,000 tons a year during World War I and in 1970 1,600,000 tons of copper were produced but recent levels are lower, fluctuating between 1-1.5 million tons a year. Technology has aided ...

1402: Christian Love And Community: ... nature of an ideal spiritual community. Love of this kind abandons the right to kill another in self-defense and will refuse absolutely to kill enemies even in a just war. If made into a social ethic, it requires the poor to sacrifice for the rich, the sick to sacrifice for the healthy, the oppressed to sacrifice for the oppressor. It ... any denial of ones own right to be fully human in every respect. Against the pacifist, ethical love would justify killing in self-defense and killing enemies in a just war when non-lethal alternatives are unavailable. They are necessary and tragic emergency means here and now to stop present and ongoing violence. Capital punishment is opposed since the crime has ... day to day standard for ordinary life even in the family or the church. Can Christian love in the ethical sense be an appropriate norm for a large, secular, pluralistic, civil society? Can unconditional love for the other that regards the welfare of the neighbor equal with ones own be the ideal expected of the citizens of New York or ...

1403: Genocide: ... lands would be lost, and the native Irish, who were forced to accept an unfamiliar culture, rebelled (Lewis 9). In 1649, Oliver Cromwell, leader of the Parliamentarians in the English Civil war, lead the Puritans into a bloodbath against the Catholics (Lewis 9). "He did it brutally, massacring the Irish without mercy and called the large scale killing ‘the righteous judgements and ... starve and thirst to death in the burning sun (Armenian Genocide). To this present day, the Turkish Government denied these allegations. They claimed the Armenians were only removed from a "war-zone." The leaders of the Young Turk Government were found guilty of carrying out the killing by a secret network (Armenian Genocide). The decision to eradicate the Armenians was ...

1404: Film Score Music: ... the characters. This film contains a scene in which a young woman, Jennifer Jones, races along the railway platform alongside the train that is carrying her true love off to war. Steiner chose to use elements from familiar songs, “I'll Be Home For Christmas”, and Irving Berlin's “Together”, intertwined with a military sounding symphony part to exemplify to us ... theme for Tara. The theme for Tara is the most effective because this old plantation and it's collapse in essence symbolizes the collapse of the Old South after the Civil War. This theme recurs throughout the film each time is is modified slightly to show to the audience the undying strength and endurance of the proud tradition of the Old ...

1405: Peoples Temple Settlement In Guyana: ... People's Temple as well as why Jonestown ended up being a terrifying reality. The United States was going through a transitional period around this time. In 1978 the Vietnam war had been over with but there was still much unrest. There was rampant fear of nuclear destruction in the wake of WWII and the eruption of the Cold War; the civil rights movement in all its appearances was beginning and mature capitalism vastly differentiated income distribution. Many people were looking for alternative lifestyles, different ways of thinking and unique ideas ...

1406: King Lear: Illusion: ... has decided to retire and divide his kingdom among his three daughters and their husbands. His stated intention is to prevent future conflict. This is stupid since it actually invites war between the heirs, as we see, they are all ready power crazy, and do turn on each other. Shakespeare's audience (having just been spared a civil war following the death of Elizabeth) would have realised this. The one affected by illusion the most is undoubtedly Lear. Lear's high position in society meant he should be ...

1407: Hamlet: Hamlet Resembles A Real Person: ... or not. If Hamlet had killed Claudius solely on the ghost's advice, he would certainly have been tried and put to death himself. There would probably have been a war to choose the new king. Being the humanitarian that he is, and taking account of his responsibilities as a prince and future king, Hamlet most likely would want to avoid civil war. Even though Claudius is a murderer, and probably not as noble a king as Hamlet's father was, he is still a king. He brings order to Denmark. Hamlet ...

1408: John Locke 2: John Locke was the son of a country attorney and was born on August 29, 1632 . He grew up in and during the civil war, and later in 1652, entered the Christ Church, Oxford, where he remained as a student and teacher for many years. Locke taught and lectured in subjects such as Greek, rhetoric ... should be there. Locke argued that sovereignty did not reside in the state, but with the people, and that the state is supreme, but only if it is bound by civil and what Locke referred to a natural law. Many of these thoughts were later embodied in the constitution. Some of these ideas, such as those relating to natural rights, ...

1409: The Immigrant Experience: ... believed that the freedom that they had gained under the English rule would be lost. Other felt that the taxes were too high and joined the Patriots. Later, in the Civil War, Jews took sides as everyone else. Their location meant everything. Jews in the north sided with the Union, and Jews in the south sided with the Confederacy. Unfortunately, a law ... 1880 and 1925, many Jews came to America to escape anti semitism. One of the acts of anti-semitism was church supported violence against Jews in Eastern Europe (before World War I), which was legal. There were also laws which discriminated against Jews. In Russia, a czar had been assassinated, and Jews were blamed out of fear of a revolution. ...

1410: Vinegar: ... what is now known as "Four Thieves Vinegar." In doing so, legend say that they were able to pilfer the diseased and deceased without getting infected themselves.(Geddes) In the Civil War, vinegar was issued to counter scurvy. More recently, in World War I, vinegar was commonly accepted as treatment for wounds.(Oster 5) Other more modern medicinal uses for vinegar also exist. A mixture of apple cider vinegar and water, if ...

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