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- 1081: CANADA
- ... you ever stop and wonder how much we take the place we live for granted? If you were to take the time, you would discover how diverse are Canada's history, geography, climate, economy, cultures and government. Did you know it is the largest country in the world now that U.S.S.R broke up. Specifically, Canada is 9,922 ... not present, her representative, the Governor General is in charge. He ranks higher than the Prime Minister. In conclusion, I hope I have raised your awareness of Canada's varied history, geography, economy, climate, cultures and government. This is great country that we live in. I am truly proud to be a Canadian. Extras Canada in it's history to date has had five flags. "The First, was a white flag with three gold fleurs-de-lys. This flag was used by Cartier in his voyage up the ...
- 1082: Ludwig Van Beethoven
- The rise of Ludwig van Beethoven into the ranks of history's greatest composers was parallelled by and in some ways a consequence of his own personal tragedy and despair. Beginning in the late 1790's, the increasing buzzing and humming ... faith in his own music, searching for "but one day of pure joy." In a musical perspective, the "Eroica" Symphony established a milestone in Beethoven's development and in music history. His manipulation of sonata form to embrace the powerful emotions of heroic struggle and tragedy went beyond Mozart or Haydn's high-Classic style. Beethoven's new path reflected the ... and futility. At the same time however, despite the looming impossibility of recovery, his ambition to fully realize his musical talent set him to establish a new milestone in musical history-the creation of the heroic style. Symbolizing struggle, the resistance of morality to suffering, and the triumph over despair, we can see how the heroism of Beethoven's music ...
- 1083: The Christian Coalition: A Small Grassroots Organization or A Large Political Threat?
- ... the past few years, we have seen radical departure from the Judeo-Christian principals which and are the foundation of our country and our government. Never in our country's history have we seen such an all-out attack on religion, Christian values and families. If we act now, we have a tremendous opportunity to change this country's state for ... even if there are two members per mailing address, that only amounts to 708 000 members, no where near their claim of 1.7 million. The CC manipulates events in history to support their views. They quote the Bible and cite speeches that have been made in history. For example, on the CC of Georgia website they provide a quote from Charles Finney, a minister and leader in America's 2nd Great Awakening. He once said: "The ...
- 1084: Brian Mulroney And The Free Tr
- ... the House of Commons through a by-election in the riding of Central Nova. In the election the following year, Mulroney led the Conservatives to the greatest majority in Canadian history, winning 211 seats in the House of Commons. Brian Mulroney was also a party animal, having "attended his first PC convention in 1956 as vice- chairman of Youth for Diefenbaker ... a government in search of a major policy on which to set sail." For all these reasons, free trade looked like a policy whose time had finallly arrived. "Throughout our history, trade has been critical to Canada's livelihood. Now, almost one third of what we produce is exported. Few countries in the world are so dependent on trade. This trend ... fairer, and a more predictable trade relationship with the United States. At stake are more than two million jobs which depend directly on Canadian access to the U.S. market." History, no doubt, will properly credit Brian Mulroney and the government he led but it is safe to say that from 1984 to 1993 Brian Mulroney and his government brought ...
- 1085: Women In Combat
- ... WWII and later Israel in 1948. Russian women flew fighters to protect Stalingrad from advancing German armies and also took up arms to protect the city (The Journal of Military History, 1993, p. 319). After the war, Russian women were banned from all combat positions While in these positions it has been documented that they performed extremely well. The women pilots were soon called "Night Witches" due to their great performance (The Journal of Military History, 1993, p. 320). Israel during the War for Independence, also used women in direct combat positions. The need for women to serve in combat positions became great because so many ... Bibliography WORKS CITED Campell, D. (1993). Women in combat: The great world war II experience in the united states, great britian, germany, and the soviet union. The Journal of Military History, 57(2), 310-325. Decaw, J. W. (1995). The combat exclusion and the role of women in the miliary. Hypatia, 10(1), 56-72. Dunbar, C. (1992). Toward a ...
- 1086: Nostradamus and a Grim Future
- ... he is a master of the stars. Regardless of these proposals, Nostradamus must be looked upon as a scholar and recognized as an important figure in past, present, and future history. Some believe that Nostradamus and his so-called prophecies are all nonsense that can be explained by a simple technique, as Marc Hopkins describes: Why do "all those prophecies" seem to match our events of today? I think it's obvious: because there are universal laws of history that dictate the course of events during times of great changes (including ours) which therefore will conform to an archetype. All you have to do is spell out the archetype ... earth (Rodus 39). The people will view the falling meteorites as a natural occurrence, but in reality the government will be covering up the entire incident. Nostradamus also claims that history books will falsely have commentaries reporting the disasters of "nature." Somewhere in the near future scientists will research how to warp and alter time to help change the outcome ...
- 1087: Chaucer
- A person can almost wholly learn the history of the world though literature that has been written. This is because the people and times have such a great influence on the writers and their work. Authors did not ... of the eighth century and Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales of the fourteenth century. The time in which Chaucer lived was "one of the most disagreeable periods of our national history" (Legouis 80). The Black Death destroyed a third of the population and many people turned to the church for help. Goeffery Chaucer, being "the great poetical observer of men, who in every age is born to record and eternize" (Blake 51), wrote The Canterbury Tales in the late fourteenth century in England. Religion dominated this time period in history; and therefore, it played a huge role in literary work. The Tale's plot is based on a very religious practice, a pilgrimage. The narrator of the Tales starts ...
- 1088: Paradise Lost
- ... position in a series of adventures which form an organic whole through their relation to a central figure of heroic proportions and through their development of EPISODES important to the history of a nation or race." Common characteristics include The hero is a figure of heroic stature, of national or international importance, and of great historical or legendary significance; (2) The ... the dramatized character who speaks, and through him to the 'living intellect' who creates and guides. . . . Throughout we know that behind the narrator there is a man with a personal history, which also enters the poem. (138-39) C. S. Lewis puts it another way: . . . every poem has two parents--its mother being the mass of experience, thought, and the like ... muses in Paradise Lost, discusses the use of Clio as muse and the pairing of Clio and Urania. He includes an examination of associated iconography of the muses in the history of epic poetry. Other of the conventions are likewise present. Milton carefully includes a catalogue of the fallen angels (lines 376-505). He also provides extended formal speeches by ...
- 1089: Capital Punishment
- Capital Punishment Author: Johnny Blaze There has been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent decades. Capital punishment is the legal ... usual alternative to the death penalty is life-long imprisonment. Capital punishment is a method of retributive punishment as old as civilization itself. The death penalty has been imposed throughout history for many crimes, ranging from blasphemy and treason to petty theft and murder. Many ancient societies accepted the idea that certain crimes deserved capital punishment. Ancient Roman and Mosaic law ... of sentencing a capital offender to life imprisonment rather than to death. After the 1830s, public executions ceased to be demonstrated but did not completely stop until after 1936. Throughout history, governments have been extremely inventive in devising ways to execute people. Executions inflicted in the past are now regarded today as ghastly, barbaric, and unthinkable and are forbidden by ...
- 1090: CHILDREN AFFECTED BY DIVORCE
- ... the effects of changes in the child’s lifestyle, the capacity of each parent, the child’s maturity, sex, and background, the need to protect the child from abuse, any history of family violence involving the child, and the parents’ attitude towards the child. This system of determining the child’s best interests is very effective because it is very comprehensive ... O’Farrell. This incident cast doubt on the father’s right to have contact with his son because courts are reluctant to allow contact in cases where there is a history of family violence, due to concern for the child’s well being. Due to the knowledge of the stated altercation and also because the child had been living with his ... the child may be automatically disadvantaged because courts are reluctant to make decisions which result in major changes in the child’s situation, such as a change of residence. The history of the child’s residence is referred to as the Status Quo and is a major determining factor when courts decide residence cases. Unfortunately there is very little which ...
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