Members
 Member's Area
Subjects
American History
Arts and Television
Biographies
Book Reports
Creative Writing
Economics
Education
English Papers
Geography
Health and Medicine
Legal Issues
Miscellaneous
Music and Musicians
Poetry and Poets
Politics
Religion
Science and Environment
Social Issues
Technology
World History
|
|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 45,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 261 - 270 of 288 matching essays
- 261: JFK: Was His Assassination Ine
- ... approached, the CIA had already made plans to overthrow Castro with the Cuban exiles. However, to the surprise of just about everyone, a young John F. Kennedy defeated favorite Richard Nixon by the slimmest of margins. Nonetheless, the invasion had to go on. The plan was to bomb Cuba's airfields to prevent the Cuban military from killing the invading exiles ...
- 262: U.S Involvement In The Vietnam War
- ... in Vietnam had little to do with Vietnam at all. It was about China for Eisenhower, about Russia for Kennedy, about Washington D.C. for Johnson, and about himself for Nixon ( Post ). The last two of which were the major players in America's involvement in regards to U. S. Troops being used ( Wittman ). The military involvement in Vietnam is directly ...
- 263: Clinton Impeachment
- ... the weirdest episodes in our political history. He is the only elected President of the United States ever to be resulted in the passage of impeachment (Johnson was not elected, Nixon resigned to prevent impeachment). The reason for his impeachment is that he lied under the oath during the testimony in the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit, and to grand jury ...
- 264: Stephen Coonts' "Flight of the Intruder": Summary
- ... bombardier, Virgil Cole miss the building completely and just hit a few bystanders and blow craters in the sidewalk. Just when the two are about to be court- martialed, President Nixon gives the orders of unauthorized bombings anywhere in North and South Vietnam. Grafton and Cole fly their next mission with a EA-6B for SAM (surface-to-air missiles) suppression ...
- 265: George Wallace
- ... rally in Laurel, Maryland things turned for the worse. While participating in a final round of hand shaking with the crowd. A frustrated Arthur Bremer, who also tried to assassinate, Nixon set his sights on Wallace. Bremer stalked Wallace for weeks trying to get a chance to shoot him. From a range no more than three feet away, the assassin shot ...
- 266: The Bill Clinton Story
- ... charges voted by the House. The Senate failed by one vote to convict Johnson. In 1974 the House Judiciary Committee voted the three charges of impeachment against President Richard M. Nixon, but he resigned from office before the House could vote upon the charges. (Grolier, 1) Certain questions concerning the impeachment process have persisted: Whether it is judicial or political in ...
- 267: Kovic's "Born On The Fourth Of July"
- ... years before to tell them how wonderful life in the marines could be. He become one of the most active speakers in the anti-war demonstrations. He was even at Nixon's acceptance speech in 1972 to yell at him from the center aisle to stop the war several times and being interviewed during a life broadcast, before he was pulled ...
- 268: Life of John F Kennedy
- ... the perfect wife for the young politician and shared the same views as he. In 1960 John Kennedy made a successful bid for the Presidency. He was elected over Richard Nixon by a small margin of only 119,450 votes out of the 69 million popular votes cast. He was the youngest President ever elected to office. He was 43. His ...
- 269: James Earl Ray
- ... beloved presidents have been in office during the twentieth century. Although none may have their birthdays celebrated or their faces carved into a mountain, presidents such as JFK and Richard Nixon are certainly presidents whose impacts will not be forgotten soon. Presidents may have the power world leaders usually do and it is a guarantee that a new one will be ...
- 270: John Lennon
- ... page ads declaring "War Is Over!" - to spread their message of peace. During the early Seventies Lennon fought the U.S. government to avoid deportation - a campaign of harassment by Nixon-era conservatives that was overturned by the courts in 1975 - and came to love his adopted city of New York. Then there were those five quiet years when Lennon chose ...
Search results 261 - 270 of 288 matching essays
|
|
