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- 181: Atomic Bomb
- ... they would have. And I'm sure anyone can realize what would happen if the war continued; more deaths. Admiral William Leahy, Chief of Staff to President Roosevelt and President Truman, wrote, "By the beginning of September 1944, Japan was almost completely defeated through a practically complete sea and air blockade." If that was true, how could they have continued to ...
- 182: NATO Airstrikes in Kosovo
- ... in Europe to erase one of its ethnic groups? Fifthly, what will the US led-NATO's illegal intervention achieve? Korea is still technically in war nearly 50 years after Truman's stroke to involve America in Korea. North Vietnam won its anti-American war and still controls the whole part of Vietnam. Let's see America's great "victory" in ...
- 183: The Atomic Bomb
- ... to prevent the Russians from expanding any more and to keep them out of Japan where they would hamper the peace process and gain even more territory. As president Harry Truman says in his radio address, document H, all of the countries involved were trying to create the atomic bomb to use for their efforts. Fortunately the Americans won the "race ...
- 184: The Nuclear Arms Race
- ... brief history must be given. The Arms Race probably began in August of 1949, when Russia detonated its own nuclear weapon, thus ending the U.S. monopoly. In response, president Truman ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb in January of 1950. However, the Soviet Union made the first H-bomb in August of 1953. Then, the race escalated when the ...
- 185: The Old Ball Game
- ... Orson Welles. Perf. Tom Selleck. Universal City Studios, Inc., 1992. Nefk, Craig. "The Hottest American Import in Japan." Sports Illustrated 23 March 1987: 74. Tasker, Peter. The Japanese. New York: Truman Talley Books, 1987. Whiting, Robert. "The Pain of Perfection." Sports Illustrated 5 may 1989, 76.
- 186: In Cold Blood: Death Penalty
- ... violent crime. -The offender directed an accomplice to commit the murder or committed the murder at the direction of another person. (Flanders 12) In the novel, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, the main characters Dick and Perry were guilty of several of the circumstances that eventually led to their demise: -The multiple victims included all four of the Clutter family ...
- 187: Social Security: A Brief History
- ... to 1.7 million. The most significant administrative change involved the signing of the Medicare bill on July 30, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson, in the presence of former President Truman, who received the first Medicare card at the ceremony. In 1996-97, Legislature produced such changes as Contract With America Advancement Act of 1996, signed on March 29, 1996, this ...
- 188: Government Spending & Budget
- ... person that can veto laws sent to him, and also has the power to call Congress back into session if he is unhappy with the current situation. This was President Truman’s "ace in the hole" back in 1948. A Neutral Proposal: As a neutral proposal, a group calling themselves the "Blue Dog’s" have won support for their budget from ...
- 189: Why The Crucible?
- ... not get their scripts published. Thousands of Americans careers were demolished just because Joe McCarthy decided to be the master of ruthlessness. Many believed McCarthy’s theory. Even President Harry Truman believed it. Well, he did until McCarthy accused him. Newly elected President Eisenhower on the other hand was smarter. He decided to stay out of the mess. Toward the end ...
- 190: When the Government Stood Up For Civil Rights
- ... desegregation of schools - putting into law the Supreme Court decision of Brown vs. Board of Education. Title V expands the duties of the Civil Rights Commission, set up by President Truman after the shame of the treatment of black Military personnel during World War II (Ginsberg 131). Title VII establishes a government agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), to enforce ...
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