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Papers on History
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Number of words: 399 | Number of pages: 2.... spite of the fact that the solo is often sonically buried in unyielding orchestral textures. There are, to be sure, virtuosic flights aplenty for the piano, and lyrical ones, too, but the work is hardly all the pianist’s show.
The Concerto opens with a series of rather ponderous, static, unaccompanied piano chords which lead to the orchestras statement of a sardonic main theme taken by the strings while the keyboard spills out continuous cascades of harmonic embellishment. Finally a martial answer by the piano – on the first two notes of the main theme – leads to a melodically and harmonically luxurious second theme given b .....
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Offensive At St. Mihiel
Number of words: 1675 | Number of pages: 7.... for them, and gave the Germans the high ground. The reason the salient was so important to the Germans was that it interrupted the Paris-Nancy Railroad and completely cut off the Verdun-Toul Railroad. Which gave the Germans complete control of any supplies coming into the area.
The final plan for the operation called for a main drive against the Southern face of the salient, a second drive from the west and then holding attacks and raids at the tip. The I and IV Corps were going to be the main attack forces. I Corps, commanded by Major-General H. Liggett, included the 82nd, 90th, 5th and 2nd Divisions was set up on the So .....
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Democracy -- Good Or Bad
Number of words: 659 | Number of pages: 3.... realizing the fallibility of the general population, thus starting our country as a Republic. A republic is similar to a mixture of both aristocracy and constitutional government. It uses the good qualities of each and attempts to shirk off the possibility of perversion mentioned by Aristotle.
This situation is not only an example of the perverse democracy, but it also shows, by Aristotle's definition, tyranny. Tyranny is, "a kind of monarchy that has in view the interest of the monarch only." Obviously, Mayor Daley is not a monarch, but he is in the most powerful person at the city level. He perverted his authority to remai .....
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The Slave Trade
Number of words: 1289 | Number of pages: 5.... history. The Islamic civilizations in the fourteen hundreds had a large trade system in which they marched their slaves across the Sahara to areas in the east. Additionally, it was very common amongst competing African tribes that, after a battle, members of the losing side were forced to work as slaves for the victor. Although it is often not displayed in their natural and noble depictions, this was the case as well with many Native American tribes.
The economics of began to make sense in the late fifteenth century as Europe emerged from the “feudal” period, otherwise known as the dark ages. Meanwhile trade was pick .....
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Hiroshema
Number of words: 871 | Number of pages: 4.... caused the U.S. to enter the war. The United States was the ultimate cause to Japan losing the war. Secondly it made the Americans angry and determined to destroy the Japanese. Recruiting offices were flooded with young patriots who wanted to help their country out. This attack was just an example of what could have happened if the war had continued. If the war had continued another attack on U.S. soil could have taken place. This could have turned the 6,000 dead American civilians into
9,000 dead civilians. That is one of the main reasons the war needed to be stopped immediately.
The United States made the thought of the Atom .....
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The Sixties - Years Of Hope, Days Of Rage
Number of words: 1480 | Number of pages: 6.... newspapers. He voiced his democratic opinions to all who would listen and gave numerous speeches against the war of Vietnam. He went to conferences, walked many picket lines, and traveled to Cuba in 1967, where he shared his views and beliefs. During the Democratic Convention in 1968, police were called, tear gas was thrown, and armed officers used objects of force against anymore that caused a disturbance. This type of rioting was demonstrated at the San Francisco State College and Berkeley’s People’s park in 1968 and 1969 with the same outcome of law enforcement prepared to silence the crowds. Todd Gitlin w .....
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The Northwest Ordinance Of 1787
Number of words: 1061 | Number of pages: 4.... schools for use, nor did it
specify if African-Americans could attend schools with whites' and although
it the separation of church and state had been previously outlined, the
Ordinance did not mention if it was ok to teach creationism in schools.
These problems are still being debated on. (Northwest Ordinance packet,
40-41)
The Northwest Ordinance ensured the loyalty of the territories by
promising protection for them when they could not protect themselves and
ensuring them of eventual equality and self-government. (Northwest
Ordinance packet, 42-43)
The Articles of Compact of the Northwest Ordinance, differed from
the .....
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Ancient Greece: A Time Of Great Cities And Lives
Number of words: 579 | Number of pages: 3.... of the worlds economy and was to be home
to more than twice as many shops and people than the city already held.
Although women in the world today are always talking about women and
their rights and how they deserve to be equal in everything that they do and
receive, it was not a problem to Greeks in their society which has been
described as a place where women's freedom was restricted and their lives were
restricted to that of a slave in some cases but was really no different than a
women's freedom in today's society. In Greece it was a mans world in which a
man could do what he pleased to a certain extent of the law. Whi .....
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Jay's Treaty
Number of words: 691 | Number of pages: 3.... British, and according to Hamilton the British were a vital part of our
economy. He said " …the tax on imports furnished much of the money for paying
off our foreign, domestic, and state debts." 2 Along with the British's
impressment of American seamen and their role in our economy Washington knew
something had to be done. Washington knew that the tension between America and
England had to be thinned out so he decided to send over a special envoy. The
individual chosen for the job was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Jay.
John Jay had much experience in this department because he was the former
Secretary for Fore .....
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Causes Of World War 1
Number of words: 514 | Number of pages: 2.... a huge arms race, people were eager to put up large amounts of money to support their government’s vast military. Great Britain has always had a large navy. Germany decided it wanted a navy to rival Britain’s. When the people of Britain saw the buildup of Germany’s navy, they got scared and started producing more and bigger ships for it’s own navy. Every time Britain got a “leg up” on Germany, Germany struggled to outdo Britain, and vice-versa. Soon, the public was clamoring for war. Militarism is based on imperialism and the fear that another nation is getting ahead imperially.
Imperialism is extending control of .....
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