1975

The Vietnam War (1955-1975) Location: Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia Date: Nov. 1, 1955- April 30, 1975 Background: The Vietnam War was a long and costly conflict between the communist North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong against the South Vietnam and their ally The United States. The war began after the rice of power of Ho Chi Minh, and continued against a Cold War between two global superpowers (The United States and The Soviet Union). 3 million people were killed…

considerations In democratic state, the public opinion can influence the course of action of the authorities (Mack, 1975: 188). Therefore, Mack blamed that the nature of the polity of the metropolitan contribute to the defeat of the war (Mack, 1975: 189). Domestic constrain in a free society is more influential than other kinds of polity like totalitarian or dictatorship (Mack, 1975: 193). In democracy, the free media can affect the attitude of the population towards the war. The New York…

In 1975, two sisters, Katherine Lyon aged 10 years old and Sheila Lyon aged 12 years old went missing after a trip to a shopping mall in Maryland of Washington, D.C. The girls’ bodies were never found until now. This was one of the longest unsolved cases in Washington D.C.. These sisters were known as The Lyon Sisters and were born in Kensington, Maryland. Their parents, John and Mary Lyon, and brother, Jay, who is a police officer. John Lyon used to work in a local radio station, WMAL, which is…

contract. Michel Foucault explains how authority in the modern disciplinary society could be better enforced by establishing proper hierarchies and creating confinements and labels for the undesirables in society (Foucault, D&P p. 224 & M&C p. 37-38, 1975 & 1988). In the Milgram experiment, the participant who carried out shocks until told otherwise demonstrated full adherence to the social contract. This is because the participant, based on the power dynamics behind the experiment, responded to…

and enhanced PC innovation. In 1975, a sacred revision expanding the yearly authoritative compensation to $7,200 was confirmed. The Sixty-third Legislature framed the Texas Constitutional Revision Commission in 1973 and served, remarkably, as a sacred tradition in 1974, on power of a protected alteration endorsed in 1972. In spite of the fact that the Constitutional Convention of 1974 neglected to embrace any recommendations, the Sixty-fourth Legislature (1975–76) alluded to the voters eight,…

Question 1 (i) Mean: ‘’The sum of a series of measurements (or numbers) divided by the number of those measurements.’’ (Open University,2015: S104 Exploring Science Glossary, Milton Keynes, The Open University). Scientific Notation: ‘’ A notation that represents any number by expressing it as a number that is equal to or greater than 1 but less than 10, multiplied by a simple power of ten where the index may be positive or negative. Thus, 1.30 × 103 is in scientific notation (because 1.30 is…

recessions in its history. The two recessions that had lasted the longest at about 16 months each, was the first being in November 1973 to March 1975, and the other from July 1981 to November 1982. According to aboutnews.com article “The History of Recessions in the United States”, the Recession of 1973 officially started in November and lasted till March of 1975. There were reasons why the recession of 1973 happened, a lot of the blame though was put on the 1973 oil crisis and the fall of the…

lives. Khmer Rouge was a Communist Party of Kampuchea. Khmer Kror-Horm was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia. The leader of the Khmer Rouge was Pol pot. Also the founder was Son Ngoc Minh. On April 17, 1975 an entire nation vanished. On that day, Khmer Rouge troops marched into the capital city of Phnom Penh proclaiming the year zero. Within less than twenty-four hours, the army began evacuating the city of more than two and a half million…

technology in psychology. First, we will be looking at Stanley Milgram (banyard, 2012, p.69) and his work on the obedience studies and the replication studies that followed. Second, we will be looking at research on friendship by Bigelow and La Gaipa (1975) and the role technology has influenced the way people engage with their friends. Third, we will be looking at research on the structure and functions of the brain,…

killing and letting die is untenable” (Rachels, 1975, p. 678). Rachels believes killing is not any worse than letting someone die. Therefore, passive euthanasia is not better than active euthanasia. For legal reasons, physicians may have to differentiate the difference between passive and active euthanasia, but, “they should not give the distinction any added authority and weight by writing it into official statement of medical ethics,” (Rachels, 1975, p.678). Active euthanasia is defined as…