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    Butterfly, was first written in 1988 and his work was inspired and he was influenced by Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly and it is based on a true story. David Henry Hwang as a first generation Chinese American being born in California on August 11, 1975, the writer of the three-act play M. Butterfly was a son of Chinese immigrants, his father was from Shanghai and his mother was an ethnic Chinese from the Philippines. His father immigrated to Oregon during the 1940’s and he majored in…

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    1) The origins of the Cold war are most directly linked to the relations between the Soviet Union and the allies of Great Britain, France, and the United states in WW2. At the end of WW2 only the united states and Russia stood as world powers, due to the catastrophic damages done in Germany, Japan, France, and Britain. Tensions between the Soviet Union and the US came forth in the Yalta and Potsdam conferences due to FDR and Truman wanted to ensure democratic elections and self-determination in…

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    Guantanamo down, calling it a gross violation of basic human rights and a stain on America’s image abroad. And although early in his first term, Obama vowed to close it — and has significantly reduced the population (there were only 61 inmates, as of August) — Guantanamo still remains open, a result of of intense partisan gridlock. After 9/11, budgets for defense-related agencies skyrocketed: Homeland Security’s discretionary budget jumped from about $16 billion in 2002 to more than $43 billion…

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    investigated counterterrorism organizations and internal agencies. The Department of Defense or (DOD) was an agency that was created August 10, 1949. The department of Defense is an executive branch of government that is in charge of supervising agencies relating to the national security of the United States. The Department of energy or (DOE) was created in August 4, 1977 this agency was created in order to control nuclear power. The agencies responsibilities is handling the safety of nuclear…

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    however for quite a while it's been accessible just in washed-out prints with ineffectively interpreted, white-on-white subtitles. The recently deciphered and subtitled 35-millimeter print at Film Forum is probably the form that was secretly screened in August for military work force by the Pentagon as a field manual for battling terrorism. Previous national-security consultant Zbigniew Brzezinski volunteered this ad spot: "On the off chance that you need to comprehend what's going on at this…

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    Jackson Lane Professor Lamaree HIS 121 – 8:05am class August 2015 Benedict Arnold Benedict Arnold, too many was a patriot turned traitor, some say he was just loyal to his home country and he stood up for what he believes in. Arnold was born on January 14, 1741 in Norwich; Connecticut He was one of the many Benedict Arnolds to make an impact on the New World. People use the term “Your such a Benedict Arnold”, and most Know he was a traitor but no one knows the whole story. What Arnold did to…

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    Hitler Vs Stalin

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    began to transform into the Great Terror as it began to use show trials as another technique to instill fear throughout the nation as prominent leaders were put on public trials to be executed. A collection of trials such as the Trial of the Sixteen, August 1936 and the Trial of the Twenty-One, March 1938 together had executed over 40 politburo members. This technique was very effective as the general population was so horrified, in order to prove their loyalty, people would rat out neighbors…

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    mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.” Although it is poetic language Kennedy is clearly speaking about the nuclear weapons. The Atom bomb was first dropped on Hiroshima killing over 80,000 people on August 6, 1945. Four years later the Soviet have their first successful atom bomb. The Hydrogen bomb tests successfully for the first time in 1951. Two years later the Soviet have their own successful Hydrogen bomb. This was important topic to…

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    Pollard's Fraud Case Study

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    . In May 1984, he borrowed money from a co-worker and bounced several checks trying to repay him. In July 1984, Pollard’s supervisor received a letter of indebtedness from the Navy Federal Credit Union reporting that Pollard was delinquent in repaying a loan. His supervisor failed to report the letter to the OIC and did not record the financial troubles in Pollard’s file. In post-arrest interviews, Pollard claimed to have perceived anti-Israel/anti-Semitic sentiment from coworkers and…

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    Jose Armenta Biography

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    Here is Marine Corporal Jose Armenta in his tent on the night before getting blown up in Afghanistan. He jokes with Mulrooney and Berry and the medic the guys have nicknamed “Christ.” He feeds and waters his dog, Zenit, a sable-coat German shepherd. He lets Buyes, who will be dead in three months, ruffle Zenit’s fur, for the radioman is crazy about the dog. Then he takes Zenit outside in the waning light of this dusty, desert otherworld to train. They’re happiest like this. Jose has Zenit sit,…

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