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    should be made to veer the Prussians of the course of unification. The Prussians have rejected unification before. They are after power and land, not necessarily liberal ideas and the liberal idea of nationalism. The Prussian prime minister Otto Von Bismarck shares this view. If necessary, small German territories can be given to Prussia to create an alliance with them like the Italians did with the French. Now before the Crimean War has even started, Austria will be in a favorable position. The…

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    Peace, the ultimate absence of human conflict. Throughout human history, peace has been the outstanding concept that nations attempt to achieve. However, history has shown countless conflicting periods that indicates the notion that peace is not a human quality. Moreover, many individuals from Grotius to Hobbes have decreed that human nature is violent, nasty and brutish. Therefore, is it possible to achieve world peace? Due to the anarchic system within international society, the possibility of…

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    In Sick Around the World, T.R Reid partnered up with FRONTLINE to do a documentary on health care systems in various different countries. The countries whose healthcare policies were viewed are the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, and Taiwan. This documentary was done to show what these countries are doing that’s causing them to have success in their healthcare systems and what the United States can do to become more successful with its healthcare system. Each of these countries took…

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    World War One and World War Two are two major events that happened in our world. They were started partly because of four major things, militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Nationalism is the idea that one’s country is better than everyone elses, which was a prominent feeling throughout the 1900’s while these two major wars went on. Although World War One and World War Two occurred during different time frames and involved different leaders, they both had a strong supply of…

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    He spent the next five years on a boat (biography). He was involved in naval matters except for a few months in New York. Except for a seven-month stint in New York. During World War II, he was involved in sinking of the Bismarck. Before the war ended, he participated in many missions. Golding’s experience in the war inspired some events in Lord of the Flies. After World War II ended, Golding returned home safely and began teaching and writing again. Golding has said, “I…

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    The Lord Of The Flies

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    taking the life from another human. Context William Golding (1911-1993) wrote “The Lord of The Flies” and many other great books. He joined the Royal Navy during world war two. He fought on a destroyer ship, participated in the sinking of Bismarck, and was in the battle of Walcheren. Golding was also knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988. “The Lord of The Flies” was written in 1954, during this time world war two was over for quite a while and everyone was anticipating the next world…

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    So there they were, on planet Earth, just sitting in a dorm room like a couple of regular college students. Their names were Jamie, Phillip, Carl, and Liam. They looked like a couple of normal teenage boys. But, what each of them don’t know, and what nobody else knows, is that they are all extraterrestrials from different planets. They disguised themselves so they can come to Earth to study and learn about the culture. Each alien has been sent information about themselves so that nobody will…

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    Why did the German Small Unit Leader of WWII continue to fight and sometimes win against an enemy with more resources, what was his motivation to continue the fight? What possessed the average Landser, (German Nickname infantry soldier), when all seemed lost, to continue to fight and inflict heavy causalities on the advancing allies? The following questions are often posed: Was it due to a Squad Leader, Platoon or Company commander who was a rabid fanatical Nazi who continued the battle when…

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    “The Male Human Nature: An Allegorical Analysis of Lord of the Flies” A tale of human nature, William Golding’s critically acclaimed novel Lord of the Flies explores the effects that surviving on a deserted island without the constraints of society’s rules and obligations has on a group of young boys. Golding argues that moral and societal restraints are learned, not innate, with the adolescent male mind in a more unstable balance between civilization and savagery. For the most part, Flies can…

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    the Taiwanese government opened its first universal health care system to its 11 million citizens. Their new system borrowed existing practices of other countries creating another patchwork, but this time with intent and purpose. Similar to the Bismarck model, Taiwanese government mandates every citizen to have health insurance and sets the premium rates to be paid by employers and employees into the National Health Insurance (NHI) fund. Taken from the French model, the government manages cost…

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