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There are a lot of great sports in this world. Soccer is the world’s most popular, drawing crowds in excess of 100,000. Baseball is America’s pastime. And football is the most exciting thing on television. But, for me the best sport is volleyball. I love volleyball for so many reasons that it is hard to list them all. But, I think the number one reason that I love volleyball is that it reminds me of high school, which was a super happy time in my life. I played on the varsity team with…

Matteo Paoli WWI Assessment My topic is about Vittorio Orlando. Orlando was born in 1860 in Palermo, Sicily. Well educated, he became a professor of law and in 1916, and is also renowned for his 100+ writings on legal and judicial issues. He entered government as Minister of Justice. During the height of the Caporetto disaster, he was appointed Prime Minister. However, more favorably, his wartime leadership ended in triumph with the Italian victory at Vittorio Veneto in 1917. In 1917 he was an…

Groupthink is a phenomenon that occurs when the desire for harmony and compliance within a group leads people to operate in a way that can reach a faulty decision. (Janis,1972) Historically, there are many examples of groupthink decisions made by corporations, governments, or other types of organization or group. In this paper, we will examine an important aspect of Modern Greek history that changed not only its borders, but also the population characteristics of certain areas. Asia Minor was a…

Main Causes of World War 1 There are a lot of things that factor in when discussing what caused World War 1. The main causes of World War 1 was; militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Some things that led to these factors was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. His assassination triggered the outbreak of WWI. After his assassination is when Austria declared war on Serbia. Nationalism was also another cause. Nationalism encouraged the public people to support military…

Cartoons and World War II The decisions made throughout the 20th century in the United States affected the lives of Americans both positively and negatively. One of the most significant events that occurred during the 20th century was the World Wars, prominently the World War II. The United States, twenty-three years later, was involved, yet again, in another World War. Theodor Seuss Geisel, famously known as Dr. Seuss, was an author and a cartoonist during the 20th century. Geisel, best known…

A feeling of doubt regarding the future for the West consumed the lives of some intellectuals. French write Paul Valery expresses his concerns and mood of disillusionment felt after the war. This feeling is illustrated in two different forms, one written by Valery in 1919 and as a speech from 1922, which were both later published in Variety, a collection of some of Valery works. We first look at his writing from 1919 to uncover the underline message behind it. This excerpt stresses his concern…

I feel that the way Kissinger approached the French and British appeasement was certainly appropriate. Kissinger writes that France had an “overwhelming psychological dependence on Great Britain” which he concluded was why France made no military preparations. In the wake of a devastating war on both France and Britain, they adopted a policy of peace at any price, which essentially is appeasement. Kissinger describes how Great Britian was afraid to confront Germany and risk war, which Hitler…

peace after World War I. Those fourteen points went into the formal armistice with Germany. However, in negotiations with the Treaty of Versailles, Wilson had to compromise away many of these points so he could save the capstone, the League of Nations. The League of Nations became the main line of contention when Wilson attempted to pass the treaty in the Senate, and there were three factions in the Senate who had differing opinions on it. One group, the internationalists, led by Woodrow Wilson…

while playing in a match. Compared to similar sports, football and hockey, rugby is actually as safe as, or safer, in terms of injuries sustained per 1000 playing hours. This is explained in enter citation of concussion in youth rugby union and rugby league: a systematic review. In rugby, concussions are sustained on average between five to fourteen times for every 1000 playing hours. Dr. Clay Seiple, a sports medicine physician practicing in Hudson Ohio, was interviewed for his take on the…

her dream to become a mathematician but there is some obstacles she has to accomplish first. It is currently the year of 1962, the era where women have no rights in the world. Women cannot vote, have minimal rights, they are not allowed in many Ivy League colleges, are not allowed any professional jobs, and are getting poor pay. Beth was an activist herself against these things. She always puts her “foot down” and demands that she will have the rights that they will not give her just because she…