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teacher who went on to teach English for seventeen years. He was also a poet and social activist. Meeropol was troubled at the racism going on in America. He was inspired to write this poem after seeing a photograph of two teenagers; Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, get lynched. “The night before, on Aug. 6, 1930, they had been arrested and charged with the armed robbery and murder of a white factory worker, Claude Deeter, and the rape of his companion, Mary Ball” (Strange Fruit: Anniversary Of A…

Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. was an outstanding tank commander in the U.S. Army during WWII, and who would later command military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968-72. Appointed Chief of Staff, Abrams would succeed General Westmoreland as the top commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theatre in 1972. And begin to implement the transition to an all-volunteer force. Creighton W. Abrams was born on September 15th , 1914, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the United…

The Pattons were produced during 1960 to 1983, the first war it saw was the Gulf War, the reason it was not seen in the Vietnam war was because the Patton is a heavy tank (48 tons) so it would have bogged down in the swamps of Vietnam. The Abrams was first built in 1978. It has 1,500 horsepower and a top speed of 42 mph, this tank can go from 0 to 20 mph in 7.2 secs. It has two 7.62 mm machine guns, and a 50 cal machine gun. The turret on this 70 ton beast is a whooping 120mm from the turret…

Colonel Lambert was back on the train heading north as fast as it could take him the news from General Clayton and SFC Harris shook him. He had no reason not to believe what they told them about Colonel Magnus. Colonel Lambert had meet Colonel Magnus a few times over his career and knew of his very conservative views and did his best to steer clear of him. As far as Colonel Lambert was considered the Military should be apolitical because they will have to serve a commander-in-chief from one…

Title In the last few years of World War II, the arms race for an adaptable and superior tank accelerated, which put pressure on all the participating nations: Germany, Russia, the United States, and Great Britain. To compete against German tanks, the British government ordered engineers to design an adaptable tank in 1943. The engineers’ goal would be to design a far superior tank compared to the German counterparts; however, this project did not reach completion until the end of the war in…

When you hear the word “America”, what comes to mind? Some may say freedom, American football, or Donald Trump. But, how often does “military” come up? From a list which compiled the top words that people used to describe the United States, “military” ranked #30 - behind the more popular words “opportunity”, “diversity”, and “ignorant” (POV). This is an interesting detail considering the United States boasts the biggest military in the world and is notorious for its grandiose military budget.…

Culture is defined as a way of life for a group of people. The behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next. The Egyptian culture is as old as Egypt itself, the major ancient civilization was developed on the Nile River over seven thousand years ago (“Egypt”, n.d.). Before the modernization of this civilization that most men and woman see, Egypt was…

However, the large drop in PalmKid’s contribution margin per unit combined with a decrease in the actual number of PalmPro units sold as well as a drop in the actual contribution margin per unit below budget, led to the total contribution margin being much lower than budgeted. Other factors could be discussed here––for example, it seems that the PalmKid did not achieve much success with a three digit price point––selling price was budgeted at $149 but dropped to $102. At the same time,…