Margaret Thatcher

America is considered one of the most prosperous countries in the world. However, those who happen to experience poverty understand that this concept is somewhat blurry and subjective. One can say that living in Manteca CA with around $40,000 of income with two children to provide for and a rented apartment on the outskirts is practically a condition on the verge of beggarhood. Others would say that this is just an applicable federally defined poverty level where a citizen is living from hand to…

Mikhail Gorbachev was arguably the most important world statesman of the second half of the twentieth century as the leader of the USSR from 1985-91. Unlike his predecessors, he was an open-minded and forward-looking leader. In order to improve the Soviet economic and political system , he implemented the policies Perestroika and Glasnost which were still controversial up to now. Perestroika means more reformation and was mainly applied to the Politburo and Soviet society. Glasnost means to…

The British military has had many allies throughout history. France and England have always been allies. There has only been two wars where Great Britain and France fought against each other. Britain and France fought on opposite sides during the Anglo-French War (1202-1214) and the Saintonge War (1242). Besides these two wars, the two countries have been allies. France and the United Kingdom fought together in World War I and World War II on the side of the Allies. However, during the German…

The balance on trade figures shows that from 1973-74 UK had difficulties in restricting imports; the deficit on net exports increased by vast fromUS$ -3958367690 to US$ -9161318512(see table 2). However since 1975 U.K has attempted to decrease these deficits from about US$-3437500272 to a surplus net exports US$ 13346502440 until 1980(see table 2).Interestingly, UK managed to accomplish this positive outcome by evaluating industry performance in home and overseas markets (Hitiris&Bedrossian…

In Britain there are strict mandates when it comes to capital punishment. It is pretty much unheard in that part of the world. “Margaret Thatcher, Britain 's Prime Minister, supported capital punishment. The finality of capital punishment is not supported by an infallible system of justice. There is a serious risk that innocent people will be killed by the state”(Death, 2010). In most…

What constitutes the ideal body is in constant flux, due to shifts in the cultural zeitgeist (influenced by factors including scientific and technological advancement). As such, the consensus of what currently constitutes the ideal body in the Western world is fundamentally different to that of the 1980’s. While the effects of scientific and technological advancement are important, it is necessary to question whether the changing notion of body image is due to changing social values or whether,…

The collective narrative of the United States, albeit still being written, is fascinating. Nowhere in human history can one find another example of a nation being born purely out of ideology and belief. Margaret Thatcher effectively conveyed this reality with her iconic statement “Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.” The United States is not often viewed from this perspective, but the nation's experimental nature is undeniable after careful consideration. There are…

Before writing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Samuel Langhorne Clemens took on several different careers. He started working at the age of twelve as a store clerk to earn money for his family after his father died. He moved on to different small jobs such as a delivery boy, an apprentice to the town’s blacksmith, and later a compositor with local printers and newspapers (“Twain, Mark”). Clemens was forced to leave school to go work at the Missouri Courier as a printer’s apprentice. Next, he…

At a time Bharatavarsha was largely fragmented with Greek invaders still lurking around (left by Alexander), a brahmin scholar masterminded their expulsion and reinstated a powerful Indian empire using the military strength of Chandragupta Maurya. Mired in myths, the name Chanakya, invokes to this day, the image of a scheming strategist who used realpolitik as a necessary means to common good. Two millenniums later, the modern nation-state of India found itself in more dire conditions. Four…

An inquiry into the press in Britain had been done six times in less than 70 years before being requested again in 2011 by, then Prime Minister, David Cameron. This particular inquiry, called The Leveson Inquiry due to it being chaired by Lord Justice Leveson, was requested due to a multitude of press related events that caused both public and political upset. One of these particular events was the phone hacking of Milly Dowler. Milly Dowler was a 13-year-old girl who went missing and was then…