Superpower

Locking eyes with a stranger across the room can easily be marginalized as an occurrence, which only holds weight in half baked romantic comedies. This particular sentiment could not be further from the truth, as gaze and gaze direction plays an integral role in our non-verbal communications with other humans. The reaction of an individual to eye contact or gaze usually depends on the mutuality of the eye contact, such as in positive cases involving sexual of personal interest, or negative…

When people think of the word hero they might picture a superhero or someone with huge muscles and fantastical superpowers. But a hero can also be kind and caring. They should put others before themselves and other peoples’ needs in front of their own. To me, a true hero must be willing to sacrifice their own personal wants and cares in order to help make others happy. A true hero must be able to smile and be happy when others only see trouble and strife. June Hamersma is an important figure in…

The Cold War lasted from 1947 to 1991. It was a time of tension and competition between the two superpowers of the world, The Soviet Union and The United States. The Cold War followed the end of World War II and carried through The Presidency of Ronald Reagan and eventually ended in 1991. The Cold War was called the Cold War because it never heated up into actual armed combat rather it was a competition between the powers on who could gain more military power, who could claim the land first and…

a government service or program, typically the armed forces. Additionally, conscription was used by the two greatest pillars of western civilization the Greek and Roman empires respectively. The United States, considered by many to be the modern superpower of western civilization,…

William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Through the speech, Clinton desires to relate his presidency to the American dream and values such as, freedom, prosperity, security, and a perfect union. Clinton achieves this using logos to highlight the positive parts of his presidency with diction words such as; stronger, freer, cleaner, more prosperous, safer, ect. These words communicates a disdain for the previous…

During the late 15th century, many powerful European Nations, headed by Catholic Monarchies emerged and consolidated their control and hold over large fragments of land and peoples throughout the peninsula. As these nations expanded; new trade routes and technologies exchanged hands, leading to improved standards of living, this resulted in extensive population growth. This meant that these nations had to compete for limited resources and space in order to sustain their people. Many of these…

Communism Today Communism was just a term which appeared in many books written by famous philosophers and writers back in the 16th century until it became a reality later on in society. Back in those days, the thought of Communism was adopted by small groups such as the Puritan religious group abolished the private ownership of land. Karl Marx also mentioned it in his book, “The Communist Manifesto” and says this should be advocated in society and defines it as the abolition of property.…

The definition of the word “genocide” may be hard for some to comprehend. For those lacking knowledge of history, they might believe genocide is impossible to occur in times such as today. The definition of genocide is the “deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group” (dictionary.com). Throughout the history of mankind, groups of people have tried to annihilate different groups for different reasons. But how is an innocent child, first learning…

involved indirect fight between the two blocs. The major wars during the cold war were witnessed in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Korea which the two blocs supported. The Cold War led to the emergence of capitalist U.S. and communist USSR as the two world superpowers with profound political and economic differences (Northrup, 2011). Their different economic systems have had enormous impacts to themselves and the rest of the world during the Cold War. Suspicious relations between the USSR Union and…

Going back about 70 years, we enter one of the most hostile and tense times ever in history: the Cold War. For almost half a century, the once allied superpower countries of the United States and Russia faced stressed relations caused by their conflicting ideologies and desires. However, like in many situations, the blame has to be put on someone. Since the end of the Cold War, historians have been re-examining and re-analyzing the various places, events, and historical interpretations of the…