| 41. | Shrinking Welfare State The New Welfare Legislation and Families
The need for welfare has been evident since 1935. The federal government implemented this program for families with children to help subsidize or cut the cost of food, give cash assistance. In 1996, changes were made to modify this assistance by cutting money earned from welfare payments from tho...
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| 42. | Death Penalty
... The legal infliction of death as a penalty for violating a criminal law is known as capital punishment. Capital punishment, also know as the death penalty, has been one of the most controversial subjects concerning the modern world. ... More than forty crimes are provided the death penalty...
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| 43. | Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama is the title of the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people. In the Tibetan language Dalai means ocean and Lama means teacher. Dalai Lama represents the ocean of wisdom. The Dalai Lama is worshipped as the bodily form of the Buddhist saint of compassion, Chenrezig. Ea...
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| 44. | elvis
... Elvis Presley would begin what is considered the rock and roll era of today, and at the same time become the one of the first idols of popular culture in the United States. ...
Elvis Aaron Presley was born into a poor home in Tupelo, Mississippi. ... Elvis had a twin brother named Jesse, ...
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| 45. | dalai lama
The person i chose to do this report on is the Dalai
Lama. ...
The Dalai Lama was born July 6, 1935 as Lhamo Thondup
which literally translates to "wish fullfilling
goddess. ... At the age of 5 it was first
believed that he was the reincarnation of the previous
13 Dalai Lamas, the first one ...
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| 46. | Dr Mengale
Doctor Joseph Mengale also known as the “angel of death” was probably the biggest killer in history. ...
Joseph Mengale was born on March 16, 1911 in Guntzburg, Bavaria. ... Mengale was always interested in music, nature and philosophy and he wanted to be a doctor, even though his father always...
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| 47. | Ramsay macdonald
Ramsay MacDonald was born in Lossiemouth on the Moray coast and became an organiser of the British Labour Party. ... Despite his defeat in the final year of the war he was returned to the House of Commons in the 1922 election
At the end of 1923 Stanley Baldwin, the Conservative Prime Minis...
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| 48. | analysis of Symbolism in Lorcas play Blood Wedding
... Later controversies and allegations about his personal life and acquaintances brought even further fame to Lorcas name. ... His three most notable "folk tragedies" are Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding, 1935), Yerma (1937), and La casa de Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba, 1940). Much of...
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| 49. | jhff
Types of Jazz Traditional : Traditional jazz first emerged in the 1930s as jazz writers attempted to distinguish the New Orleans jazz which dated back to the turn of the century from the music of the swing era that followed on its heels. Some musicians from this era included Joe “King” Oliver and “J...
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| 50. | How Treaty of Versailles was a direct cause of World WarII
World War I ended after killing millions. ... So a treaty was made without any kind of German participation. The Treaty of Versailles was drafted by the Allies and was hard on Germany. The hard terms of the treaty are said to be a direct cause of World War II. Germany wanted to get rid of the treat...
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. first regular tvprogramm in germany - first trial transmissions were started in april 1934 - and one year later on the 22. march berlin gets his first regular tv-programm - the channel televised 3 times a week 2hours - the name of the channel was Pual Nipkow - channel started with 12 honorary empl...
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| 52. | cadillac
... So in August 1902, Leland and Fords former backers founded the Cadillac Automobile Co. Henry Leland introduced the $850 Cadillac at the 1903 New York auto show. ... Cadillac built nearly 2500 cars that first year--a huge number at the time. In 1909, General Motors bought Cadillac, bringin...
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| 53. | Fashion of the 60s
FASHION
Sixties Fashion
Teddy Boys had established a teenage market in the 60s and made it acceptable for males to dress for show. Now both sexes became increasingly fashion-conscious and the trend-makers made the most of it.The biggest fashion change from the 60s came in the rise in hemlines.
M...
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| 54. | The Veracity of Humanity
The human mind has the extraordinary ability to push out veracity, and create its own, sub-reality. When placed under stressful situations that hold no hope, people control the situation, or filter it in their mind. They do not want to be there. This story holds the uncanny ability to paint an illus...
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| 55. | Batista
Fulgencio Batista was a significant figure in Cuban history. ... Batista also was to face many problems during his rule in the Cuban government. ... , which began the fall of the economy as Batista became involved in the country.
Batista was born in Banes in 1901 an...
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| 56. | John Duncan Fergusson 1874 1961
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Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac
Painter, 1961
The term Post-Impressionsist was first used by the English writer Roger Fry in 1910 when he organized an exhibition in London called ‘Manet and the Post-Impressionists’. ... Two Scotsmen, Samuel John Peploe (1871 – 1935), and John Duncan Fergu...
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| 57. | Nazi Germany the view of an industrialist
Germany 1933-1945 in the eyes of an industrialist:
1933: trade unions are abolished- on the 2nd May 1033 all trade unions were banned. ... As an industrialist this helped me, I now had no obligation, with the abolition of trade unions, to care for my workers, there are now no wage restrictions...
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| 58. | Edward Murrow
Edward Murrow was born in Polecat Creek, Greensboro, North Carolina on April 25th, 1908. Murrow attended Edison High School before studying at Washington State College. He was the youngest of three boys born to Roscoe and Ethel Murrow (Info please. ...
Murrow joined the Columbia Broadcasting Sy...
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| 59. | Indian Residetial Schools
Indian residential schools were boarding schools for Native children which operated throughout Canada for almost a century. ... In residential schools, the children were to receive an elementary education modeled after the education that Canadian children received in their schools. ... Using var...
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| 60. | Hydrogen
Hydrogen is defined in the 1984 edition of the World Book Encyclopedia as “a tasteless, odorless, colorless gas, and one of the most important elements”. Henry Cavendish, of London, England, found this to be true in 1766 when he discovered the ninth most abundant element in the earth’s crust, Hydro...
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