Why are we having to barricade ourselves against our neighbors and fellow citizens, and when, exactly, did this start to take over our lives?出于某种原因,当我们觉得防范周密时就感到心满意足;我们没有问过自己:为什么会出现这种情况?为什么非得把自己与邻居和同住一城的居民相隔绝,这一切究竟是从什么时...
Why did the war on terror start?War on TerrorThe War on Terror is an ongoing campaign. The campaign has been criticized for its shift of focus from Al Qaeda to the Iraq War and the Syrian Civil War, and its cost, which is now in the trillions of dollars....
Why did the Boshin War start?When all else fails, launch a rebellionAfter the arrival of Matthew Perry in 1854, the Tokugawa Shogunate was struck a fatal blow. Forced to open the nation to foreign powers, the Tokugawa looked weak in the face of foreign aggression, which soon led to a ...
Did You Know The three largest seaports in Vietnam are in Hai Phong (North), Da Nang (Central), and Saigon (South). In addition, Vietnam has an extensive railway network: the Kunming (China) – Hai Phong (Vietnam) is 855 km long and remains important for cargo transportation. ...
“To criticize SDI as being ‘Star Wars’ is like criticizing the Manhattan Project as being ‘Star Wars,’” Pinsker says. “The whole point of both projects was to take theoretical ideas and make them a reality, which eventually both did. It didn't happen overnight with either, and bot...
The Robot Chicken crew lets you know if Santa Claus is a racist, Tiger Woods gets his own Space Jam type of movie and we find out what The Bratz girls did last summer. EP11Super Guitario Center Have you heard of the Boglins? The RC writers have. And they make a splash with a swam...
Agent Orange is a herbicide and defoliant chemical used by the US Military during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971(it's been used in other places, but we most commonly know about it because of Vietnam).It contains dioxin which has caused a major health problem for people who were expos...
This morning I watched an old documentary about the Vietnam War calledHearts and Minds.Having been released in 1974, it might as well be a primary historical source for the time period. Throughout the entire documentary there are only one or two people interviewed who maintain their conviction...
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Senator Gaylord Nelson advocated for Earth Day and called on "students to fight for environmental causes and oppose environmental degradation with the same energy that they displayed in opposing the Vietnam War," states the libr...