The Easter Offensive By 1972‚ President Nixon had been in office for four years‚ dealing with the inherited quagmire that was Vietnam. With both sides tiring of the seemingly endless cycle of successes and setbacks‚ the North Vietnamese military decided to mount an invasion into South Vietnam commencing on Good Friday of that year. This was done in order to better their position at the Paris Peace accords‚ which would be closing soon‚ by gaining control of more land and crippling Nixon’s political
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Turning Points in History 1968 Event: Civil Rights Act of 1968 • Prohibited the following forms of discrimination: • Refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of his race‚ color‚ religion or national origin. People with disabilities and families with children were added to the list of protected classes by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988. • Discrimination against a person in the terms‚ conditions or privilege of the sale or rental of a dwelling. • Advertising the sale
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The Prague Spring 1968 The Czech leader‚ Novotny‚ a hard line communist and Soviet ‘puppet’‚ he was very unpopular. The Czech economy was in a mess‚ and seemed to be run purely for the benefit of the USSR. Dubcek‚ a reforming communist‚ replaced Novotny. Brezhnev‚ leader of the USSR‚ supported this move. Dubcek promised the people socialism with a human face‚ and launched a series of reforms known as the Prague Spring. The reforms aimed to improve standard of living‚ allow for greater freedom
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Class : 12DTA01 ID : 1211200015 Preparation for The Tet Holiday in Viet Nam Tet ( New Year’s Day) is the most important holiday of Vietnamese to celebrate . The Vietnamese think that all things have to be new‚ fully and lucky for comming year. Therefore Vietnamese prepare carefully to welcome new year. They decorating the home‚ cooking traditional Tết food‚ buying flower and everything they need in this holiday. About 2 week before Tet‚ Vietnamese will decorate and clean their house . They
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A critical analysis of rape culture in Jill Filipovic’s Offensive Feminism and Jessica Valenti’s Purely Rape article What is rape culture? This issue is prevalent in contemporary society‚ especially on university campuses. Filipovic blames this prevalence on “religious conservatives” (13); they want men to remain the most dominant sex while women remain submissive to these men‚ hence maintaining the status-quo. Valenti‚ on the other hand‚ casts her blame on the sexual purity myth‚ which is the “lie”
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German Spring Offensive of 1918 (The Ludendorff Offensive) • Spring Offensive that happened in 1918 was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War. The Spring Offensive was huge‚ but unfortunately unsuccessful. • German general Erich Ludendorff was responsible for the offensive. • The main goal to be achieved by this offensive was to divide French armies and British Empire‚ and defeat them before the arrival of American support. • In the autumn 1918
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Tet holiday‚ which takes place in late January and early February‚ is the most important festival to Vietnamese people. It has become so familiar to the Vietnamese that when spring arrives‚ Vietnamese people‚ wherever they may be‚ are all thrilled and excited‚ whishing to come back to their homeland for the great festivities and moreover‚ for family reunion. Those who have settled down abroad all turn their thoughts to their countries and try to celebrate the festival in the traditional ay‚ never
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In the duration of one year‚ 1968‚ the American national mood shifted from general confidence and optimism to chaotic confusion. Certainly the most turbulent twelve months of the post-WWII period and arguably one of the most disturbing episodes the country has endured since the Civil War‚ 1968 offers the world a glimpse into the tumultuous workings of a revolution. Although the entire epoch of the 1960’s remains significant in US history‚ 1968 stands alone as the pivotal year of the decade; it
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In the early part of the year‚ the Tet Offensive occurred in Vietnam. It was actually a ’win’ for the US forces‚ but so many Americans were killed or wounded‚ it was seen as a defeat. It was a PR defeat when news anchor‚ Walter Cronkite of CBS‚ ’the most trusted man in America" went to cover a story over there and came back and in an editorial comment (It had to be editorial‚ all news was supposed to be neutral in those days) that we were losing the war. Many middle class Americans who previously
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Market research top-line HCMC Jan. 2013 HANOI DANANG THEME: CONSUMER’S SHOPPING HABIT FOR TET HOLIDAY *Tet is known as Lunar New Year. This is the most meaningful holidays to the Vietnamese. About: Viettrack is a monthly consumer research report of FTA Research & Consultant‚ aims to deliver opinions‚ evaluations and perceptions of consumers about various topics including economic situation‚ new trends‚ products & services etc. We do hope that Viettrack could help producers
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