The Defence of Duffer’s Drift is a short book by Major General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton[->0]‚ published in 1904 when Swinton was a Captain. It appeared in the British United Service Magazine under the pseudonym‚ Lieutenant N. Backsight Forethought‚ who is the narrator of the book. The book is an exploration of small unit tactics in a fictional encounter in theBoer War[->1]. Swinton served in South Africa[->2] during the Boer War‚ and the book "embodies some recollections of things actually done
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Vertigo Vertigo is a very deeply loved masterpiece of Alfred Hitchcock’s. He made a stack of movies‚ yet Vertigo happens to be my favorite. The movie is about the inner and outer journey of two characters involved willingly and unwillingly in a set-up. In fact‚ there were a lot of behind the scenes ideas that the average movie-goer may not have known about yet. The movie begins with Jimmy Stewart talking to his friend after a long sequence where he is chasing a burglar on a roof top. In a
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labeled Sarasota Modern in his career. Notable for its appearance in the 1958 book‚ Masters of Modern Architecture‚ the W. R. Healy House‚ built in 1950‚ was a one-story Sarasota house built on posts. The roof was concave‚ in order to allow rainwater to drain off. In addition‚ Rudolph used jalousie windows‚ which enabled the characteristic breezes to and from Sarasota
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As productive work became the priority‚ Directive on Education Work in 1958 emphasized the integration of mental education and physical labor (CCCPC‚ 1958). In response to the document‚ productive labor was a mandatory subject to both teachers and students in all level of education and the subject remained in schools in Cultural Revolution periods. Cultural Revolution
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One main reason selective attention is useful is that it acts as a gatekeeper that helps control the flow of information to brain mechanisms responsible for conscious processing of information‚ which have limited capacity (Broadbent‚ 1958; Martin‚ et al.‚ 2007). Among the various ways to investigate selective attention‚ audition and vision are the most extensively researched senses. Lets begin with selective auditory attention. The dichotic listening task devised by Cherry (1953) was
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organization with 15 million members. also in 1955 Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for polio 1956 - The Federal Highway Act is signed‚ marking the beginning of work on the interstate highway system. 1958 - Explorer I‚ the first U.S. satellite‚ successfully orbits the earth. 1958 - The first domestic jet-airline passenger service is begun by National Airlines between New York City and Miami. 1959 - Alaska and Hawaii become the forty-ninth and fiftieth states. There was a fresh artistic
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1. (TCO 1) Historical research involves four main tasks. Interpret refers to the task of: (Points : 4) locating primary sources to learn the facts asking questions like "Who created the source and why?" analyzing all the available primary sources and judging which is the most accurate distributing the new findings to the world 2. (TCO 6) The main fronts in World War I were in: (Points : 4) France and Russia Germany and Austria Italy and
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They also appeared in the trailer for the film version of their production of South Pacific in 1958. Before their partnership‚ Rodgers and Hammerstein were individually successful. After Hammerstein’s death in 1960‚ Rodgers wrote the music and lyrics for No Strings. He earned two Tonys for the song. He also composed the music for Do I Hear A Waltz
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Santos FC in the city of São Paulo. He ended up playing for Santos for most of his career. Santos was the most successful and widely recognized team worldwide. He played for the Brazilian national team‚ in competitions and exhibitions‚ from 1958 until 1974. In 1958‚ he was selected to play in the World Cup for Brazil. He became the youngest player to play in a World Cup final match at 17 years and 249 days. He scored two goals in the final as Brazil beat Sweden 5–2. His first goal‚ a lob over a defender
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has been in effective command of state power ever since the creation of the state. This oligarchy installed politicians and political parties in office to provide a façade of parliamentary government for a decade; it then decided to expel them in 1958‚ when the prospects of the impending general elections seemed to pose a challenge to its supremacy. The intervention of this oligarchy and more particularly‚ of the military‚ became more effective and intensified when the new state started facing
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