“Speer was an apolitical technocrat” There have been historical arguments over the idea of Albert Speer being an apolitical technocrat in regards to his career. Speer wasn’t an apolitical technocrat due to the use of slave labour for the production of armament‚ his visits to concentration camps such as Mauthausen camp and the horrific conditions he saw at the Dora missile factory‚ his knowledge of Himmler’s speech at Posen also his defence at the Nuremburg trials in 1945. Criticism of Speer’s
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January 24‚ 1936 Phyllis Wright‚ a sixth grade student‚ asked the question to Albert Einstein “whether scientists pray‚ and if so‚ what they pray for.” Einstein’s response to the students question was rhetorically effective. He managed to answer he question without giving her a direct answer. He went in-depth to explained the scientific response to pray. He started off by making it sound like he did not pray but by the second paragraph he stated reasons that would make readers assume he does pray
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In April 1996‚ Sunbeam hired Albert J. Dunlap as its CEO. Dunlap led the company in a corporate restructuring. This restructuring provided a hefty reserve to protect against future earnings shortfalls. The restructuring reserve included the following: 1) $18.7 million of items that benefited future periods‚ 2) $12 million in litigation reserves which did not met the criteria of a loss contingency‚ and 3) $21.8 million in a cooperative advertising reserve which was approximately 25 percent higher
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Albert Speer is one of the most controversial figures in history. His complex personality resulting from a traumatic childhood‚ combined with a cunning intelligence and tireless work ethic saw Speer rise to become one of the most powerful and prominent figures in the Third Reich. Albert Speer joined the Nazi party on the 1st of March 1931‚ becoming member number 474 481 . Soon after joining Speer became good friends with Karl Hanke‚ an essential part of the Nazi propaganda machine. Opportunity
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Albert Fish’s real name was Hamilton Howard‚ He was also known as the Gray Man‚ the Werewolf of Wysteria‚ the Brooklyn Vampire‚ the Moon Maniac‚ and The Boogey Man. He was a serial killer in the United States. He was born on May 29th‚ 1870 in Washington D.C. and died January 16th‚ 1963 in Ossining‚ New York. He an American Sado-masochistic serial killer and cannibal. He was a father of 6 kids their names were Anna Fish‚ Gertrude Fish‚ Albert Fish‚ Eugene Fish‚ John Fish‚ and Henry Fish. Albert
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What I find most admirable about Albert Einstein is the way he thought up his theories and had the ability to conduct experiments on them. By doing this‚ he answered many questions of the scientific realm of the world. Some of the traits I admire are: 1. A trait I admire is his curiosity because he always wanted to find out how things worked. When he was five years old his father gave him a compass. It was a mystery to him. He wanted to know why the arrow always pointed north. His father
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Abstract This experiment involves a social dilemma‚ where participants had to choose whether or not to betray their partner. In 1950‚ while researching game theory‚ Flood & Dresher devised a model‚ that Albert Tucker later interpreted and named the Prisoners Dilemma. The participant receives a high reward of they betray their partner and their partner does not betray them‚ a medium reward if they and their partner both don’t betray each other‚ and no reward if they both betray each other. In Tuckers
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Based on the documents‚ it can be inferred that Albert Parsons was indeed a threatening man. In document c‚ it asserts that the anarchists‚ including Albert Parsons‚ were very fond of dynamite (Document C). As known‚ dynamite is a high explosive substance that stimulates destruction and chaos. The evidence suggests that since Parsons was very affectionate to the use of dynamite‚ it can be inferred that he is a very chaotic and destructive individual that only seeks extremist methods to accomplish
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Albert “The Boogey Man” Fish This next serial killer is one that to me is one of the most horrible killers that ever lived. There is no other way to describe Albert Fish as anything but a monster. He was a living nightmare that looked like an innocent grandpa. But under the surface he was something that no sane person can possibly imagine. Fish’s sadistic behavior did not begin to surface until after his wife left him for John Straube. Fish got great pleasure from pain. Whether him inflicting
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The 1920’s was revolutionized by many historical characters‚ but the most influential was Albert Einstein. As a kid‚ he was always attracted to the universe and he never lost his passion‚ even through adulthood (“Einstein‚ Albert” 2). He was determined to solve the universe’s problems‚ and this made him one of the most important scientists to ever live. Despite the fact Einstein disliked school‚ he had a deep passion for mathematics and an orderly universe which led to his many revolutionary
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