Battle of Somme July-November 1916 Why did the British decide to launch an offensive on the Somme? The French were fighting the Germans alone at Verdun‚ in an attempt to retain control of the historic fortress town. The French Commander in Chief‚ Joffre‚ asked the British to mount an offensive on the nearby Somme‚ to deflect the Germans. The offensive was planned by the British Commander‚ Douglas Haig. What was the Plan? The plan was to launch a week long bombardment of the German trenches
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“To what extent did PLO action from 1968 represent a shift in terrorist activity?” Modern day‚ international terrorism origins arguably dates back to the events on July 22nd 1968 in which the terrorist group the PLO changed the foundations of terrorism and caused a considerable shift in a modern terrorist’s approach. The year 1968 marked a radical shift in how terrorists operated and their objectives as a group‚ when a commercial air flight was hijacked by the PLO from Rome to Tel Aviv. This
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Tobacco has been prevalent throughout western culture since it’s introduction to Europe in the fifteenth century by Christopher Columbus. From English cigars to Native American pipes‚ tobacco’s popularity came from it’s recreational use. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that tobacco‚ specifically cigarettes‚ were identified to have a direct correlation with cancer. CNN’s Brief History of Tobacco chronologically displays the events: “in 1930‚ researchers in Cologne‚ Germany‚ made a statistical
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Chapter 3 Part 1 of 3 1) Identify and describe the two major sources of current liabilities. The two major source of liabilities‚ for both current and noncurrent liabilities‚ are operating and financing activities. Current liabilities of an operating nature—such as accounts payable and operating expense accruals—represent claims on resources from operating activities. Current liabilities such as notes payable‚ bonds‚ and the current maturities of long-term debt reflect claims on resources from financing
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The Evolution of Music: Offensive to Women‚ yet Acclaimed in Society Victor Hugo‚ a well known French Romantic writer‚ once stated “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” Though this statement was made in the 19th century‚ it continues to stand true to this day. Through decades of evolution‚ music has constantly been a way for anyone to express themselves through melodies‚ timbre‚ dynamics‚ and lyrics. People around the world are composing
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Omega 37 (2009) 63 – 78 www.elsevier.com/locate/omega Increasing offensive or defensive efficiency? An analysis of Italian and Spanish football José E. Boscá∗‚ Vicente Liern‚ Aurelio Martínez‚ Ramón Sala Facultad de Economía‚ Universidad de Valencia‚ Avda. dels Tarongers s/n‚ E-46022 Valencia‚ Spain Received 15 July 2005; accepted 3 August 2006 Available online 10 October 2006 Abstract This paper analyses technical efficiency of Italian and Spanish football during three recent seasons‚
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(2) Anne Moody‚ Coming of Age in Mississippi (1968) In the beginning I never really saw myself as a writer. I was first and foremost an activist in the civil rights movement in Mississippi. When I could no longer see that anything was being accomplished by our work there‚ I left and went North. I came back to see through my writing that no matter how hard we in the movement worked‚ nothing seemed to change; that we made a few visible little gains; yet at the root‚ things always remained the same;
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On February 1‚ 1968 Pennsylvania railroad and New York Central Railroad merged together‚ which at the time of publishing “Deals from Hell” (2005) was the largest US corporate merger. National interest was at stake due to the magnitude of this union as it was estimated to contribute 3% of national GDP and should the corporate entities fail it would also lead to an estimated 3% unemployment as well. Unfortunately this merger was doomed for failure only 29 months later when bankruptcy was filed as
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Hemispheric disconnection and unity in conscious awareness - Sperry 1968. Evaluation In 1968 the neuropsychologist conducted a study into split brain patients while working at the California Institute of Technology. Previously he had carried out research similar to this‚ in the1950s‚ splitting the brains of cats and monkeys. It was during this research that he realise3d that you could teach one of the hemispheres a task‚ while keeping the other hemisphere unaware of the information learned. This
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their use of language‚ Zefirelli and Luhrmann take two very different approaches to Shakespeare’s second most famous theatrical work. The 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet‚ directed by Franco Zeffirelli‚ is set to a more traditional idea. The historical architecture of these towns provides a somewhat more authentic feel to the film. The scenery as portrayed in the 1968 film is ‘correct‚’ according to description provided within the text of Romeo and Juliet. The 1996 version‚ on the other hand‚ is a different
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