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    about how communism was on the rise in North Vietnam. The American public was too focused on the anti-communistic attitude of the South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem that they ignored his absolutist tendencies, until civilians were killed in a coupe against the President in the later half of 1960. After this many American reporters from different news outlets, starting with the New York Times, began to go to Vietnam to figure out what was really happening overseas. At this point the Kennedy administration

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    Charlie Wilson Annotation

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    infrastructure development. His long-shared hate for Communism fueled his actions with the foreign affairs. He is naive when he goes along with his friend Joanne Herring’s friend, President of Pakistan, Zia. Zia took over the country of Pakistan in a military coupe replacing his predecessor with a trial and execution. Zia, like the Mujahedeen, used Charlie Wilson to get funding from the U.S. to fight their war. Another key factor of the political greed and corruption is the importance of oil as pointed out

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald features many historical artifacts including everyday items like newspapers and high-end purchases. For the purpose of this essay, I will be focusing on Jay Gatsby’s automobile. His Rolls Royce plays a crucial role in the novel in more than one way. The car is the tangible object that eventually helps lead to Gatsby’s downfall but also symbolizes consumerism in the 1920’s. The Rolls Royce epitomizes Gatsby’s taste and his desire to present himself in a certain

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    but so not to detract from the moral of the story. Creon, from the play “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles is used for both of these reasons. Sophocles wished to show that one cannot escape fate, yet did not want to cloud this issue with a possible coupe against his main character Oedipus. He also showed how, at times one character can act completely irrational, while one remains calm in the face of serious accusations. Creon is the

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    Panchali. Bate J. Romantic Ecology: Wordsworth and the Environmental Tradition. London: Routledge. 1991 Buell, Lawrence. The future of environmental criticism: environmental crisis and literary imagination. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2005. Print. Coupe, Laurence. The green studies reader: from Romanticism to ecocriticism. London: Routledge, 2000. Print. "Ecocriticism." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 14 May 2016. Garrard, Greg. Ecocriticism. London: Routledge, 2004. Print. Shewry, Teresa

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    Irvin Hernandez Mr. Fyffe English IV 6 April 2017 Automobiles Taking Over The automobiles were started in the late 1700’s many had ideas on what to do to travel faster so many countries started tweaking and having headaches to find how to make something that will transport you to places quicker and faster mainly faster than walking(“The History of the Automobile.”). The europeans started with their investigations they started with trying it with steam. They started tweaking

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    Gasoline-Fueled or Electric Vehicles? At the status quo, due to the gradually worse global warming climate and other environmental concerns caused by gasoline-fueled vehicles, more and more manufacturers launch hybrid or electric vehicles as EVs (electric vehicles) are more cost effective, have better energy efficiency, the most important of all, EVs cause less environmental damage than gasoline-powered vehicle does. Nevertheless, in terms of the ‘greener’ EVs, some people believe that EVs might

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    Introduction In the late 1980s, Ford strategists took a good look at the booming luxury-car market and realized they needed a global luxury brand to rival BMW and Mercedes-Benz. They considered acquiring several luxury brands. First on the list was Alfa Romeo. But Ford lost Alfa Romeo when Fiat intervened, with a little help from the Italian government. Fiat did not want Alfa, but did not want Ford getting it either. Next came Saab and Jaguar. Ford was negotiating to buy both luxury-car companies

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    Everything began that night with the ringtone of my phone, echoing through my dining room. “Nolan!” my dad bellowed from his office, “didn't I ask you before to keep that on silent?” Rolling my eyes, like it's much of a bother to him, I hauled my butt the sofa and unplugged my phone from the charger to see Ari’s picture from the eighth grade that i could never be bothered to update. Thirteen percent. Greatttt. Sliding the “accept call” button to the right, I already heard her flustered chatter

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    Case Study: Infiniti

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    It established in the U.S in 1989. Infiniti produces many kinds of luxury performance car, crossover, coupe and sport utility vehicles. Today, there is a strong competition in luxury cars market, so Infiniti ought to make innovative and creative strategies to survive in the market and it found that Formula One is such a strategy to create a global awareness

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