A celebrity is someone that is effortlessly decipherable in any given society or culture. In most cases celebrities are usually outgoing, that is, they are sociable and self confident. They are the type of people that will always attract a great deal of media attention and will always make headlines in any such setting. Celebrity status may be achieved as a result of one's profession, recurrent appearance in mass media or better still it may be accidental or through ill fame. Celebrity status...
Diplomacy, an ever-present solution to the problems of a nation, can both help nations avoid war and it helps nations terminate conflict. In a prime example of diplomacy at work, the Paris Peace Accords were an attempt to negotiate a peaceful end to the Vietnam War. The goals of the Accords were to get American prisoners of war (POWs) out of Vietnam and end the Vietnam War by withdrawing peacefully from Vietnam. Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, representing America and North Vietnam, respectiv...
"[Let] us consecrate this moment by resolving together to make the peace we have achieved a peace that will last," Nixon said, upon the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. Diplomacy, an ever-present solution to the problems of a nation, can both help nations avoid war and it helps nations terminate conflict. In a prime example of diplomacy at work, the Paris Peace Accords were an attempt to negotiate a peaceful end to the Vietnam War. The goals of the Accords were to get American prisoners of...
Mao Zedong was born in 1893 and died in 1976. He was a Chinese revolutionary and a communist leader. In 1923, Mao, the Leader of the Chinese Communist Party and Chiang Kai-Shek, the leader of the Kuomintang temporarily merged parties. Even though the communists held no respect for the Kuomintang or their leader, Mao was willing to form temporary alliances which would help him achieve his long-term goals. In 1927, the merge split due to the different views on Soviet interests that Mao and Chia...
Constituents: Volatile oil with menthol and esters, flavonoids, phenolic acids, triterpenes and a great many other constituents, some of them not as yet elucidated. (Barker: 387) Phytol, carotenoids, rosmarinic acid and tannins (McIntyre:144) Therapeutic actions: Antispasmodic, carminative, antemetic, stomachic, anticatarrhal, antiseptic and antipuritic (Barker: 387). Diaphoretic, analgesic, Nervine and circulatory stimulant (McIntyre: 144) Traditional uses: Puritis - Itching is one of the mo...
Draco was a very important leader in Greek history because he started Athenian politics and enhanced the laws of other politicians. He was born in around 620 B.C. and died in 590 B.C. His role as a politician took place during the 39th Olympiad. Draco was the first to begin politics in ancient Greece. This politician established the legal code with which he is identified. These laws were so strict that they were written in blood. Laws were so harsh that one of them even stated that no perfume...
The time between the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century was met with the new idea of expansionism, as per the United States. Due to the new advancements in the fields such as technology, economic, and the common “knowledge” made the expansion of nations much easier. During this time, many things contributed to the continued motion of expansionism in the United States, these contributions would include situations such as the American Diplomacy in China and the Gentle...
This book is written by Charles and Barbara Jelavich, and the eighth volume of "a history of East Central Europe" books, edited by Peter F. Sugar and Donald W. Treadgold for University of Washington. As the book's foreword states, the series of East Central Europe History aims "to identify geographical or political units that were significant during the period in question, rather than to interpret the past in accordance with latter-day sentiments or aspirations". Also, the target of the book ...
Michael Sars who was the theologian and naturalist was born in Bergen, Norway in the year 1809. He had obtained European reputation for his contributions to marine biology and in particular invertebrate zoology. It was necessity to self-support that turned him to theology. He learnt theology and natural history. He completed his studies from the Royal Frederic's University in Christiania now known as University of Oslo. After completing a degree in the year 1828, Michael Sars took to teaching...
A long and favored mantra of the African American community has been "that which doesn't destroy you tends only to makes you stronger". Using these as bywords, the struggle to survive and prosper in the United States has not always been an easy road traveled by African Americans . From surviving the Middle Passage, to the auction blocks, to life on the plantations, to the Emancipation Proclamation and on to the Great Migration of blacks from the south to northern cities, life has always been ...
