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… sees the man's picture it is hard not be taken aback by the omnipresent intensity beaming from his eyes. For a great many people the face has become synonymous with evil. Born Vladimir Illyich Ulyanov in 1870, the man later known as Lenin revolutionized…

… as being of a corrupt nature. One member of Parliament defined a justice of the peace as ??an animal who, for half-a-dozen chickens, would dispense with a dozen laws.?? Criminal law was completely dependent upon deterrents, as opposed to surveillance…

… The 13th century required a powerful king and inspirational leader, Henry was neither. His life was filled with passion, and the hope of a powerful England. Henry always had the best intentions in mind, although they were not always fulfilled. He cared…

… the Spanish Civil War that it was coming. Ever since the country had been given public elections, there was constant battle between the Right wing and the Left. The Spanish government knew there was no other way to deal with the political and social…

… the uncanny amount of similarities between two seemingly unrelated kings; Henry III and Louis XIV. Although they had remarkably similar childhoods, their lives took shape as diversely as possible. Both kings were orphaned at a very young age, at a desper…

… from the desire of the German people, the political will of the German government, and many international investments. This is clearly evident when examining Germany decades earlier, following World War II. This country overcame devastating drawbacks…

… interpretation of the geological record were: ·Scottish geologist James Hutton ·Another Scotsman, John Playfair, Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory "(1802) ·Abraham Gottlob Werner, a German geologist ·French naturalist G. L. Cuvier ·English…

… returned to Rome in 60 BC, ambitious for the consulate. Against senatorial opposition he achieved a brilliant stroke--he organized a coalition, known as the First Triumvirate, made up of Pompey, commander in chief of the army; Marcus Licinius Crassus,…

… Adolf Hitler, fürh of Germany on the Sudeten land. "For the German speaking people", he says. But is this the truth? Is this all Hitler wants from Czechoslovakia or is it more? What we do know is that the German leader's demand and movement has…

… built? Castles, for the most part, began to appear in the form of the Motte and Bailey (see next Q&A segment). The appearance of this type of castle coincides with the territories in which the Viking attacks were most prominent; therefore, streng…