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… supported and trained a brigade of expatriate Cubans to invade Cuba. Within seventy-two hours of the initial attack, cut off from re-supply, the nearly two thousand troops ran out of ammunition and were overwhelmed by Cuban militia and army units.…

… a rosebush growing outside of a prison in a puritan colonial village. Pearl Prynne is an unearthly beautiful child with a with spirit born under unimaginably sinful conditions, all of which are somehow related to the ideas, actions, and views of others…

… was a shocking one. The movie set box office records, taking in over eighteen million dollars. When it was released, it was one of the longest films ever made, over three hours in length. Some film scholars say that it is the most important film…

… on Bismarck's handling of Domestic Policy from 1871-90? From her formal unification at Versailles in 1871, Bismarck, the first German Chancellor, took control of his new German State. Yet twenty years later, the 'Bismarckian era' in German history…

… important details about how the Japanese society works. This 1988 movie was about a family who lived in Hiroshima during the time of the bombing. It showed how the radiation sickness that came from the bombing affected the Japanese people. It…

… each other for support and help in empowering the gender overall. In Brazil, for example, women have been making themselves heard and seen in the public arena since the early 1970’s. Brazilian feminism is a political action in which both theory and pract…

… a year of the Lumiere brother’s ‘first experiment’ in Paris in 1896, the cinematography machine appeared in Rio de Janeiro. Ten years later, the capital boasted 22 cinema houses and the first Brazilian feature film, Os Estranguladores (“The Stranglers”)…

… woman doctor, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. With her determination and courage to challenge the medical profession she carved the way for many women in the medical field. But what many historians don’t know is the facts and story behind whom was actually…

… and it influences society’s way of life. To completely prove this hypothesis several issues such as style of governments, social conditions and economic factors must be examined thoroughly. A government is a specialized activity of individuals and…

… it has developed and changed. These developments and changes have been influenced through the main political parties of Canada. The two main political parties of Canada throughout the years have been the Progressive Conservative Party…