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…the importance of the individual will as expressed through the ballot box, in theory. The American public voted for Nixon because he claimed that he would end American involvement in Vietnam. He did withdraw US troops from the mire of the Vietnamese conflict…

…made. In the domestic sphere, Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's first 100 days put Bill Clinton to shame. The Whitlam government ended conscription and ordered the last Australian troops home from Vietnam. It brought in legislation giving equal pay…

…that have happened in the US as well as other parts of the world. Some examples of "major events" would be the signing of the US Constitution, World War I, World War II, Vietnam, space exploration and any other important events in the world. If a person does…

…Being a teenager during the "Vietnam era," I was like the rest of my peers. I had a negative attitude towards the so-called "Establishment." My friends and I did our own thing. We did not want to go to school, or obey our teachers and parents. We also…

…hippy anti-Vietnam war groups and hippy anti-communist groups started to appear. Aussie hippies spent a lot of time surfing and the stereotype of an Australian hippy included a VW Kombi, painted colorfully with peace signs with surfboards in the back…

…President Al Gore volunteered for enlistment in the Army after graduating from college and served in Vietnam, and debatably most legendary President Dwight D. Eisenhower a five star General, Eisenhower was the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary…

…- a record number - from 178 countries are in Berlin for this year's International Tourism Bourse (ITB). Many come from Asia. Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia. Brunei, Vietnam, China and India all have prominent stands in ITB. "Naturally…

…ft. long, in S Vietnam and Taiwan, China; the most toxic of Asian pit vipers; very rapid onset of swelling and tissue damage, internal bleeding; moderate mortality; antivenom. Boomslang - under 6 ft. long, in African savannahs; rapid onset of nausea…

…true self takes over, our natural self, ourselves, the problem. Threatened punishment does not always deter - it gets some people to do the very thing the threat is supposed to prevent. During the Vietnam War, for example, Congress made burning draft cards…

…? Just look at history! Vietnam, the Iran-Contra scandal, Nixon, Chandra Levy, Whitewater, South Africa, the assassinations of JFK, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, and this is only 40 years of U.S. history and I left out a lot! The bottom line…