Every second, about one hundred lightning bolts strike Earth’s surface. Bolts that hold the power to set a house ablaze, destroying everything inside of it. Wars can begin with the blink of an eye, sending terror down the boulevards. For these reasons and many more, appreciating what you have is paramount because it could be gone at any moment; you only realize how important something is once it’s gone. Throughout most of his childhood, Oleg, a young Ukranian boy, didn’t take time to appreciate
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When you are old and retired, would you still allow yourself to pursue the passions you desired when you were younger? In the graphic novel, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Bruce Wayne, also known as Batman, stopped being Batman for ten years until the Mutant gang threatened peoples’ lives in Gotham City. The Bat-signal in Bruce Wayne’s heart emitted as the city began to go down. While trying to save Gotham City, Batman is in a losing battle against his old age and the younger villains
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The war in Europe ended early in 1945. That maniac Hitler, shot himself in the head when he saw that the world couldn’t be conquered, but honestly he was quite close in accomplishing his goals. While the fighting had finished for for the East, America still fought with Japan. President Franklin Roosevelt died in April of 1945 before we finished the the operation. Harry S. Truman took command, but even so, we could not disclose our work to him until absolutely necessary. On July 16, we tested
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CONTROLLED GENOCIDE: The United States, along with Europe, China and Japan, arrange a secret agreement. They determine to alleviate the strain placed on the globe as well as its governments, by method of a managed genocide. Their strategy is to reduce the earth's mortal population by at least half. They conceive up a pretentious nuclear menace by alerting their respective peoples, that certain reprobate countries have come in possession of nuclear armaments. They commence to strategically embed
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Although our nation is young compared to other countries in the world, we have seen our fair share of conflict and battles. From the Revolutionary War, Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, and even the war to end all wars, World War II, our country proved time and time again, that if you attack us, we will come out swinging. What has also been unchanged, is that if the reason for war is blurred and it is unclear who our enemy is, the American people are reluctant to take the word of their
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Juan Robles Professor Nesmith History 1302.03 3/10/17 President Truman’s Moral Dilemma President Truman’s Decision of dropping the Atomic Bomb brought much controversy to the U.S and other countries that were involved in the war, controversy which can be argued to be both good and bad. The U.S was the very first country to develop an atomic bomb, and their focus was to use it and show the world they had it. This action saved and took many lives around the entire world. The question on whether such
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5. The over-riding concern was of the “indiscriminate destructive effects, and, because its use set an extremely hazardous precedent to the future of mankind.” Dropping the A-Bomb would “destroy all our chances” …of “and international agreement on prevention of nuclear warfare…[being] achieved.” In the Szilard petition, it was suggested that “Japan should be given an opportunity to surrender” and that such a step (dropping the bomb) ought not be taken without “seriously considering the moral responsibilities
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My name is William Leahy. I was a navy admiral from 1927-1959. I happended to be the highest ranked military officer at the time and was very close to President Roosevlet. Before the tragic incident at Pearl Harbour, we, military and navy officers were looked down on by the public as dangerous at worst and useless at best. We were thought to be of no help at all and were just ruining the possible democratic solutions at hand. But soon, all of this was going to change. Before WWII, we were a peaceful
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Nuclear Threat Preparedness Jennifer A. Brown HIS/145 December 12, 2013 Andrea Keefer Abstract Preparing for the threat of nuclear attack in itself is a threat, fear, and a form of terrorism. Not knowing each night before going to bed if waking up the next day is an option or safe and out of harm’s way, is atrocious, scary, and not a way anyone would ever be expect to live their life. This should never become a normal way of life. Everyone has a reasonable expectation to always feel safe
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VIDEO ESSAY 1: THE MANHATTAN PROJECT Terry E. Reid History 314: Contemporary United States History 1945 to Present Dr. Gary Wray THE MANHATTAN PROJECT The Manhattan Project was the wartime effort to design and build the first atomic bombs. With the discovery of fission in 1939, it became clear to scientists that certain radioactive materials could be used to make a bomb with unprecent power. Once presented with this information, Franklin D. Roosevelt creating the Uranium Committee
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