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I. History of Canadian multiculturalism: 1. The early years of Immigration. Immigration has played and continues to play a key role in shaping the character of Canadian society. Although only a minority of Canadians has first-hand experience of immigration, all Canadians have parents, grandparents or more distant relative who came to Canada as strangers to a foreign land. Because all Canadians share an immigrant past, there would be no Canada without immigration. Tens of thousands of

The action of international organization in the world politics Preface The financial and economic current crisis has increased pressure for a re-evaluation of the current power system in the international economic organizations. Emerging countries fights for more control in them that they often blame for being unfair and responsible of theirs luggish development. On another hand developed countries are benefiting widely from the organizational regime that has been agree more than sixty years

Blyton Phenomenon The controversy surrounding the world’s most successful children’s writer SHEILA G. RAY I. INTRODUCTION II. ENID BLYTON, THE LIBRARIANS, THE TEACHERS AND THE PARENTS 1. The early years 2. The war years 1939-45 3. The period of recovery 1946-58 4. The second golden age 1958-74 5. Bullock and after III. ENID BLYTON AND THE CHILDREN IV. CONCLUSION I. INTRODUCTION II. ENID BLYTON, THE LIBRARIANS, THE TEACHERS AND THE PARENTS 1. The early years P14

Conquest, Magna Carta, Hundred Year War, the war of the Roses, Feudalism, king  ship and church). This period is one of the most glorious in UK history.  Edward appeared as the most powerful monarch in Europe and his court as the most  brilliant in the Christendom. It's when the England began to see themselves as one nation and a unique leadership,  which gave birth to national feeling among the population. It was during this time there was the famous Hundred Year War between the French  and the English from 1337 to 1453

A beautiful place The place that I will describe in my text is, in my opinion, a mind-blowing country that I hardly want to visit and also that contains breathtaking landscapes such as steep green foothills, the gargantuan mountains of the Alps and also the voluminous mixed forests. This large country contains nine states and also has three main languages: the German, Croatian and finally Hungarian. The antique empire of Austria proclaimed their first republic after the defeat of 1918. The second

book, Down and Out in Paris and London. By 1936, Orwell had joined the Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell was critical of Communism but basically considered himself a Socialist. He was wounded in the fighting. Late in the war, Orwell fought the Communists and eventually had to flee Spain for his life. Orwell documented many of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War in his Homage to Catalonia. Orwell's various experiences with totalitarian political regimes had a direct impact

to do what we did not like in particular if we succeed in it”, such a sentence seems unbelievable coming from Christian Dior, this man who while he was dreaming of architecture, built one of the most famous haute couture house in the world. Coming out of World War II, the French fashion industry with its centuries of leadership was in big trouble. Despite all the efforts of Lucien Lelong, the French Haute Couture had lost its former prestige and New York was slowly becoming the new center of fashion

worldwide. Basic policy of the United States against the Communist bloc during the Cold War. Specifically, the Truman doctrine, or policy of containment (containment), based on an offer of military and financial assistance from the United States, speaking to countries determined to resist communist pressures. This policy is important break with the traditional policy of sending U.S. troops only in time of war, except the Americas (see Monroe Doctrine, 1823). In the immediate postwar period, it

[pic] On May 13, 1931, the International Olympic Committee, headed by Count Henri Baillet-Latour of Belgium, awarded the 1936 Summer Olympics to Berlin. The choice signaled Germany's return to the world community after defeat in World War I. Two years later, Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany and quickly turned the nation's fragile democracy into a one-party dictatorship. Police rounded up thousands of political opponents, detaining them without trial in concentration

Timeline of the Cold War 1940s 1945: February 4-11-- Yalta Conference Cold War Begins 1945: August 6 -- United States first used atomic bomb in war 1945: August 8 -- Russia enters war against Japan 1945: August 14 -- Japanese surrender End of World War II 1946: March -- Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" Speech 1947: March -- Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War 1947: June -- Marshall Plan is announced 1948: February -- Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia