... during theCold War. e
authors note further that the long war, like theCold War, “takes time,”
and whether looking back on the 40 years oftheCold War, or further
back to World War I (thus ... example ofthe
kinds of parallels that may be drawn between theColdWar and the
long war. In this book, the authors draw broad lessons for the current
conflict from theCold War, despite the differences ...
Unified Quest), on the topic ofthe long war, all of which have high-
lighted the difficulty of producing a single term capable of describing
the complex nature ofthe situation facing the United States....
... styles of
[women's] dress necessitated by the exigencies ofwar gave the crowd a very striking appearance. In single
suits I saw sleeves of one color, the waist of another, the skirt of another; ... while
mingled with the gurgle ofthe water round the raft beneath was the boom of cannon in the air, solemnly
breaking the silence of night. It drizzled now and then, and the mosquitos swarmed over ... up to the bank out ofthe way of passing gunboats, but they took no notice of us. When we got thirsty,
it was found that Max had set the jug of water in the shade of a tree and left it there....
... & Rimbault
45-46)
With the addition ofthe positive to the large organ, one began
to have two sets
of pipes associated with an organ. These two sets of pipes
allowed there to be
two distinct ... traced
to the concept of a collection of “fixed-pitched pipes blown by a
single player
(such as the panpipes)” (Randel 583). The first examples of pipe
organs with
the basic features of today ... closed pipes adding a much softer and
deeper sound and
smaller pipes which produced more penetrating sounds. There was
also the
Early History ofthe Pipe Organ
The “king of instruments” has a long...
... non-commissioned of cers. The purpose of these courses was to make
the students familiar with the history and problems ofthe former German
colonies in preparation for the day when these colonies ...
played important roles in the systematic killing of millions of Jews, and they
continued to fulminate about Jewish influence decades later.
Much ofthe evidence of their postwar influence in Middle ... told other
Nazis about the number of Jews murdered by the Nazis and places he and others
might hide if thewar were lost. The report gave details about Eichmann’s family
and revealed the identity...
... with thewar in Afghanistan, with most ofthe later increase
attributable to thewar in Iraq and the continuing cost ofthe occupation in Afghanistan. Appendix
Table 1 compares projected the ... structure ofthe Global
Insights model, it likely understates the negative impact of military spending relative to other
models.
The next section of this paper describes the key projections ofthe ...
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The Economic Impact ofthe Iraq War and Higher Military Spending 8
By the twentieth year, the number of jobs projected for the high military spending scenario is
673,400 less than in the...
... driven them off the field; for there were but 26,000 of
them when the fight commenced. To make the matter worse, a large part of this force the First and Fifth
Corps stood with arms in their hands, ... Hill, were, prior to the
war, officers in the regiment to which I belonged. As commander ofthe Defences of Washington in the spring
of 1862, I was, owing to the nature of my duties, brought ... As
through their manifold offences in the way of starving our prisoners, etc., the rebel President and his cabinet
were afraid of reprisals, there was great dismay at the weakness ofthe garrison there,...
... betokened to be the captain of
a vessel. They were talking ofthe war, and ofthe probability ofthe Scottish army taking part in it. The
fishermen were all ofthe popular party; but the captain, ... sale of them to the soldiers and
servants ofthe officers.
"I should like," he said to the man to whom he disposed ofthe last ofthe contents of his basket, "to catch a
sight ofthe ... family name ofthe earl. Two or three ofthe men spoke together, and Harry
thought that there was some comprehension of his meaning. Then he read aloud the addresses ofthe letters,
and the exclamations...
... lack of vocabulary
and the overgeneralization of rules of TL. In
the absence of sufficient practice, the
learners produce the language system which
deviates from the system of TL.
There ... compared and the results show that the
percentage ofthe occurrences of
Interlanguage errors is higher than those of
errors resulting from the interference of
mother tongue (MT). The study has ... previously but the lack of practice and
positive feedback hindered the development
of their proficiency in TL. Errors projecting
redundancy show the lack of TL lexicon.
Some ofthe errors indicate...
... loans
(and therefore shut off their remaining warehouse lines of credit to
nonbank lenders) after the outbreak ofthe subprime financial crisis in
August 2007.
286
b. The Riskiness of Nonprime ... risky.”
142
2. The Unheeded Lessons ofthe Dotcom-Telecom Bubble and the
Collapse of Enron and WorldCom
Further evidence ofthe risks posed by financial conglomerates
appeared during the boom-and-bust ... ofthe
securities and life insurance industries will be brought within the scope of
the TBTF doctrine, thereby expanding the scope and cost of federal ‘safety
net’ guarantees.”
445
I further...