The human life is fraught with danger. Life is frail and risky wherever we go. It is up to every individual to be cautious with their steps so that the do not put themselves or others in danger. Motorists should be careful with their driving so that they don’t put themselves or other road users in grave danger. We all should work hard to get our brethren out of harm’s way
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Nationalists in Serbia, whose independence from the Ottoman Empire had been recognized by the Congress of Berlin in 1878, hoped to make their country the center of a large Slavic state. The Serbian nationalists especially wanted the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina because Serbia was landlocked and these two provinces would provide an outlet on […]
When The world fought its first brutal mechanized warfare Read More »
One of the most wrenching changes of the 1800s was not the result of a reform movement. A terrible famine devastated Ireland in the 1840s. Millions left the country, an emigration that changed the social fabric of Ireland and the United States forever. In 1845 a previously unknown fungus struck the potato crop, the
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It is hardly surprising that the art of France reflected the shattering changes brought about by the French Revolution. In subject, in mood, and in technique, these changes are evident in this work by Jacques-Louis David. His painting illustrates the Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat who was stabbed to death by Charlotte Corday as he was
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What we are experiencing today is the marginalisation of inferior languages by superior languages, the languages used for official purposes, for conducting businesses around the world are slowly killing the native tongues, some languages are disappearing as they lose grip of a fast changing world, in many countries when a child grows
Ninety percent of citizens in many countries don’t trust their governments, ninety nine percent of those governments don’t trust their citizens, and a keen eye must therefore be kept behind every citizens back just to make sure he doesn’t do anything that may endanger the lives of his fellow citizens. What started
An applicant once went into a renowned state office to apply for a job. The agency operates locally and does some activities internationally. Some in the open eyes of the public while others go on confidentially. The first question to the applicant was, “why do you want to work for the
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There is more ideological warfare going on around the world than the physical one. The globe divided into many distinct groups based on their beliefs and ways of doing things. Each one is trying very hard to convert all the others to their way of thinking. The major regions of the
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Patriotism creates a sense of national unity, the citizens get to feel a sense of oneness and a belonging, so they join hands to raise their nation’s flag. On the other hand it creates external disputes, cross border tensions rise. “What about those on the other side of the barbed wire? They
Is anti-migrant rhetoric a form of patriotism? Read More »
Once a group of youths gathered in a huge stadium, all young recently out of school, physically fit and mentally clear. They have been recruited from every known continent. In their thousands, they line up, they have successfully endured many months of gruesome training, now they are ready for the field,
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A group of young men were caught trying to cause harm to the public by rigging a very busy office building with explosives, their actions were inspired by the preaching of some religious extremists. They were then taken in for interrogation. “This master of yours you have so highly exalted, did