.... for girls, the Smolny Institute. Catherine imported German, Austrian and French craftsmen to update the Imperial porcelain works. She decided that the paramount task would be to augment techniques in the agricultural regions. When she re-organized the provinces in 1775, she ordered that each provincial capital must have a hospital; each county with a population between 20,000 and 30,000 should have a doctor and all other required assistants. Catherine's efforts prompted her gentry to follow her example. possessed majesty without being pretentious. She was neither cruel nor inhuman. .....

.... in Europe in WWII, had the most sugar production in the world, small farm owners prospered. Yet because sugar was the only major crop they produced, Cubans suffered when economies in other nations prospered. This in turn resulted in unemployment in the cities. With these circumstances, Cubans showed more oppression to their government and soon began to be rebellious. However, Batista jailed, exiled, executed, and used terror and threats of violence against all the challenges he faced. The people became even more unhappy, until finally a rupture occurred. While earning a doctorate of law in .....

.... like this. It happened to that one teen who decided to spraypaint some cars. He thought he could get away with it and he almost did, but he shortly found out that he had a little pay-back coming to him. The kid was caned, and he hasn’t done anything dumb since. Torture like this works, torture is a way that can really make you have second thoughts before you do anything stupid. Torture was practiced in numerous ancient civilizations. Convicts and war prisoners were put to death by using torture to give them a slow, humiliating death. To some American Indian tribes, it is a custom .....

.... understanding of life. By doing this, they are freed from the continuous cycle of reincarnation. There are, as Huston Smith tells us, four paths to the goal. The yogas are the specific direction taken to unleash the human potential of Moksha. The goal of the yogas is to come in to and remain in touch with Brahman. The first way to God is through knowledge. The three steps taken on this path is learning, thinking, and the third, a little more complex, consists of separating one’s material ego form one’s Atman. The second way to God is through love. The love we show to others can be .....

.... inextricably bound up in a flux of shapes or planes which tip backwards and forwards from the two-dimensional surface to produce much the same sensation as an elaborate sculpture…”(Cubism 54). Futurism was an art movement, which was influenced by cubist art. Cubism showed no motion it was futurism that was fascinated with machinery, transport and communications. In paintings and sculpture, angular forms and powerful lines were used to convey a sense of activity, this was a Futurist’s way of showing motion and speed. One of it’s innovator’s was Umberto Boccioni who said “We want r .....

.... for fission are the uranium isotope U-235 and the plutonium isotope Pu-239. Fission occurs when a neutron, a subatomic particle with no electrical charge, strikes the nucleus of one of these isotopes and causes it to split apart. When the nucleus is split, a large amount of energy is produced, and more free neutrons are also released. These neutrons strike other atoms, which causes more energy to be released. If this process is repeated, a self-sustaining chain reaction will occur, and it is this chain reaction that causes the atomic bomb to have its destructive power. The first .....

.... of Independence where they agreed upon an action which was benefiting for the country. The use of propaganda was another way to create unity for the American cause. An example of this is the book Common Sense by Thomas Paine. It helped encourage the issuance of the Declaration of Independence and pointed out the economic benefits if they continued fighting against the British. Events such as the Boston Massacre were depicted by Paul Revere in exaggerated way to Americans to increase their wanting to fight for independence against the "bad" British. The American won also b .....

.... one hundred dollars. And a third-class ticket costs thirty-two dollars. The first-class lounge was designed after the palace at Versailles. ’s official name was the RMS Titanic which stands for Royal Mail Steamer. April 10,1912 Titanic left the docks of Southampton, England and was headed to Cherbourg, France and then from France they left for Queenstown, England, from England to New York City.’s top speed was 23 knots. The morning before the the sinking actually recieved numerous messages from other ships regarding icebergs in the area. The collision with the iceberg occurred at 11:4 .....

.... request donations from the states, and to raise armed forces. Congress could also borrow money as well as declare war and enter into treaties and alliances with foreign nations. With this power, Congress was able to make the look good by signing the Treaty of Paris in 1783. This treaty, signed along with Great Britain, concluded the American Revolution. By its terms, Great Britain recognized the thirteen colonies as the free and independent United States of America. However, the most important power was that Congress had the right to obtain territory and control development of the western .....

.... and finally in securing the frontier and taking vengeance upon the Germans, who had annihilated the army of the Roman general Publius Quintilius Varus (died AD 9) in the Teutoburger Wald in AD 9. Accompanied by Germanicus Caesar, who was his nephew and adopted son, made two more marches into the heart of Germany, returning to Rome several years later to be accorded a triumph, the highest official tribute that was given to honor a victorious warrior. When Augustus died at Nola, near Naples, in AD14, , unopposed, succeeded to the throne. His reign was marked by revolts and rebellions in .....