Google has the discomfort of finding that to operate in any country it has to abide by or compromise with its local laws. You would have to be in the boardroom of Google to know the exact truth of its relationship with China, but what is factual is the 2010 discovery that Google had been hacked by agents within China (mainly to smother human rights activists); there was a subsequent closure. ...
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Venice, Italy, had once been a powerful maritime empire in the Mediterranean Sea. But, the Venetians were defeated at the Battle of Agnadello by the League of Cambrai. The League of Cambrai, formed in 1508, was comprised of Spain, France, the Holy Roman Empire, the Papal States, Hungary, Savoy, Mantua and Ferrara.
These entities all felt the Venetians had become too greedy and power ...
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No. A fjord and a cliff are not the same thing. A cliff is defined by Google’s define function as “a steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea.” A fjord, on the other hand, is defined as “a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs... typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley.”
For a good example of this, think of the ...
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Did Adolf Hitler have a reaction after watching the Charlie Chaplin film “The Great Dictator”? I don’t think anyone really knows. History reports have said Chaplin sent a copy of the film to Hitler but there are conflicting reports about whether Hitler did or did not watch it.
Some reports say he never watched it while others say he watched it twice. Regardless of ...
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As long as the glacier’s surface has a slope, it can happen. An avalanche is simply the action of snow falling down a steep slope, and a lot of it all at once. While we tend to hear of avalanches more frequently on mountains, don’t discount a glacier. It can get in on the action if it wants to.
For example, Lirung Glacier had an avalanche in 2014. This glacier is located ...
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The biggest controversy surrounding Charlie Chaplin initially happened during the United States anti-Communist propaganda era. Along with about 300 other Hollywood stars, artists, musicians, and writers, Chaplin was labeled as a suspected communist and was prevented from working in Hollywood. In 1952 Chaplin learned that he would be arrested if he ever returned to America.
He would be ...
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For about the first ten years after World War I, the League of Nations was fairly successful in its European peace keeping efforts, but primarily only with resolving conflicts between small nations. It was inefficient at keeping peace with larger nations because it had no real authority, no military force, and no economic resources to implement decisions. The League also lacked support from ...
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This is a difficult question to answer, mainly because water flowing makes it hard to determine a “beginning” and “end” to rivers. The most used definition of the beginning of a river is the head of its first tributary, while it “ends” when it dumps into the ocean. Using this definition, most agree that the Mississippi river is about 2,300 miles long from ...
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Charlie Chaplin’s love life was a bit perverted if you ask me. He had a fondness for young girls, having married his first and second wives when they were both 16 years old. His third wife was the oldest of his four wives; she was in her early twenties. When Chaplin was 54 years old, he married the 18 year old daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill.
It’s been reported that ...
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Feudalism was the most common social system in Eurpoe during Middle Ages. Employees work for serf and little upkeep for themselves and family. Due to the rise of the middle class and the increase need of the people, the feudal system died out gradually. Hungary was one of the last feudal society in modern Europe.
It maintain feudalism till the 20th century. The system was on till ...
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