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the 20th century, a new generation of young
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tical life of their country were denied the although the memo
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stitutions of democracy, president porfiry
and his supporters used their political and
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-gaceta consular, november 1996
so
dictatorship
monarchy
parliamentary
d. confederation
inning reforms that led to the end of the cold
55. which soviet leader is credited with beginning reforms that
a josef stalin
b. leonid brezhnev
c. mikhail gorbachev
d. nikita khrushchev
. which policy did mikhail gorbachev adopt to restructure the soviet economy
a appeasement
perestroika
détente
d. blitzkrieg
57. which cold war event contributed to the rise of radical islamic fundamentalism?
(a) the russian invasion of afghanistan
b. the military coup of the khmer rouge in cambodia
c. the suez crisis in egypt
d. the introduction of united nations peacekeepers in kenya

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?