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The current version of Word also allows to save documents as PDF's. It is my preferred method because it is harder to change a PDF document than a Word file. I am uneasy submitting anything to a third party that is easy to edit.
Reason I keep both files... for many things I used pagepaker 6.5 for the perm. doc. as I can control specail formating better (too many years working on school annuals) 😉Wally
Egypt, according to my search.
The judges require the answer to be more specific.
Anything more specific would have confused the sixth graders I taught. 😉
Asking a person found at an alleged break-in to ID himself is logical… establishes a right to be there at all.Asking if one is the only person on the premises (which Gates is said to have replied "None of your business!") ...may seem silly to the homeowner but is logical as well... two persons were reported; where is the other? Or... is the other holding the first (Gates) hostage? Or... as Crowley mentioned; are there two persons on the premises that the homeowner knows nothing about?Why wouldn't Crowley follow Gates when he went to get ID? Gates may have been the bad guy and going for a wapon or the other BG... DUH!I can see Gates being bummed out by the whole stuck door at the end of a tired and cranky day but to hassle a cop over checking on his home security is a bit over the top. [Note to Prof. and Pres.: Stupid is as stupid does.]
.... He shouldn't have opened his mouth publicly on this one, IMO.
And I'll bet we see more things that he should not comment on get his $0.02 worth....
....In all, the German plan was good if technology had been ten or even five more years advanced than it was. Motor transport would have ensured the fall of France in 1914 just as surely as it did in 1940.
100% agreement.
I cannot fault your post… I stand corrected (sort of, since I think we are saying, in essence, the same thing… in degrees).
The way I understand it, the Germans felt getting France out of the way* was the priority as the French were the greater challenge and Russia was still in the process of getting their act together… still behind the curve… technologically. Does this jive with what you know (or even make sense)?*Thus avoiding the two front war....
I can agree with this assessment for the most part; the immediate run up plays like a school yard fight though. Austria threatens Serbia, Russia backs the Serbs, Germany steps ups for Austria... France speaks up (against Germany) for Russia, which then begins to move. So Germany attacks France, which involves England since the attack comes through Belgium. Too bad the teacher didn't blow the whistle on all this while it was still in the bullying (diplomatic message)stage... sadly it came to blows.
.... I particularly blame the Tsar for choosing to back Serbia to the hilt. ... Russian mobilization triggered German mobilization which triggered the activation of defense treaties across the continent which led to war.....
Panslavism explains the first part... interesting though that Germany would threaten Russia (that threatened Austria and attack then France when they stood up for Russia. By way of Belgium.
Instead of accepting the true causes of WWI (to which all the European powers were a party); nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and the alliance system and working to solve the problems and bring Germany back into the family, so-to-speak, they sought to punish Germany. Each country had their own reasons and all were self-serving; we (the US) had a messianic president that was cutting his place in world history and by trying to make us (the US) the worlds savior.It's like with your kids... if you let them feel like you've heard their case and let them speak their piece they are more likely to accept their punishment (if it is reasonable). Germany was ignored, gagged, and had their nose rubbed in it by the T of V; this gave Hitler (or anyone else that would come later) all the ammo he (they) needed to get things stirred up. The Big Four booted it big-time.Just my $0.02....Wally
