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张伯伦与二战 http://www.mind.net/dlmark/hundred.htm 张伯伦与二战 Chamberlain, who was the British Prime Minister in the decade before WWII, committed to his belief that the major enemy of Great Britain was Soviet Union and Germany will play a key role at defending the Europe from the invasion of Soviet Union. He continued to believe in his own presumption that Germany was just seeking to be strong enough to defend Europe when Nazi Germany incorporate Austria, Hungary and Czech. He even played an important supporting role in it. But after he was convinced in the fantasy of peace provide by Hitler. Germany kicked him in his back. The WWII brake out and the whole world, including Britain, was dragged into a catastrophe. 名人座右铭 Dwight D. Eisenhower, greatest military leader in the Second World War, he has a very famous saying "Chins up!" that is his perpetual principle; Martin Luther King, gained worldwide respect as a leader of civil rights, that " I have a dream" is his firm conviction; Nelson Mandela, an honorable president of South Africa, "peace and unite" is his unchanged principle; and also George W. Bush, his forever belief that " Never tiring, never yielding, never finishing" makes him the incumbent America president. 哥白尼日心说 Copernicus' theory of heliocentricism is sure to be a great achievement in astronomy, however, his great discovery contradicted the traditional and in-powered theological canon which dictated geocentricism , his book was censored and prohibited from the general public, it was not until several years published in other countries did Copernicus first express his ideas to populace. 培根语录 Just as Francis Bacon, a famous British philosopher, once said:" Histories make men wise; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave logic and rhetoric able to contend." 弗兰克林-罗斯福的“新政” Franklin Roosevelt , an eminent politician and economist , was selected president of the U.S.A. in 1932 because of his outstanding proposition of solutions to help the American economy recover from a severe economic depression by means of a series of policies called "New Deal" such as relief policies, renascent and catalyzing solutions etc. and afterwards led American get over that crisis. 阿基米德Archimedes Greek mathematician, engineer, and physicist. Among the most important intellectual figures of antiquity, he discovered formulas for the area and volume of various geometric figures, applied geometry to hydrostatics and mechanics, devised numerous ingenious mechanisms, such as the Archimedean screw, and discovered the principle of buoyancy. Duke Ellington, perhaps jazz music's most prolific composers, continued to create new compositions until late in life. Thomas Edition, who registered far more patents with the U.S. patent office than any other person, continued to invent until a very old age. 1969登月（Apollo 11 moon landing, Neil Armstrong is first person to walk on moon） The actual moon landing in 1969 was an astounding achievement, both technologically and socially. Many people around the world gathered outside to watch President Nixon make the connection with the astronauts. As they watched on large screen televisions, they could also look up and see the moon - some 240,000 miles away. Surely an unforgettable experience. No.1 今天的每日一星是每日一评 中提到的--霍金 Hawking, Stephen (William) 1942 -- Theoretical physicist, born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, SC England, UK. He studied at Oxford, then spent his career in Cambridge, holding a chair there from 1977. His work has been concerned with cosmology in a variety of aspects, dealing with black holes, singularities, and the "big bang' theory of the origin of the universe. His popular writing is also notable, especially A Brief History of Time (1988). The achievement is all the more noteworthy because since the 1960s he has suffered from a neuromotor disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, causing extreme physical disability; he communicates with the aid of a computer. He was made a Companion of Honour in 1989. No.1 每日一星。今天来个热点的--萨达姆 Hussein, Saddam 1937 -- President of Iraq (1979 - ). Born April 28, 1937, in the poor farming village of Tikrit, Iraq, where he was raised by his widowed mother. In 1955, he moved to the neighboring city of Baghdad, where he became involved in the Arab Nationalist Movement. As a fervent member of the Arab Baath Socialist Party, Saddam orchestrated the 1959 assassination attempt of Iraqi prime minister ‘Abd al-Karim Qasim. After the failed effort, Saddam escaped to Egypt. He settled in Cairo, where he attended the Cairo School of Law. When the Baathists seized control of Iraq in 1963, Saddam returned to his native country and was named assistant secretary general of the party. Within a few months the Baath party was overthrown. After years of struggle between Iraq’s existing government and the opposing socialists, the Baath party was re-established in a 1968 coup. Saddam, who played a prominent role in the revolt, became vice chairman of the ruling Revolutionary Command Council in 1969. In his new position, Saddam concentrated on improving Iraq’s domestic problems. He nationalized the country’s oil industry, which served as Iraq’s major source of wealth. Benefiting from the rise of oil prices in the early 1970s, Saddam implemented an economic improvement plan that included new factories, hospitals, and schools. In 1979, Saddam assumed the presidency of Iraq. That same year, he led Arab opposition to the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt. Under Saddam’s direction, Iraq invaded Iran in 1980, in an attempt to gain control of the Strait of Hormuz. The attack led to a war of attrition, during which Saddam quelled a Kurdish uprising by the widespread use of chemical weapons. The Iran-Iraq War lasted for eight years, until Iran agreed to a cease-fire in 1988. Burdened with a $75 billion war debt, Iraq pressured neighboring Kuwait to pay some of the balance with their vast oil revenues. In August 1990, Saddam invaded and annexed Kuwait, but was forced to withdraw when he was defeated by a coalition of U.S.-led forces in the Persian Gulf War. Also known as Operation Desert Storm, the six-week-long war (coupled with UN trade sanctions) further devastated Iraq’s suffering economy. In 1993, Saddam brought further military strikes against his country for continued breaching of peace terms. In 1998, his failure to comply with UN weapons inspectors led to a four-day air strike by the U.S. and Great Britain, but a satisfactory agreement was met. Following the Gulf War, the U.N. passed a resolution that created a commission to inspect Iraqi weapons facilities. As a result of the resolution, Saddam stayed in power, but economic sanctions remained. From the first inspection held in June 1991, Saddam refused to comply with inspectors and continued to conceal weapons of mass destruction. In 1998, Saddam ended Iraqi cooperation with the commission and accused the U.N. of espionage. In 2002, after a lapse of four years, the U.N. resumed weapons inspections in Iraq warning "serious consequences" if it failed to offer inspectors unrestricted access. But almost immediately after the U.N. resolution was passed, diplomats start disagreeing on whether the use of force is justified if Iraq doesn't comply. In March 2003, after months of debate, the United States and Britain led the war on Iraq without the support of the U.N. Security Council. After four weeks, coalition ground and air forces surrounded and captured Baghdad, Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit fell with little resistance, and the Pentagon declared that major combat in Iraq was over.