4. "the world on the brink: john f. kennedy and the cuban missile crisis, october 22, 1962." the most critical day of the crisis was october 22, 1962, when president kennedy took several actions. answer the following questions as you read the three paragraphs. • whom did president kennedy phone to brief on the situation? • whom did president kennedy write a letter to prior to his address to the american public? • what three actions did president kennedy tell americans he had taken?

herodotus taught this. herodotus was an ancient greek historian who was born in halicarnassus in the persian empire. he is known for having written the book the histories, a detailed record of his "inquiry" on the origins of the greco-persian wars.

islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation. however, in the modern contexts of muslims minorities in non-muslim countries as well as secularised muslim states like turkey, indonesia and bangladesh, religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal shapes.

compared to religious leaders/clerics of the other abrahamic faiths, islamic clergy are said to resemble rabbis and not priests. unlike catholic priests they do not "serve as intermediaries between mankind and god",[1] have "process of ordination",[2] or "sacramental functions",[1] but instead serve as "exemplars, teachers, judges, and community leaders," providing religious rules to the pious on "even the most minor and private" matters.[1]

the main objectives of the progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption.