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Assess the reasons why the USA intervened in Korea 1950 to 1953.
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"Science has lost a friend, literature has lost a luminary, the mountain gorilla and the black rhino have lost a gallant defender (he once climbed Kilimanjaro in a rhino suit to raise money to fight the cretinous trade in rhino horn), Apple Computer has lost its most eloquent apologist. And I have lost an irreplaceable intellectual companion and one of the kindest and funniest men I ever met. The day Douglas died, I officially received a happy piece of news, which would have delighted him. I wasn't allowed to tell anyone during the weeks I have secretly known about it, and now that I am allowed to it is too late.The sun is shining, life must go on, seize the day and all those clichés. We shall plant a tree this very day: a Douglas Fir, tall, upright, evergreen. It is the wrong time of year, but we'll give it our best shot.Off to the arboretum." Lament for Douglas - Richard Dawkins, The Guardian (2001) The extract is a form of obituary, more specifically an elegy as it is prose. Dawkins has entitled it 'Lament for Douglas' however, with the first word being associated predominantly with song rather than narrative. By doing this he may be conveying his respect for his friend as an author, implying that his own writing could not live up to that of Adams. This is also shown somewhat in the conclusion, 'it was worth a try,' which suggests he does not believe he has done his
