Read this excerpt from a summary of events in Srebrenica. "Zina Hasanovic is one of the lucky ones - she knows what happened to her husband, Haris. As Serbian bullets raced through a group of tightly-packed Muslim prisoners, Haris, mortally wounded, fell on top of his first cousin and best friend, Mevludin Oric. Mevludin lay on the ground, covered in blood and for hours pretended to be dead. He managed to escape to tell Zina of her husband's fate. Why is Zina Hasanovic referred to as "one of the lucky ones"?
most people never learned the fate of their loved ones
The cotton gin made cultivation of cotton profitable.
Elected public officials in the Roman Republic were called magistrates.
There were many different levels and titles of magistrates, so here are a few examples:
Censor - Censor's were in charge of the count of citizens (population) and also had a few responsibilities to look after public virtue and public finances.
Governor - A governor's responsibility was to collect taxes and be in charge of the local Roman army. Governor's are also known as proconsuls.
Consuls - Consuls were at the top of the Roman Republic. They had the decisions of what the laws were, if they wanted to go to war, and also taxes.
The other titles of magistrates are: Consuls, Senators, Plebeian Council, Tribunes, Governors, Aedile, and Censor.
