One may ask why were there so many births between 1946 and 1964? ... And although increases in births following a war are expected, the extended flow in births that followed the end of the Second World War came as a surprise to population experts, policymakers, government officials, and most others. ... In fact, although marriages and divorces did increase dramatically after the war, the accompanying rise in birth rates account only for the time from 1946 to 1947. By 1950, birth rates had actually fallen slightly. In 1951, the birth rates once again began to climb and continued to be high ...

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The Nazis introduced polices to increase the number of births of racially pure Germans as the birth rate had been declining since world war one. ... The birth of one child meant that 25% of the loan did not have to be paid back. ... Even though the birth rate increased from 14.7 births per thousand in 1933 to 20.4 births per thousand in 1939 the birth rate decreased after 1939. Many believe that the increased birth rate was due to the end of depression and the peaceful years before war broke out. ...

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The soaring birthrate finally topped in 1957 and was followed by a deepening birth scarcity. This boom-or-bust cycle of births begot a bulging wave along the American population curve. The main cause of the boom-or-bust cycle of births came from the soldiers that returned from WWII and wanted to get married to their "sweetheart" immediately. ... The Baby Boom generation immediately following WWII was much larger than any of the prior increased birth rates. ...

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The irony of his birth; two brothers before Adolf Hitler had died prematurely shortly after birth. When Adolf was born healthily, the mother praised that he was a "gift from God." Ironical that out of the three, only the one who would grow to wreck havoc in the world lived. Hilter's hatred for J...

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In order to investigate the extent to which the conflict affected the status of women, it is necessary to investigate changes in the following factors: the women's role as a housewife, paid employment, sex segregation, consciousness, birth rates and government policy towards women. ... In opposition to this marriage and birth rates peaked after the war, though again this was a short term trend. ...

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Eleanor gave birth to five sons and three daughters over the next thirteen years. ... The birth of Richard only deepened her legacy in history, because she gave birth to a good king in a time of corruption. ...

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The United Nations was born into a world of divide from its birth post World War Two in 1945. ... One fundamental criticism of the United Nations has been simply that, that its birth into such an insecure international forum has lead to ambiguity surrounding its existence and failure to adapt as the world progresses away from the post war conditions: "the ambiguity of its specific world role, and the failure to change that role as the world has changed." ...

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American Foreign Policy: Where are We Today and How Did We Get Here? The typical American citizen knows very little about American foreign policy. I realize that is a very broad, general statement. Nevertheless, it is true. Its not that the typical American isn't capable of understanding American foreign policy, but rather that we choose not to. ...

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In an unjustified war, it means just that. It is unjustified. Meaning that both sides of the story were not heard. By using dualistic thinking all unjustified wars can be avoided. An example of lack of dualistic thinking resulting in an unjustified war can be heard by any Vietnam vet. The m...

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Fire is catastrophic, ruinous, and cataclysmic. It is known for its violence in nature. Its turbulent power shaped history filled with ashes and deaths. It is pictured as the desperate cries of the dead that echoes in the underworld. In other words, fire is equated with destruction and devastation. ...

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The victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are still dealing with the aftermath through birth defects and illnesses caused by the radiation. ... The everlasting effects of the chemical warfare in this Southeast Asian country include countless birth abnormalities, diseases for the Vietnamese citizens and the American veterans, and contaminated water supplies. ...

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The costs of total war, mobilization, and the end to modernity ultimately led to drastic shifts in the perceptions of identity across the globe, which led to decolonization and the birth to new nations, and whether or not the assimilation and abandonment of old traditional ways of life, as is the case presented by Leslie Marmon Silko in the novel Ceremony. ... The effects of this continued change in identity therefore led to decolonization and the birth to new nations and the ever prevalent assimilation and integration of the indigenous and whites in the U.S. ...

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Billyhas seen his birth and death many times? ... Since time is relative, and your life is like a mountain range, your death ,birth, and all the events in between are nothing more than peaks in a range of mountains, irremovable and able to be visited numerous times. ...

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In Jane Naomi Iwamura's article, "Japanese Americans and the Birth of a New Civil Religion,"" the author argues that: "what has emerged from the collective experience of war and internment is a faith that is tied to no particular religious tradition, but that takes racial-ethnicity identity as its starting point. ... The article, "Japanese Americans and the Birth of a New Civil Religion," contributes greatly to our understanding of race and religion in the United States of America because it discusses how a marginalized race within the United States used their experiences of internment to...

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Title: The Story of Winston Churchill Author: Alida Sims Malkus This story tells of Winston Churchill's life from birth until he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, II. Winston Churchill was born November 30, 1874. He went to St. James School near Ascot when he was 7 years old. At ...

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During this Summer Vacation I have read the life of " Mussolini" biography. The author of this book is John Narayan. Narayan is one of India's greatest writers. Ironically, he turned to writing after he proved a failure at teaching, having held two different jods for a grand total of two days. As...

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World War II was the most horrific war conceivable. Countless amounts of people suffered in that war while many others waited in fear for their lives and those of their loved ones. Each side had their own leaders and each leader had their own story, their own point of view of why the war was taking ...

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When people talk about the Vietnam war, more often than not, they are referring to the war between the U.S.A. and the North Vietnamese Forces, led by Ho Chi Minh. Although the U.S.A. played a major part in opposing the Vietcong, this was just one significant part a larger conflict which had it's ori...

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The birth of skinniness and beyond It is clear that throughout the twentieth century the female form or image has changed a numerous amount of times, and that this is affected by the social climate. ...

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As readers of Kurt Vonnegut's literary masterpiece, "Slaughterhouse Five," we're told that the all the events of the story are true, more or less, and that Vonnegut experienced the Dresden bombings firsthand. The jumbled narrative structure is Vonnegut's way of telling his story of Dresden. The sett...

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The role that the U.S. has played in the development and evolution of Latin American States differs markedly depending upon which of two time periods is under consideration: the first period dates from the issuance of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 through to shortly after WWII (to roughly the early ...

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Not only did England fuel the birth of this nation but in later years actually became an ally and fought alongside of the daughter nation it created. ... Thereafter for nearly 120 years after the birth of this new and for a while unprosperous nation left a thorn in England's side. ...

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Because of the United States" lack of involvement in the League, direction was left primarily to Britain and France, "whose altruism was questionable and whose economic resources had been crippled by war" (Birth 1). ...

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Chemical weapons use the toxic properties of chemical substances to produce physical or physiological effects on an enemy. These weapons come in many forms such as nerve agents that affect how the body works, or physical agents such as mustard gas which caused painful blisters internally and externa...

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"In those few minutes I witnessed the birth of a nation." (General B. A.E. Ross) It is no question that the battle of Vimy Ridge is viewed as one of the most important battles in Canadian history. After years of Canada being viewed as just another British colony, Canada came together for the first ...

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