The New York Times of 1914 resembles the newspapers of today on face value. ... Promises of suburban life away from the city, but close enough to commute to work make the headlines of this section. ... Local events, show times, and just the general happenings around the city are featured in the articles. ... (New York Times, September 26, 1914 p.6) These are pretty bold claims for any advertisement. ... (New York Times September 26, 1914, p. 5) This advertisement is appalling. ...

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In New York City 1982 half a million people gathered for what was the probably the biggest peace demonstration ever held. ... The uranium bomb destroyed 60% of the city and killed 140 000 people. ... Nagasaki 9th August 1945 saw the first plutonium bomb detonated above a city. It destroyed half the city and killed thousands of people in the blast. ... CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) have made many protests all over the world and as I have mentioned above the biggest was held in New York City in 1982 where half a million people gathered for what was the biggest peace demonstration e...

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Between 13 and 15 million people were unemployed and 20% of New York City school children were underweight and malnourished (cite source), this made it clear that immediate action needed to take place. ...

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FDR was born January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, NY, near New York City. ... He was admitted into the New York Bar in 1907, despite the fact that he never obtained his law degree. He quickly gained recognition for his leadership of upstate New York Democrats in a fight against Tammany Hall's nominee for the U.S. ... That got him a seat on the New York senate in 1910. ... After a lengthy recovery, FDR was persuaded to run for governor of New York. ...

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The three most important places are Germany during world war two; Ilium, New York, before and after the war; and an alien planet called Tralfamadore. Ilium, New York is the fictional town in New York where Billy Pilgrim is born in 1922 and where he lives most of his life. In Chapter 1, Vonnegut tells us that after the war he and his wife lived in Schenectady, New York, which Billy Pilgrim's "Ilium" seems to be based on. ... Germany is another important setting in the book, especially the city of Dresden. ...

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Where we had seen a clear city two minutes before, we could now no longer see the city. ... That is about sixty percent of the city. ... The city burned for three days. ... The New York Times quoted President Truman as saying: "It was to spare the Japanese people from utter destruction that the ultimatum of July 26 was issued at Potsdam. ... New York Times reporter, William L. ...

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The world's number one scientist and Nobel Prize winner in physic, Albert Einstein, has made contributions to science which are unequalled by any other man (Candee 178). "Einstein's theories are credited as the starting point of nuclear physics, modern cosmology and quantum mechanics- (Freeman 3). T...

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Norman Rockwell was bon on February 3, 1894 in New York City. His family resided in New York until Norman was nine then the family moved to Mamaroneck. ... The war bonds circulated in a 16 city tour seen by 1,222,000 people who purchased over $133,000,000 in bonds with the "Four Freedoms" design. ... A few of Rockwell's accomplishments include being named artist of the year in 1969 by his colleagues of the Artists Guild of New York. ...

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The protesters left the dormitory town and went down the streets of the City of Kent in the morning on May 2. The City Mayor Leroy Satrom asked Governor James Rhodes to send the National Guard forces to school to suppress the protest after an anonymous student had burned the ROTC building. ... A bullet went through Sandra Scheuer's throat as she was walking to class.3 The university was closed immediately and the city of Keny was placed under a 5:00 curfew with all entrances to the city blocked off.4 There are so many different descriptions of shooting circumstances, but one thing for sur...

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Almost as soon as World War II ended, developers such as William Levitt (whose "Levittown's" in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania would become the most famous symbols of suburban life in the 1950s) began to buy land on the outskirts of cities and use mass production techniques to build modest, inexpensive tract houses there. ... Bill subsidized low-cost mortgages for returning soldiers, which meant that it was often cheaper to buy one of these suburban houses than it was to rent an apartment in the city. ...

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When Ernest graduated High School, his uncle helped him land a job as a reporter on the Kansas City Star. ... In New York, he joined American Abstract Artists and continued to publish texts on Neo-Plasticism. His late style evolved significantly in response to the city. In 1942, his first solo show took place at the Valentine Dudensing Gallery, New York. Mondrian died February 1, 1944, in New York. ...

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More than 50,000s of fans were attracted to the city because of successful sport events that kept Bay Area fans on the roll. When San-Francisco Giants went to the baseball playoffs and advanced to the World Series city earned a lot of money on people who came into our city to watch the games. City earned a lot of money for hotels and other services. Also our city earned a lot of money from the football playoffs when 49ers went on to play New-York Giants. ...

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Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin is a global enterprise principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products, and services for government and commercial customers. Lockheed Martin has many lines of business, dealing mos...

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The Rosenberg Trial America had developed the ultimate doomsday weapon in the history of warfare, a weapon that was so powerful that it could destroy life as we know it on this planet. This was a power that America held in check and deployed only when faced with no other alternatives. The defe...

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Incidents have occurs in cities of all sizes, as well as in rural America. There were incidents in New York (LaGuardia Airport, and World Trade Center), Georgia (1996 Olympics), Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City Federal Building), and in Alabama (New Women Abortion Clinic). ... The World Trade Center in New York City was bombed by Islamic Fundamentalists. ... It is twice the size of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, and has three times the floor space of the Empire State Building in New York. ... The Pentagon is virtually a city in itself. ...

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He needed them to be well past the Main Line of Resistance and into major crossroads cities before the Americans and their allies had a chance to reinforce and slow the attack. ... Vith was a major crossroads city leading to Antwerp, Hitler's main objective. ... Reinforcements from the 101st Airborne Infantry division moved in to help defend the city even as the German army was encircling it. ... Accuracy also failed, as the critical roads and cities he needed were well defended and held by U.S. ...

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Michael Cranston CHA3U Dr. Calverley 6 May 2003 History Essay: Final Draft The Foreign Policies of Woodrow Wilson: Why America Entered the First World War After Declaring Neutrality in 1914 The Great War was an incredible landmark in the history of mankind. The war brought about the destruction of imperial dynasties, the collapse and disintegration of empires, and virtually destroyed the European balance of power. For the United States, the Great War was equally as important as it emphasized the economic and military power that the United States would become. However, one quest...

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The book illustrates his inglorious experiences in Germany, particularly those in the once beautiful city of Dresden. ... Germany during world war two; Ilium, New York, before and after the war; an alien planet called Tralfamadore; and Vonnegut's actual life which he has placed inside the book. ... Shortly after the Americans arrived in Dresden, the city was completely destroyed by relentless bombing from the Allied forces. 135,000 people - German (civilian and military), Americans, and other allied prisoners of war - were killed. ... While Billy and other American captives are being tran...

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Alcoa Inc. (from Aluminum Company of America) is the world's third largest producer of aluminum, behind Rio Tinto Alcan and Russia's Rusal, with corporate headquarters in New York City. Alcoa is a classic example of how monopoly was created and maintained for 50 years. Alcoa was successfu...

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Norman Rockwell: America's Artist Rockwell, the best know artist in American, was born on 1894 in New York City (Norman Rockwell-Biography). He was best known to paint realistic illustrations of people. Many of his works told a story about what was going on in America at that time. Rockwell us...

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One example commonly cited was the failure of the Carter and Clinton administrations failure of assassinating Osama bin-Laden, the leading figure in the terrorist cell al-Qaeda, thus leading to the September 11th attacks on New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania. ...

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"Koreatowns" have developed in places such as Los Angeles, as well as other large cities. ... The states of New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Texas, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington also have significant Korean communities creating the ever growing trait of diversity in America....

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Stalin "Before execution the prisoner changes into white underclothes only. He knows that he has been sentenced and is about to be executed. He is led into the death cell, where he is shot in the back of the head by the executioner, either as he stands facing the wall or just as he walks into th...

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It would be illogical for an official in Moscow to order a strike on New York City or Washington DC knowing that Moscow or Leningrad would be annihilated in just a matter of minutes. ... The 400,000 mile network connected a total of 237 cities with a population above 50,000 and principally served the country's most prominent industrial and defense areas. ...

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Eisenhower gathered a group of notable politicians to meet at his New York apartment so that it appeared that he was still in the United States. ... The Interstate Highways would eventually be made up of more than 33,900 miles plus an additional 5,000 miles of support city routes for a total of over 38,900 miles. ... On Tuesday December 8, 1953, Dwight Eisenhower made his "Atoms for Peace Speech" to the United Nations General Assembly, in New York. ...

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