Characterization in "Two Kinds" Jing-Mei's mother is a determined Chinese immigrant with high ambitions for her daughter but little practical idea of how they can be achieved. ... The mother was born in China where she led a horrible life for many years. "She had come here in 1949 after losing everything in China: her mother and father, her family home, her first husband, and two daughters, twin baby girl"(1). ... You could work for the government and get good retirement. ... "So ungrateful," I heard her mutter in Chinese"(3). ...

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Culture is also coerced and forced into our beliefs by government, parents, religion and society. ... Culture largely affects government by changing and setting standards of "normality" and establishing what is accepted within specific societies. In turn government also impacts and changes our culture. The people in this country vote for whom they want in government. ... For example, in China they sit low to the floor on cushions and eat using chop sticks. ...

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Executions still remain widespread, with China killing 1,077 in 1999. ... So many lives were lost even though both governments agreed that the war over a tiny disputed patches of land was crazy. ... Opposing the Chinese authorities in Tibet have had fatal consequences for many, even including monks and nuns. Authorities have become subtle- both uniformed and plain clothed Chinese police are active. The main aim of the Chinese government is to maintain "stability" by removing any desire for self rule and removing loyalty to the Dalai Lama. ...

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The majority followed government and state laws, but gangs began to form all over New York - the largest becoming the mafia. ... The mafia still remains in business today even with the government's plans to stop them such as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act passed in 1970. ... Risen explains in the US News that China and Russia have organized various groups of intelligent hackers who have been stealing information from top secret databases of the United States for over twenty years now. ... Russia and China are working together to steal money, government ...

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Only then, the government was cracking down on the moonshiners. ... When the government tries to step in and fix a problem, they end up making things worse. ... This leads government officials to make laws that really do not help. ... The Chinese built the Great Wall of China with wooden shovels in order to keep out the Mongols. ... Current illegals would not be able to vote, hold political office, or receive government aid. ...

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However, democracy in America is not as simple as "power to the people", but is actually a complicated system of government and politics. ... Chinese consumers became rapidly addicted to this drug so China wanted to ban this trade. ... The Chinese lost and the government was the forced to pay Britain 21 million silver dollars. ... Also, the Chinese exclusion act of 1882 limited further Chinese immigration. ... They were anti-federalists who believed in strong localized governments. ...

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It is likely that someone in China threw some green bamboo onto a fire when fuel ran short. ... The Chinese called it pao chuk, or "bursting bamboo."" ... It is believed that a Chinese cook discovered gunpowder accidentally. ... One of the first written records of the use of fireworks is Chinese. ... Federal government transportation laws divide all explosives into three categories: A, B, and C. ...

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(Clifton, 2011) Our nation's total GDP was measured at $15 trillion; the next nation below us is China at $6 trillion. While America dropped in GDP, China continued to grow. Right now the American GDP is growing at about 2% a year and China continues to grow at a percent of about 10. With this steady increase by the Chinese, they will pass us in highest GDP. ... The government used to have a large sum of tax money to fall back on and use. ...

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But in the last two weeks the word got out that in China there is very serious infection from which people die in two days. ... Also after crash of the spaceship in Texas government decided not to send any spaceships in the galaxy for couple of years. It will make the space researches much slower and countries like Russia and China may use it to their advantage. ... Still with help of China there are discussions between North Korea and US. ... Hussein kept very dangerous weapons and also made chemical weapons that are totally banned by every government. ...

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Unlike the Korean War and World War Two, the American government decided not to censor it and let the press have free access. ... The war was also a great hindrance on America's economic stature. 13 percent of all government spending by 1968 was on Vietnam. ... Previously China and USSR who were inseparable had fallen out over the easing of pressure on America. ... It could mean the end to the aid given by the USSR and China to Vietnam. ... China did not want to trust America as they had been hostile when it came to Korea and Vietnam. ...

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This war took place because the Vietnams couldn't agree on one government so they broke up into two major parts, North and the South. North Vietnam wanted to have Communism for a government under the influence of Ho Chi Minh, and the South wanted to have democracy, under the influence of the French rule. ... They thought this because the Northern Vietnam was backed by China and Russia. ... Either to help South Vietnam, which was highly impossible because South Vietnam had only consisted of armies with low morale, and all the corrupted leaders and officials, or to fight against communism, ...

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(Levine 2) A missile defense system does not defend against nonmissile means, it costs the government billions and there are many countermeasures, any of which would doom the system. ... The system has the intent to negate Chinese attack. This will cause China to increase there ICBM force, which is no good for anybody (Deutch 3). ... Second the governments of the current rogue states will likely change before a missile defense system can be made and deployed, if it ever can. ... It has, and will, cost the government billions to fund. ...

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Also, many of people throughout the world have been fleeting over to America for their freedom of religion, speech, and government. ... First of all, one is the freedom we vote for our own government. In other words, we are able to choose our own government and the leader. Another common freedom we believe in is to immigrate freely, searching for freedom of speech, government and education. ... The First Asian immigrants were Chinese came to build railroads and created trouble when they had to competed with other which concluded banning of immigrants from Asia for ten years. ...

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In 1932 the Japanese took over Manchuria in northeastern China. Many Pacific islands and parts of China were to follow. ... Because of the Japanese aggression towards China, the US sided with China. ... The US then helped to supply China. ... He means that other forms of government and Nazism could not stand togethe...

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It was not so easy for America to take leadership economically because there was different society ideologically, like Soviet Union, East Germany and Main Land China. ... In the meantime many undeveloped countries like China became more "Industrialized Countries" who started making sophisticated merchandise like Computers and automobiles. ... There are some objections against America's foreign policy about Iranian after war of the government from European countries. ... Since the world is getting smaller and smaller everything is relating, for instance terrorism and SARS in China both of ...

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The Government says that there is not enough money for the medical field to have new and updated equipment, but I think there would be enough if the government would stop spending money on things that are not as important. ... The world may never know, but at least the government could not spend money on less important things. ... Many people say that the government is trying really hard to help the wounded warriors. ... A lot of money that the Government spends has absolutely nothing to do with the wounded warriors. Instead of money being spent on less important things, such as soccer field s...

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The definition for capitalism is "a type of social system that separates the economy from the government. ... He said it is "better for a government to have "no intervention in the economy at all". ... The people who are in charge of production lines own it through the government. Communism is an extreme form of socialism that is mainly used in countries like China and Cuba. ... Communism occurs when the government becomes too powerful. ...

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The freedom to live where they want, to own property, to take part in government, and to live and be treated like a human being. ... The Chinese were also discriminated against, and used for work that no one else wanted to do. ...

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Initially, there was a debate over the distribution of the Polish government in 1945, followed by the Soviet Union's pressure upon Turkey and Iran in 1946. ... Finally, the Communist takeover in China, the USSR's detonation of an atomic bomb in 1949, and the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 all led the U.S. to not only distrust, but to fear any communist-related groups either in the USSR or the U.S. ... Actors, directors, producers, and writers were all under close watch by the government for any communist ties. ... This paranoia kept growing and growing until it exploded into a...

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However, the doctors who prescribe it risk having the national government revoke their license. ... It is time to get the government out of drug enforcement." ... The government shouldn't tell individuals what to do as long as they don't harm others. ... In the U.S., all levels of government participate in the "War on Drugs". ... In addition, if marijuana were legal, the government would be able to collect taxes on it, and ...

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This movie showed how the right side of the government was thinking. ... The government was so intent to show America that communist are the devil themselves and anybody that has any kind of liberal or democratic view about the government may be a communist also. ... This was a ploy that the government had to comfort America from the fear of the nuclear attack from Cuba. ... It was the liberals against the government. ... From the Vietnam War being the first televised war, to the United States spy plane being *censored* down over China, the media is a big influence on how we view the wor...

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Although we cannot consider ourselves a nation because we share nothing in common except for our government. ... How would a policeman who only speaks English understand what someone speaking Vietnamese, Spanish, Chinese, or any other language, would want him to do for them? ... Just having the common ground of government will not be enough to hold together a whole nation. ...

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President Bush approved a plan that allows the government to try suspected terrorists in private, without the normal laws of a fair trial. ... Two of them ended up defecting and turning the other six in to the American government. ... The government can monitor conversations between lawyers and their clients, which lawyers hold sacred as a right. ... An ironic issue is that the State Department has talked so fervently against military tribunals in other countries such as Russia, China, Egypt, Peru, and Columbia. ... The Bush administration got on China's back for the secret trials of ...

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Road construction boomed, especially when the federal government introduced the system of numbered highways in 1926. c. ... The Business of Government A. ... Under the progressive leadership of Roosevelt and Wilson, the federal government had passed laws to break monopolies, protect workers, and restrict the absolute freedom of business leaders. d. ... Although Nativist politicians had been able to restrict immigration from china, in 1882, they had failed to push through laws to restrict immigration from southern and eastern Europe. ... Government Bans Alcoholic Beverages a. ...

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We Were Soldiers Once and Young was co-authored by Lt. General Harold G Moore and Joseph L Galloway. Lt General Moore was in command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Calvary division during the November 1965 battle, which took place in the Ia Drang valley in Vietnam. Joseph L Galloway was a reporter that a...

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