He traces Churchill's personal development and political career and explores how a "politician who had a one time or another offended every party and faction became the embodiment of national unity, an uncrowned king whose charisma threatened to eclipse the monarchy. " (4) Addison develops the theme of "the epic struggle between Churchill and his critics " (1) over the years, declaring that "Churchill won two great victories in the Second World War. ... Eventually he was sent to the Army class that prepared boys for Sandhurst and a career in the military, where he did well. ... He was a s...

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The case of the baby boom generation provides a useful way of understanding the complex of factors that shape demographic change. ... Future careers of people will also be impacted by their retirement; people will get jobs that are related directly or indirectly to the needs of the retiring baby boomers. ... There will be lots of technological advances and exciting changes that will happen, but there are also issues that the nation as a whole should start thinking and finding ways to solve right now, issues like social security benefits, ...

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Suburban neighborhoods, drive-ins, rock and roll, air conditioners, fast food restaurants - these were all characteristics of a changing America. ... He started his career as a salesman of "multimixers" - stainless steel machines that could make six milkshakes at once. ... Guadalupe De La Cruz, a student who commented on Elvis Presley's influence on America, wrote that: Elvis illustrated the culture of the 1950's by changing the face of popular music forever His unusual style, that included sexy moves, and good looks started to cause more and more excitement everywhere he played. ...

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The increase in alternatives to marriage signifies how times have changed in contemporary family relationships. ... Economic downturn, rapid social change (i.e. Divorce laws), and changes to attitudes towards marriage, along with living arrangements, have made marriage choices difficult. ... These statistics portray significant social change, mainly for family life, which in turn has affected the size and structure of families within Australia. ... Once again the increased recognition of de facto partnerships, along with the higher educational opportunities, increased work and career aspir...

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In the climate of political instability, the government changed hands often, and it was easy for moneyed interests to pressure the use of the military to aid their cause. Military leaders in developing nations tend to come from the ranks of those trained throughout their career as staff officers. ...

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About a third of the way through the piece, it becomes much more frantic and less scalar, as well as changing key. ... This changes the key from D major to D minor. ... World War II and the Cold War served as major inspirations for the piece that defined the latter portion of Vaughan Williams' career. ...

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This changed when around 16 million men registered for the draft in October 1940 since the Selective Service officials were now able to have strict qualification standards and were able to exclude homosexuals from serving. ... It would also be interesting to read about the military officials that ended up changing their minds towards their GI's after fighting with them in combat and seeing that their strength and patriotism was not hindered by them loving the same sex. ... I would recommend this book to anyone because even though they might not agree with Bérubé I think th...

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Filmed in black and white, with deliberate lack of Hollywood' gloss, it earned Spielberg the greatest accolades of his career. ... To make Band Of Brothers even more realistic, Simon Atherton, armourer, and his crew read books, interviews, journals, and anything they could find describing the actual soldiers, what weapons and ammunition they had with them on D-Day and what changed over the course of the campaign, and all helped to keep in with total continuity. ...

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The main factor behind this growth was rising capital investment, used for major outlays designed to bring about economies of scale, build additional facilities to increase export capacity, and acquire equipment needed to respond to changes in the economic and social environments, such as labor-saving tools and pollution-cutting devices. ...

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That this was accepted by many, was partly because the war was seen as an adventure, and perhaps because the last war where there was mass recruitment was almost one hundred years previous, the majority of those fighting in the interlude being well-trained career soldiers. ... The nature of the conflict also changed over the passing of time, changing from what was primarily a selfish war, fought by Britain against the growing ascendancy of the Central powers as a whole, and Germany especially, whom, by the eve of the war, were challenging Britain on virtually every front except finance, to th...

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Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Sta...

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