It is at this important juncture that cars and culture collide. ... Over the next two decades Detroit flooded the automobile showrooms with cars that had "flair and individuality, "it is this time period alone when cars would be unique and sought after for it. ... These finned creations would remain the staple of car design until the early 1960's "Muscle Cars"" would take over. ... Because of the ability to now make monthly payments on a car, rather than pay for the entire purchase upfront, by the mid-1950's "everyone who wanted a car (and could obtain credit) had one. ... The cost a...

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This new concept is starting to become main stream in hybrid cars and the automotive world in which the hybrid cars can gain power and recharge the batteries while the car is using gasoline. If a person stops at some traffic lights, the car turns off the engine and runs off the battery that is in the car and once the car reaches 20 mph it turns the gasoline engine part of the car back on. ... While gasoline powered cars use twice the power and have twice the engine size of hybrid cars. People who drive gasoline powered cars can only gain good mileage from there cars by the manner which they dr...

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Because 42% of all radio use occurs in automobiles, XM initial market should focus on car users. ... New cars, however, could be designed to leave room for this box and eliminate any awkward appearances. ... While focusing on the car market, XM should also find secondary markets where they can also exploit their technology. ... • XM subsidized the costs of radios in GM cars and paid GM a % of subscription revenue earned from GM cars with pre-installed XM radios. Sony • Created a cradle-mounted version of XM radio that easily transferred from car to car or car to home. ...

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It was rare to find a day for nearly a year when a person could not take a step outside without seeing their neighbors hanging the American flag or driving on the highway and seeing numerous cars with American flag bumper stickers, and even a few other cars supporting their own makeshift flagstaff raising tattered and worn flags from the excessive beating in the wind, but when this started to die down, these people did not stop being patriotic because September 11, 2001, altered everyone's perception of life in one form or another. ... For a relatively short while this patriotism wa...

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Over a 10 year period, the amount of radios, telephones, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, cars, televisions, washing machines & flushing toilets exploded by millions. ... Henry Ford's Model T flourished as the first staple in transport, backed by Ford's meticulous & never before seen methods in manufacture the country was producing thousands of cars a day being sold at a rate that the everyday man could afford. ... Ford's production line method meant that every man involved had one small, menial task such as screwing a bolt or putting on a wheel that lead to such efficiency in ...

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"Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself" --Potter Stewart Alcohol billboard have been countlessly rejected against for years. Few states already have bans against the use of billboards on city highways, and along streets, but why? Is it because parents do not have control over ...

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They are seen driving nice cars, in expensive watch commercials, or living in mansion all these examples are portraying whites as having more money/status then minority groups. In car commercials, women are usually tall, skinny and blonde and are shown sitting on top of the car showing off their body. This is giving off the message that white women are better looking and deserve a car similar the one she is sitting on top of. ...

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Even the kitchen itself has been designed with speed and efficiency in mind, with each station manned by workers specializing in a specific task much as an assembly line worker would in a Ford Model T car factory in the 40's, flipping burgers or wrapping up sandwiches. ... The drive-thru is another unique feature of the fast food restaurant, allowing individuals to order and pick up their meals without having to get out of their cars. ...

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Today it could take decades to build bridges, roads, dams or other such needed fundamental foundations, including the planning and development stages, costing upwards of ¼ of a billion dollars (statistics of Sunshine Skyway Bridge, St. Petersburg and Bradenton, Florida, USA). However the great br...

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For example, in the 1960's General Motor Corporations dealer Chevrolet attempted to sell a mass production sport car model, which they called the "Nova-. ... However, in naming the car as they did, Chevrolet Corporation did not take into account the literal translation, in Spanish, of the phrase "No va-, which translates into "does not go-(Robinson 38). ...

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Not to be left at that we have the development of the internal combustion engine and the evolution of a car into a fully armored vehicle of war - the tank. ... Even in Britain, Japanese car and electronic firms are attracted here by our government. ...

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They have distinct visual qualities; usually set in large, crowded cities in the secret world of the criminal: dark nightclubs, bootleg liquor factories, bars in back streets lit by lurid neon signs, and flashy, expensive clothes and cars. ... When they arrive at the front of the club a valet attends to the car as they bypass the huge queue into the club by using a side entrance. ...

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Since today's auto sales percentages are lower than they have been in past years, car dealerships are continuously having to wait for the vehicles to be imported to meet the supply of the consumers. ...

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Ngoc Chau Tran April 15, 2002 English 301 A Simple Machine, Yet Useful in Everyone's Lives In our daily lives, we have seen much technological equipment that we take for granted, such as cars that provide transportation, radio, and television for entertainment and educational purposes. ...

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Often, without us even realizing it, we are the victims of stereotyping. Stereotyping is generalizing a group of people based on skin color, race, gender, and age, amongst other things. Stereotyping can be as simple as your freshman comp2 teacher asking her 10 o'clock class if they had a part-time j...

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Areas in question that have come up in evaluations include car safety (break-ins), safety of user to and from the designated parking, and security of storage compartments throughout the building such as lockers. ... In big cities, many people do not own a car because of the public transportation systems available. ...

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After the horrors of the first World War, the 1920s proved to be a time of great optimism and prosperity. The 'roaring 20s' was a decade of unprecedented affluence which enable the advertising industry to successfully generate more freedom for consumers, in the pursuit of happiness. The deman...

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Ginsberg takes a political stance against this act of self-harm, protesting against the Eisenhower Regime of a narrow conformist era where happiness is a breakfast of waffles and maple syrup, around a table with a wipe-clean cloth in yellow checks, a mom and dad and two point four perfect children, and 2 cars on the driveway. ...

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Ever since the advertising boom of the 1950's, America has given way to propaganda at every turn in everyday life. According to Garth S. Jowett and Victoria O'Donnell in Propaganda & Persuasion, Propaganda is "the deliberate, systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct...

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Not only does this collaboration increase tensions and distrust but, as CounterPunch puts it, "It is easy to imagine the [collaboration between police and immigration law enforcement] will lead to more hit and runs, as undocumented migrants involved in car accidents will fear that any police encounter could lead to deportation" (CounterPunch). ...

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Selective Service: A System of Slavery After the events which took place on September 11, 2001, a new wave of patriotic beliefs swept our nation. Today the revitalized show of patriotism has been expressed in many different ways. Commercial advertisements show American citizens proudly stating ...

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Sexual Development There are four main stages in sexual development. The first is from birth to age six, when in this stage, the growth of the body is of the highest importance. Sexual interests, curiosity and even arousal are expressed spontaneously, until the child has learned to repress or hide...

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To know that two opposing sides generate a war via alleged interests or views is highly important. However, if one should know the catastrophic effects during the war, this would be the underlying truth. This also holds to be true for African Americans during World War II. World War II was basica...

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Marijuana Prohibition is a Violation of First Amendment Rights "Let me ask you something if you had a choice, what would it be: Marijuana or Martinis?" This question appeared in the New York Times on Tuesday, May 12th, 1998. Due to the "Marijuana Tax Act" of 1937 the only legal choice that you and the 18 million other adults who used marijuana last year can make is the martini ("Against Drug Prohibition" ix). The legal acceptance of alcohol, however, does not exclude it from the category of a "drug," even in the eyes of the Food and Drug Administration. The prohibition of marijuana is h...

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To know that two opposing sides generate a war via alleged interests or views is highly important. However, if one should know the catastrophic effects during the war, this would be the underlying truth. This also holds to be true for African Americans during World War II. World War II was basica...

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