The Canadian Red Cross is one of the foundations that did so (Canadian Red Cross, 2012). The Canadian Red Cross Foundations mission is to help improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity in Canada as well as around the world (Canadian Red Cross, 1999). After Hurricane Sandy took place, volunteers with the Canadian Red Cross began to give assistance to the individuals in other countries who needed it (Canadian Red Cross, 2012). Volunteers travelled in order to care for individuals who had to reside in shelters, as well travelled around affected areas delivering w...

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In other words, Japanese Americans were willing to die fighting for their country just like any other Americans. ... During World War II, the unit fought well against the Axis powers by taking out 409 planes and 950 ground units, sinking a battleship and running more than 200 bomber escort missions. The unit earned three Unit Citations, one Silver Star, 96 Flying Crosses, 14 Bronze Stars, 744 Air Medals and eight Purple Hearts after winning numerous battles and being the only unit to not suffer a single casualty (Tuskegee Airmen). ... On the contrary, if the government simply allow minority Am...

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As a result of this act, the Federal Radio Commission was created to organize adequately and promote regulation throughout the country. ... Without these restrictions, there would be an excessive imbalance in power and influence, thus eventually resulting in Sprint and T-Mobile running out of business. ... For example, Republican and subcommittee chairman, Greg Walden, challenged the FCC on the rule towards media cross-ownership. The media cross-ownership rule makes it where companies or business are limited to owning multiple media outlets in the same network or station. ...

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If not to count the ancestors of the American Indians who presumably crossed the Bering Strait in ice age, the Chinese were the first Asians immigrants to enter the United States. At first what appeared to be a generous hospitality from their new country quickly turned bitter anti immigration policies passed in the 1880's. ... Newspapers like San Francisco Chronicle criticized the Chinese in its publications and supported the anti Chinese sentiment running through out 1880's. ...

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The Riverdance is very popular in that it is running up to the moment in the main cities apart from Ulan Bater. ... The ladies are expected to sit with their legs crossed right at the ankle or even at the knees. It is deemed informal to have their ankles crossed over the knee. ... It may have to come down to a breakdown of one of the religions to bring peace to the Country of Ireland. ... This indicates the capability of the country to survive well in a downturn and reveals that the banking system is very much united with the local economy. ...

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The inauguration of the Erie Canal gave support to expansion to the Midwest and by extension to the rest of the country. ... Painters, awed by the country's magnificent and exotic beauty, filled their scenes with radiant light, thus implying that God blessed the land. ... America was still a new country, and many considered it as a Garden of Eden, plentiful and wild. ...

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Albert shanker, president of American Federation of Teachers until his death in 1998, argues that there is no evidence that privating the public schools works or that the public wants discipline and academic standards, which can be provided by public schools modeled after those of countries with better primary and secondary education than the United States. ... As of 1995, 13 states allowed students to cross-district lines and take with them their share of state and local educational funds. ... There were 786 charter schools up and running, with another 500 or so expected by the end of the yea...

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