At a fast food chain, the process of ordering a meal is streamlined into a process of choosing a "combo meal-, size of fries, choice of soft drink, and your meal is served within a matter of seconds for your instant enjoyment. ... 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. ... Inversely, people eat fast meals to save time so they can enjoy other activities. ... For them a meal might involve intricate details and customary etiquettes, and it is difficult to accept the con...

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The result is one of the world's most culturally and intellectually diverse societies, and one that has arguably become the most powerful and wealthy nation on earth. ... The exploitation of new immigrants by fast-food corporations paying substandard wages. ... It is an individual responsibility to oneself, and an individual responsibility to the nation. ... To prevent this, we must rededicate ourselves to embrace our true roots as a nation. ...

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In this era, the United States became an Industrial powerhouse amongst the world, becoming the most industrialized nation on the planet. ... The population had doubled within 30 years, driving many citizens out of business (farmers being the majority) and into either factory jobs with horrible conditions, or no job at all, resulting in an unemployment rate rising almost as fast as the immigration rate. ... While this was the first large labor union, it life span was somewhat short, but not short enough to spread the idea throughout the nation. ... But because there were in fact so many people ...

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Thus, longer hours as well as faster and more durable workers resulted in more production of war supplies (A Thousand Words). ... Advertisements contained headlines such as "Food Is a Weapon, Don't Waste It!... The government would promote the growth of victory gardens which required citizens to grow their own vegetables and plants in their yards in order to prevent food shortages and always have a backup supply (Poster Campaigns). ... The government would target military wives at the home front to grow these gardens and to can and preserve any kind of grown food (Creating Rosie). .....

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America is a nation that prides itself on fair treatment and equal rights for all, yet turns a blind eye to the mistreatment of migrant farm workers in the United States, so passing the Agricultural Jobs, Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act ( often referred to as the AgJOBS Bill), and refining the H2-A temporary visa system to better suit worker rights, should be a top priority for state legislatures in all fifty states, the U.S. ... Farm owners across the nation adopted similar workforces, and although not all of their workers were African-American slaves, these owners began employing t...

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The Industrial Revolution accelerated the development of globalization and with the help of new machines or new transport carried the products further and faster. ... For example there are lots of international fast food companies such as McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut and we did not have to go America any longer to buy a Big Mac or when you go to the United States, you can visit China Town in San Francisco and buy traditional gifts for your friends from there. ... In conclusion, globalization is an important issue that affects many nations and systems in our world. ...

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The Introduction to radio caused many changes for the mass media world; radio was faster then the newspaper and could add more up to date news by the hour instead of by the day. ... When television was introduced it brought about an enormous change to the nation. ... Deadlines, cell phones, basketball games, the internet, fast food and total chaos, seem to be on everybody's minds. ...

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In 1927, Earl joined General Motors as chief stylist, but with the depression and subsequently the war, Earl's creativity "was temporarily stifled" as automakers, reflecting the mood of the nation, "painted most cars in drab colors: black, brown, dark green, and occasionally navy blue. However, Earl stayed on at General Motors, and as the nation returned to better times, Earl would get his way with design: "dazzling colors reappeared, embellished by two-tone paint jobs (Kelly green bodies with beige hardtops) " and "inspired by fighter planes, he introduced tail fins, clearly derived from...

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