Once having one of the most cutting-edge curriculums in the world, US has now dropped to below average levels, a plunge that is unmatched by any country so far (Barshay). Although the economy has not reached that critical state yet, it has been continuously declining and future generations will not be able to sustain the same level of sophistication and productivity if they cannot embrace the competitive nature of the global market itself (Holodny). In order for the United States to return to its former level of prosperity, it is necessary to realize that competition is a beneficial method of ...

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I believe that this conflict was a very important because it was a crucial part of the cold war, and it helped shape the way the world was going to be in the future. Not only did it affect the cold war buy stopping the spread of communism in the Middle East, but it affected the future as well by creating the Mujahedeen, known today as the Taliban. ... Once he took sides with the west and wanted to put more western capitalist ideas into place, the Russians saw that as a threat to their goal of spreading communism in the Middle East. ...

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. $20,000 million (as proposed by Stalin) accepted as the sum of reparations for future discussions. ... In the exercise of such authority they will take such steps, including the complete disarmament, demilitarization, and dismemberment of Germany as they deem requisite for future peace-(4) This section of the agreement clarified the fact that Germany was to be occupied, that it would not have one autonomous government, and guaranteed the right of the three Allied victors to do what they individually chose to do with their zones. ... The main issues discussed were the frontiers of a pos...

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Once assuming control, Stalin planned for five years into the future using these legislative acts. ... Once in office, he took the title of Fuhrer and assumed absolute control of the government and absolute sovereignty over all Germans in Europe. ... While the country industrialized, hard work increased while wages did not, but Stalin kept the Russia people committed to his plan because of his promises of better housing, more leisure time, better food, and better clothing once the plans worked. In the 1930s, his promises actualized when the Russian living standards were up to those of 1927, wi...

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On the third of April 1917, with Lenin's return to Russia, he announced a republic for Soviet of Workers, Poor Peasants and Peasants" Deputies, and his "April Theses" - his plans for the future. ... The sailors, once staunch supporters of the Bolsheviks, felt it was time to speak up against them. ... With the subsequent introduction of the NEP, Lenin's leadership role in the retention of power was once again questioned. ...

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The Russian provisional government was put into place after the long Tsarist regime in 1917, but was ousted after only eight months, once the Bolsheviks took power after the October Revolution. ... As the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin was one of the leaders of this new party and was viewed by many as a tyrant who would significantly influence future Russian political parties. ... Once the viewers left the theatre, Vertov hoped the audience would start to take action to improve themselves and their surroundings. ...

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The newspapers thusly disposed of by that argument, Hitler applies it once again to his greatest adversary of all; Socialism, and the German Socialist Party, with whom he was jockeying for power. ... In response, Hitler stated that "the anti-Semitism which formerly animated the Party must once again become the focal point of our spiritual struggle" (Bullock 703). ...

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Once an empire stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea including parts of Georgia and Syria, Armenia was at its largest during the early 1st century BC under the rule of King Tigranes. ... Once Armenia was dependent upon Azerbaijan for oil and natural gas, but economic blockades by Azerbaijan and sympathizing nations forced Armenia to reopen a nuclear power plant, overuse old hydroelectric plants, and import natural gas from Iran. ... The future looks promising for the small nation of Armenia. ...

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Once Germany had been defeated in 1945 the war time allies between the USA, UK and the USSR began to break up. ... Joseph Stalin once stated: "One cannot forget the following fact: the Germans carried out an invasion of the U.S.S.R. through Finland, Poland, Rumania, Bulgaria, and Hungary....One can ask, therefore, what can be surprising in the fact that the Soviet Union, in a desire to ensure its security for the future, tries to achieve that these countries should have governments whose relations to the Soviet Union are loyal?". ...

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In American eyes, only China looms as a likely future rival. ... Once USA became deeply involved in Vietnam, the American commitment stemmed from a genuine belief that unless communism was halted, as it had been in Korea, the nations of south-east Asia would fall, like dominoes, one by one to communist insurgency. Once USA became deeply involved in Vietnam, it became a matter of national pride to the Americans that they should win, and to pull out without victory would be a national humiliation. ...

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The Russian Revolution of October 1917 can be seen as the first great surge of the future USSR. ... Once Lenin had seized power, a new threat loomed, consolidating his newly gained power. ... Russia the once gain basket of the world was reduced to importing grain to feed its starving population. ...

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Once a village was built up enough, they would again move further into the unsettled areas of Kievan Russia trying to, and mostly succeeding, spread the Christian religion. ... The combination of these two events ultimately sealed Moscow's fate as the future capital of modern Russia. ...

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Once again, in some countries service staff may be well trained whilst in others training may be something unheard of. ... And even though all problems have not met their solutions yet, this approach will surely bring about a better future for Russian service staffs, as their ethics will be affected by globalization not by force but by understanding and patience. ...

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She offered to let each class share their different ideas with her, and promised she would take them into consideration when forming new legislation in the future. ... However, this military status of nobility dies with the individual, so their families and heirs do not enjoy the same noble status that the serviceman once did. ...

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She offered to let each class share their different ideas with her, and promised she would take them into consideration when forming new legislation in the future. ... However, this military status of nobility dies with the individual, so their families and heirs do not enjoy the same noble status that the serviceman once did. ...

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Once this education had gone far enough there would be an inevitable consensus of opinion. ... It was this that gave generations of Soviets confidence in the future, a developed education system and reasonable mass healthcare, a very high level of culture and the emergence of a broad stratum of the intelligentsia. ...

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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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Introduction No conflict, neither in size nor in scope, is comparable to the Eastern Front, 1941-45. It was the deadliest theatre of war in history causing the death of over 30 million people. This colossal conflict played a decisive role in destroying the Nazi regime: the German armed forces suffer...

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They made calls to "halt at once the vicious red program of world enslavement."" ... Winston Churchill was, like Roosevelt, "distressed-, on the eve of the Yalta meeting because of the deadlock in the negotiations that was going on at the same time over the future of Polish g...

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In October 1917, the Red Army joined the Revolutionists and put down once and for all the Tsarist Régime that had reigned over Russian since the fifteenth century. ... A utopian future lay ahead of the people for Russian and for this moment in history a vision of opulence and glee seemed to be on the rise. ...

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The promise of the elimination of classes, of guaranteed employment , "The creation of a comprehensive social security and welfare system for all citizens that would end the misery of workers once and for all." ...

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"The atomic bomb ... once again strengthened the belief that our air forces have the ultimate weapon, that would allow the United States to impose a kind of" Pax Americana »- such, for example, was the opinion of the Chief of Staff of the US Army General M. ...

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Introduction Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in the village of Gori, in the Russian province of Georgia, on Dec. 21, 1879. His father was a shoemaker with a penchant for drunkenness, who left Gori when Stalin was young to seek employment in the city of Tiflis. Thus Joseph's...

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Also, the inordinate ambition for violent territorial expansion of nation states which replaced the collapsed empires in these regions meant that political opposition alliances to such ideals were crushed, minority views were violently suppressed, established ruling class structures were violently dismantled by revolutionary armed movements and the once residents and citizens of these empires lost their status and were denationalized or denied the benefit citizenship rights in the new national political nation-state model. ... When the first world war ended in 1919, there was massive redrawin...

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Comparative Economic Systems It would be extremely easy to state that economics is an area of study that seeks efficient use of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants and that economic systems simply refer to the outcomes of economic activities, which are influenced by social, natural and political settings. However, it is clear that economics goes far beyond utilizing resources or levels of development and by comparing different economic systems one can analyze their importance and influence on other sectors of society. Apart from affecting other sectors, an economic system is also ...

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