They were built at the direction of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) of the 1930's. ... Much of what they created has survived through the efforts of museums, libraries, and archives. ... They wanted "a new car every few years-. ... Perhaps one of the things that most characterize the 1950's society was the strong element of conservatism and anticommunist feeling. ... People carrying small transistor radios listened to music, which could be heard in any location because it was now portable. ...

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Living life the Korean way was becoming a constant struggle to carry on. ... Yet, the Koreans did not leave solely for the political problems plaguing their country; they left for the work they were promised to find in the plantations, most specifically in the islands of Hawaii. ... If they liked what the saw, then they were to send a picture of themselves back and a match would be made. ... Yet, like many of the instances, these men did not turn out to be who they said they were. ... There are many things that we take for granted today that the Koreans contributed to our society. ...

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As Aimee Howd states: "they may be aging, but they're powerful and statistics show that America's baby boomers, who number 77 million, are an incredibly active, cohesive and effective lobby." ... What is clear, however, is that it carries the future of the nation's economic and social security along with it. ... The author also states that: "Fifteen years into the third millennium they will become the largest generation of retirees in American history". ... They will affect decisions that in turn will be the basis on how society will live in the near future. ... Research an...

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This is why people at the time used money for all kinds of things such as decorating wallpaper or even used as heat in fireplaces purely because money was worth much less than firewood. This even resulted to people carrying briefcases full of money just to spend for something as small as a loaf of bread. ... This shows that the defeated countries were indeed in this position of Germany, the "leaders" and they gained power over Germany as she had to do what they said. ... They couldn't afford to afford to develop their country purely because they were forced to pay for the expens...

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Defensive realists claim that the US only did what they had to do to remain stable and secure. ... Americans aimed for autonomy from the British and they achieved it – we know that. ... Other examples include: carrying out the manifest destiny, admitting Texas into the union in 1845, the war of 1812, and the US-Mexican war; all for the aim of continental expansion and a rapid expansion of industrial and regional power. The US now had secure borders and a great geographical advantage compared to other countries that help put them in the hegemonic position they are in today. ... The cont...

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This operation would also help to reduce Stalins suspiciousness of the West by showing that they were not content to leave the actual fighting to the Soviets. The latter was of particular importance to the Western powers as they sought to ensure that the Soviet Union would not attempt to negotiate a unilateral peace with Germany as it had done in 1918. ... Rather, they preferred to import a large quantity of food and raw materials from these regions, process them and then re-sell them back to these very same areas for a sizeable profit. ... The Soviet power industry was also severely wounded, ...

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France was very heavily hit by Germany and invested all they had in the first war therefore, when they lost the war they could not recover financially and could not start another war. ... In addition too much patriotism led to people thinking and acting irrationally whereas, they should have looked ahead figured that if they were to take any actions it would only harm their nation because they were already weakened and could not afford to invest and lose any other resources they had available. ... Things did not go as planned and Germany failed to defeat France. ... Kaiser the second wanted ...

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The Roman Empire brought a fascinating range of languages as well as that they also used these languages to communicate with each other during war so their enemy wouldn't understand what they were attempting to plot. ... That is when the USA had a thought of building the more powerful H-bomb or Hydrogen bomb and they soon developed it in 1952 when they had finished it although, soon, the USSR had created their own just three years later. ... The drone planes are the perfect example for a lethal killing machine, they have been improved and can now carry bunker-busting, rocket-boosted munit...

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If they were to wait a while and let everyones tempers calm down such as those of the public and the leaders themselves they could of came up with some reasonable clauses for the Treaty. ... One of the first things that were discussed in the Treaty of Versailles were those taht involved in territory. ... The part of the Treaty that out of all the other things that caused the most resenment in the eyes of the Germans was the articles in the treaty that pertained to the German military. ... One succes that could be seen in the Treaty of Versailles although not entirely a succes but which has ...

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The gates swing open and inside lay mounds of emaciated corpses, haggard and diseased victims and remnants of skeletons within ovens so vast that they defy belief. ... This was the first time that the world in general was witness to the dispensation of justice against men who initiated and efficiently carried out acts "so malignant and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated," (Jackson). ... After the verdicts were carried out, and the majority of the defendants executed, the international legal community and the w...

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These things are known as allegories, because they are symbols that stand for the truths about human life. ... Upon the arrival of humankind in both places though, they become much less like paradise and ultimately carry out the same fate. ... Simon's character traits are like Jesus' because he demonstrates true morality and selflessness and many of the things he do seem supernatural. ... Also, some of the things Simon do seem almost supernatural or transcendent. ... The boys see the necessity for government so that they can keep law and order and although they have good intentions, ...

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Because the Japanese controlled the railway, they used the incident to fuel their need to intervene with the events unfolding in China. ... Wakatsuki ultimately failed in the attempt to carry out his emperor's wishes and the Japanese military continued on its campaign throughout China which eventually pleaded to the League of Nations for intervention who then voted 42-1 against Japan with the only vote coming from Japan supporting the action. ...

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During World War Two, Jewish refugees were being treated harshly and unfairly in Canada in the context of the Holocaust, seeing that they were refused entry into Canada, they were sent to internment camps, and were labelled as "enemy aliens.... The vessel had been turned away by many countries and the last hope they had was to either settle in Canada or the United States, but Canada did not want the Jewish people travelling on the vessel. ... A vital aspect in the plight of the Jewish refugees and the trouble they faced in order to immigrate was the widespread presence of anti – Sem...

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" Alperovitz moves on to his next major argument that being the United States only carried through with the development and the use of the A-Bomb in order to impress Russia. ... However, in 1955, eight years earlier, Eisenhower is quoted saying, "Yes of course they would be used. In any combat where these things can be used on strictly military targets and for strictly military purposes, I see no reason why they shouldn't be used just exactly as you would use a bullet or anything else," in reference to the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... Ultimately, Alperovitz'...

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and that they should "Go!"... It may therefore be said of the recruiting posters that they were very effective in their methods of persuasion. ... Indeed, the attacks on the Somme, and many other dismal affairs like it, Passchendaele for example, may well have not been possible, bar such unscrupulous recruitment practices, many of the enlisting Sergeants allowing underage enlistment, "smiling they wrote his lie: aged 19 years", (Disabled) sending five different sets of brothers from Eton alone, to their premature deaths. ... Therefore, most attacks were recognised long before they took plac...

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Continuing with this view lord Lothian sated they are only going into there own back garden. ... After occupying the Rhineland, they could fortify it, hold the frontier with a relatively small force, and greatly increase their striking force on the northern bank. ...

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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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