It is no surprise then, that the Empire was slowly falling into decline, but it was topped off in 1940 when pressure from Japan meant the hold of sovereignty over Indochina was simply incapable. With the British preventing any reinforcement from the metropole, the supply of fuel stopped by Japanese pressure, and Admiral Decoux making successive concessions to the Japanese in order to grasp onto some form of remaining sovereignty, albeit weak, the hold onto Indochina was almost impossible. By 1945, French authority was broken, and appointment of a nationalist government was approved, encouraged...

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In the United States, 94% of soybeans and 93% of staples such as corn are genetically modified to some extent, and the widespread use of both ingredients in final food products means that hundreds of millions of Americans consume GMO foods every year. ... It should be noted before going into these merited dissenting views, that the American Medical Association officially remains skeptical of negative claims, and holds that genetically modified food has not yet been proven to cause harm to human consumers (American Medical Association, 2012). ... The case of the Japanese Showa Denko corporati...

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According to the customs of North American society, it is encouraged that people speak out about their private relationships and feelings. ... "American academic psychology has taken for granted the values of self-expression, self-control, and self-efficacy. These values fit with American ideals of expressive and utilitarian individualism. ... American culture teaches to value someone who is able to speak out about his true feelings and even categorizes someone as being emotionally distressed when unable to express needs and wants. ...

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Traditionally, British and American forms of popular music have tended to dominate the industry. ... For fans and enthusiasts, popular music can be a leisure-time pursuit occurring on evenings or weekends; alternatively, it can constitute a lifestyle, or way of life (e.g., Deadheads-a group of fans of the American band Grateful Dead who saw the band at as many gigs and festivals as possible from the 1970s onward). ... The rise of recorded music together with more stringent copyright protection laws facilitated the development of the music business in capitalist society and more specifically th...

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The internationalization of economic activity in Europe first took off in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with the development of new shipping technology that led to Spanish colonization of Latin America. ...

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Some of his arguments against post-development is the acknowledgement of development arising not just from Western developed societies, but also from the South or even East (Japan). ... According to Gibson-Graham, through centuries of influence from development through, Spanish colonization, and, subsequently, American occupation, the Filipinos are much more reluctant to stray from the current structure of development and become active members in developing their own communities. ...

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