At that time the new Super Powers were wary of each other, and the new found strengths that both had; the United States, (the more dominant force along with Britain and France, had a prominent place in Western Europe, while the Soviets were the undisputed and sole rulers of Eastern Europe. ... It was from here, the first bipolar world, that people began to place more and more importance on the power of individual countries in a world spectrum. ... The American government after the war, realized it was in a very profitable position, with many of the smaller countries having to choose whether to...

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In smaller numbers, Asians and Mexicans entered the country arriving on the West Coast. ... The United States was a place accepting of all cultures and backgrounds- a place where everybody was free. ...

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Although this two-party system gives smaller excluded parties less incentive to even form, it has consistently survived, {with little exception during the 1800s} throughout the history of the United States. ... Smaller parties certainly cannot compete under these circumstances. This often makes voters hesitant to even waste their vote on a smaller party candidate who obviously cannot win. These functions of our democratic two-party system seem to make the bigger parties stronger, thus make the smaller one weaker. In many states of America variations to insure minor party advanc...

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So why is wilderness the desired place for many Americans to escape to and perhaps risk their lives? ... Only a small percentage of Americans trek into the wilderness for their own reasons. ... There are many places in America that could still be called untouched. ... A small creek he had crossed to get into the woods now was a roaring river. ... The wilderness is a favorite place of Americans to retreat that are seeking out a challenge. ...

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It had cities, big and small. ... While in Kansas a tornado rips through, and carries Dorothy to an unfamiliar place. ... It tore through America with out warning, taking it to a place not seen before, economic turmoil. ... There were large and small ones just like in America. The large one in Oz was the emerald city and the small one was Munchkin city. ...

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They were not only working for long time but under harsh and poor conditions in a place called sweatshop. ... The purpose of monopoly is when consumers got no places to turn for a given product, the company had the right to raise the prices. ... A big company could have lower prices than its competitor and small business. This led to the smaller companies would have no chance to compete with the company that took the lead. ...

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America is a place of freedom, technology, leadership, and diversity. ... He quickly became the leader of thousands of people joined together to fight make America a better place. ... While the United States uses this as an advantage to gain world power individual citizens lose the value of decency and etiquette because they are too concerned and selfish to realize the larger problems outside their own small world. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. and the New York City fleet have allowed America to be the place it is today. ... They all strive to make this country a better place no matter how b...

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They had heard about America and that America is a better place for them to be and that was why they wanted those expectations. They were told that America is a wonderful place and is the best place for people. They learned they could buy larger farms for the same amount equivalent to renting a small one in Germany. ... Germans did not have a nation, because of that; they had only a collection of principles and small kingdoms. ... She also sold photographic portraits of herself printed on small cards explaining "I sell the shadow to support the substance. " 9. ...

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Major corporations like Wal-Mart, Target, Lowe's and Home Depot have monopolized the shopping experience once enjoyed by the mom and pop stores, the backbone of small town America. ... The "Super Centers" have invaded and crippled small town America and have gone further offering Internet shopping for "our convenience". The reduced need to employ the younger generation has lead to an increase of unemployment especially in small towns. ... Small companies don't have to "go global" in order to sell via TV or Internet internationally. ... Absolutely no face-to-face interaction has t...

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Though the concept of virtual place and time would not become part of the terminology of human thinking for almost another 150 years, the foundations were laid with this invention. ... In the 1990's the technological frontier opened doors to digital phones smaller than the human hand. ... The size of these digital phones are getting smaller, less means more. Smaller chips and circuit allow for such small phone designs. In 1991, two major commercial events took place, which put the power of CD-ROM storage technology and computer based search engines in the hands of ordinary people....

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In some places police can put kids in jail just for being out their curfew. ... While in my community we have a large police force, many places don't. In small towns where curfews are usually placed, the police force might not be large enough in a situation like that. I hope that the government will be put in their place about curfews. ...

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Because slaves could be sold in America for twenty to thirty times the price in Africa, men, women, and children were forced to aboard small vessels and travel to the New World. ... The areas of slavery were through out the entire country, but the most common place for plantation was in the Chesapeake area, along with South Carolina and Georgia. ... " They used the slaves to work in the plantation, which took place in watery fields, thus causing a huge outbreak from mosquitoes caring malaria. ... They had small farms that few slaves would work by maintaining the agriculture, and becoming ...

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There are laws that protect the environment and people from big companies from Fracking but bigger companies that have smaller firms are exempt from the laws because they work in smaller and more numerous numbers. ... Fracking has created a bit of chaos in some places. ... The flourish of business and the many people coming from all over America entering this small reservation seems to have brought along some epidemic issues of drug abuse and violence. ... This Indian Reservation isn't the only place being affected by the fracking and oil boom. Williston, N.D. is another place plagued wit...

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Through utter naval strength the U.S. spread its industry across the pacific flexing its might and proving its place in the world arena as a global power. ... Countries with small land area and limited resources such as some of the smaller western European countries fell behind. Striving for money, power, and their place on the world map led the countries of Japan, Russia, and the United States out of economic exclusion earning them the rank of global power. ...

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America as a whole, is made up of a range of people with different perceptions and ideals instilled in them since a small age. ... This exemplifies that sex needs to be defined in different times and different places. ... I say to some extent because there is the idea among people today that generalize sex as only intercourse while there is a smaller group that might blur the boundaries of what sex is. ... In the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, it was oral sex that took place, though technically it is believed to be sex by some. ...

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So, it is obvious that a country that doesn't think about the health of its citizens is not the best place to inhabit. ... For example, in the south of the country, according to the inhabitants of a small town of Alabama, racial segregation exists in schools and other public facilities. ... This is only a small sample of all the social problems of this country. So, it is clear that America isn't the best place to dwell. ...

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"Cities and Reformers" During the last part of the 19th-century, America was the place to be. ... People from small towns and farms also helped swell the population in the cities. ... Cities provided a place where people could make more money from better opportunities. ...

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With every war there has been a small trickle of homeless veterans to follow, but the Vietnam war and Korean war left a wave of many people without anywhere to go. ... Many homeless people lived in places called Skid Row. ... They look for places to work, and they try to establish an address and connections. ... They make up a very small group in fact, about 4% of all homeless. ... People lived doubled up with families, they move from place to place, and have children. ...

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More than eighty years ago Hollywood was nothing more than a place in a middle of nowhere. But for the Eastern European Jews who migrated to America at that time, Hollywood is a perfect place for them to build their own empire. ... One of the most familiar names is Adolph Zukor who was born in a small Hungarian village in Tokay grape district. ... Warner travelled to many places in the East and Canada before he finally settling in Youngstown, Ohio and re-married. ...

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In a way, the railroad system made the United States seem a lot smaller than it was previous to the civil war. ... We no longer view the world as a big place that takes a long time to get from one place to another, but what time we will be there. ... It helped bring people to and from places, helped expand and better businesses, and helped farmers, especially farmers in remote locations, deliver their products to the market. ...

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In the period between 1860 and 1877, many major changes were taking place within America. ... This shows how changes were beginning to take place in America due to the new amendments. A new banking system was put into place, as to nationalize the country. ... A few small social changes took place in the period after the Civil War, the most important being the Freedmen's Bureau. ... These changes are a revolution because new ideas and ways of life were coming into place. ...

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For preserves to succeed, they were created large because small reserves were thought to be unproductive; in other words, "the bigger the better" in the traditional view. ... This brought specificity to the places being preserved; they had to be large, beautiful, and scared places. These landscapes included places like mountain tops, waterfalls, and large canyons. Nowadays these are the places that Americans go site seeing. ... Furthermore, the image of wilderness became a natural, scared place. ...

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The way that social Darwinism has changed the views and realities of the economy has allowed it to be able to advance and provide a good, competitive place for people to make money and offer their goods and services. ... The way that the larger, better-funded companies are eliminating the smaller more personalized businesses is the basis behind the Social Darwin theory. ...

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Many protests and marches took place, many where put in jail and even then they refused to eat to protest for they"re right to vote. ... The arts saw their time for rejoice in the middle of the two wars with the opening of new museums and galleries were established in large and small cities throughout the US. ...

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The way that social Darwinism has changed the views and realities of the economy has allowed it to be able to advance and provide a good, competitive place for people to make money and offer their goods and services. ... The way that the larger, better-funded companies are eliminating the smaller more personalized businesses is the basis behind the Social Darwin theory. ...

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