Decline of an Empire The end of World War II brought about the erasure of Great Britain as a super power. ... After the war, the former Prime Minister of Britain, Winston Churchill, was voted out of office. ... Following the war, the Allies of WWII had begun a prosecution of Axis war leaders for their crimes in the infamous Nuremberg Trials. ... The prosecutors had charged the defendants with conspiring, launching aggressive war and committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. ... This marked the beginning of the Cold War. ...

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Freshly fried, piping hot fish and chips, smothered in salt and doused in vinegar cannot be beaten on a cold and wintry English day. ... During World War II, fish and chip shops became invaluable in supplementing the family's diet, being one of the few foods not to be rationed. ...

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Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin notes that in the post-Cold War era, America's power and prestige may ultimately depend less on being a military superpower than on being an information and entertainment superpower. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate