Among the above mentioned factors, economic change is, in my opinion, the one aspect which creates the greatest obstacle in developing a single approach to comparative study. ... Nigel Thrift in Geographies of Global Change describes this as the transformation from a "space of places" to a "space of flows" (Thrift, 29). Furthermore, he defines this "space of flows" to have the following effect: It, dominates the historically constructed space of places, as the logic of dominant organizations detaches itself from the social constraints of cultural identities and local societies through the p...

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This is what Robert Doisneau does so well in Le Baiser de Hotel de Ville I first saw this picture in my high school government class, where my teacher had a reproduction hung on his wall. ... There is a space between the couple - merged with the female pedestrian - and the remaining pedestrians. This space frames the couple and also brings our attention to the couple. ...

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"His first paper was The Special Theory of Relativity which dealt with the relativistic attribute of motion, time and space- (Candee 178). This theory influenced the space program. ... In 1915 he developed his General Theory of Relativity which relates mass, space and time and makes all physical phenomena relative to the observer (Candee 179). ... Out of my later years. ...

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My high school biology teacher once told me, "Your source is always suspect.... Once they started to run out of space the Europeans also took the land of the Native Americans and killed anyone who tried to go against them. ... Europeans expanded their territory when discovering this "new world" and when they started to run out of space the Native Americans were just moved further out until they saw the solution of placing them in reservation camps to keep whatever was left of them together after the expansion. ...

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Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party with their aggressive policies and actions, in my opinion, are to blame for the war. ... As a fascist Hitler despised the communism of Russia in the East and furthermore intended to 'smash' it and take land to the East for 'lebensraum'(living space). ...

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There are many reasons both for and against a declaration of war to resolve an opposing conflict. Though there are many different types of warfare, an aggressive means can be considered a just cause. However, in many cases, affirmative action cannot be a warranted solution. War is a delicate inst...

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He also proposed the still functional theory of relativity, which stated that space and time were relative to the observer. ... Even though I haven't yet decided my opinion on the existence of God as Christians have explained him, I do believe that they have taken a good idea and built a belief structure out of it that has lead to death and worse. ... The "Age of Anxiety" was unique in that it was spurred by a horrific event that has not been matched in my generation. ...

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World War I was caused by great tension between many closely packed nationalistic, imperialistic and militaristic countries which were in need of "living space."" ... While Japan is a small island country, it needs more raw materials and it also needs more "living space."" ... Japan became an aggressor because they needed space and raw materials, and they got that by taking places that had what they wanted. ...

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Hitler only served nine of those months in prison; while in prison, Hitler, at the age of thirty-five, wrote his famous Mein Kempf (My Struggle). ... He gave speeches in which he indicated that the German people needed living space. ...

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As far back as history can tell, women have been limited in mobility and set in particular spaces by society. ... Conceived as a stem-to-stern axis touching the water and pointing toward the Golden Gate Bridge, the monument suggests a partially framed ship poised to slip right into the water's waves (Powell 62) During my research on Rosie the Riveter, and the women who actually were "Rosie's", several important things were learned. ...

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While he was in Landsberg prison, (between 1923-1924), Hitler dictated the first part of "Mein Kampf" (My Struggle), which became the 'bible' of German National Socialism. ... The intentionalists were represented my Eberhard Jackel, Klaus Hildebrand and Andreas Hillgruber. ... Hitler's anti-Semitic obsession could be found in every aspect of his programme and it was connected with Lebensraum, the need for space where Germans could expand and, therefore, create the superior race in order to dominate the entire world. ...

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The Cold War is a difficult term to define. It is a term used to describe the conflict between the U.S and Russia during the post-war period. However, there was no actual fighting between the two, just threats and anti-opposition propaganda. Another problem with the Cold war is that because it ...

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When he thinks about Dresden's place in his memory, he always recalls two things: a dirty limerick about a man whose penis has let him down, and "My Name is Yon Yonson," a song which has no ending. ... MY COMMENTS: I've read several Kurt Vonnegut books in the past, including this one. ... Vonnegut, in my opinion, is one of the greatest humanist writers of all time. ... MY COMMENTS: There are a few things in this chapter that come to my attention. ...

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But the children serve a second purpose in this poster they are questioning the fathers masculinity as he has been put it the female domestic space. ... My father was no coward, but had been reluctant to leave his family. He was thirty-four and my mother, who had two young children, had been suffering from a serious illness. Soon after this incident my father joined the army." ...

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(Strawson PG 56) Hitler often spoke about treaties and agreements in his powerful and moving speeches, "I am willing to sign anything, I will do anything to facilitate the success of my policy. ... Adolf Hitler preached to the assembled German soldiers at Nuremberg and the Nazi party, faithful that they were a superior race that deserved more than they had, including additional living space, and a higher standard of living. ...

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He had a solid reason for doing so, in the Document E, Joseph McCarthy stated, "In my opinion, the State Department, which is one of the most important government department, is thoroughly infested with Communists" He blamed the U.S State Department for losing China, and also Alger Hiss has being a part of the conspiracy. ... However, it was enough to terrify America, because the Soviet Union made the world's first satellite; igniting the space race. ...

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As far back as history can tell, women have been limited in mobility and set in particular spaces by society. ... Conceived as a stem-to-stern axis touching the water and pointing toward the Golden Gate Bridge, the monument suggests a partially framed ship poised to slip right into the water's waves (Powell 62) During my research on Rosie the Riveter, and the women who actually were "Rosie's", several important things were learned. ...

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It is twice the size of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, and has three times the floor space of the Empire State Building in New York. ... According to Fred Holliday, approximately 400,000 square feet of space required complete structural demolition and reconstruction. ... "My guess is that this is not going to be all that similar to previous wartime economies," (qtd. in Manki, 56). ...

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In another anti-war protest poem, "my sweet old etectera," Cummings reveals the discrepancy between those who support war and the true feelings of soldiers. ... Cummings uses "my sweet old etcetera," as a noun, "my mother hoped I would die etcetera," 4 as an adverb, and in "my self etcetera lay quietly in the deep mud et tetera (dreaming, etcetera, of Your smile eyes knees and of your Etcetera)," 4 where he uses "etcetera," as an adjective, adverb, and a noun. ...

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Again everything went black before my eyes and I tottered and groped my way back to the dormitory, threw myself on the bunk, and dug my burning head into my blankets and pillow." ... " That night I resolved that, if I recovered my sight , I would enter politics." ... He believed the Jews were the cause of their problems and that the Germans needed more space. ...

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By September 1950, a stalemate had been reached, with the communists controls the monopoly of air space, Macarthur also now had more ground troops at his disposal than the Korean People Army. ... Truman said that "In view of the specific responsibilities imposed upon my by the Constitution of the United States and the added responsibility which has been entrusted to me by the United Nations, I have decided that I must make a change of command in the Far East. ...

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During the 1960's America was ripped apart by a war in a far off country in Asia. Seeing an enemy that was hoping to gain power and eventually rule the world and the nation stared war against communism in the face. The US was faced with the decision, to watch as its friends in other countries fade...

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This is shown between the posters, the former merely being straightforward recruitment posters, while the latter may be seen to provide external reason for hostilities, due to the massive damage committed by the somewhat deranged gorilla. 3) Once mobilisation begun, the recruiting offices were swamped, with an average of 33,000 men per day volunteering in September 1914, and this did not really fall until July 1915, as source D confirms, there being barely sufficient space for them to be accommodated in barracks, while demand for equipment completely exceeded supply. ...

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"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Family Redefining the American Teenager The Rise of the Hot Rod Culture The Rise of the Excess Culture Baby Boomers and Redesign Converting from Chrome to Muscle The Automobile as Identity Downfall and Decline Conclusion Bibliography Introduction With the end of World War II, the United State...

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What went out was narrative, description, rational exposition; what emerged focused on stream of consciousness, images in poetry (rather than description or narration), a new use of universal myth, and a sense of fragmentation both of individuality and of such concepts as space and time. ...

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