And contrary to popular mythology, most of those jobs paid at least $10/hour. ... Also contrary to liberal recounting, the tax cuts helped spur the economy and in addition, income tax revenues increased during this period and the share of taxes paid by the rich increased also. ...
My Antonia, a novel written by Willa Cather, is about the historical period during which the American Frontier closed. ... Because of this, My Antonia remains a central text in out literature and can heighten out students" awareness of the history of their mythologies and attitudes (McNall 75). ...
Throughout that period it was simply presumed that the goal of containment was both justifiable and practicable (Williams 432). ... Secondly, certain facets of the war raised questions about the moral self-righteousness that had previously sustained American policy all through the period of the cold war. ... As stated by Phil Williams of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, "the Vietnam experience destroyed these preconditions and ended the period of congressional abdication from foreign policy" (436). ...
