The family's dynamics are at once set as the reader finds the mother remote and as distant as the father, who seems to spend most of his nights in London, rather then at home. ... In fact, these two protagonists serve to move the story forward as their unresolved problems with each other and with the events that were set into motion that night circle around them. ... The reader learns early on that for whatever reason, possibly the dysfunctional family,Briony seems only to understand her world through the pages of her stories, Though she sets aside her writing for a time, it becomes ...

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Even with these new policies in place, the patriotic need for gay men and women to serve their country was strong enough for them to risk being ridiculed or rejected by the military and society and they lied and hid their homosexuality in order to serve. ... Allan Bérubé argues that even though homosexuals were willing to lie about their sexuality to proudly serve their country, they were fighting several wars, World War II, the fight against the military persecuting them and being able to be themselves in society without being seen as "sexual psychopaths" (14). ... &qu...

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Even so, the "sack dress" became more than a mass consumer product or a symbol of youth culture "it also served foreign policy purposes as a Cold War symbol of democracy and freedom. ... As many Americans felt more pressure to conform in their working lives, collecting and creating served as "spiritual compensation," and promoted individuality and family togetherness (55). Marling asserts that hobbies and handiness also served as a "badge of unabashed manliness." ... In fact, since most American men rarely used their new tools, the possession of a "fetishistic tool" often served as the ob...

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For example, India is building a wide variety of new missiles with a range of 90 miles to 1,300 miles. (2) And Iraq refuses to let United Nations teams in to inspect its nuclear weapons stores. (1) In addition, the many of the countries in the former Soviet Union have set up lines of trade, both legal and not, to support their own economies. ... Even if they did the set date to lower arsenals is by 2003... In many cases the collapse has, in fact, served to amplify the problems already plaguing arms control. To support its failing economy Russia has become an arms dealer, and Full nuclear w...

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Each document, despite their similar purpose, sets its own standard of rights and has its own distinctive features which have all emerged from their past history. ... The Atlantic Charter was a document that reiterated the four freedoms; Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear, and set the standard at which the post-World War II world would base its values. ... Along with the creation of the UN, a new objective was set, to create an international system of protection for human rights. ... These trials set the precedent for later international war crimes ...

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Citing his faith and his patriotism in that two day conference in Indianapolis, Welch and the John Birch Society set forth on a crusade to enlighten America about the a very real Conspiracy of a Communist coup. ... Clearly, the upheavals and atrocities of 1789 served as a model for revolutions to come, especially the Bolshevik Revolution- (Thorton The New American). ...

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Since he had no set income he was forced to move into the ghettos and became somewhat of a bum. ... He left Vienna to get away from the mixture of races and to escape the military that he had to serve in with Jews. ... Hitler was thrown in jail for his attempt to overthrow the government, but only served nine months of his 5-year sentence. ... This deal with Russia was set up so that when Hitler took Poland the land would be divided with Stalin. ... He knew he could not defeat England so set out to attack Russia, but before he did he took Yugoslavia and Greece. ...

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In the word s of Norman Birkett, who served as a British alternate judge: it was the greatest trial in history . ... Three of the four allies wanted the Nazi leaders to be executed without a trial Winston Churchill said, They should be rounded up and shot like dog s but the Americans persuaded the other allies that a trial would be most beneficial from a public relations standpoint, so now with the allies agreed the stage for Nuremberg was set. ... He said his proof of being innocent was that he served time in a German concentration camp for disagreeing with Hitler. ... With all the charge...

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The wrote letters of refusal to serve under him. ... The company reequips and reinforces back in England, then sets off for yet another airdrop, this time into Holland. ... Easy picked up a couple more soldiers, fresh from jump school, and in mid-December, was assigned to serve at the icy battleground of Bastone. ... It opened my eyes to what it means to serve our country and exactly what these men went through on a daily basis. ...

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You wish to serve" (63). ... Rain also serves as a life-affirming symbol, one which baptizes Henry when he decides to desert the Italian army. It is raining outside almost every time something bad occurs, such as the army's retreat or Catherine's death, and serves to mark these events as random occurrences, just like rain itself. ... An American second Lieutenant in the Italian Army's ambulance corps, Frederick Henry, is depicted as an average man in search of a set of values. ... When Henry decides to row all night across the lake to help him and Catherine escape from the o...

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This shocked the Americans back home, and as practically every home owned a TV set, these shocking images bombarded the public, and sympathy for the war fell. ... He got life but served only three months. ... The youth started to revolt against the ideals set by their parents in favour of a life of peace, love and copious amounts of marijuana, Timothy Leany who was a professor of philosophy summed it up with the quote "Turn on and drop out". ... People were unwilling to fight and tore up their draft papers, support for the war was diminishing and people were tired of the endless stream of terr...

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This tone is often set by creating emotions in which the readers relate to. ... While there is no doubt that the majority of the blame and guilt should be set on Hitler and his Officials, his allies must take part in a good portion, just as they did in the war. ... In the film In Which We Serve the wife of the captain makes a speech in which she describes feeling many things about the war, she mainly felt sad, but also a little guilty. ...

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An evening in front of his television set watching his daily dose of world news from CNN or MSNBC or some other news station tells the typical American that we are engaged in global conflict. ... Thus, it only makes sense that these will serve as a great starting point and much focus of my writing. ...

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A former soldier that served in the war, Adolf Hitler was one among many that were embarrassed by the ending of World War One. ... Although he only served eight months he wrote a book addressed to Rudolf Hess (who later became the deputy leader of the Nazi Party) titled Mein Kampf (My Struggle). This book set out his political philosophy. ...

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He could not find a viable career option that he had the skill set for. ... Eventually, Adolf moved to Munich, Germany and joins the 16th Barvarian Reserve Infantry Regiment to serve his country during World War I. ... A different form of propaganda aimed to serve the same purpose, appeal to the public in a manipulative way. ...

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Having learned English as an adult Sam immediately set about to murder it as best he could. ... His pride in the United States was coupled with his Orthodox Jewish faith, although not too deeply observed, having been exposed to a more secular socialist leaning Jewish culture through the "Workmens' Circle" and by reading the "Daily Forward" the leading secular Yiddish newspaper in the United States during the great immigration of Eastern European Jews prior to World War I and subsequently served the needs of that generation until it more or less died out in the later part of the twentieth ...

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When the war was over, the men who served overseas came back and obviously were expecting their positions to be returned to them and women were highly encouraged to give their jobs to the returning soldiers. ... In early 1965, Judy LaMarsh wrote that Pearson seemed to finally accept her advice and set us the commission. She provided him with a draft of the future terms of reference and also a list of women who might've served on the commission ("Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada", n.d.). ... Wynne is Ontario's 25th Premier and the first woman to serve in th...

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Nazi Germany in 1934 set up centers where a woman could come and find out information on how to be a true German woman, she needed to follow what came to be known as the Ten Commandments of a good German woman, they included; Remember that you are a German, if you are genetically healthy you should not remain unmarried, keep your body pure, you should keep your mind and spirit pure, as German choose only a spouse of the same or Nordic blood, in choosing a spouse ask about his ancestors, health is also a precondition for physical beauty, marry only for love, don't look for a playmate but...

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In America under the New Deal program, The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was set up. The CCC was set up to aid unmarried men by suppling them with jobs. ... The consequences of the depression were so serve in some countries especially Germany that hostile political parties gained power which in turn led to the outbreak of World War II. ...

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Once a new government was established it was already set to fail. Coming in with a whole new set of rules, a republic that was not popular to begin with. ... Sentenced to a five year stay at a minimum security prison, he only serves about a half of a year. ...

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Philip Caputo spent his life acquiring the skills of killing, learning how to fieldstrip and assemble and M-14 rifle blindfolded, how to face death, and how to cause it. This was the normal lifestyle of Caputo's time, war. Caputo knew nothing about the everyday lifestyles we lead today. His life ...

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"Sometimes you could get fish but it was always in short supply - first come, first served. ... Numerous radar stations were set up on the British coast and this enabled British fighter pilots to have an advanced warning of when German aircraft were in the vicinity. ...

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It was the beginning of another "red scare- in the nation: fears of communism, which had been on the rise ever since the stock market crash that set off the Great Depression, sparked accusations that artists, writers, actors and learned people were communists. ... Hawaii served as America's midway point between the mainland and Japan, and although the Japanese attempted to wipe out much of those offenses in the Pearl Harbor attacks, the American naval fleet struck back with a vengeance. ...

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Early in the play, Mama says, "We was going to set away, little by little, don't you know, and buy a little place out in Morgan Park. ... " We may not immediately refer to broken dreams as raisins, festering sores, or rotting meat; but these metaphors serve as cautionary statements to personify the consequences of not acting on your dreams. ...

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Extending its powers far beyond munitions factories, the Ministry set standards for employee health and welfare, pressured key manufacturers to assist in the production of armaments, ended strikes through promises of arbitration, and extended daytime working hours by introducing daylight saving in May 1916. ... Additionally, in 1917 the government established the Womens Auxillary Army Corps where women served in positions that men previously held, and in 1918 the Women's Royal Air Force was established for a similar purpose. ...

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