... pattern that would continue throughout his life, even during his marriage. His health problems persisted, as well. He had stomach trouble, was far too thin, and failed physicals for both the army and the navy. But again, his father's connections prevailed, and a friendly doctor gave JFK a clean ... Boston newspapers, he played up his family's charitable work, their staunch Catholicism, and JFK's status as a war hero. A fortune was poured into streetcar advertising for the young candidate, and local politicians were mobilized to lend their support. JFK's opponents accused him of being a ...

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... WRA) to govern these detention camps. T. War Production Board Established (1942) Established to direct war production and the procurement of materials in World War II. The board converted domestic factories into military factories. The Coca- Cola Company began packaging gunpowder, Silk clothing factories began making parachutes, and automobile factories began making tanks and airplanes. U. Manhattan Project Established (1942) The Manhattan ... in 1943. I. The first non-leaking ballpoint pen was invented in 1935 by the Hungarian brothers Lazlo and Georg Biro J. Kathering J. Blodgett, an A...

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... . However in May 1929 she set out for a trip to New Mexico that would bring about a renewed creativity. In New Mexico O"Keeffe found she could see farther due to the thin air. New Mexico became Keeffe's home, spiritually at first and then literally when Stieglitz died in 1946. Many of O"Keeffe's later works are centred around the desert. O"Keeffe was always very ... . In letters she wrote to her friends she passionately and thoroughly describes the animal sounds, wind and deep stillness of the desert and she would often take long trips alone into the desert. Isolated miles away from civil...

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