... a close friend of the family. Now, I began to understand why her Dad would be so upset if he knew she turned Republican. "Dan O"Connell was a staunch democrat who ran the city of Albany and most of the surrounding cities." Eleanor said "I can remember when he backed Harry Truman in 1948. He and his ... was voting. If you or your Dad said yes, one of the fives would be slipped to you as they told you to remember Truman in November. A couple of months later, after he won, Truman came up to Albany to thank Dan and all of the other supportive Democrats. It was a real big deal." My ... was ...

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... by Monsanto Corporation, Dow Chemicals, along with eight other companies that were used during the Vietnam War. Agent Orange is known to be the most harmful to human. Agent Orange was a fifty-fifty mix of two chemicals known as 2-4-D(Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) and 2,4,5-T (Tricholorophenoxyacetic acid). The ... Thousands of American GIs still receive disability payment for condition related to dioxin. Millions of Vietnamese are believed to be effected by the traces Agent Orange that remain in numerous "hot spots" around Vietnam. Some Vietnamese remember the praying of Agent Orange like ...

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... for him (I voted libertarian). I thought Rush Limbaugh was clueless and had no love of anything, especially animals. My perceptions were based on opinions I gleaned from people in the media. I particularly remember a radio show with Dr Dean Edell praising the new Clinton administration and the liberalizing of abortion laws and how this would be a boon for fetal cell research, at the time ... the war through military warfare. The NVA knew this so they also orchestrated an effective political offensive through the media knowing we (the U.S.) would give up and walk away just as the French ...

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... and wife that acted as caretaker, but they couldn't live in that part of town without a permit. In later years I started to think about what if I couldn't live there. I remember when Truman integrated the army in 48" , but until that time the units would segregated. When the army was integrated I thought that ... of elevate the president more than a regular person. I just lost my faith, and the thought that nobody believes anybody anymore." 12. Did you watch Neil Armstrong walk on the moon in 1969? "There were a whole bunch of us sitting around watching this on TV, I mean we were having ...

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... trees around the structure let the observer be enclosed but allows them to scan the horizon and see the only different thing to focus on, which is the memorial. So at both sites, enclosure is a key part in helping people remember, enjoy and want to visit the memorials. Other factors, which include proportion and scale, ... almost 8 foot high walls in a non-breaking circle, giving the sense of a area which cannot be avoided. However to get to those walls you must first climb stairs, or a ramp, to get to the highest level of the memorial, on which the walls with the names stand. Another s...

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... sixties. Medical breakthroughs were important in the sixties. This essay explains the events and people of the sixties from 1960 to 1970. One thing people remember about the sixties was the years of the "American Camelot". In 1960 a president was elected by the slimmest measure of ... was The Feminie Mystique, by Betty Friedans. The book explained how women were being mistreated and what women can to do to be equal to men. "As the sixties unfolded, women began to meet together to compare experiences." (Cayton 846). In 1966, women formed the National Organization for Women. A movement wa...

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