More people were owning there own homes, this led to the mass production of suburban homes. ... With the huge numbers of veterans returning home home to start families. ... These towns mass produced homes of only two or three different designs to created fast and cheap homes for families. Home ownership made a drastic jump from 47.8% in 1940 to 55% in 1950.3 These suburbs were extremely profitable. ... Suburbs became very popular and with then came smaller shopping centers, and more schools and hospital which all lead to new jobs for many men and women. ...

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Ford found a job in a machine shop. ... He worked for about seven years and then returned home to his family and their farm. ... While at home Ford found a job working part-time for the Westinghouse Engine Company. After a few years Ford set up a small machine shop on the farm and began tinkering with engines and machines. ... Ford died at his home on April 7, 1947. ...

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At home Benito's two sons want to join the air force, but they want to achieve it themselves, not with the help of their father and they both made it into the air force. Back at home their mother still does not like the publicity in her life and the life her family is leading; she just wanted a normal family life. ... People throw food at his wife when she is shopping because they blame Mussolini for their problems and the promises he made and is not fulfilling. ...

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The war was a time when many men were called to serve in the military at home and abroad. ... (How America's Women Won the War) Housewives and homemakers were also encouraged to join by companies who offered child care and some offered to give out meals for the women to take home to their families. ... (A Mouthful of Rivets pg 130) A quote from Douglass Airview at the announcement of women's entry to production jobs at Douglass Aircraft seems to sum up the spirit behind women on the home front during WWII. ... Women continued to work in different fields such as Rosie Monroe how we...

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During the school holidays, my parents decided to take me to Kota Bharu in Kelantan for a holiday. We packed some clothing enough for four days and three nights. I was very excited as I had never been to Kota Bharu before. After a few hours of driving, we finally arrived in Kota Bharu. My father too...

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The movie theatre, barber shops, restaurants, and many other public places refused them service or segregated them from the whites. ... So in turn they had two names, the ones that their parents gave them which they used at home, and the American ones that they used at school and on the playground. ... They were the ones who wanted to fit in so much that they even seemed to have neglected their on culture to fit in and now they were betrayed by the place they called home, America. ... They earned a sense of respect for their efforts and patriotism for the country they called home, America. ...

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But there are expected cultural differences, simple things like, taking shoes off in homes and restaurants where you sit on the floor, placing chopsticks at the side of the dish or resting across the top of a bowl when not using them, not blowing your nose in public, and not littering. ... The marketplaces are a nice place to go to hang around and shop. ...

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Working with H&M, Stefan Larson was Gap's biggest competition and economic downfall. With H&M he released clothing to the United States that was fashionable and had great prices. However, three years ago Gap Inc. hired Mr. Larsson and gave him Old Navy, their most challenging brand. Since day one of...

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He returned with the doctor to his home were Helen his brothers wife nurses him back to health. ... One such individual is Porky Logan who is the owner of one of the two local Stop and Shops that had gas pumps so he would sneak out of town after Randy's curfew and trade with the Radiated people who Randy's town consol had banished, do to there efforts to try and infect the rest of Fort repose. ...

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(Veenstra) His miss-treatment of Jews began with laws forcing Jews out of certain areas, shops and schools. ... It also didn't help that the soviets had the "home field advantage- so to speak. ...

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Then his time as Commander in Chief Home Forces which he held before going on to become Chief of the Imperial General Staff. ... He had buildings pulled down and roads repaired and fought to get the finances to develop the camp with suitable accommodation and shops. ...

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As Hitler and the Nazi's power rose in Germany during the 1920s, 30s and 40s, after World War I, we begin to see how this happened and compare it to the concepts of Democracy which we live by today. We can explore how Democracy had failed in Nazi, Germany and relate it to the events, which surround...

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While the Japanese Imperial Army returned home in celebration, the Americans were left to pick up the pieces left from the ambush. ... Also, the Pearl Harbor attack left the naval base's most important amenities - oil storage depots, submarine docks, repair shops, shipyards – unharmed (MacMillian). ...

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