... to bask in its idealism (119). Americans also used leisure time to take advantage of the hobby mania that swept through 1950s America. Market research showed that the heaviest TV watchers were the most likely to become active do-it-yourselfers and amateur artists. Hobby shops and do-it-yourself kits flourished during the 1950s as Americans utilized what recreation ... technology in a mock kitchen produced the notion that every American home contained such products, and Khrushchev feared that America was attempting to "stir up discontent" within the Russian people "with TV sets and automa...

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... directly involved themselves on the battlefield, they did however join the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Women's Division (17,000 by 1945) to work as clerks, cooks, hospital assistants, drivers, telephone operators. Welders, instrument mechanics and engine mechanics. Letting female pilots to fly was a controversial matter and it wasn't accepted until later, eventually some got to fly bomber planes to ... deliver them to Britain. There were also women in the Royal Canadian Naval Service "WRENs" but they only did work close to the shores as wireless operators, coders, drivers and operat...

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... Soviet Union engaged in over North Korea. The ending of Cold War bipolarity has meant the demise of not only the vaunted China card in the collapsed strategic triangle (North Korea-China -Soviet Union) but also the Pyongyang card in the old Sino-Soviet rivalry." The rapprochement between China and South Korea in 1992, as a means to establish regional peace, hinted a possible ... ...

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... previous year. Source D, the postcard allows sentences to be erased (blacked out) by the writer, only the signature and date were to be written, any other writing making the card automatically void. The card itself is impersonal, emanating a positive style, the soldier being forced to choose "I am quite well" or that he is "sick/wounded", the postcard not allowing the discussion of ... ...

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... Army Airborne Paratrooper Division and their mission in WW II France during Operation Overload. Like any other war/anti war series, it represents the horror and heartbreak of war. Common generic conventions of war series are POW camp experiences, submarine warfare, espionage, heroism, air dog fights, tough trench/infantry experiences, and in the majority of episodes of the ten hour series ... ...

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... , and community, but also other categories that are limited to national economies, nation-states, and national societies - are giving way to vertically and horizontally integrated production, processing and distributing of generic inputs for mass marketable foodstuffs (Whatmore, 58). A global economy and ease of transportation has also made it possible to take advantage of low wages in developing countries. In the past ... ...

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... War that moved audiences" emotions. These myths reflect the demands of drama as opposed to the requirement for historical truth. C.D. B. Byran labels the resulting movies "the noble-grunt film," as generic narratives that feature "the gradual deterioration of order, the disintegration of idealism, the breakdown of character, the alienation from those at home, and finally, the loss of all sensibility save ... ...

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... and entities have spent millions of dollars and thousands of hours researching, discovering, and developing newer uses and methods of delivery and defense against these weapons. Below is a brief and generic description of each of the three traditional weapons of mass destruction - Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Weapons. Nuclear Weapons (NW) - Nuclear Weapons, atomic and thermonuclear, are those ordnances that derive ... ...

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... revolution was the growth of the television industry. Perhaps the most far-reaching change in worldwide communications was the advancement of television broadcasting. In the early '50's, young people watched TV more hours than they went to school, a mise-en-scene that has not changed greatly since then. When Edward R. Murrow began offering his weekly radio program, "Hear It Now", on ... TV as "See It Now,"" the world of news broadcasting also was enduringly changed. More leisure time and greater general prosperity led to greater participation in athletic activities for the average ... ...

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... ). However, it was literally impossible to separate the killers from the innocent. "The killers consisted of akazu members, military officers, journalists, politicians, businessmen, mayors, civil service functionaries, clerics, schoolteachers, taxi drivers, shop keepers, and untitled hatchet men" (252). In the months following the genocide, discussion prevailed at the United Nations to assemble an "international force to disarm the militants in the ... ...

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... , and not be a disguised form of trade protectionism. The WTO rules do not prevent countries from banning or restricting the marketing of genetically modified organisms. Anti-globalization One of the drivers of globalization is that transnational companies want to place environmentally degrading industries in countries that do not have adequate environmental controls. Resource industries such as forestry, mining and fisheries exploit ... ...

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... the exiled Polish government, the British Empire whom the Poles heavily relied on for support to combat their various aggressors, and the Soviet Union who would prove to be a wild-card ally at best. Despite many efforts including a grandiose rebellion known as the Warsaw Uprising, the Nazis maintained relatively secure control of Poland until the Soviet army drove them back in ... ...

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... have been lost in an invasion." The lack of regard for saving lives seemed to be a red flag. Stimson had even referenced the bomb as being "the master card" of diplomacy toward Russia. Gary Alperovitz's final argument lies in the lack of the support for the bomb after the war. He quotes multiple high ranking officers discussing their ... ...

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... needle for indicating direction and simply pointed North. After that, the magnetic compass had been refined by Flavio Gioia that allowed it to indicate several directions, and it had a printed card under the needle to show these directions. Later on, from the seaman's experiences, magnetic compass had been refined one more time in terms of wind by dividing directions into 16 ... ...

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... use technology. It is very doubtful that many people really think about what actually happens when they send an email, talk on a cell phone, or purchase goods online with a credit card. The same technologies that grant people more freedom have the same ability to harm if not respected and used for the good of the society. With the use of the ... ...

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... schools were segregated which was a disadvantage to young black Americans student who wanted to educate themselves. With the help of the media, the little rock nine affair was boosted, as TV broadcasters where at the scene and they got to experience the brutality black Americans students faced when they went to a white school. The media portrayed white students as being racist ... ...

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... spending all your money at once which created a sense of guilt. As the youth turned into teenagers their taste grew more expensive, instead of cheap little toys they wanted cameras, TV sets, and phonographs which were more expensive than the average toy. Teenagers were costly to parents at the time, spending currency on big appetites, on trying to look their best ... ...

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... terms of culture, it can be said that the United States has a worldwide influence. The appealing side of the United States that is found through the spread of popular films, TV shows, sports and music is something that entices foreigners to emigrate from their homes to the more desirable land of opportunities. It uses captivating mindsets such as "The American ... ...

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... view, but why has the media brought it to the average Americans" view so abruptly? What has changed with terrorism that now is the time they decide to plaster the TV, billboards, internet and newspapers with talk about it? Does American culture live on violence so much that the media has exploited terrorism as a need to get patriotism back to the ... ...

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... the Chinese Communists want? They don't just want Quemoy and Matsu. They don't just want Formosa (Taiwan). They want the world" - Statement from Richard Nixon in 1960's Kennedy-Nixon President TV debates in Waugh,S., (2001), Essential Modern World History, Thomas Nelson: UK Yet if the US were to try and contain China, it would need the support of at least some ... ...

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... weekends and escape to quite places like a beach. The Americans complain about declines in their steel industries but few Americans believe that it is a problem to import CD players and TV's. The United States government does not have any form of a plan to create a domestic CD player or anything of the sort. This is where the Japanese are different from the ... ...

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... excellence in writing. In our current day and age, "Murder in the cathedral" is outdated in style, structure and dramatic qualities. We now live in a new era of entertainment, where TV and cinema attract the mass audiences around the world and the theatrical industry has now been relegated to a minor standing as far as entertainment goes. This has changed the demographic ... ...

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... future" and "Yes, the genocide happened, but it's time to get over it and move on." George W. Bush, during the campaign for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination, was asked by a TV interviewer what he would do as president if, "God forbid, another Rwanda" should take place. He replied: "We should not send our troops to stop ethnic cleansing and genocide outside ... ...

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... be found when looking at food, media, festivities and more. There are authentic Chinese, French, Indian, Italian, Lebanese, Greek and Vietnamese restaurants appearing everywhere and with our ACB channel on TV, people are exposed to foreign films, documentaries and other variety shows. Some large groups of similar cultural background such as the Chinese communities introduce different aspects of their way to ... ...

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... , due to our civilization, and that we are facing a point and time where we are on the brink of world destruction. "Many of the most significant technological innovations, including antibiotics, TV, computers, nuclear energy, mass produced organic compounds, and jet propulsion have arrived within the past 25 years." (Bodley p. 3) Bodley writes that our generation is experiencing the fastest most profound changes ... ...

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