... first megatrend is globalization. In my opinion, this has two aspects. The one is a neutral aspect, that is, the fact that owing to application of results of scientific-technological development to the field of transportation and communication, it becomes increasingly easy for us to travel, transport goods, transmit information and transfer even money across borders, and ... In the period when agriculture was dominant the size of one country's territory. In the period when industry is dominant its significance has considerably decreased. In contemporary society capital, technology and in...

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... the computarization of knowledge, have drastically affected production process; enabling large enterprises to move capital and labor at lower cost and at vastly increased speed. It is the scientific and technological revolution, especially since the middle of the twenteeth century, that has made communication universal, transport supersonic, information instantaneous and modern weaponary interplanetary"(5). Paradoxially, technical ... innovations which occur within the territorrial boundaries, once thay fully developod, give rise to movements that state cannot effectively control. For ex...

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... this phenomenon revealed the paranoia of the time period. Though McCarthy himself was revealed to be a fraud and bully, revelations aided by the blooming technology of television, McCarthyism, or the communist witch hunt, did not end with him. The nation was forever fearful of communists in positions of governmental, ... synonymous Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest. The portrayal of sex, e.g., in art, literature and scientific works, is not itself sufficient reason to deny material the constitutional protection of freedom of sp...

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... , who number in the July 1, 1947 was supposed to be about 1 million people, the United States sought to strengthen its military capabilities through the use of the achievements of scientific and technical progress, rather than quantitative indicators. In addition, advances in science - the creation of long-range aviation and the development of naval shipbuilding - allowed to hold in different ... development of international relations. The arms race between the two countries actually did not give the possibility to other countries to join the fight for the equivalent development of nuclea...

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... Europe and the Soviet Union marked the end of the cold war. The U.S. long-term policy of containing Soviet expansion while encouraging democratic reform in Central and Eastern Europe through scientific and cultural exchanges, information policy, and the United States' own example, provided invaluable support to the peoples of East Central Europe in their struggle for freedom. The forces responsible for ... deliver on its promises. The Soviet economy had long-term problems because of its lack of integration into the world economy, in particular it had fallen behind in areas of technology...

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