... in Bohemia in 1875. He was often compared to the American auto designer Henry Ford, for they both began designing cars for the "common man." Porsche began designing cars in 1900 for Lohner, who wanted something other than a gasoline powered car. Porsche developed the Lohner "Electric Chaise" which ... 19, 1909 Ferdinand Anton Ernst, Ferry, was born. He is better known as the predecessor to Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, and developed most of the cars on the road today. Dr. Ferdinand Porsche developed some World War 1 vehicles, one of which was a tractor like vehicle which was meant for agricult...

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... follow, but his craftsmanship remained of the highest standard. Craftsmanship was the basis of Ford's automobiles, as shown in the delicate work of the first cars. "Ford's crafting style was beyond anything in its time"(Italia 33). Ford's styling surpassed any other carmaker in his day, because his talent and ... . And in doing so, Ford became an American hero"(Italia 36). The author speaks of the assembly line, the fast and cheap way to build cars. Through improving the economy and utilizing his craftsmanship for others, Ford is a great American hero. Through his craftsmanship shone hi...

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... that it needs by itself. For example, a country with lots of farmland might have plenty of food, but it might not have any factories to make cars. Another country might have many factories to make cars but very little farmland to grow food. One country will grow lots of food and sell some of it to the other country. The other country ... will make lots of cars and sell some of them to the other country. Then each country takes the money that they made and buys other things that it needs. International trade and finance link ... by the year 2000. Polls in the United States have indicat...

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... things, which almost every American desired. Many people were very happy about the development of suburbs. "We were all in the same boat we shared everything; we shared tools and cars, minded each others kids passed play-pens and high chairs from house to house- everything- it was at least to us- a paradise", commented one woman about suburban lifestyle. Many Americans ... . The dependence of the automobile increased as well, along with the rapid growth of the suburbs. People used cars to get from the suburbs into the cities. By the end of the 50's the number of cars increased greatly, a...

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... and always had a choice as to how they would go about the deportation. "France made the choice to use closed, unsanitary cattle cars to deport the Jews. The Germans paid them at the rate of third-class tickets, not cattle cars designed for horses and livestock. They made money off the deportations," he said (AOL News). Leo Bretholz's book Leap Into Darkness ... recounts his escape from a cattle car. "I was on one of those cattle cars. Fifty of us in one car and one bucket for us to relieve ourselves in. It was all done with cruelty and deception and precision. There was a two-week old ....

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... greenback money, and "change sliding into Ocean's pocket." Money and the sea are connected through these lines, like in "cash", which suggests the sound of waves crashing. The idea that cars are the surf at the hawk of the beach's back inverts land and sea. The sea is as dangerous as a hawk looking for victims to swallow ... . Cars suggest land. Here, however, cars are referred to as surf, saying that land is also like the sea, where the hawk of humiliation hunts for less-than perfect people to prey on and make an ... ...

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... dimwitted and a ploy to make rich men richer, the facts run contrary to that opinion. Automakers employ or cause employments for workers of every description. In addition to manufacturing new cars, the auto manufacturers, directly or indirectly create jobs for dealers, salesmen, secretaries, parts manufacturing, service personnel, tire manufactures, and tire sales people and more. It's more than a business. It's a system ... other. In short, allowing any piece of the machine to fail would bring the United States Economy to a screeching halt. On a consumer level, automakers need the mone...

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... dimwitted and a ploy to make rich men richer, the facts run contrary to that opinion. Automakers employ or cause employments for workers of every description. In addition to manufacturing new cars, the auto manufacturers, directly or indirectly create jobs for dealers, salesmen, secretaries, parts manufacturing, service personnel, tire manufactures, and tire sales people and more. It's more than a business. It's a system ... other. In short, allowing any piece of the machine to fail would bring the United States Economy to a screeching halt. On a consumer level, automakers need the mone...

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... 's "final solution." They were built in Eastern Europe. The Jews would have to ride some times have to ride several days in cattle cars filled with so many people that they were unable to move. The cattle cars brought them to camps. Many captives died along the way from starvation and asphyxiation. Once at the camps the Jews were divided into two ... ...

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... , the Nazi's were bringing in 12,000 new arrivals a day. As mentioned before, the Nazi's used freight trains to transport this mass number of people. Long lines of overcrowded lock cars came in daily, stopping at special platforms called rampas. The rampa was located at the side of the track inside the complex. This railway system into Auschwitz would later become ... the busiest for the Nazi's ever. When the train stopped, the prisoners were harshly removed from the train cars and thrown into the camp. The SS soldiers pushed people to different lines, one which headed straight for the g...

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... the biggest conflict. What he doesn't stop to think about is the horror he must endure at the loading ramp. As the first transport moves in the activity begins. Some cars packed are packed so tight people fight to breathe, then the doors open and they all pour out. When people pass him they ask what is going to happen to ... towards the gas. He also must deprive them of all their possessions including coats and purses. After the transport is done his group is forced to clean up the train cars consisting of trampled infants and other human remains. They carry the remains by the bulk. Con...

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... that they have faced he is fighting to keep a relationship with his father. Soon after this Elie and his father are herded into train cars and as they ride through German towns locals throw food into the cars to watch the Jews fight and even kill over it. Elie witnessed a man trying to grab a piece of bread from his son and in ... ...

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... home was all over the streets of German cities and towns. All the synagogues in Germany were destroyed. Thousands of Jewish people were loaded up on to trucks and cattle cars to be sent to Concentration Camps. CONCENTRATION CAMPS In March 1933 in Dachau Germany the first permanent concentration camp was built. The people who were in these camps were Jews ... , homosexuals, priests, and gypsies. When the Jews were taken to the camps by cattle cars all the people were bunched together until there was no more room. There were no toilets or food for days. They had to go to the bathroom right...

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... . But how did we come to live in a consumers society? Let's look back a while. After World War II, there began to evolve a large need for machines that make life easier. Cars, airplanes, household-machines (such as vacuum-cleaners, ovens, microwaves), televisions, you name it and it was produced. It began to become a hype, to always have better material possesions than the ... people in society around you. Having the maniest, newest material possesions stated that you were wealthy. And wealthyness made people respect you. And even today, when we look at cars, cellular phones and computer...

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... incorporated in 1903. This happened after two previous attempts. Ford became the vise-president and chief engineer. The first factory was on Mack Avenue, Detroit. The small company made 2 or 3 cars per day from parts other companies made for the company. Probably the most well known car in history was the model "T-, produced in 1908 for the first time. His was ... a little bit of saving. In 1913 Henry Ford had opened the first continuously moving assembly line, a break through in the American industrial revolution. By the year 1918, ½ of all the cars in America were Ford's model "T-. T...

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... enemies. It begins with paratroopers being dropped behind enemy lines to cause confusion and chaos. Then Stuka dive-bombers strafe enemy targets and bomb out communication centers. Panzers and armored cars follow up the attack and keep the momentum going. The tank was used as a separate unit and thus was not hindered by slow infantry unlike the French tactics with tanks ... . The armored cars were used to protect the tanks from enemy units getting too close to the tanks. Following all of these were the infantry "they were carried in through motorized means ... ...

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... cities in revenge The Home front (life in the US during the war) - Farmers grew enough crops to feed the US and all its Allies - planes, bombers, tanks, scout cars and carriers, armored cars, trucks, light vehicles, rifles and side-arms, machine guns, artillery and ammo were produced in factories - production during the war was 75% greater than in peacetime - US financed ... ...

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... , most consumers choose cheap quantity rather than expensive luxury brand name. Even with a stronger job market and lower gas prices, shoppers prefer to invest in long term fundamentals like their cars or homes instead of their wardrobes. All of which is very beneficial to Old Navy, whom has seen sales at established stores jump by eleven percent in the fourth quarter ... ...

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... me what to do with my own money. Capitalism, people can own and control land, capital, and production of industry. People are free to purchase and own their own homes, cars, furniture, and other things like TV, video games, computers, or anything else you might desire. You have total power to live where you want and what type of career you ... ...

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... and pushed them to their limits and to death. In Night the Nazis dehumanized Elie, his father and other Jews by isolating them from civilization and sending them by cattle cars to concentration camps to work to death. They dehumanized Jews by whipping them, beating them, and giving them little food. This helped Hitler achieve his ends because he got exactly ... ...

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... production worked to bring America out of the depression for once and for all. By 1945, the United States had produced 80,000 landing crafts, 100,000 tanks and armored cars, 300,000 airplanes, 15 million guns, and 41 billion rounds of ammunition. It had also produced the world's first two atomic bombs adding more money into the economy than America ... ...

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... in class and when suddenly someone's phone starts ringing. It disrupts the teacher and makes it harder for me to learn. In addition, some people use their phones in the cars. They talk on their mobile phones while driving, and this can sometimes cause car accidents. Mobile phones change the way people do certain on a daily basis. There is also a great ... ...

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... a four year period IV. 150 emergency agencies were created. After the war most agencies were dismantled. i. Examples 1. By order of the war production board electric home goods, radio sets and cars were not manufactured for civilian use. Instead these companies made parts for the military. Consumers were forced to conserve gas by making speed limits lower and no extremes in fashion ... ...

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... cities"(DeLillo 24). Acknowledging his current surroundings, Hoover realized, "all these people formed by languages and climate and popular songs and breakfast foods and the jokes they tell and the cars they drive"(DeLillo 28), the fans, the city beyond, the country even, were all, "sitting in the furrow of destruction"(DeLillo 28). Aware of his detachment, Hoover's train of thought ... ...

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... during a particular time period. Its rise or fall measures economic activity based on the labor and production output within a country. The figures include the manufacture of tangible goods such as cars, furniture, and bread, and of services used in daily living such as education, health care, and auto repair....

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