... architecture and social obligations that have made them a significant role in the architectural world. However, when most people think of diners, other things such as the food, the business or the employees take precedent over its architecture. As Offitzer once said, "To some folks, a diner is one thing only: a ... production and prefabricated a style that was equipped with fans, skylights, tiling and ventilation. Now, not only did people have a place to purchase food and water on-the-go, but also starting to introduce that quick and casual sit down experience that we would see start to ...

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... within the Italian economy a "battle" and used these "battles" to implement schemes to make Italy self-sufficient. For example, the battle for agriculture and food production was the "Battle for Wheat" and the "Battle for Land" while the policy to increase the population was the "Battle for Births". Using ... and soldiers would go into battle without weapons and had to use the weapons of comrades who fell. Russia's railways were very deprived and food could not be transported to cities. Prices rose even higher and people starved on the streets of Petrograd and Moscow. In an incredibly ....

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... the revolution the proletariat had to be increased. The five-year plans with their full nationalisation ensured that this industrialisation would be implemented fast enough to create the working society that communists envisaged whilst removing the detested Nepmen, the private businesses and trades left over by the ... came with the five-year plans, was another benefit of the five-year plans. To feed the ever-growing workforce with both people and food reform of the agricultural system was needed. Despite the fertile land exploitation in the Ukraine, which fed the Soviet Union, there we...

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... rather disturbing: "The weapons industry is the world's number-two industry, after oil. Roughly seventy percent of its investment comes from the North, but the Third World share is growing fast. Military spending in the Third World doubled between 1974 and 1984."" A large portion of the global GNP is taken away by military spending annually, which is drastic, particularly for those ... rather upsetting to realize that a better world for all is not far from reality: "Count out sixty seconds and thirty of the world's children will have died for lack of food and adequate health care. Count...

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... narrates the war stories he will one day tell. Although he is almost as clumsy and slow as Billy, he imagines himself and the two scouts as fast friends. In his head he refers to them and himself as the Three Musketeers, and tells himself the story of how the Three Musketeers saved the life ... -aged British POWs. They have been prisoners for four years. Due to a clerical error early in the war, the Red Cross shipped them incredible amounts of food, which they have cleverly stockpiled. Consequently, they are some of the best-fed people in Europe. Their German captors adore them. To prepar...

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... assaults by the armor and infantry units. The allies dispersed in several directions to capture key cities and terrain. The tips of the armored advances were told to advance as fast as possible. In doing so, these units would cut a path through the opposition that would sometimes close behind them making it difficult to supply them. The idea of using the ... . Just east of Mortain, the 30th Infantry Division was holding a crucial key terrain feature, Hill 317. They had been completely cut off for two days and were running low on food, medical supplies, and other items. This hill was used...

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... on farms enabled workers to produce more goods faster and cheaper. This led to higher amounts of production. At some points, the American consumer could not buy the goods as fast as they were produced. However, the high amounts of production did not mean farmers would become wealthy. The supply increased, however the demand was unchanged, hence prices were low. Farmers ... . The United States had traditionally placed tariffs on imports from foreign countries in order to protect American business. In the 1920's the United States strived to be the world's banker, food producer, and manufac...

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... Soviet citizens, exercising their newly-found voices wanted to see reform occur faster on a local level. Thus, the emphasis in the Soviet Union swung towards more domestic issues, such as food, shelter, and a free-market economy. It was in these domestic policy reforms that Gorbachev got in trouble. The events which he initiated gathered speed at an incredible pace, and soon ... left so far behind that revisions in money policies were vital to maintain the Soviet Union. However, not even reform could hold the Soviet Union together. Reforms could not come fast enough, and the people took...

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... 30 or 40 feet higher than me. He wasn't firing at me. He was firing down across. So when he opened up again - the Germans, when they fire, they fire fast, they don't fire like we did, because they change the barrels of their machine guns in seconds. Ours were a pain. We had to take the whole gun apart and screw ... , like Dieppe, were too well fortified to be attacked successfully, and that the great assault should aim for open beaches. But a large invasion, depending on great quantities of ammunition, gasoline, food and countless other supplies, would need a port or excellent unloading ...

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... bread)" (6-8). Owen suggests that the man is lying to his wife. They cannot be well fed if all they have is bread and he's asking to share the other soldier's food. The men in WWI were hungry most of the time. Owen also uses organization to get his point across. In the beginning of the poem he writes about how his ... . They are bent over and dirty like beggars on the street. In the second stanza, they are gassed and frantic to get on their gas masks. One man was not fast enough. Owen writes, "As under a green sea, I saw him drowning" (14). The gas is the green sea, and the man is drowni...

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... of ethical and national value. Hitler was freed about nine months after his trial. He left prison to find out that the Nazi party had been outlawed. Unemployment was widespread, food was scarce and inflation was bad. Hitler, however, found a way to please the people of Germany, and after the rebuilding of his Nazi dynasty he was back in the race ... air force attacked British targets from bases in France and northern Europe. The British frontline had a shortage of pilots, but was highly skilled. The Germans were losing aircraft and pilots fast; Hitler postponed Operation Sea Lion. Germa...

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