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. ...
It has been noted by some historians that the war reinforced traditional values in women, on the other hand it is argued that such an experience must have altered the lives of the women on the home front considerably. ... They are important to consider as even when the conflict was at its highest, in terms of the volume of woman power involved, there were 8,777,000 women working at home. ... This is due to the trend that after marriage, women gave up working to look after a home, so it is plausible that a large proportion of these "new" workers were indeed those women returning to employment ...
These businessmen had to keep in mind that their business would play a role in creating a welcoming oasis for the fatigued and tired travelers at the beginning of the roadside dinner, to the easy, laid-back place where the long-haul trucker, the early-morning passenger, or the midnight tourist all could grab a hot cup of coffee and home cooked meal. ...
Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili on December 21, 1879, in Gori, Georgia . Both his parents were peasants. His father, Vissarion Dzhugashvili, was a cobbler, hopping that one day his son will be apprenticed in the same trade; his mother, Yekaterina ...
