... for achieving of silhouette close to the ideal of a particular time. For example, the corset was used to make woman's waist thinner in the Victorian era, when the ideal was S-shape figure. Only in the XX century mankind remembered natural lines of a woman's body and stopped the deformation of the trunk by the corset, which reflected the notion that true women ... was a decade of thriving of a variety of the Houses of High Fashion, such as Gucci, Valentino, Dior, Chanel. Hair was constantly changed in just about every possible way. The body shape changed and became more muscular, toned, ...

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... from wars of occupation, to Arab-Israeli wars, to religious civil wars. Although Egypt gained independence from Britain in 1952, they could not escape two aspects that would come to shape the region until the present day. First, was the notion that the key to political control lied in security and police forces. Typically the British spent two-thirds of total ... in his involvement in the cold war. In his mind, the most efficient way to increase Egyptian capital was through internal reform. To Nasser this internal reform came in the shape of the Aswan high dam. Since Egypt needed more f...

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... working for, a peaceful, different, united Canada. Although Pearson's economical plans were not exactly up to par with his diplomatic ability, nor match his contribution to a peaceful world. He did however shape the manner in which peacekeeping is performed. It must have been his past experiences with the horrors of war, having lived through World War I, and also serving in World War ... Canada is seen as essential member of peacekeeping forces around the world. Keeping the peace was his goal, and it just so happens that along the way he managed to shape and mould this nation or ours in...

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... between the superpowers. Through plots and proxies the superpowers were able to play them against one another without directly being involved. Vietnam became a major defiance state that later helped to shape the outcome of the Cold War. Vietnam had been divided into two, in the midst of a communist administration in the North under Ho Chi Minh and an egalitarian government in ... ...

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... since the satellites that are in orbit can be there thanks to NASA and its research on space conditions. Almost all the items we use today have in some way, shape, or form can trace its roots back to the Space Race of the 1960's. The best part about space tech though, is that it is young. It has only been ... ...

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... do, at the end of the day when all was said and done I believe that our involvement in the Vietnam war and the policies that followed were in no way shape or form justifiable up to its completion. My first reason on why on I believe the Vietnam war and the policies that followed were not justified up to its completion is ... ...

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... "Sputnik", a satellite that travels around the earth at 18,000 miles per hour, circling the globe every 96 minutes (Doc F). This satellite was nothing; it was just a round shape of metal which beeped and traveled around the Earth. However, it was enough to terrify America, because the Soviet Union made the world's first satellite; igniting the space race. Around ... ...

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... , although Iran can improve its breakout capability, it would be difficult for it to weaponize without the risk of triggering a military attack. To conclude, the United States should focus and shape their negotiating efforts towards developing an effective containment strategy against Iran. Similarly to the original containment strategy proposed by George Kennan in the early Cold War, it should incorporate the ... ...

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... and time moved further on, the caustic nature of the debate between Orthodoxy and Revisionism eased. This opened up the possibility of another school of Cold War historiography to take shape. The interpretations that came from this newer movement were an amalgamation of both Orthodoxy and Revisionism, called Post-Revisionism. The scholars associated with this school believed themselves to have been ... ...

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... expansion. Coincidence can be explained as well. The fact that Spain had been fighting with Cuba and had been weakened would make it to where Spain would be in no shape to negotiate with the United States at the end of the war and would have to agree to whatever the United States proposed. This can be argued as an inevitability ... ...

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... shows during the 1950s showed no poverty, death, ethnic mixing, or racial tension. It just presented the "perfect world." Juxtaposed, it could be argued that the Cold War didn't help shape the American society. American life could have just formed like how it was supposed to happen; like human nature. When the men all came back from World War II, many ... ...

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... Joe McCarthy took advantage of the misinformed country. Joe created his own Red Scare by stating that there were 205 government officials that were communist and were working hard to shape the policy of the state department. Joe would change the number of list very often and never really had a list; just made up names and the people listened and were ... ...

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... important figure in the rising post-war world of fashion. The first lady donned Christian Dior's "New Look" "as coined by Life magazine "a style that embodied a "molded, hourglass shape" with its fitted bodice and long skirt. Bored of the drab, asexual looking suits attributed to an era of rationing fabric, many women enjoyed this post-war design that embodied ... ...

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... , tactics were not however the key to America changing its policy on War. In taking the United States to war in Korea, President Truman did two critical things that would shape the future of America's military actions. The first and most important decision he made was to fight the war under the banner of the United Nations10. A pattern followed by George ... ...

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... to reach that objective. And we will do only what is absolutely necessary." "We fight because we must fight if we are to live in a world where every country can shape its own destiny. And only in such a world will our own freedom be finally secure..."(President Johnson) ...

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... period. Vietnam War has been simply right thing to do for many Americans. "We fight because we must fight if we are to live in a world where every country can shape its own destiny. And only in such a world will our own freedom be finally secure...." (Johnson speech at Johns Hopkins University, April 7, 1965) Society felt it needed, and supported in ... ...

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... of the toughest issues both foreign and domestic. From the talk's with China and Russian,to the ratification of 18 years of age to vote,Nixon and his administration helped shape the international upbringings of this country. Nixon and his administration are in my eyes was a strong out brining for the nation. Nixon did have his downfall but he also brought ... ...

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... provide, but not because the United States is legally' obligated to do so (lcnp.org)."" Matt Sarad, in an article appearing on generationvote.com, sums things up nicely, "Our policies shape the world. At one time we [led] the world in the implementation of humane and peaceful ideas. It's not clear whether or not we still want to lead in this ... ...

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... not one that O'Brien may have directly experienced it is a story of which he feels is a part of his overall experience in Vietnam. Therefore it is necessary for him to shape it and retell it so his readers may look beyond the actuality of the story and to the deeper meaning of it. Mary Anne first emerges in The Things They ... ...

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... America and the Soviet Union, which caused the division of Europe and the world (east and west). Bipolarity was thankfully replaced by multi-polarity and the division of power helped shape politics, democracies and societies. Germany now has small states within the country that govern themselves as well as a democratic system so that the country can never stage a rebellion again. NATO ... ...

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... and Turkey in quelling guerrilla uprisings, some of which were communist. More significant than the request itself was the broader aim of Truman's speech. He articulated the concept that would shape the entire Cold War: containment. Truman asserted that the Soviet Union, like Germany before it, sought world domination. As William Chafe has written of containment policy: "...containment ceased to be ... ...

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... over the military and do what they wanted to do, even waging their own private wars that the Soviet leaders had to pay for. The Soviet economy was in bad shape, and had been for some time, which Reagan knew this, so he proceeded with his plan (Schaller, 516). After reelection in 1984, Reagan started communicating with the new Soviet leader ... ...

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... in place to use the forces available that is most relevant. That nations were unprepared for 4 years of attrition in the trenches could still mean they intended conflict of another shape entirely, but were surprised by the situation that evolved once hostilities commenced. The only part of the conflict itself that could provide evidence of intention would be the relatively mobile ... ...

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... led to the world war 1 which was very effective in shaping world politics in subsequent years. The results of WW1 were the reasons of World War 2. World war 2 influenced the shape of sovereignty at the next forty years with polarization of the world. Capitalist USA and communist USSR took many countries into effect of their hegemonic power. This two ideologically opposite ... ...

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... problems and tried to get rid of them with Glasnost and Perestroika. Leader before him led the problems swift away with out doing something. The economy was in a very bad shape in the 1980s. Not only the domestic economy couldn't meet the needs of the population also alcoholism played a huge role. The work was under to hard conditions, the people had ... ...

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