... of Americans, and in 1956, GM was on the Top Ten Advertisers list. The most popular theme for car advertisements was the space rocket motif, related to the rocket-like tail fins popular on 1950s automobiles. One of the most impressive and entertaining and moments of her work is when Marling discusses the sexual and militaristic imagery of the 1950s automobile ... . The front resembled a woman with its curves and giant protruding headlights, representing masculinity and male sexual prowess. The automobile's tail simulated a militaristic rocket, combining ideals of sex and violence. Althou...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... the weapons of mass destruction we possessed. Anyhow, the infamous decision was made by Truman and on the morning of August 6, 1945 a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay was loaded with a whale shaped bomb weighing in at about nine thousand pounds nicknamed "Little Boy." It flew over the industrial city of designated target number one, Hiroshima. The bomb composed of uranium was ... ...

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... 22, 1963, was until September 11, 2001, the worst day of his life. President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, and it seemed that after that things went into a terrible tail spin. The sixties were turbulent with great changes and fears for the future of America as we knew it. Civil Rights, riots, Vietnam and the subsequent protests against American involvement ... ...

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... the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. After several early failures, and many suggestions for improvement, the B-17E was showing its superiority in the air. With twin .50 caliber turrets in the tail, two .50 cal. waist guns, and two .30 cal. nose guns, together with a 17,600-pound bomb-load, the B-17E was still able to travel 317 M.P.H. at 25,000 feet ... ...

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... , strafed the destroyer, causing it to explode and sink. This was another unprecedented aerial gunnery feat of World War II. The tenacious bomber escort cover provided by the 332nd "Red Tail" fighters often discouraged enemy fighter pilots from attacking bombers escorted by the 332nd Fighter Group. This resulted in fewer enemy fighter challenges with resultant fewer enemy aircraft destroyed or damaged ... ...

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... a bird's wings effortlessly provide all three functions, human flight could best be approached by studying and implementing each separately. Cayley had developed a number of fixed-wing model gliders stabilized by tail assemblies. Full-scale gliders soon followed."" (Aviation a Smithsonian Guide, p 16). Pioneers Par Excellence: The Wright brothers In 1896, Otto Lilienthal, who performed many experiences of flying and had developed gliders ... ...

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