... of three workers " some 3 million people "have lost their jobs. The largest decline was in the industrial sector; there, more than 1.7 million jobs were lost " (Dornbusch, Rudiger, Wolf, Alexander 239). However, jobs were lost in all different branches of the economy. For a little while in Eastern Germany, short-time work or side jobs covered up the unemployment, by the ... time January 1992 rolled around, 1.3 million workers were considered unemployed (Dornbusch, Rudiger, Wolf, Alexander 239). Much of the unemployment was all because of when East Germany turned over its currency and ec...

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... planned by any Power or even by any general staff. Taylor, A.J.P., The Rise and Fall of 'Pure' Diplomatic History in From the Boer War to the Cold War , London, Hamish Hamilton, 1995 (article itself written in 1956) Defenders of this 'accidental' proposition, which it is hoped this essay will disprove, normally take 1 of 2 tracks 1 - that the murder of the Archduke produced ... ...

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... on the degree to which Japan is prepared to shed the shrouds of insularity and xenophobia that have defined its relationship with foreigners - and how it chooses to accomplish this." (Hamilton, 7 - 8) One way that Japan is successfully changing its world vision is through foreign aid. The ODA (Official Development Assistance) is a way for the state to become both globally involved and ... ...

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... plot to allow the Soviets to further advance their long-range nuclear missile program, while allowing China to seek increased Western economic ais and to improve trade relations. KGB Chairman Alexander Shelepin briefed his fellow KGB officers about this purported strategy in 1959. During this brief, Shelepin allegedly explained that a contrived division amongst the two nations would be meant to deceive ... ...

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... of the Soviet Union has made smuggling radioactive materials from Russia and its former territories frightingly easy. In September 1997, a former Russian general, and top security advisor to Boris Yeltsin, Alexander Lebed, told CBS program 60 Minutes that ten suitcase sized nuclear bombs were missing from the nuclear arsenal. Each is a one-kiloton bomb, capable of killing 100,000 people. (1) Many ... ...

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... the American dream. The beverage Coca-Cola was invented and first sold in Atlanta, Georgia in 1886 but it wasn't until 1916 that the company adopted and patented a design by Alexander Samuelson, the form that we now know and recognise. A form that has essentially remained unaltered ever since. The product and the package have become inseparable in Coca-Colas brand identity ... ...

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... as brute force, Stalin's rule was reinforced through a cult of personality. It can also be argued that many parallels can be seen between Stalinism and the economic policy of Tsar Alexander III. Both men desperately wanted Russia to catch up to the western European states. Both succeeded to an extent, turning Russia temporarily into Europe's leading power. In both cases it ... ...

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... together and keep NSWP countries from being in complete control of their armies (Appendix C: The Warsaw Pact, online). A new threat to the Warsaw Pact arose in Czechoslovakia, in 1968, when Alexander Dubeck, the Communist leader, attempted to run a liberation program. But this time, instead of just the Soviets taking action, the new joint exercises paid off and it was a joint effort ... ...

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... meant colossal destruction of each other and everyone else on Earth. Tensions between Russia and the West have been high throughout history. In 1815, at the Congress of Vienna, Tsar Alexander was quite prepared to use the congress to pursue the traditional aims of foreign policy, in particular the aims of westward expansion and European dominance, which greatly angered the Western ... ...

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... intervene and assert Moscow's control. Despite months of savage fighting, in which thousands perished, Russia was unable to quell the resistance. Yeltsin in 1996 authorized his national security adviser, General Alexander Lebed, to work out an interim settlement with the rebels. A cease-fire and a Russian troop withdrawal were negotiated in August 1996. ...

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