Russian Default 1998 1 Intro Russian financial crisis – Ruble crisis – Russian flu -> 17th august 1998 Result => Devaluation of Ruble ‚ Default on Debt Causes => Declining productivity high fixed exchange rate chronic fiscal deficit Economic burden of Chechen war Asian financial crisis 1997 Commodity prices – oil & non-ferrous metals – impacted foreign exchange reserves Political crisis => Russian president Boris Yeltsin dismisses PM Viktor Chernomyrdin & his cabinet - 23 March 1998. Yeltsin ->
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Chin Siu Ho (born January 26‚ 1963) is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist‚ notable for acting with Jet Li in The Tai-Chi Master and Fist of Legend. He is the older brother of actor Chin Kar-lok.Ten Tigers of Kwangtung (1980) Legend of the Fox (1980) Two Champions of Shaolin (1981) The Rebel Intruders (1980) Masked Avengers (1981) Mahjong Heroes (1981) House of Traps (1982) Brave Archer 4 (1982) Rolls‚ Rolls‚ I Love You (1982) Brothers From the Walled City (1982) Fast Fingers (1983)
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Many awards have been established to recognize and commemorate people‚ places‚ or events that have made a considerable difference in our society. Awards such as the Nobel Peace Prize or the military’s Purple Heart‚ are wildly known and are considered to be a tremendous honor. However‚ there is an award that holds a similar amount of prestige‚ but not in the same manner. The John Newberry Award is an annual recognition given to the authors of outstanding children literature by the American Library
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American women in the 1910s were in the tail end of first-wave feminism‚ which was about gaining legal and political rights‚ whereas American women in the 2010s are in the midst of third-wave feminism‚ which is about recreating the identities and roles of women in American society. Developments in the 20th century made life a lot better for women in the 2010s. However‚ although there were improvements made in the domains of voting‚ employment‚ and gender norms‚ American society still favors the plight
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Workbook--Technology in 1910s In the second decades of 20th century‚ there were several technology big movements. New inventions and developments in sciences made lots of advantages for ordinary families and factories‚ workplace. This decade was also the era‚ which the information became “globalize” and been shared between different countries-- Thanks to the invention of shortwave radio and wireless radio. The technological achievements in those decades were quite impressive. The world’s first
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Ghettos‚ 1910-1970 After the Emancipation Proclamation was passed‚ most of the black population scattered to find their families and friends. About ninety percent of African Americans lived in the confederacy and around 1970 more than fifty percent lived outside of the south. Millions of African Americans sought to escape poverty in the south by moving to Northern cities where they hoped to find better lives‚ also seeking bigger opportunity and racial tolerance. Most of the migrants
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Through the four texts I have studied I have found a main connection of feminism in different social settings between the times of 1900 - 1920. The texts I’ve studied are the two poems ’We As Women’‚ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and ’The Bees Song’ by Julia Ward Howe‚ the novel ’In defense of Women’‚ by H.L. Mencken and the poem ’I know why the caged bird sings’ by Maya Angelou. Also through these four texts I have found three main ideas‚ these are ’how women were treated unequally’‚ ’survival’‚ and
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There were two main forms of immigration‚ new and old. Old immigration occurred between 1830 to 1870. Ethnic groups included in this were the Irish and Germans. The second form was new immigration‚ which occurred anywhere from 1870 to 1914. This era is when Eastern and Western Europeans immigrated to America. An example of old immigration are the Germans. Many Germans came because they sought jobs and freedom. Germans fled to America to escape economic hardship and political unrest caused by
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Some of the fads and fashions of the 1910’s may seem strange to us. The woman’s hair was often put up in hats and turbans with close cropped hair underneath. The hemline of their fashionable skirt became higher and rose above the ankles. This was partly because women began to work in the garden and using cars more often. They needed a higher skirt so the material didn’t get in the way of the accelerator or brakes. The skirts of women also became narrower. A look that became popular because
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The contributions of several doctors‚ researchers‚ and scientists helped improve the health of the growing population. In 1850 the average life expectancy was 42 years. By 1910 the average life expectancy had risen to nearly 55 years. Between 1850 and 1910 there were several advances in the medical field. The introduction of genes‚ white blood cells‚ blood groups‚ insulin‚ rubber gloves‚ aspirin‚ and vitamins and the discoveries of Pasteur‚ Charcot‚ Halsted‚ Zirm‚ Lister‚ and Koch were the starting
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