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    good consumer goods started getting produced during the 50s which was a very positive thing because Americans didn’t have to worry about losing their money again. Car registrations soared along with birth rate: from 26 million in 1945 to 40 million in 1950 to 60 million by the end of the decade. Americans can finally enjoy the

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    Wrangler Writing 110 December 14‚ 2010 The essay “Still Learning from My Mother‚” by Cliff Schneider is a personal tribute to his seventy-nine-year old mother. In the essay Schneider shares his fondest memory as a young boy growing up in the 1950’s. During this time it was common for a young boy to “have a catch” with his father. This was a time to toss around the baseball and to talk about life. Schneider shared he had many catches with his father‚ but his most memorable were with his mother

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    There are many factors that have contributed to the changes that occurred in young peoples’ lives during the 1950s and the 1960. During these period factors such as family time and roles all made bigger changes then imaginable. During this time‚ the meaning of a teenager was became widely known as young people aged fifteen up into their early twenties. Firstly‚ in 1950s family life was a huge factor that changed. In the early 1970s‚ most teenagers would’ve been identical younger versions of their

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    through one’s own effort rather than something to which one routinely accedes. There are three forms of marriage companionate‚ individualized and pure. Companionate marriage is the single-earner‚ breadwinner-homemaker marriage that flourished in the 1950s. The emotional satisfaction of the spouses became an important criterion for marital success. They were supposed to be each other’s companions-friends and lovers. Individualized marriage was identified by three themes. The first was self-development

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    attitudes and values of that time. Each text depicts an oppressive and controlled society. “Children of Men” is set in the year 2027‚ in the future‚ which contrasts to “Sive” which is set in the 1950’s‚ in the past. “Children of Men” is set in urban London in the future. On the contrary “Sive” is set in 1950’s Ireland in a very rural area. Despite their contrasting settings‚ both experience great problems. In “Children of Men” there is a very real fear of extinction of the human race‚

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    increased the importance of the CTO. Companies focusing on scientific and electronic products employ CTOs who are responsible for the oversight of intellectual property and have backgrounds in the industry. Main Ideas  Origins (1950’s and 60’s) In the 1950s and 1960s‚ many large corporations established beautiful research laboratories at locations remote from their headquarters and manufacturing facilities. The goal was to collect brilliant scientists and allow them to study relevant topics

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    Australia’s social and cultural history in the post war period Timeline: * 1950: Australian troops joined UN force in Korea * 1951: males over 19 yrs old had to register for the army * 1952: Victa lawn mower was invented * 1954:queen Elizabeth II visited Australia * 1956: Melbourne Olympics was held * 1957:wining designs for Sydney opera house * 1958:last section of pacific highway was sealed and 2ue radio station was publishes * 1959: nation service conscription

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    imagination and ideas. The norms of the director start to become our norms‚ and there is no need for us to create our own images in our head. Price compares his students from the 1950’s to now‚ and provides us with an example of the affects of television on the imagination. He points out that his students of the 1950’s‚ when told to write a short story‚ wrote of accounts that involved personal feelings and emotions. You could tell just how detailed and observant the students were of emotions

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    seriously before we start the interview. Looking out the window he says‚ “My childhood was superb‚ it wasn’t an ordinary childhood though.” Born in the 1950’s the world was recovering from World War II. Being the youngest out of 5 brothers and sisters meant he was the baby. Technology was just getting started. Television came out in the 1950’s‚ but being born in Guadalajara‚ Jalisco‚ Mexico electricity was still rare there. But my dad was privileged to live in the biggest house in the city‚ at

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    suburban Australia between the 1950’s and 1960’s experienced. There were many significant events that took place during these two decades such as the aftermath of the Great Depression and the country’s military involvement in the Vietnam War. These incidents led to an outbreak in excessive consumerism and rising conflict amongst the Australian population on the subject of conscription. Through the analysis of the above mentioned texts‚ comparisons can be established. The 1950’s and 1960’s saw the beginning

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