Western Europe begin its long period of economic revival. Through the Marshall Plan‚ Europe began to rebuild its factories‚ farms and transport systems‚ which had been destroyed by the war. Although the economic revival of Western Europe from 1945-1970 was relatively effective‚ many weaknesses can be seen in this strategy to help Western Europe rebuild itself. The United States did not have to deal with rebuilding its home front. In actuality‚ the United States ’ economy was better then it had been
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Disequilibrium in Nigeria: An Econometric Investigation (1970-2010) BY Iyeli I. Iyeli‚ (Ph.D)‚ Clement Utting and Jacob O. Owan Department Of Economics University Of Calabar Calabar‚ Nigeria e-mail:reiyeli@yahoo.com; Tel: +2348036558316 Abstract This study on budget deficits and current account disequilibrium in Nigeria seeks to investigate the effects of budget deficits on current account within the time frame of 1970-2010. Data on this study were sourced from the publication
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How did the UK population talk about Mexico between 1970’s and 1993? Corpus analysis of the word ‘Mexico’ in the BNC‚ also with the word ‘Mexican’ as they are directly related. For this assignment I will use the BNC (found 1531 tokens for ‘Mexico’ and 680 for ‘Mexican’)‚ where I will analyse how the UK talked about Mexico between the 1970’s and 1993. My major area of study is business‚ and I am interested in finding out how discourse analysis using corpora can be used in Marketing‚ but particularly
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The case of the Atomic Energy Commission and the civilian nuclear-power industry of the late 1960s-1970s In the shadow of destruction from the atomic bombs dropped in Japan‚ many nuclear scientists were desperate to show the good nuclear energy could provide the world. Scientific guilt over creation of these destructive mega-weapons led scientists to look toward a brighter use of nuclear energy. A projected energy crisis and increase in environmental awareness combined with the nuclear scientists
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Collision of War and Music: Vietnam and the protest music of the mid 1960’s and early 1970’s By: Ashley Gallegos-Sanchez AP United States History 6th Hour “War! / Hunh! Yeah / What is it good for / absolutely nothing… War has caused unrest within the younger generation Induction‚ then destruction—who wants to die.” Edwin Starr-“War” (1970) Music has undeniably become an advocate in spreading a gospel of free opinion. Without the Vietnam War‚ the music that presented itself in the
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During the period of 20 years between 1950 and 1970‚ black Americans were able to improve their level of civil rights. Therefore‚ it is logical to say that they were at least partly successful in achieving their civil rights. This was accomplished through a variety of ways‚ two commonly used techniques being legal strategies and non-violent direct action. However‚ because they were unable to attain complete equality‚ there must have been factors that worked against the civil rights movement. One
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Do you agree with Milton Friedman’s (1970) claim that : « the only responsibility of business is to increase its profits » ? Milton Friedman was an American economist‚ statistician and writer‚ who had a massive impact on the research agenda of the economics profession. His famous words “the only responsibility of business is to increase its profits” (Friedman‚ Milton. 1970) led to many controversial debates on whether businesses should have ethics or if profit should be their main goal. Corporate
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A. Plan of Investigation The investigation will examine rock ‘n’ roll’s impact on America during 1950 and 1970. Rock n roll and its celebrities influenced their fans which led to a positive change in American culture. The Internal Assessment will cover how rock and roll started‚ who it changed and how. Also‚ how it changed the culture of America during 1950 and 1970. It will not include every trend or everything about the rock and roll history and culture‚ however certain aspects. The sources
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The English social activist Constance Mary Whitehouse was often renowned for her opposition to social liberalism and mainstream media‚ which she often claimed to be root cause of a more permissive society in Britain. Although‚ the extent to which we can deem this view valid is debatable. There is evidence leaning on both sides of the argument; but of course it is unquestionable that Britain did see a sudden uprising of permissiveness and overt moral decline to which Whitehouse responded briskly‚
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There were many people who believed strongly about how things should change for the better regarding the position of African Americans within the period of 1865-1970. Even though Radical Republicans had attempted to improve the quality of life for blacks by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and 1875‚ the Ku Klux Klan Act‚ as well as the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments‚ whites in the South refused to have it any other way than that blacks remained second class citizens and to be kept in their
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