“retooled Europe.” Morris Berman‚ a cultural historian‚ says America “is running on empty.” But even as the baby boomers age‚ the population of working and young people is also expected to keep rising‚ in contrast to most other advanced nations. America’s relatively high fertility rate—the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime—hit 2.1 in 2006‚ with 4.3 million total births‚ the highest levels in 45 years‚ thanks largely to recent immigrants‚ who tend to have more children
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This house‚ belongs to the family Corrie ten Boom‚ and open to the visitors where there are guided around since 1988 and the history of the Ten Boom family is told‚ and the house was built around 1600 for the sheriff of Haarlem. They always live in the property‚ and Willem Ten Boom began in 1837 a clock and watch shop‚ and his family lived above the shop. The Ten Boom family was of devout Christians‚ who put their lives to serve the community. Over the years‚ they get deep involved in many activities
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Lytle‚ Mark Hamilton. America’s Uncivil Wars‚ New York: Oxford University Press. 2006. America’s Uncivil Wars is a book written about the sixties era that captures that provides understanding of how and why events occurred during this period‚ as well as their historical roots from the time since the Second World War. The author‚ Mark Hamilton Lytle‚ used a chronological approach to explain the era by dividing the sixties into three separate phases. The first is the era of consensus‚ which starts
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America’s Economy Today With all the bad publicity about the economy nowadays anyone with access to a TV‚ magazine‚ or newspaper should be somewhat familiar with the current economic crisis here in America. It seems like the Dow Jones Industrial Index and the S&P 500 Index are dropping lower every day‚ not to mention the poor condition of tech stocks listed in Nasdaq. Here’s some current stock market figures that display the markets current deterioration: The Nasdaq index lost 8 percent of its
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on area that may affect us all in the future‚ America’s Baby Bust. To get an understanding of this I would ask you read the Wall Street Journal article entitled “America’s Baby Bust” appearing in the Feb2-3‚ 2013 issue page c1. You can locate the article from the FSU library database or from my attached word file. After reading the article- Your assignment is to: 1. Indicate and defend why you agree or disagree that lower birth rates affect economic activity. Better answers will back this up with
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Differences and similarities between the 1920s and the 1950s There many differences between the 1920s and the 1950s; such as‚ race relations‚ roles of women‚ and probably the big one is consumerism. Of course there were more but these three were the main ones. Yeah they had a different teenage culture but it wasn’t big. There were blacks wanting their rights‚ women being the man of the house during the wars‚ and even people just buying stuff because they can. These times were right after a
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obstacles.” These words of Christopher Reeve perfectly describe the essence and soul of Corrie Ten Boom – a devout Christian watchmaker who saved nearly 800 individuals from the horrors of World War II‚ and as a result was placed in a concentration camp herself. To the survivors and their descendants‚ and even to other Jews‚ she was their hero. The three main characteristics that classified Corrie Ten Boom as a hero are the following: selflessness‚ loyalty‚ and resilience. Considering her history‚ before
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The alcohol prohibition in 1920 was a government effort to stop the manufacturing‚ distribution‚ and consumption of alcohol. To say the least‚ the prohibition only made matters worse causing the consumption of alcohol to increase significantly. The addictive properties of alcohol forced citizens into find alternate and dangerous routes to getting their fix. After the defeat of prohibition‚ one would believe the government would learn from their mistakes. However‚ the 1950’s proved differently when
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America’s Gift to My Generation America is like Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree.” America gives more gifts that anyone can count. Freedom is a wonderful gift that has no limits. No other country has as much diversity as America. Without the people who are willing to sacrifice for their country‚ my generation wouldn’t be nearly as great. Freedom has always been one of America’s greatest gifts‚ but it’s especially valuable now. Unlike other countries Americans have the freedom to write about
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the country remained culturally and psychologically rooted in the past‚ but in the 1920s America seemed to breakaway from these attachments and usher in the birth of modern America This dramatic break between America’s past and future was shaped by the evolution of technology‚ sports‚ entertainment‚ and women’s roles. Many of the trends that converged to make the twenties distinct had been building for years. The 1920s were a period of technological change that transformed the fundamental structure
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