School in Houston‚ Texas‚ particularly wearing her first pair of the basketball suits: “We had a sweater that came over and it had to have long sleeves‚ and then we had these black bloomers that were box pleated. […] We began to have the shorts‚ but they came right here at the knees.” Wilma Jean Buntin’s description of the basketball uniforms reflected the type of sports clothing wore during the 1920s. These uniforms called gym suits emulated the different ideas of the decade known as the Flapper. The
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that the existing physical conditions were unable to meet the need of such a high number of students whose age was between 60 and 80 months. After the schooling age was rearranged as 60-72 months at the very beginning‚ the number of first graders were supposed to be twice as high as the previous years. This is because both the 60-72 months (new system) and 72-84 months (old system) participated in education altogether as first-graders in the 2012-2013 academic year. The number of the students was estimated
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Ministry of Industry (MOI) with the technical and financial supports of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The programme is funded by UNDP with additional support from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). MEDEP which is now in its Third Phase (2008-2010) primarily aims at improving the livelihoods of low income families those living below the absolute poverty line through promotion of micro-enterprises and employment generation. The target groups of the programme
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COMMENTARY: Poems I?d read over on any rainy day by Nikki Rivera Gomez / MindaNews Monday‚ 02 July 2007 23:01 It was the 1950s—the decade when a pompous West‚ emerging victorious from a world war that killed over 57 million people‚ was beginning to prance and preen like a peacock. Almost overnight‚ the US economy boomed with those big-finned Chryslers‚ Fords‚ and Buicks. Holiday Inn began its worldwide chain‚ as did the now ubiquitous McDonalds. I was barely a year old when Elvis‚ James
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“Is the American Century Over?” Nye strongly believed that ‘America Century is to continue‚ it will not enough to think in terms of American Power over others’. For more than centuries‚ United States being recognized as the world’s most powerful state. However‚ currently some analysts predict that China will soon take over from United States to be the most dominant state in the world. Does it spell the end of American century? This book attempts to separate myth and reality about wide spread perception
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Yes we cannabis By Roger Parloff‚ senior editor @FortuneMagazine March 21‚ 2013: 4:11 PM ET * * * * * EmailPrint (Fortune) Jason Levin‚ a young engineer who lives in Berkeley‚ is addressing a group of 30 angel investors gathered in a long conference room at Seattle’s stodgy Washington Athletic Club. Levin is hoping to persuade one or more of the people around the table to invest in the startup company he envisions‚ called Uptoke‚ in exchange for a stake in the company
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Topic: Compare and contrast the ways in which two Caribbean governments have addressed the issue of crime. Narrowed Focus: Compare and contrast how the governments of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica have addressed the issue of crime. Thesis: Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica have both recruited the expert services of foreign police officers whilst their approach to community policing and legislation differ in addressing the issue of crime. According to the United Nations Human Development
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business depending on farm trade‚ failed. In constant dollars‚ farm income did not return to anything close to prewar levels until the second half of the 1920s. And then‚ farmers found the prices they paid for manufactured goods had risen well above what they had paid before the war. American agriculture and rural life underwent a tremendous transformation in the 20th century. Early 20th century agriculture was labor intensive‚ and it took place on a large number of small‚ diversified farms in rural
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rights movement was a time in America in which Blacks and other minorities started getting more independence and more equal rights. This movement required several courageous leaders and many life changing events occurred in order for America to become the integrated nation that it is today. A number of protests and boycotts took place but they were usually non-violent‚ (which the minorities discovered that the non-violent approach worked the best.) Throughout this period in time schools‚ public places
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During the 1940’s‚ after the Japanese bombing on Pearl Harbor‚ the Japanese were called traitors and Asians of all race were stereotyped because everyone seemed to think that they all look alike. Even if they were not in internment camps like the Japanese‚ they were still thought to be evil. Even now‚ they are still stereotyped‚ even for different reasons. It’s unfair that for all these years‚ Asians are stereotyped into smart people who eat rice and have extremely strict parents. However‚ it’s not
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