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    income. Women played a huge role in helping their husband through all the different changing roles in their current society. There was starting to be pictures of women working with men because it was more approved of women working and making money if her husband could support her. A lot more jobs for women came out throughout the "80s." These weren’t low end jobs either‚ wasn’t a cashier or anything like that. They were actual professional jobs. Women could even take the role above a man. There was still

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    Communication 1930s and 1990s Communication and technology has grown over the past few decades after making of the first phone. The 1930’s wasn’t a very communicational or technological decade. On the other hand‚ the 1990’s was a very erupting decade with technology and communications. There are major differences between those two decades including phones‚ how mail is distributed‚ and how to inform people. The 1930s was a very poor time due to the economy outburst in the market. One communicational

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    John Doe Professor Mansito ENC 1101 12:00-1:50 21 October 2013 Essay 1 Sexuality: The 1950’s to Today Sexuality‚ like many other things in our world‚ is an ever changing thing. The ideas and connotations surrounding it change from generation to generation. Because of this‚ the idea of sex in the 1950’s is completely different from the idea of sex today. Today‚ sexuality can be expressed in almost anything we do. Commercials‚ billboards‚ TV shows‚ movies‚ magazine articles‚ and many other

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    “The Namesake” and “The house on mango street” contain a notable amount of similarities. Literary devices and similar themes allow a deeper interpretation of both stories by comparing and contrasting them. Immigration‚ harsh situations experienced by immigrants and the arduously discussed how-will-I-adapt question. Indeed‚ Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Namesake” and Sandra Cisneros’ “The House on Mango Street” both use description‚ imagery‚ and settings. A wide panorama including identity which plays an immense

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    without getting caught and were not afraid of anything or anyone. Although the Mafia is still around today their prime years were from the 1920’s to the 1970’s. Beginning in the late 19th century organized crime rose in popularity among American people. The Mafia and its following depended on family ties‚ secrecy‚ and loyalty as they participated

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    In the 1920’s there were three major car developer’s‚ Ford‚ Chrysler and General Motors. These three companies were massively producing cars using Henry Ford’s invention‚ the assembly line. The assembly line changed everything for many companies‚ it’s still even used in companies today just instead now we’ve got machines doing work for us. The mass production in cars caused the prices to drop to an affordable amount so that people could buy them‚ company owners used the fact their vehicles were being

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    After witnessing the complete social and cultural upheaval of the 1960’s‚ Americans did not expect to see as an exciting of a decade in the 1970’s. However‚ new forms of media and an increased dependence of the news allowed people to witness a decade in which journalism expanded and pushed new boundaries. The 1970’s displayed the country’s dependence upon newspapers as a primary source of their daily information‚ along with a shift in government coverage. Two of the decade’s biggest stories came

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    In the 1920’s‚ America was changing very culturally diverse as a result of many different individuals from totally different areas living within the same country. Furthermore as cultural diversity there was conjointly religious diversity and though the majority of faith in America were Christians different denominations of faith were more and more common as time went on. The concept that the faith wasn’t as necessary as it used to be became rather common. Church attendance was drastically falling

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    things like empty bottles of alcohol and ash trays.
Her room also didn’t comply with typical feminine ideas at the time because it was described as messy and also had an empty bottle of alcohol and a full ashtray. This didn’t go along with the typical roles of women because they were expected to be clean and sensible.
She has a very masculine way of speaking‚ it’s very to the point. She also uses colloquial words like “c’mon”
On the first page she refers to the person in her bed as “the blond” which

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    Ilan Timerman Hartley Pawloski English III Honors 8 March 2015 Prohibition: The National Experiment In the 1920’s‚ a large experiment was conducted in the United States that had a great effect over the economy. The name of this experiment? The National Prohibition Act of 1920. In the “Roaring Twenties” people were not aware‚ or simply did not care about the consequences of alcohol abuse. People would party‚ dance and drink all night‚ the men drinking more than the women‚ as expected. Eventually

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