accompanied by employment growth. Prerecession unemployment rate hovered around 4-5%‚ which is historically and relatively low. Job growth was concentrated in three areas: education‚ health-care and housing related job. While education and health-care have been on a steady incline for years‚ the then booming housing market created most of the jobs in the housing industries. In December 2007‚ at the start of the recession the unemployment remained around 5 percent. By the end of the recession in 2009
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Academy. Washington D.C.: US Air Force Academy‚ 2010 Academy Admissions. Women from the United States Air Force Academy. Academy Admissions‚ 2009 Martin ’s‚ 2005. Print. "Gear - Marine Corps." U.S. Marine Corps. 01 Jan. 2012. Web. 04 Jan. 2012. <http://www.marines.com/main/index/winning_battles/gear>. "Marines/viet Nam." Personal interview. 03 Jan. 2012. United States Air Force - Airforce.com. 2010. Web. 05 Jan. 2012. <http://www.airforce.com/>. "The US Navy Organization -- Mission
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We have a representative democracy‚ as "the power to govern is granted to elected representatives." "Limited government is a government where any more than minimal governmental intervention in personal liberties and the economy is not usually allowed by law‚ usually in a written Constitution. It is closely related to free market libertarianism and some tendencies of liberalism and conservatism in the United States." "...The Tenth Amendment codified that any delegated powers of the federal government
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Shaunde Romaine How California Changed HIST 141 May 14‚ 2014 This paper requires us to discuss the book California: A History by author Kevin Starr as well as McPherson’s “TheFight for Salvery in California”‚ among other selected films. These texts and films chronicle the history of California‚ the changes‚ the advancements‚ and the history behind where we are today as a state. In this paper I plan to highlight he importance California played in the United States as a whole and the socio-economic
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Topic: Why are some people socially excluded? Are they excluded by society or by their own behaviour? Some people are socially excluded by the combination of their own behaviour and the society which will be explained below. It is however important‚ to understand what it is to be socially excluded. Macmillan dictionary define socially as an activities that involve being with other people especially for enjoyment‚ it also define exclusion as a situation in which someone is deliberately prevented from
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The nineteenth century was the era in which the United States rapidly changed. This time was revolved around trying to improve and create better devices that can be used to help and make life easier. People began to experiment and pursue new ideas that they came up with in their heads. Some succeeded‚ while other just had to proceed back to the drawing board. However‚ as a result of multiple experimenting‚ many inventions have really made a mark in history‚ especially the automobile and telephone
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country like the US been shaped by development over time? * Ties into question #1 * http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/business/energy-environment/us-reliance-on-saudi-oil-is-growing-again.html?pagewanted=all (reliance on oil) * http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/study-carbon-dioxide-emissions-worldwide-up-again-2-degree-limit-to-global-warming-unlikely/2012/12/02/8658886e-3caa-11e2-8a5c-473797be602c_story.html (global warming) What are some improvements that have absolutely no bad
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greatest role is to be the best country it can possibly be for itself‚ consistent with its own history and its own values -- and that is a country that offers opportunities to anyone that works hard‚ and that watches over with care people who don’t have the capacity to fend for themselves‚ and that is creative and rewards talent‚ rewards the book‚ but still with a profound sense of Republican ideals‚ where everyone has equal political standing in the society. It’s a place of opportunity in dreams
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Krystal Patterson English 1010 – 16 11484 Mrs. Thompson 10 March 2013 The Flight That Changed America Disaster‚ horrifying‚ deadly‚ unforgettable‚ historic. These are all words that are most likely used when describing 9/11. What was supposed to be another ordinary September day in America was far from that. On September 11‚ 2001‚ 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States
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with flowers and flags. Memorial Day was first observed on May 30‚ 1868‚ on the order of General John Alexander Logan for the purpose of decorating the graves of the American Civil War dead. It was observed on May 30 until 1971‚ when most states changed to a newly established federal schedule of holiday observance. Independence Day is an annual holiday commemorating the formal adoption by the Continental Congress of the Declaration of Independence on July 4‚ 1776‚ in Philadelphia. Although the
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