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    Throughout elementary school‚ middle school‚ and even into high school‚ I have dealt with social anxiety. I have always been an introvert and I have always been afraid to talk to people and be in situations when I don’t know what to expect. The sheer thought of ordering my food at a restaurant was overwhelming. When I started high school‚ and more importantly‚ started the college process‚ I realized that I needed to overcome this. I knew that I had to become a leader rather than remaining a follower

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    dropped their trade barriers. Span exports more than it imports. Therefore‚ they do not have a trade deficit. Spain does not have trade barriers because they encourage direct foreign investment. They encourage new investments in new industries. Spain is looking to gain new technology and new industries (Double‚ 1991). Therefore‚ Spain and its entire seventeen autonomous regions‚ which is the equivalent to states‚ are encouraged to invite foreign investments into Spain. Spain and the United States

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    advertise his cigarettes on a full page newspaper ad. By that time‚ James Bonsack had invented a machine capable of rolling 200 cigarettes per minute‚ which failed. Duke saw the opportunity and signed an agreement to operate the machine. The costs of production per thousand was down to $30 from $.80. 2 Duke moved to New York and had the idea to hire people to visit tobacco shops and demand his new machine-rolled Cameo and Cross Cut brands. At one time‚ he even put glamour photos of semi-nude American

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    British colonial rule in the nineteenth century‚ India was subject to a major transformation and challenge to the nation’s fundamental core beliefs. Prior to the dominance of the British‚ India was held by oral social and religious conventions and hierarchies. With the influx of the enlightenment‚ along with the introduction of print media and Western education‚ there was a shift from these oral traditions and conventions to a focus on the textual. Thus a need for a political body‚ to represent and question

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    exchange for a closer job‚ and everything seemingly easier. Well this is the reality we live in. Everything has its advantages and its disadvantages‚ we can’t have it all. Whether choosing the country or town life depends on the utilities‚ community‚ environment and facilities provided. Utilities provided to an area are important when it comes to town or city life. For instance within the city there is much movement‚ cars passing on the roads transporting the constantly travelling public‚ so the roads

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    Economic Change and Social Tension in the Late Fourteenth Century In the 1370s‚ English society was under a great deal of  tension. There were: Political problems resulting  from the lack of an undisputed leader and from the failure of the war effort. Religious problems  due to lack of spiritual leadership from the church‚ complicated by the same war pressures‚ which introduced the divisive issue of clerical taxation into relations between clerical and lay politicians. In the same decade

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    during the 19th century. The growth of industry‚ as well as the rapidly-advancing technology‚ made larger cities the ideal place to go to work. Factories had a insatiable need for cheap laborers and there were plenty of people willing to work for next to nothing for a shot at living in the land of opportunity. While the promise of work and a new life might sound appealing‚ the reality of life in America for the working class was nothing to be sought after. The 18th and early 19th century in America is

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    after coming to office. Describe voter participation during the late nineteenth century. It was generally very high––usually from 80 percent up to 95 percent. Why did the federal government tend to ignore the social consequences of industrialization during the late nineteenth century? Most American leaders‚ regardless of party‚ believed in the laissez-faire doctrine and did not support a large governmental role in the economy. Where was the Democratic Party strongest in the

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    Poor Working Conditions in Late 19th Century Mines As the United States sprang into the Industrial Revolution‚ there was a shift in many aspects of everyday life for the working class citizen. Their jobs shifted from small cottage and agricultural businesses to large textile factories owned by big business corporations (working). Due to the pop-up of these massive factories‚ more energy was being consumed. By this time‚ almost all of the surface coal had been mined and used up‚ causing mining

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    technology‚ the late 19th century could appropriately dub itself as an industrial revolution. Rapid transformations of the work-place worsened working conditions and prompted the common laborer to join forces with others in order to create labor unions. Although these unions were fueled with excellent intentions and driven by exasperated motivation‚ these organizations did little to improve the working conditions during this particular time frame. It wasn’t until the 20th century that tangible changes

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