The Cold War was a time of great competition between the United States and the Soviet Union; one of the competitions being the Space Race. Due to advancements in technology throughout the world pressured by the Cold War‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were able to push their way into space‚ each trying to outdo the other‚ eventually resulting in the United States putting the first man on the moon on July 20‚ 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission. The United States beating the Soviet Union to
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usually it has an inelastic demand. Inelastic demand refers to the situation where one unit increase or decrease in the product’s price cause less than one dollar change in the units demanded of that product (Kreps‚ D. M. 1990). If product is luxurious‚ its demand is usually elastic in nature. Elastic demand means one unit change in the price of a product causes more than one unit change in its quantity demanded. E.g. the automobiles and mobiles have elastic demand while salt and sugar have inelastic
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Eyejan Saadoon ALCE 1605 King and Chaplin 30 November 2010 The Cause of the Civil War The United States Civil War was the result of conflictive ideologies between the Northern states and the Southern states. The North was abolitionist and heavily developed while the South was poorly industrialized and strongly dependent on agriculture. More than being a social issue slavery was the basis of economy in the Southern part of the United States. The problem was not about whether slavery was morally
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Continued use of cocaine has both short-term and long-term effects on the function and development of a person’s brain. The drug produces an intense high immediately upon use then as the effects of the drug start to wear off‚ people suddenly feel intense edginess and depression and an insatiable craving for more of the drug. Cocaine use and the Long-Term Effects Cocaine takes a tremendous toll on a person’s brain. However‚ the effects vary based on the amount of cocaine a person uses and how frequently
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Banks‚factories‚ shops closed and farm halted production. MIllions of people left jobless and penniless. This also caused significant effects on people’s beliefs and on government policies. some nations changed their leaders and types of government. Many people didn’t trust the economy which caused people to withdraw their money from the banks. Thousands of people died from disease that
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offered? Who has already visited Greece? What will Susan have to do before phoning Arnold again? contact her friends Bottom of Form Script Assistant: Worldbridges Travel Agency...Good morning. Can I help you? Susan: Yes‚ I need some information‚ please. Assistant: yes? Susan: Well‚ I know it’s rather late for a reservation‚ but we are three friends...‚ and we’d like to travel to Greece next July... Assistant: Let’s see... Where would you like to stay? Susan: We’ve been told Mykonos is
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and atmosphere(s) at moments: set design‚ lighting‚ sound. The live performance I have chosen to write about is ‘Warhorse’ which I saw on the 3rd February at the New London Theatre. In this essay‚ I am going to explain and analyse how the staging and the lighting together created the different atmospheres and moods such as fear and tension. Throughout the play‚ numerous themes are illustrated such as the barbarity of war and the cruelty of man. The themes of loyalty and hope are also illustrated and
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POISED TO HIT THE LONG TERM UNEMPLOYED INTRODUCTION The United States economy runs on a huge budget deficit‚ for fiscal year 2014 projected to be $744 billion. That’s because US government spending is budgeted at $3.778 trillion‚ while government revenue will only be $3.034 trillion. As a result decisions were taken to cut spending across the board commonly known as sequestration. The sequestration would have so many effects but in line with my article I would be talking about its effect on individual
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Due to the fact of the absence of many men‚ who either joined the military and/or took jobs in a war production industry; women were obligated to move outside their traditional roles and take positions in employment historically reserved for men. For instance in the United States‚ images like "Rosie the Riveter" promoted the ideology that it was patriotic and not unfeminine for women to work in these various industries. Posters in Canada were launched illustrating a women holding a bomb stating
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Introduction This essay discusses the immediate cause for start of the first World War as well as the short and long term root causes. Besides‚ there will be analysis‚ whether this worldwide heinous conflict could have been avoided or not. Lastly‚ which nations are mainly responsible for the start of the first World War. Causes Undeniable to the immediate cause for the outbreak of the first World War is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. An angry dissatisfied Serbian-nationalist
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