ECONOMY Hurricane Ivan damaged or destroyed 90% of the buildings on the island‚ including some tourist facilities. Overall damage totaled as much as 2.5 times annual GDP. Reconstruction has proceeded quickly‚ but much work remains. The United States has been the leading donor since the hurricane‚ with an emergency program of about $45 million aimed at repairing and rebuilding schools‚ health clinics‚ community centers‚ and housing; training several thousand Grenadians in construction and other fields;
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On the night of November 9‚ 1989‚ the Berlin Wall—the most potent symbol of the cold-war division of Europe—came down. Earlier that day‚ the Communist authorities of the German Democratic Republic had announced the removal of travel restrictions to democratic West Berlin. Thousands of East Germans streamed into the West‚ and in the course of the night‚ celebrants on both sides of the wall began to tear it down. The collapse of the Berlin Wall was the culminating point of the revolutionary changes
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The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe The collapse of communism in eastern europe can be based on three disticnct factors. Factor 1: People Power May: Hungary opens its borders with non communist Austria. Hungarians had already been granted the rights to free travel. However many east germans started using this route to get to west germany. June-August: protests against communist rule In poland continue throughout the summer. In august‚ communist party leaders agree truly free elsections
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Eastern and Western Religions: Differences and Similarities On this vast planet with billions of people occupying its space‚ we can see that people have many differences‚ yet we are similar at our core. People always strive to find why who put us on this Earth and and we have gone to many lengths to find those answers. Religion has answered many of those particular questions for use. People feel at peace knowing that through religion we have found purpose in life and death. Much like people‚ religion
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Effects of Eastern Religious Traditions on a Society DaVonna Jones‚ Esmeralda Rangel‚ Justin Eoff‚ Cliff Martin‚ Thomas Sawyer REL/133 World Religious Traditions I University of Phoenix February 25‚ 2010 Eastern Religious
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Conditions in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union‚ however‚ changed rapidly. Gorbachev’s decision to loosen the Soviet yoke on the countries of Eastern Europe created an independent‚ democratic momentum that led to the collapse of the Berlin Wall in November 1989‚ and then the overthrow of Communist rule throughout Eastern Europe. While Bush supported these independence movements‚ U.S. policy was reactive. Bush chose to let events unfold organically‚ careful not to do anything to worsen Gorbachev’s
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The coal strike in eastern Kentucky was a hard conflict in the 1930s. There were many challenges and discontent for the coal miners and their families. Coal miners formed strikes to oppose what was happening. The industrialization of mining was decreasing and becoming less produced. The coal strike is a good case study because of the reason the strike happened‚ the coal operators and police involved‚ and the hardships of the miners. The coal strikes had been happening for years before the 1930s
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ENG 370b Balkan Cinema Final Project Research Paper The Eastern perception of homosexuality in ‘’Go West’’ “In Bosnia‚ when you buy land and start to dig the foundation for a house‚ you can never be sure you won’t find a mass grave; there’s been so much bloodshed‚” said Ahmed Imamovic when asked about his latest film ‘’Belvedere’’‚ the Bosnian nomination for the Oscars of 2012. (Hampton 2011) Although the movie is considered his greatest accomplishment so far by both critics and audience‚ he
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The Eastern Church vs. the Western Church In the year 1054‚ due to political‚ cultural and religious reasons‚ the Great Schism divided Christianity into the Eastern Church (the Orthodox Church) and the Western Church (the Catholic Church). As a result of the Schism‚ differences increased between the two. The primary differences are the Papal claims of authority and the insertion of the filioque clause into the Nicene Creed (Ware‚ 1963). Since the two were one prior to the Schism‚ there are similarities;
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Essay on John Finger‚ "Termination and the Eastern Band of Cherokees" The Eastern Band of Cherokees resisted termination of tribal status and federal responsibilities in Indian affairs during 1940s and 1950s. “For the Eastern Cherokees‚ the battle over termination began in January 1947” (Nichols‚ 328). House Concurrent Resolution 108 was an act that called for the abolition of several Indian offices and termination trust responsibilities for certain specified tribes. The Public Law 280 was passed
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