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    they are deserving and able‚ but those who have so honestly worked for what they have and in that work have displayed such intimate parts of themselves that there is no other way to feel but human‚ not superior. 1. The ability to be humble in the most earnest sense. People whose accomplishments don’t come precedented by declarative sentiments of why they are deserving and able‚ but those who have so honestly worked for what they have and in that work have displayed such intimate parts of themselves

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    Multiculturalism has single handedly shaped america but still does it stand to this day? For many years multiculturalism has been thought to shape the land of the free we know today. Now there are many way multiculturalism has strength in america but to what extent. What and how is multiculturalism shaped the United states of america? First off what is multiculturalism not many of us know the exact definition but still putting two and two together could easily figure it out. But why are we not taught

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    Postmodern America in 2050 1 Running Head: POSTMODERN AMERICA IN 2050 Alexis Rios Dr. Ronald San Nicolas SOC 1000 Introduction to Sociology Hawaii Pacific University Postmodern America in 2050 2 Postmodern America in 2050 2050‚ the year that many people are talking about. It is considered the half of the 21st Century. Many things will happen between now and for the next 40 years. People think that many good things will happen during this year‚ but scientists and sociologists

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    The television show Doctor Who‚ (2005-present)‚ can be seen as modern day noir to some extent. Doctor Who can be seen as modern day noir because it has multiple elements that are used to characterize the genre of noir. Some characteristics of noir that are portrayed in Doctor Who are a morally ambiguous protagonist‚ a fatalistic viewpoint of the protagonist‚ the femmes fatales. The Doctor is a morally ambiguous character that struggles with making the correct choices at times even though he is basically

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    The growth of industry pre and post liberalization LIBERALIZATION Liberalization can be defined as a easing of previous government restrictions in social and economic policy. Liberalization is basically deregulating the government control over the economy & make the market free for everyone to trade. Measures undertaken by the

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    Industrial Tycoons

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    Industrial tycoons of the nineteenth century used whatever they could to get to the top of the economy‚ by either contributing positively or in some cases even if it meant destroying all the other industries that got in their way. In the nineteenth century‚ industrial tycoons were known as either a robber baron (Jay Gould) or a Captain of Industry (Henry Ford). Depending on how someone contributed to the growth of businesses‚ labeled them as one or the other. Some of the contributing factors that

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    The textile industry was the very first industry to be advanced. Before the revolution‚ cloth was typically woven at home‚ which would take long hours a day to do. With the creation of these new inventions‚ cloth was made much faster which led to a boost in merchants’ profits. Industrial Revolution Research explains the textile industry during the industrial revolution‚ “The demand for cloth continued to rise‚ so merchants had to be in competition with others for their supplies to make it. This caused

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    Who Rules America?

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    In Who Rules America? The Corporate Community and the Upper Class‚ the author‚ William Domhoff suggests that the American upper class does not merely exclude other lower social classes from their lives so as to retain their great wealth and power. Instead they have established institutionalized methods of instilling the same values‚ education and patterned methods of living so that their younger generations will retain the same traditions that older generations have. Domhoff goes on to

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    The Industrial Revolution was a time of advancement and greatness in the world for all. It was a major change from 1760 to the period of 1820 all the way to 1840. The movement started in Great Britain and affected anything and everything from industrial manufacturing processes all the way to the daily life of the average normal citizen. This paper is about discussing the Industrial Revolution and all the effects it had on the world as a whole. The main booming industry of the time was the textiles

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    After the Civil War Strayer University History 105 Professor Popova-Nowak 05/08/2014 Abstract When the Confederate South surrenders to the North at Appomattox this brought an end to the Civil War. With war at end the North could get back to focusing on growing the United Sates to be as strong as Europe‚ or other countries. Thus‚ the U.S. began to undergo a transformation from a mostly rural society to progressively urban‚ as new technologies brought rise to a new way

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