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    Secondly‚ the Second World War had done no damage to the American economy‚ but rather brought it back from the dead and made it better than it ever was. Before WWII‚ the United States was struggling through the Great Depression‚ the single most devastating economic crisis in the history of the world. Millions of Americans were unemployed‚ resulting in families becoming homeless and starving‚ with many dying due to the conditions they were forced to live in. When the Second World War began‚ it was

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    Technology plays a crucial role keeping orders in the society of Brave New World‚ everything from producing new members of the society to conditioning to fit their positions in the social ladder and to continue keeping the stability with biological and psychological drugs. Cloning is used to produce new members of society‚ conditioning is used to fix the minds and brainwash every members to think and feels in certain ways‚ and Soma; a psychological drug is used to keep the stability in place by keeping

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    have created a new type of psychological warfare for the world in the form of extreme and constant terror in other countries. Iraq’s intense foreign influence and their recent history of war have brought them into a desperate state. They do have the resources and potential to rebuild though‚ but it will be difficult to do in the recent future. In 1299‚ a small Islamic state on the outskirts of the Byzantine Empire started to grow its own empire under Osman I‚ the founder of the new Ottoman Dynasty

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    The Second World War did many good things for Canada Economically. When the war ended the government decided they needed to find a way to transition from wartime to a peaceful economy. About 1 million people who had worked in industries and services were about to lose their jobs. There were not very many job opportunities for soldiers coming home from war‚ there wasn’t a lot that they could do. Many had also been unemployed in the Depression. Women left factories to free jobs for men‚ and veterans

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    9/27/2006 Mr. Astmann English 103 The Great Affects of Football From the early ages in history to present day‚ sports have had a major impact on society. Football is a very popular sport played in America and many other countries. Some may say that football is a violent sport and its not beneficial in any way‚ but in reality it gives a person all the basic tools needed not only for playing the game‚ but also how you interact with people in society. Also it is very simple to get involved in most

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    In the early stages of America’s life‚ not all races benefitted from the new country’s promise of freedom and opportunity. Beginning in 1619‚ white european settlers shipped‚ bought‚ and sold Africans in order to “meet the colonies’ need for cheap labor” (Barkley 59). Know today as the Transatlantic Slave Trade‚ this forced exchange of human labor “helped build the economic foundations of the new nation” by providing an enormous amount of workers for specifically southern rice‚ tobacco‚ and indigo

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    How Food Affects Society There are many factors that play a major role in the health of a human being. One of the most important factors involved is food. Without food in the human life‚ the human life would cease to exist. The consumption of food is what energizes the human body‚ gives it the nutrition it needs‚ and most importantly‚ keeps the body actively working and living. Unfortunately over the years‚ numerous changes have taken an effect on food. Those effects have also had an

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    significant macroeconomic costs to the War on Terror. The war has had macroeconomic costs to the economy due to investing money in the war instead of into the United States economy‚ and this hinders the progress and stability of the economy and causes economic setbacks. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have contributed in economic setbacks to the U.S. Economy. It can be argued that wars are good for the economy because they create jobs‚ but if the money spent on the war was invested in the public‚ then

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    Today’s society is very different from the society that was here hundreds of years ago. Society changes everyday as things progress. Technology global economy and increase in the world’s population are great factors in the way things change. I do not believe it will affect me much but I do believe it will affect my son‚ and more for those generations after. As technology advances the more ways we make our lives easier. Not only does it help with our daily routines‚ but technology also helps in making

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    is legal medically or recreationally in 28 states including D.C. Marijuana can help cure many physical and mental diseases such as ADD‚ ADHD‚ OCD‚ cancer‚ glaucoma‚ seizures‚ and many more. Although marijuana is illegal. Marijuana can effect our economy in a good way because first‚ taxpayers pay about 41.6 billion dollars a year on prohibition. Second‚ the medical and recreational marijuana industry has a

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