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    1950s Consumerism

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    The 1950’s are considered a decade of simplicity for most Americans. While the country was experiencing economic and social growth most American felt at home with them selves. Family stability was monumental‚ and the formation of the suburbs created an urban working class associated with a rural family atmosphere. Americans were leaving work to arrive home and be free and independent within their own ideas of security. During this period the American family was much more than just security‚ it

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    During the 1940’s there was genocide in Germany. The genocide is known as the Holocaust and over 6 million people were killed during this time. Adolf Hitler‚ the man who led the Nazi party in Germany‚ utilized multiple different tools to carry out the genocide. He used methods like gas chambers‚ gas trucks‚ death marches‚ and many more to exterminate anybody that the Nazi party considered impure but the most deadly place to be during the Holocaust was a concentration camp. Concentration camps

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    How successful was Elizabeth I in dealing with the foreign policy problems she was faced with in 1558-1603? By 1603‚ Elizabeth was ultimately successful with many of her aims in regard to foreign policy. Despite this‚ the monarch faced various set backs and failures in such affairs. The problems arose as she ruled an isolated protestant kingdom surrounded by catholic superpowers. She managed these difficulties with great pragmatism and opportunism‚ reducing the threat of invasion. Her aggressive

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    Applied Kinesiology

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    Ever heard of applied kinesiology? If you know what it is‚ then count yourself among the select enlightened few. Kinesiology is a largely unknown but rapidly growing holistic therapy that can be applied in different scenarios due to its many uses. Kinesiology can be a good way of testing any allergies you might have‚ getting rid of stress and resolving different health problems without the intake of prescription drugs. If you’re the type of person who prefers a more natural approach to wellness

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    Lenin started the communist international which was an organisation with an aim of spreading communism throughout the world. Communism really was a threat to Australians in the 1950s‚ the events of the Korean War‚ different alliances being formed‚ the banning of the Communist party of Australia (CPA) and the Petrov affair all tell us that communism could spread to Australia. Australia responded to the threat of communism by joining the Korean war in 1950‚ Australia joined the Korean war to prevent

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    Affluence of the 1950s

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    AfTo what extent does the affluence of the 1950s account for the Conservative election victories of 1955 and 1959? Hannah van Teutem. The affluence of Britain in the 1950s was a large reason as to why the Conservative Party gained victory in both the 1955 and 1959 election. Nevertheless‚ there were other factors which also had an impact on the success of the party. For example‚ there were the different issues with the weaknesses and the strengths of the Conservative party. Following this‚ there

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    “The 1950’s were an era of conformity and complacency.”  Give reasons for either agreeing or disagreeing with this statement. The statement‚ “The 1950’s were an era of conformity and complacency”‚ is untrue to a certain extent. Though it is true that the post WWII America has the highest standard of living that no other countries can match‚ the 1950s‚ backed by the Second Red Scare‚ really had been a time period of tension and anti-communism. The 1950s‚ inspired by the Soviet nuclear spying

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    1950s Essay

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    There is a reason why the 1950s are so memorable : It is a decade where a huge amount of noteworthy and life-changing events happened. This is the decade that the King‚ Prince‚ and the future King of Pop were born. While Elvis Presley was singing “Can’t Help Falling in Love”‚ Marilyn Monroe was actually falling in love with Joe DiMaggio. The movie Grease is a great representation of life in the 1950s and the wild lifestyle they had. The 1950s was the most influential decade due to the developments

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    Applied Linguistics

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    Applied linguistics is an umbrella term that covers a wide set of numerous areas of study connected by the focus on the language that is actually used. The emphasis in applied linguistics is on language users and the ways in which they use languages‚ contrary to theoretical linguistics which studies the language in the abstract not referring it to any particular context‚ or language‚ like Chomskyan generative grammar for example. Interestingly even among applied linguists there is a difference of

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    Africa Since 1940

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    on the world and how blacks were treated. What they endured as a people‚ showed the high element of inequality and injustice brought on by a group of people on to another. This period in time brought a change in a nation rocked with pain and anguish. Intervention and invasion from other countries saw the decline in the wealth that Africa once possessed. The notion that Africans were uncivilized was the mindset of the Europeans as they made their presence known. What they did was to manipulate the

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