In 1941‚ Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor causing the U.S. to enter World War II. This event had a strong impact on everyday life in America. To provide for troops: families rationed supplies‚ communities collected scrap metal‚ and women worked in place of men. As for Japanese Americans‚ they were stripped of their citizenship and forced into internment camps. The major way Americans helped their troops was by rationing and recycling. The rationing program set limits on the amount of goods
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SPACE MATRIX | Financial Strength | Ratings | Return on investments is high‚ increasing to 5.86%. | 2.0 | Liquidity Ratio (Cash) increased to 0.98 | 3.0 | Inventory Turnover is high‚ increasing to 13.2. | 1.0 | Working Capital improved to $23.55. | 3.0 | Target EPS for 2011 of 1.89 was achieved. | 2.0 | Ford reported a 6.8 percent sales increase in December 2010 | 4.0 | | 15.0 | Industry Strength | The growth potential is very high most especially for the existence of small
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occupation by which a person can earn his living. And Unemployment is the inability of providing gainful work to people who are willing to work. And for a country like India‚ employment has become one of the major challenges of the current economy. Despite the economic reforms and the IT & BPO boom‚ the unemployment situation in India is getting worse. Therefore‚ emphasis is given on providing more employment opportunities which in turn reflects on economic growth of the country. Whenever we are talking
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India’s Steps into Space Exploration The more you resist the more it persist is the story of Indian space program. When US reluctantly refused to transfer the space technology and also coaxed our friendly nations not to transfer it into Indian hands‚ Indian elite band of scientists took charge and determinedly persuaded the path breaking success. During the nascent stage of Indian space program no one would have thought that the child would transform into a monster‚ breaking all the time and economy
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Space is a frontier that mankind has sought to concur for many years‚ but up until now if the average person entertained the idea of venturing into space within their lifetime they would not have been taken seriously by most‚ if not all‚ reasonable people. However‚ within the last few months several events have taken place that may lead that reasonable person to rethink his position on the matter of‚ privately funded civilian space travel. All this is now possible because a few people who shared
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DIGITAL INDIA Digital India A programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy DIGITAL INDIA What is Digital India? Digital India is a Programme to prepare India for a knowledge future. The focus is on being transformative – to realize IT + IT = IT The focus is on making technology central to enabling change. It is an Umbrella Programme – covering many departments. It weaves together a large number of ideas and thoughts into a single‚ comprehensive
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Independence of India ¤ Sailing of San Gabriel To India When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to finally dock at Calicut‚ a prosperous port and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in May‚ 1498‚ half a century of the Portuguese tentative to find a sea route to India was finally crowned with success. The man behind the quest was Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) – a devout Roman Catholic whose nightlong vigil in a Lisbon chapel before commending himself to the unsure
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Introduction Travel Travel is the movement of people or objects (such as airplanes‚ boats‚ trains and other conveyances) between relatively distant geographical locations. ’Travel’ can also include relatively short stays between successive movements. Etymology The term "travel" originates from the Middle English word travail. The term also covers all the activities performed during a travel (movement). A person who travels is spelled "traveler" in the United States‚ and "traveller"
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INTRODUCTION Overview Not every student is able to receive 100% attendance throughout the year. Whether it is because of work‚ because of a child‚ because of sports‚ or because of an emergency student will always have an extra something on their plate making school difficult. eCampus ultimate success will fall down to if you are willing to make extra profit while also helping students to succeed. Background eCampus is a pretty simple concept‚ its name stands for itself. eCampus stands
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"Office Space” This movie was pretty funny and had some slow moments as well. This movie shows us what it’s like to work for a company that starts to have problems within. This movie shows us how people feel working for a company everyday and not enjoying your job. The main character talks about how working at Initech is the worst day of his life and that the next day is worker that the day before. It also shows us what can happen when you push an employee to the end. Initech brings in efficiency
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