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    History of Fashion 1950s

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    1950 1953 1952 1950s Timeline 1951 First organ transplant takes place. Korean war begins. The credit card system was introduced in America‚ this meant the beginning of an attitude towards disposable wealth. Mass production of computers began. Colour tv introduced. South Africans Forced to Carry ID Cards Identifying Race. Identity cards and then food rationing ended. Polio vaccine used to save humans from poliomyelitis infection. Car Seat Belts Introduced. Queen Elizabeth

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    Minority Report Essay

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    filmmaker use cinematic techniques and narrative elements to explore their message about a theme in Minority Report? The man fled down the centre of Main street frantically looking around‚ everywhere he glanced there was an advertisement. These were unlike any advertisements the man had ever seen before‚ they could learn. “Hello‚ Mr John‚” said the closest advertisement‚ it knew his name. The Minority Report‚ directed by Steven Spielberg in 2001‚ covers many social problems from that time period

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    Minority Report I think that in 50 years from now the technology will be too advanced for everyone to even know. People won’t even need a phone‚ the phone will be in them‚ some type of way. Minority Report‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ takes place in 2054. Spielberg predicts that we will have a “pre-crime” system by that point. “Pre-crime” is a specialized police department in which 3 psychics called “precogs” can see or predict the future‚ but only crime that happens in the future. In that

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    July‚ eventually leading to a championship game played at Wimbledon’s Centre Court‚ the largest court at the most prestigious tennis venue in the world. Wimbledon has been witness to some of the greatest moments in tennis history‚ for both men and women‚ and each year that it is played‚ history is being written over again and those who participate‚ both winners and losers‚ they will go down in tennis history forever.             During this era that we live in‚ the media plays a big role in the storylines

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    1920s And 1950s Essay

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    Development in the United States Societies of the 1920’s and 1950s Across the decades since America’s creation‚ times have changed drastically. We began as a miniscule nation‚ barely on its own two feet and developed into a great power worldwide in the span of roughly 240 years. To many people‚ this sounds like a very long time‚ as it is longer than the average human lifespan and then some‚ yet in the grand scheme of things‚ this is still a relatively short amount of time. As a nation‚ America

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    Hair Spray In The 1950s

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    of World War II (1939–45)‚ many people considered the 1950s to be the beginning of a modern world‚ full of new products that would make their lives easier. The bright‚ the shiny‚ and the new were valued above all‚ and fashions reflected this. Hair spray‚ made of liquid plastics and vinyl that harden when they are sprayed on the hair to form a kind of shell that keeps the hair from falling out of its style‚ became very popular during the 1950s and early 1960s. Styles were crisp and clean‚ and hairstyles

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    Woman's Role In The 1950s

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    Woman’s Role in the 1950s The role of women in the 1950 was repressive and constrictive in many ways. Society placed high importance and many expectations on behavior at home as well as in public. Women were supposed to fulfill certain roles‚ Such as a caring mother‚ a diligent homemaker‚ and an obedient wife. The perfect mother was supposed to stay home and nurture so society would accept them. A diligent housewife had dinner on the table precisely at the moment her husband arrived from work

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    The 1950s 1 Running Head: THE POLITICAL CLIMATE OF THE 1950S The Political Climate of the 1950s Natasha C. Stewart History 145 Robin Greenberg M.A. April 11‚ 2005 The 1950s 2 With the dropping of the Atomic bomb that ended WWII and the beginning of the Cold War‚ there was an irony of stability and turmoil in the United States. The start of the 1950s brought about many changes‚ from the Red Scare and threat of the possible spread of communism in America‚ to changes

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    Minority analysis poem

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    Minority’ – Unseen poem analysis Minority is a poem about feeling displaced and rejected from society. It conveys to the reader how helpful literature can be in voicing important opinions to society. The poem communicates the idea of exclusion and the feeling of being unwanted to the reader through meaningful lexical choices and imagery. Dharker begins with the line “I was born a foreigner.” It is impossible to be born a foreigner‚ as everybody is born somewhere. However‚ this line helps

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    Voice of Minority Groups

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    There are many arguments to be made that this expression was not all people‚ but all men because those in power are self-interested. Whites still have privileges that would not want to be given up‚ and disadvantages are given to minority groups in turn. African American‚ women‚ and GLBT issues are still very present today‚ and people are still suffering because of it. The thought of equality was started when Jefferson wrote The Declaration of Independence at the originating times of America. The thought

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