The Era of Stagnation (also called the Period of Stagnation‚ Stagnation Period‚ Stagnation Era‚ the Brezhnevian Stagnation‚ or the Brezhnev Stagnation) was a period of economic‚ political‚ and social stagnation in the Soviet Union‚ which began during the rule of Leonid Brezhnev (1964-1982) and continued under Yuri Andropov (1982-1984) and Konstantin Chernenko (1984-1985). This period ended when Mikhail Gorbachev‚ who succeeded Chernenko‚ introduced his policies of glasnost‚ perestroika‚ uskoreniye
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THE GREENSPAN ERA In October 1979‚ as Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was imposing adverse supply shocks on the world’s economies for the second time in a decade‚ Fed Chairman Paul Volcker decided that the time for action had come. Volcker had been appointed chairman by President Carter only two months earlier‚ and he had taken the job knowing that inflation had reached unacceptable levels. As guardian of the nation’s monetary system‚ he felt he had little choice but to pursue
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The Elizabethan Age is the time period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) and is often considered to be a golden age in English history. It was an age considered to be the height of the English Renaissance‚ and saw the full flowering of English literature and English poetry. In Elizabethan theater‚ William Shakespeare‚ among others‚ composed and staged plays in a variety of settings that broke away from England’s past style of plays. It was an age of expansion and exploration
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From president Roosevelt becoming a vegetarian to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles‚ the progressive era‚ foreign policy‚ and World War one were major parts of United States history. The progressive movement was caused by labor unions and the presidents’ progressive plans. World War one and Open Door Policy caused the American Foreign Policy. This in many ways helped shape and increase American power in the early 20th Century. The progressive movement was an effort made to help make America
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Throughout this Semester‚ we looked at how America began to expand in different areas and advance in a way that altered our ability to survive. Many changes included political and religious views‚ educational opportunities‚ innovative new technology‚ and even the types of places that were migrated to. A large amount of improvements and changes that were made‚ occurred under the Work‚ Exchange‚ and Technology theme. This theme revolves around new inventions‚ stronger architect‚ new technology‚ past
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examine the author’s application and execution of themes such as gender and identity. Before discussing Calvino’s novel‚ it seems appropriate to provide a brief sketch of the criterion which Tim Woods describes as embodying the key characteristics of post modernism. According to Woods‚ a work of postmodern fiction often demonstrates a preoccupation with the viability of systems of representation‚ the decentering of the subject by discursive system‚ the inscription of multiple fictive selves‚ along
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Government During the Spanish Period The Philippines was under the Spanish government for more than three centuries. Without any freedom and independence‚ Filipinos had to adjust and adapt to the new form of government as well as to different culture and traditions. The laws implemented in the country were all from the King of Spain passed through his representative who was called the Governor-General‚ “who was the source of civil power for the various levels of administration” (Agoncillo‚ 2008
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The Vampire Era Vampires today seem to be a very popular trend amongst Western society‚ such as Twilight‚ Buffy the Vampire Slayer‚ True Blood‚ and The Vampire Diaries. A common trend that can be seen through these vampire movies are the roles of femininity and masculinity. What defines masculinity and femininity? Both femininity and masculinity can have various interpretations‚ but “masculine characteristics are used to identify persons as males‚ while feminine ones are used as signifiers for
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Whatever power relations manifested in different aspects of the development paradigm are perceived by post-developments. Basically‚ the Post-development also has two distinct and entwined concepts: knowledge and power (Jakimow‚ 2008). Post-developmentists argue that the power of this world is in the hands of developed countries. Because power is crucially dominant factor‚ the aim of the post-development is successfully to transfer power from the hands of outside ‘expertized’ paradigm that has been
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history of ICT in learning. How the history will look if we try to pull down the mental models and educational thinking behind the promises of different times? I see four major phases in the history of using computers in education. The fifth: the era of social software and free and open content is still to come – I hope. The phases are: Late 1970’s - early 1980’s: programming‚ drill and practice; Late 1980’s - early 1990’s: computer based training (CBT) with multimedia; Early
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