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    Campaigning is political for political advertising by candidates where the net effect is to boost the relative appeal of commercials. Thus‚ exposure to political campaigns with the first one being in the early 1950’s‚ where everything seemed to be “booming” – the economy‚ suburbs‚ and babies being born and all this seemed to provide a sense of stability and contentment. Soon after‚ the sixties came and things started to change. People did not want to live the “conservative” lifestyles that the fifties

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    The health belief model is a psychological health behavior change model that was developed to explain and predict health related behaviors. Throughout the 1950’s much attention was put forth towards disease prevention and treatment. During this time‚ there was an intervention in public health programs to screen for early detention of disease. Although free and open to the public many did not take advantage of these programs designed to aid healthcare. Even those clearly in need and known to be at

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    Women in American Sitcoms of the 1950s and 60s Sitcoms – situation comedies – are probably the most “American” of all TV formats. They convey a high degree of viewer identification‚ as they show scenes of everyday American life. If the viewer identifies with the series‚ is the series representative to the viewing society? I will try to elaborate on that question by comparing to sitcoms of the 1950s and 60s and the image of women that they carry. Life with Elizabeth was one of the earliest sitcoms

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    Shortly after the end of the war in 1919‚ America began a consumer boom that led to an increase in inflation‚ after which the Federal Reserve Bank began to raise the discount rate. The US strengthened its military‚ political‚ economic‚ technological and ideological leadership in the Western world. They abandoned the principle of non-participation in military blocs in peacetime. American troops were deployed on an ongoing basis in Europe and the USSR. The US industryexplained a colossal recovery through

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    Fast food restaurants started to change farming and food distribution as early as the 1950’s. Dick and Mac McDonald were the first to revolutionize the drive up restaurants when they redeveloped their BBQ joint into the type of McDonalds we know today that serves burgers and fries.(Ganzel) Others soon caught on to what the McDonalds brothers had going‚ and fast food restaurants started opening up everywhere. The first Kentucky Fried Chicken opened in 1952. By 1954 Burger King opened and became the

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    After the surge in demand for training that occurred throughout the early part of the 20th century‚ there was a change in focus post-war. The economic and social changes that occurred from 1950-1989 had a significant effect on the direction on Learning and Development. From the end of the war to the end of the 80s there was a noticeable focus on youth training schemes‚ with many of the programmes developed during this time laying the groundwork for the training schemes on offer today. Following the

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    The Rock music era affected society in more negative ways than positive ones. Rock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1950’s. It gained its origins from rhythm and blues‚ jazz and rock and roll. The exact date of the birth of Rock music is difficult to determine .It was said that no one planned the Internet‚ but it was conceived and then it took over the world. The same can be said for Rock music (Dister‚ 19). Few would dispute that rock music owes most of it

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    will help push what the demand. When some groups get what they wanted it pushes others to push for what they what. This creates a country of citizens demanding changes n the United States. Changes will be made to make this country stronger. In the 1950s the United States economy was doing well. The war is over and the increase in electronics like the tv helps drive the economy. As it says in the 25th reading TVs were much less expensive than before. Technology has improved as well as the amount of

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    Obesity is often defined as having an excessive amount of fat that affects one’s health. In the 1950’s‚ the history of fast food started to boom and as cities and countries started expanding‚ populations began to increase. Long ago‚ tourist cities became more popular and news was spread around to find cheap inexpensive food. In 1916‚ the first hamburger joint was opened up in Wichita‚ Kansas known as White Castle. As the fast food industry started to become more popular‚ waitresses started delivering

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    Introduction The 1950s were a time of conformity. The country had just gotten over WWII and the people of America were willing to believe and actively pursue anything political figures declared the social norm. A group of writers who rejected any American middle-class conformist values started a rebellious movement against such assimilation. The Beat Generation expressed their ideas of individuality through works of literature influenced by drugs‚ sexual experimentation‚ Buddhism‚ and jazz (Belgrad

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