The North/South Gap The North/South gap is a divide that separates the poor (less developed countries) from the rich (more developed countries). The idea of categorizing countries by their economic and developmental status began during the Cold War with the classifications of East and West. The Soviet Union and China represented the developing East‚ and the United States and their allies represented the West. The term ‘Third World’ (less developed countries) came from the United States
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Background THE NORTH-SOUTH AIRLINE Northern airlines merged Southeast Airlines to create the fourth largest U.S. carrier in which it inherited both an aging fleet of Boeing 737-300 aircraft and Stephen Ruth. As the new president of the airline‚ Stephen’s first concern is to create a financially solid company since it is a common presumption for airline industries that maintenance costs rise with the age of aircrafts. He noticed that there have been significant differences in the reported B727-300
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northern portion of the peninsula. North Korea was and remains a highly militarized and communist dictatorship which means it is neither democratic nor a republic. Its institutions are modeled almost identically to those of the Soviet Union. The similarities do not end there‚ the leaderships styles of the country are equal to those of Joseph Stalin‚ a Soviet dictator in 1930’s and 40’s. There are many more things they have in common such as the command economy of North Korea and the poor treatment of
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Dakota Clements Prof. Every HIST-1210-002 6 November 2014 Slavery in America Slavery has played an important role in American life today. When North America was first colonized by Europeans‚ the land was vast‚ the work was tough‚ and the availability of manual labor was hard to find. White servants paid for their passage across the ocean from Europe to the New World through indentured labor‚ but did not solve the problem. In the early stages of the seventeenth century‚ a Dutch ship loaded
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Confederate population of 9 million. Further‚ the North was better able to supply those armies because it produced far more than did the South. Agriculture was the cornerstone of the Southern economy‚ commerce and industry were more important to the Northern economy. So the north could produce its needs‚ and the South had to rely on foreign trade for its necessities. The south was always short on supplies and basic necessities in the war. The South did have at least two important advantages in their
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North vs. South in the Great Depression The Great Depression is one of the most misunderstood events in not only American history but also Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ and many other industrialized nations. It also has had important consequences and was an extremely devastating event in America. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. When the New York Stock Exchange crashed in October 1929‚ the United States dropped sharply into a
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North and South: This is a very big novel. When compared with the satire of society that Jane Austen offers‚ Gaskell offers so much more in exploring the big issues: societal structure‚ economy‚ religion‚ and a woman’s place in society. There is even political dissidence in the form of Frederick! And of course‚ the moral is in the ending – Margaret marries Thornton‚ whom she once considered beneath her in class. And she exclaims “I am not worthy.” when they finally speak of their love. Compare
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Margaret in North and South Gender Roles & Role Reversal Margaret‚ through her characterization and interactions with the male characters in North and South‚ both represents the gender role of her time‚ as well as subverts‚ and even goes as far as to reverse roles with the opposite gender. Her strong willpower and tendency to be dominant contributes to this. * S - p. 39 ‘Margaret did dislike it‚ did shrink from it more than from anything she had ever had to do in her life before... It
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South-North Division in Korea Korea is an East Asian country‚ which is surrounded by the sea on three sides‚ but unfortunately divided into two parts-South Korea and North Korea. Korea is bordered by China on the north and by the navigable Yalu and Tumen Rivers‚ both of which flow from Paektusan‚ the highest point in Korea at 9‚000 feet (Weightman 360). Korea has four seasons and a monsoon climate with warm‚ humid summers and cold‚ dry winters. Continuous rains from June to July are a phenomenon
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have a lot of differences in our country but we also have a lot of similarities from start to end. We fought through slavery and arguing between top and bottom or as in this writing North and South. People aren’t the same and the government found out that the hard way with the Civil War. We had to depend on each other in the end‚ north needed raw materials and south need products. How did the U.S. Government handle this and did they see the differences between each side. The north side had railroads
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