NATO’S EVOLUTION By Mike Sofka United States History II Mr. Appel December 22‚ 2013 NATO or North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created on April 4th‚ 1949 in an effort to counter Russia’s threat to the US. Only 12 countries were originally part of NATO where as now there are 28 countries.1 When it was created‚ NATO had few purposes‚ mainly as a defensive pact to retaliate against any country that invaded a NATO member.2 "By this treaty‚ we are not only seeking to establish
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rationality had their advent in the western culture that have surely proved good for India and boosted. Her strength. For most of the Indian public perception‚ western culture is just a set of western clothes‚ discos‚ parties and other things that are ’hostile to morality’‚ but in reality western culture totally embodies another realm as opposed to the popular view. One shouldn’t say it straightaway that bikinis‚ jeans‚ pornography is all that western culture offers us before having‚ at least‚
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The Influence of Christianity on Western Civilization The positive influence of Christianity is far reaching especially in the rich history and culture of Western Civilization despite a long standing ignorance or adamant denial of its contributions. The Bible itself is responsible for much of the language‚ literature‚ and fine arts we enjoy today as its artists and composers were heavily influenced by its writings. Paul Maier‚ in writing the forward to the book How Christianity Changed the World
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Communities who live in this world have their own norm and culture to show their identity which makes them different to others. One of the communities which still use original culture in Indonesia is Baduy Dalam community who lives in Banten‚ Indonesia. This research is conducted in order to know the deep information about the greeting language which is used by them. Method which is applied in this study is descriptive qualitative by using sociolinguistics approach. Data got from the field by interviewing
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Greek influence on western culture When people refer to western culture‚ we mean a large range of heritages including social norms‚ traditional customs‚ religions beliefs‚ political system‚ art fine‚ literature and technologies. Now western culture has its own particular framework which has been developing till now‚ and traditional western culture is said to be affected by three main factors: Ancient Greek‚ Roman Empire‚ and Christianity. However‚ the Greek civilization contributed greatly to the
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cultured and at the same time we dont want to show alsocompletely naked‚to say that we are of Orient in nature. You see the advertisement in the Yahoo‚ how to increse the size of penis. Do this ad project us as cultured? I doubt. One may say that Western culture makes us bold enough to face the challenges of the present world. When west was sleeping‚ we were cultured and were bold. 2. lose of affection and attachment to the family. Because of westernisation‚ our children does not know even their close
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The advent of the Internet has been one of the most exciting major events in the second half of the 20th century. The ancient dream of “a scholar knows all things happening in the world without venturing outdoors” has finally become a reality. Since 1993‚ the Internet started to take off. At present‚ the Internet has spread to more than 180 countries and regions‚ connecting more than 600‚000 domestic networks of various types‚ hooking up more than 20 million computers available to 120 million
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THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF TOURISM INTRODUCTION What comes to mind when you think about tourism? Hopefully fun‚ relaxation‚ good food‚ perhaps adventure. Tourism is possibly the greatest people-moving pursuit on the planet today‚ as well as one of the highest-grossing industries. Tourism Is one of the remarkable success stories in modern times because it can earn huge amount of money at stake. Tourism is important in many ways in the world it can be for leisure business
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Muslim Women in Western Culture SOC 315: Cross-Cultural Perspectives April 24‚ 2011 Muslim Women in Western Culture Most people have seen a woman walking down the street or in a mall clad in what appears to be scarves wrapped around her head‚ covering her hair‚ ears‚ and neck. In some situations these women even have a veil covering up most of their face. This is becoming a common occurrence in the United States as the Islamic population grows. Some may view this as a way to make these women
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Positive and Negative Impacts of Postmodernism Having its roots in the Renaissance and the Enlightenment‚ modernism was the era of universal truth which was objectively understood and interpreted by humankind. Postmodernism‚ the period starting around 1950’s to present‚ rejects this notion of an objective and universal truth. Instead the postmodernist view of meaning is ambiguous and truth is relative to an individual or a group. Furthermore‚ postmodernism rejects the validity of grand narratives
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