the output was projected to increase by an enormous 180% over 5 years and there were also huge achievements in coal‚ steel and hydroelectric power productions. The targets he had set were impossibly high however Stalin believed that he could force a nation to meet them. Overall throughout his reign he achieved fantastic successes‚ but at a big human cost‚ and while industrial output soared‚ the production of consumer goods remained static. Another way Stalin was successful during his reign was through
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To what extent is obesity a public health issue and in what ways might psychologists contribute to the resolution of problems arising from it? We are‚ according to most public health authorities‚ in the midst of a pandemic of “globesity”‚ (global obesity) a term coined by the World Health Organisation in 2001. The question remains whether globesity is a disease itself‚ a symptom of underlying physiological or psychological illnesses or even a sign of social excess and therefore not a disease
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SHOULD RICH NATIONS LEND AID TO POOR ONES? Globalization is one of culprits causing greater development gaps among countries over the world‚ and the act of lending aid is remarkable behavior of rich nations to assist poor ones. To some people‚ rich nations should lend aid to poor ones because of its economic‚ diplomatic‚ politic and military advantages. Meanwhile‚ opponents claim that on account of their possibilities of financial distress in the future‚ they should not do so. I am of the former
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Western nations should not impose their standards on developing countries If we think about what is the West‚ what answers do we get? The West is the sunset‚ all that were born in the East is died in the West‚ the West is the darkness and the East is the light. And the paradox is that despite of all for historical reasons humanity used to think in terms of the West‚ takes cue from the West. What are the causes of Western predominance‚ what allows the West to dictate one’s terms to the rest of
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Social scientist Tamar Jacoby states that yes‚ America should remain a Nation of Immigrants‚ immigrants keep the economy string because they take the jobs that Americans decline and work hard for less money. Jacoby says that after the September 11 attacks‚ it caused people to fear foreigners. He also states that the foreign-born population is now at 28 million and growing and those Illegal aliens take up between 7-8 million of the population. Jacoby also declares that the population will double in
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My interest in life is going to college and to become a Chemical Engineer. Chemical Engineers is the combination of chemistry‚ math‚ and physics to design and operate the manufacturing processes. I want to major in engineering because ever since I was a child I realized that I am asking myself the same questions‚ how do things work‚ what do they do‚ and how can I do something better about the environment. I have always enjoyed challenging myself mentally‚ construct new things‚ and math is my best
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To what extent may attitudes predict behaviour? Why do people act in different ways? Some are kind‚ some are mean. Some do good‚ while other mean only harm. Some of them are aggressors‚ while others are peace holders. Some of them are positively prejudiced rather than others who almost always have a negative outlook of life and its diversities. Some of them feel a sense of sympathy towards an object or a subject‚ while others dislike it. Exploring and understanding behaviour and all
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States. The Articles of Confederation was an agreement among the thirteen founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states. At the time that the Articles of Confederation were put into place‚ our new nation was encountered with many economic and political problems. The Articles of Confederation did solve some of them. The problems solved by the Articles of Confederation were the desire for final American independence resulting in the negotiation of the
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To what extent is “An Inspector calls” a socialist play? J.B Priestley uses his play as tool to get across his message of socialism. Priestley was a well known socialist and so would obviously want to express his views in some way. Priestley uses “AIC” to convey his views on capitalism and socialism: he uses the Inspector and some of the other characters as his mouthpiece of socialism‚ and uses some of the more arrogant and ugly characters to represent capitalism. Priestley would obviously be
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Should Nuclear Nations disarm their nuclear weapons? Why? Nuclear weapons: a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction. Countries with Nuclear Weapons Capability: Acknowledged: U.K.‚ China‚ France‚ India‚ Pakistan‚ Russia‚ United States‚ Israel‚ North Korea1 Seeking: Syria‚ Iran Abandoned: South Africa constructed but then voluntarily dismantled six uranium bombs. Belarus‚ Kazakhstan‚ Ukraine; when Soviet Union broke up‚ these former states possessed
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