The Bridge of the Americas The Bridge of the Americas (Spanish: Puente de las Américas; originally known as the Thatcher Ferry Bridge) is a road bridge in Panama‚ which spans the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. Completed in 1962‚ at a cost of US$20 million‚ it was the only non-swinging bridge (there are two other bridges‚ one at the Miraflores locks and one at the Gatun locks) connecting the north and south American land masses until the opening of the Centennial Bridge in 2004. The bridge
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Latin America: The Creation of New People Latin America: The Creation of New People Bradford Burns‚ the author of Latin America: An Interpretive History has put a lot of thought in my mind‚ of who and what where the first people of Latin America. Because of them‚ many of us are here today. But who are they? The new world‚ which came to be known as Latin America; numerous types of people migrated to this part of the world. A group of people known as the indigenous migrated from Asia and
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United States of America in 1959 In the 1950s‚ after emerging from WWII‚ United States of America was the wealthiest and most powerful country on the globe. The United States was admired by everyone and considered the land of opportunity. The economy was booming and the american dream was flourishing. America in 1959 was a much different place than it is today. America is a great country and had some interesting ideas and fads going on during 1959‚ but not everything was so great. The expansion
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Obesity in America. Childhood obesity is a huge health problem in United States that affects about 12.5 million children and teens in this country alone. Since 1960 scientist have been monitoring obesity problem in United States and between 1980’s and 1990’s they have seen a drastic increase in childhood obesity from about 5% to sky high 15% which is a concerning number for young people. There are many different reasons why young people develop obesity in this country. The major reason why
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circumstance available to achieve one’s goals. It is a word that is especially applicable to America; the idea of America as nation where anybody has the opportunity to succeed is so embedded into the American identity that “opportunity” has transcended its dictionary definition. It has become an intrinsic part of the American Dream‚ a word ingrained with the history of many generations. To many‚ America is often considered the land of opportunity; from the earliest colonizers‚ who sailed across
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How to fix America The United States of America might be the reason humanity prevails and thrives‚ or the reason it ceases to exist. In order to make this country‚ that we call home‚ great again some major changes need to come into effect. Unfortunately‚ that won’t be a simple task‚ but it must be done. The social and economic policies that the United States government is built upon are flawed‚ and need to be revised. For example‚ the Welfare policy is a huge issue due to the easy manipulation
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J Soh Prof‚ R.man History of America 26 March 2013 The American Revolution: Revolutionary or Nonrevolutionary? Three months ago‚ we had a presidential election in my country. This election also was a showdown between the conservative and the progressive camp. The election was a close-run thing. No one could predict this very close election. We had two strong candidates‚ Guen- hye Park and Jae-in Moon. My parents supported conservative group. And I was kind of attracted to progressive
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Class in America ---2006 page 319 1. (1)Myth1 : “ The United State is fundamentally a classless society” and “ class distinctions are largely irrelevant today” are wrong. Myth2 : “We are‚ essentially‚ a middle-class nation” and “ most Americans have achieved relative affluence in what is widely recognized as a consumer society.” are wrong. Myth3: “ We are all getting richer.” and “ each generation propels itself to greater economic well-being.” are wrong. Myth4: “ Everyone has an
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No Equality in America In “ The Growing Gulf Between Rich and the Rest of the Us” Holly Sklar claims the American is not real because America has more poverty than other developed countries and less chance for the poor to become rich. There is no American Dream anymore because most of the money to rich people . The rich people are richest than all the country together. The Middle Class fights to stay in the middle class because it is really difficult to stay in this place.
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52 percent of Americans (that were polled) believed doing their taxes was easier than figuring out how to eat healthy. Over 10 billion donuts are consumed in the US every year and ⅔ of us are overweight. But why Americans? Why not China or South America? Here’s why. A few reasons stand out. Americans eat unhealthy foods. They eat more sugar and artificial sweeteners than any other people on earth. Americans also experience more episodes of acute hunger each day than any other people on earth
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