Sports in the 1950’s Whether it’s Mark McGwire breaking the home run record‚ Terell Davis breaking the rushing record‚ or superstars retiring‚ Americans have always had a fascination with sports. Sports have provided entertainment even before radio or television. Sports provided many things for the fans that watched them. Sports allowed communities to grow stronger and provided great athletes to look up to. With the arrival of television sports took on a whole new meaning. Being able to watch
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it has come a long way from what it was once‚ but the most drastic changes came in the last 50 – 60 years. Communication has changed from people struggling to communicate over long distances to now we can virtually talk to anyone at any corner of the Earth. But it was not the same always‚ during 1950’s and 60’s was the era of revolution of communication i.e. such as telephonic answering machines created by Bell Laboratories and Western Electronics. Even though it was not affordable for most of the
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Imagine waking up and looking around‚ only to realize that while you were asleep ninety percent of the world population had vanished. In the novel Earth Abides‚ George Stewart creates this scenario and makes it a reality. The novel is centered on the life of Ish‚ who wakes up only to find he is one of the few left on earth. Having to survive and adapt‚ Ish is faced with the responsibility of making contact with other survivors of the Great Disaster. In doing so‚ Ish meets several characters and together
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Ronald Regan was famously known for his republicanism and intense anticommunist views. Serving two terms as the 40th President of the United States he used his ideals to cut taxes‚ increase defense spending and untimely bring down the Soviet Union. This is important‚ not only because it ended the Cold War‚ but it also brought a prosperous economy to the United States making Reagan’s slogan‚ “It’s Morning in America”‚ come true. This paper will examine the achievements President Reagan accomplished
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seemed to disappear. In the 1950’s‚ like in no other decade‚ people became homeowners; prosperity was plentiful and bad times were thought to be something of the past. Capitalism was working and it was working well‚ to have a better life than one’s parents was only matter of willingness. Clearly it is evident why “Americans chose the 1950’s than any other single decade as the best time for children to grow up.” (Pg32) In the essay “What We really Miss About the 1950’s” Stephanie Coontz has made several
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Every presidential election year tensions and tempers flare between opposing party supporters. This year’s election season was no different‚ perhaps even more volatile than years past. The popular phrase “lesser of two evils” was heard countless times throughout the election‚ denoting the nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to be the only available options‚ regardless of how ill received they were. The media played a monumental role in this election‚ basically framing out the nominees personalities
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Essay on Piers Plowman and The Last Election The book‚ Piers Plowman‚ is filled with allegorical figures that teach the readers morals and instruct us on the ideal ways of living. The strategies that the author‚ William Langland‚ uses to teach us these morals and values vary considerably. In the first chapter‚ or Passus I‚ Langland describes an allegorical figure to tell us about the concept of truth. In the poem‚ The Last election‚ the author‚ John Haines‚ also uses strategies to describe to
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The 1950s was an exciting time for many‚ the war was over and the economy began to flourish once more. Men were back home and ready to work and women were back to doing their womanly duties again (cooking and cleaning) this reflected the social position of the women following the war. The 1950s was all about family and being home and the clothing changed because of it. Women were back at home no longer needing to work and wearing clothing that would prevent them from doing anything but womanly tasks
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in South East Asia change in the years 1950 – 1963? The USA were involved in South East Asia between the years 1950 to 1963 mainly because of the growing threat of communism spreading through Indo-China (Vietnam‚ Laos‚ Cambodia‚ Burma‚ Malaya‚ Thailand). This thirteen-year period saw two changes in Presidency and increased military involvement in Southern Vietnam. The ‘Domino Theory’ was a speculation many presumed would occur in Eastern Europe and South East Asia; Harry S. Truman was a particular
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It was the year 2000 and a new President is going to be elected. The Presidential race was between G.W. Bush and Al Gore. The race was awfully close‚ but Florida was still up for grabs. Whichever candidate wins Florida‚ wins the election. But was the election genuine? I feel as though the election was unjust. Since the vote was so close‚ with Bush leading with 1784 votes‚ Gore decided to concede. Before he was able to give his speech‚ his campaign workers stopped him just in time to remind him that
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