2013 The “Booms” of the 1950s After the war during the 1950s many aspects of life started to “boom”. The booming economy‚ booming suburban life‚ and the “baby boom” all occurred. After World War II ended‚ people had positive attitudes about life and wanted to have many children and create the perfect family. People believed their lives would now be prosperous and filled with happiness. Unemployment was low and the middle-class had money to spend. In the beginning of the 1950s everything seemed to
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What are swing voters and how important are they in US elections? Swing voters labelled floating in the UK and independent in the USA‚ swing voters are de-aligned and lack strong party identification‚ and their votes cannot be predicted or taken for granted. As a result‚ the voter’s behaviour in an election is not easy to predict; the voter may cross party lines‚ for example‚ or decide to abstain from voting altogether. Many political campaigns expend a great deal of effort in trying to win the
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The new political system was established by the interim constitution voted into law in late 1993 and officially implemented on April 27‚ 1994. The interim constitution provides for a Government of National Unity and for a five-year transition‚ during which the final constitution would be drafted by the Constitutional Assembly‚ consisting of the combined Senate and National Assembly. To understand fully the revolutionary nature of the new government and the direction that the political transition
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The Vietnam War: 1955-1975 The Vietnam War was highly controversial throughout the world it was one of the most recent wars as it occurred between 1955-1975 this was primarily a civil war until the United States got involved this in turn pulled several other countries into the midst of the war. This was one of the major wars that occurred after the two biggest wars in history World War One and World War Two‚ although it is on a much smaller scale for instance there was a significantly smaller playing
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Congress had an emphatic victory in 2009 Lok Sabha elections. UPA-2 started on a high by winning almost full majority on its own. However‚ their second term has been marred with controversies and corruption allegations. Starting with Commonwealth Games scam‚ every few months saw a new scam coming out like Adarsh Society scam and the biggest of all‚ the 2G scam. Fuel and commodity prices have risen sharply in the past few years adding to the woes of common man. Crusade against black money and corruption
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The Manipulation of a Small Nation Propaganda‚ or the manipulation and control of language‚ is an essential element when creating a successful totalitarian government. In Animal Farm‚ George Orwell illustrates just how crucial propaganda really is for these regimes. He illustrates how the pigs‚ through the use of propaganda‚ could control information on the farm as well as justify their own questionable actions to thus assume and maintain power on Animal Farm. Propaganda allowed the pigs to control
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the time in a large extent. The treaties led Germany and her allies a very harsh punishment and suffered a lot at the time. The War Guilt Clause made them had to accept the total responsibility which was unfair because the Allies also caused the war happened. The ￡6.6 billion reparation from Germany was unacceptable for German at the time and led to the hyperinflation in 1923 and other economic problems. They had to pay reparations at the same time when their valuable land such as the Saar coal fields
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The Vietnam War throughout history has been debated as whether or not it was a necessary war. Some say the war is considered necessary because President Truman was simply trying to help stop the increase of communism in Southeast Asia so that communism wouldn’t spread to other nations. While others say the war was unnecessary because it was the first war the United States lost. In the text‚ Major Problems of American History‚ it was stated that people even consider America’s involvement in the Vietnam
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11/8/12 Election Day was November 6th‚ 2012! I wasn’t ready but I was ready. I was sitting in the living room with my mom and little brothers. We were flipping from Fox 13 to CNN. I was getting nervous and so were my brothers. I was on the edge of the couch‚ I kept closing my eyes and slickly opening them back up and biting my nails. It was a close race though. Thank the lord Obama won!!! Barack Obama: 50% with 303 electoral votes Mitt Romney: 48% with 206 electoral votes The race was quicker
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Experiment #2 “Density Determinations” Report The objective for experiment #2 was “to determine densities of objects/salt solutions with different concentrations of salt‚ to see how density changes as a function of concentration.” In experiment #2‚ part II‚ calculations of Density of NaCL solutions were made from 0%-25% NaCL concentration. My hypothesis was that as the % increased‚ so would the density‚ because adding weight would increase the density of each solution. The density calculations
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