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    20th Century Ladies

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    The measure of ladies in steel, hardware, shipbuilding, flying machine, and auto production lines likewise dropped. From 1.7 million ladies at work in 1944, those commercial enterprises had just occupation positions for 580,000 ladies in 1947 (Campbell, p.72). This uncommon drop in the measure of ladies in the work power happened in light of the fact that the war had finished. The U.S. didn't keep every one of the industrial facilities, that were utilized to assemble wartime machines and

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    To start with, UFOs have been sighted by various people from all around the world. The most famous and controversial incident took place in Roswell. Also known as the Roswell incident. The Roswell incident was about a man named Max Brazel. Crop circles have been reported many times as well mostly by farmers. We don’t know if any of them were faked, or if all of them were faked, or even if all of them are real. Next, A UFO is an unidentified flying object that can be seen in all shapes or sizes

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    trading our liberty for security we lose both, and thus, move towards losing our democracy. Prior to the events of 9/11 our national security plan was not heavily touched upon. It had remained more or less stable since 1947 when President Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947. During President Bush’s time in office prior to 9/11 the only steps he took to change any aspect were ones toward foreign policy. “During his first nine months in office, Bush made clear his intentions to move the

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    Qantas Mission Statement

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    McMaster and Arthur Baird established Qantas in Winton, Queensland. Qantas is an abbreviation for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited. Today it is Australia’s largest domestic and international airline and was nationalised during 1947 after the Australian government purchased all shares in Qantas. Qantas is currently considered to be the world’s leading long distance airline and one of the most powerful labels in Australia. Qantas is persistent in providing exceptional service to

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    Cigarette Ads Essay

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    essay 3-19-2012 Cigarette ads over the years From 1947-2000 cigarette ads have changed in more than just one way. Each ad pinpoints a certain stereotype of a person as well as containing a slogan that assures the viewer of which stereotype the ad is pertaining to. Each ad does a great job of matching the slogan with the image, while drawing in consumers and maintaining the fulfillment of the consumer’s prefrence. The ad used in 1947 for Camel cigarettes claims “More Doctors smoke Camels

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    In October 1947, the federal government subpoenaed a number of persons working in Hollywood to testify at hearings. Opening the hearings were appearances by Walt Disney and Ronald Reagan, who at the time was the president of the Screen Actors Guild. They both testified

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    Communism In The 1950's

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    From the 1930’s to the 1950’s, many things were happening in the world. America went through the Great Depression and soon entered into World War II. But yet, one of the main topics during the 1930’s and 1950’s was Communism. Communism was a domestic threat to the U.S. because the country was afraid Communism would ruin the American way of life, the Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism all over the world, and some U.S. citizens participated in helping the Soviet Union secretly. Communism, a political

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    Cold War Dbq Essay

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    Before the mid twentieth century, wars fought between opposing groups involved the colliding forces of two armies on a designated battlefield. However, the Cold War occuring during the years 1947 and 1991 between the major democratic and communist countries of the world proved monumental, as it spurred a crucial time period marked by a series of non-violent engagements. Due to opposing governmental beliefs and a competition for the most powerful nuclear arsenal, the time period is still categorized

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    Negro baseball leagues have a deep historical significance. Racism and “Jim Crow” laws encouraged segregation of African-Americans and whites. Arguably, the players on the negro baseball leagues were some of the best ever. Even today they are still being recognized and honored for their wonderful contribution to baseball as a whole. It started when major league owners had made a “gentleman’s agreement” to keep blacks from playing in the game. The barrier that went up was finally broken with a few

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    The Cold War was one of the wars that made everyone hold their breaths and ponder would would happen next and when. The Cold War was a time period between 1947 to1991 in which the Western powers (US) and the USSR competed with each other in a tense rivalry and strive to outperform one another. It was also one of the key moments in history which spiked a motive and drive to develop and produce new strategies, weapons, and technologies. There was no actual fighting which took place (hence the name

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