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    War, corruption, scandal, sounds like the theme for a movie. Actually it describes the atmosphere of our country during the 1970’s. The decade of the 1970’s was a decade filled with political, social, and environmental issues that have had a lasting impact on America today. Some of the issues that affected our country in the first half of the 1970’s carried over from the decade before. One of the first notable events was the Kent State massacre. The year was 1970 and President Richard Nixon

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    Throughout this essay, I will discuss Henry Ford 's life: the bright and the down sizes. Even if, he was one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time, he received many critics: lot of people believed that Henry Ford was too controversial and this had truly affected Ford and his company. Henry Ford is, generally speaking, credited with devising and implementing the assembly-line method. By doing so, Mr. Ford made different things possible such as production, marketing, consumption and this

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    The 2015 Dodge Durango and the 2015 Ford Explorer are both sport utility vehicles, SUV for short, with lots of class and style. These two vehicles are widely sold across the United States. They are known for their sleek style and appearance. The 2015 Dodge Durango is in its third generation. It is a three-row unibody SUV that shares its platform with the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the last generation of the Mercedes-Benz M-class. The Dodge Durango stretches 202.1 inches long, 75.8 inches wide and 70

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    The Argument over “ Hills Like White Elephants” Continues Ernest Hemingway was an American author and journalist. One of his most famous and controversial pieces “Hills Like White Elephants” is frequently discussed among authors and readers. In this short story there is a girl and a American man sitting at a train station. The girls name is Jig, we come to find out that she is pregnant and that the two are disusing whether to keep the baby or not. They question each other to see if the options would

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    1. Define deference & staid Deference is a way of behaving that shows respect for someone or something. Staid is sedate, respectable, and unadventurous. 2. What had most states imposed on white adult males by 1821, & how was voting conducted @ this time? Most states imposed property and taxpaying requirements on the white adult males who alone had the vote, and they conducted voting by voice. 3. How were presidential electors chosen? Presidential electors were chosen by state legislatures.

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    plague-spot, and how we were to live through the warm summer weather in the midst of such fearful surroundings, was more than we cared to think of just then.” Andersonville is a southern camp that could easily be compared to concentration camps,. Henry Wirz, in charge of Andersonville, was tried and executed for the crimes that he committed while being in charge.

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    Brawley TA: Alice Chessé Topic 16 The Rise of Realpolitik 
 The Nixon-Kissinger partnership is considered by academics and policymakers as one of the most powerful collaborations in the history of US foreign policy. Richard Nixon appointed Henry Kissinger, Jewish-German émigré, as his national security advisor during his presidency. Although the two came from vastly different backgrounds, their bond was marked by a strong sense of cohesion and agreement on key foreign policy challenges, such

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    generated enough controversy to almost insight a civil war. In the U.S. senate, in February 1832, Kentucky Senator Henry Clay gave a speech called “In defense of the American System.” Henry Clay’s “American System” included a protective tariff, a national bank, and federally funded internal improvements. In the speech, Clay defined the most important part of the American system. Henry Clay stated, “…The policy we have been considering ought to be continued to be regarded as the genuine American System

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    Ford’s Assembly Line The acronym PERSIA denotes the categories Political, Economic, Religion, Social, Intellectual and Aesthetic into an easy way of remembering one of many systematic models. These six categories are used to organize and explain technology’s effect and changes over a long period of time. By categorizing a specific topic or idea, one may easily be able to understand the importance that topic, idea and technology has impacted a person, culture, country, and even history. Thus, providing

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    Goldman Sachs on Wall Street Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869 with a humble purpose of providing loans to small business and creating a market for the loans through commercial paper. However, in the late 1920s the business drifted from its humble roots and took on an investment strategy. As years went by, the company grew bigger and bigger until it was extremely successful. During this time the company made many of decisions that would be considered unethical or “gray”, these decisions may not

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