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    Australia Family Law

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    Marriage is defined as the legally recognized union of two people, historically and in some jurisdictions its specifically a union between a man and a woman but more recently gay marriage has been accepted in 26 countries, one being Australia. A de facto relationship too is recognised by the law, defined in Section 4AA of the Family Law Act 1975. When marriages breakdown, Australia's legal system attempts to ensure a just outcome for all parties, however there can be many difficulties facilitating

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    event shaped the way in which people then and today, live. Without this bomb, Japan would not have faced the inhumane murder of thousands upon thousands of its children, women and men, and the possible start of the Cold War between powers in the “Western Bloc” (the United States, and its allies) and powers in the “Eastern Bloc” (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact). However, the bomb also initiated the advancement of medical science, and the end of World War II, with Japan surrendering

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    A Brief Look at Armenia

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    Armenia is nine hours ahead of Lincoln, Nebraska or Central Standard Time (CST). That means at 1:30 PM in Lincoln, it would be 10:30 PM in Yerevan. Ney , Rick. "Weather in Armenia ." TourArmenia | Travel Guide to Armenia. TransWorld Resources International, Inc. , n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2014. <http://www.tacentral.com/weather.asp>. 4. Weather- Most of the country has a dry, high-altitude climate. Armenia is currenty in its spring season. This season is characterized by the flowers and warmer temperatures

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    Hampton Road Assessment

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    of Revenue, and Commonwealth Attorney . Norfolk is classified as the major business, financial, and educational hub of Hampton Roads.(hamptonroadschamber) The City also hosts the world’s largest United States Naval Base and one of the busiest international ports on the East Coast (www.norfolk.gov). According to the 2010 U.S Census, the racial breakdown in Norfolk is as follows:

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    • “We may not get 100 percent of what we want in the postwar world, but I think we can get 85 percent,”- President Harry Truman • Soviet Union had lost more than 20 million of its people/ Americans were only less than half a million • Grand Alliance created a cold war that lasted more than 40 years • U.S adopted the role of “global policeman” and “economic caretaker” of Europe • Reason was for attempts to stop communist threat to world peace & stability • “Red Scare” and nuclear arm race were the

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    Developing nations especially face problems of overpopulation because of their tendency to have more children to work and support the families. Many of the most overpopulated nations are located in the Middle East, as well as in nations of Europe. II. Past UN Actions: In order to address the issue of overpopulation, the United Nations established the UN

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    standards of a modern country. Following the post-World War II era came the opportunity for the world's most powerful nations to make a significant impact on a war-torn world. The two super-power nations of the time, the United States and the Soviet Union, craved to influence vulnerable and poverty-ridden nations like Africa as these natives were easily to manipulate. A desire to spread and influence western ideology, specifically Christianity, to rural nations is depicted in Barbra Kingsolver's novel

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    Title: Unions have played a significant role in workforce history, have they outlived their purpose. Abstract: Labor unions are lawfully recognized as envoys of employees in many companies in the United States. Activities of labor unions are centered on collective bargaining over workers’ benefits, working conditions, and salaries. They also stand in for their members in disagreements with management over the contract provisions violation. There are also larger unions that

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    Bien Phu, an international conference to settle the Indochina conflict began in Geneva, Switzerland. There , representatives of the French and Vietminh attempted to to map out Indochina’s future. Cambodia, Great Britain, Laos, the People’s Replublic of China, The Soviet, and the United

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    In a time when America was at an all time low, a retired actor from a small town in Illinois would rally Americans to stand together and overcome a crumbling economy, communism, growing foreign tensions with the middle east, and to wage war on the home front against the use and spread of drugs. To many all around the world , this man would become the savior of America. Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 to Jack and Nelle Reagan in Tampico, Illinois. The Reagan family moved to Dixon

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