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    I think it is about an only family boy that loves drawing but hides it from people because they would tease his‚ he has sisters and a careless father about him‚ he gets a new neighbor that’s his age it’s a girl her family is sweet

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    The primary influence in fashion in the 1940s was war‚ which actually set out to mark the new standard. The United States had remained safe and out of the war overseas‚ between Germany‚ Japan‚ England‚ Poland‚ and France‚ but after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th‚ 1941‚ the United States declared war on Japan‚ Germany‚ and Italy‚ officially entering World War II. Before Paris fell to Germany‚ the majority of fashion designers based their designs on French apparel. The United

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    Radio In The 1940's

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    Since the beginning of radio’s “golden age” in the 1940’s‚ this form of mass media has experienced many changes from different programming‚ to advertising‚ to broadcast laws‚ etc. Beginning when the first radio station‚ KDKA‚ signed on in 1920 ‚ it was quickly being picked up as a new emerging form of mass media. By the mid-20’s radios themselves were better and easier to use‚ and by 1930‚ were being purchased by the millions. Radio not only survived but thrived through the great depression. This

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    Africa Since 1940

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    Three of those great books are: African Since 1940 The Past of the present by Frederick Cooper‚ The Nigerian Civil war by John de ST.Jorre and African Perspectives on Colonialism by A.ADU Boahen. However‚ of the three books Boahen provides more supplemental materials that support my thesis. The most

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    The dawning days of the 1940’s presents an image of America‚ with her population of businessmen and their loving wives. Everything was simple; he sustained her and‚ in turn‚ she raised his children. All was exactly as society claimed it should be‚ but‚ like all ideals‚ it didn’t last. December 7th‚ 1941‚ a day that shall live in infamy - the Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii - threw our idealistic nation into another world war. Businessmen became soldiers‚ fighting half a world away‚ and

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    Baseball In The 1940's

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    What was major league baseball like in the 1940’s? Integration was a controversial issue in the 1940’s. Many of the major league teams were interested to know more about integration which impacted many factors. The impact of black players on the field was significant. They were brought over from the Negro leagues an aggressive style of play. Black players soon established themselves as major league stars. The impact that black baseball players had in the 1940’s was powerful because it sparked the end

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    The Bebop Revolution of the 1940s Essay Title No. 4 Name: Karen mc Donagh Student Number: 110333021 Module: Music and Ideas‚ Jazz Lecturer: Paul O Donnel Submission Date: 21-January-2011 Revolution; ‘the forcible overthrow of a government or social order‚ in favour of a new system’. [1] The 1940s saw one of the greatest musical revolutions of the 20th century‚ the transition of swing to bebop. Although the exact origins of the name are ambiguous‚ it is widely accepted that the name bears

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    During the years between 1960-1970‚ there was an increase in involvement of white southerners in the Republican Party compared to the previous years of whites in the Democratic Party. This is seen as a result of a southern strategy of Conservative Republicans to centralize their campaign towards the Southern United states by appealing to racism against African Americans. “By isolating white southerners as carriers of the racist gene…the southern strategy narrative understates the role of racial

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    Russian 1940's

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    18 Russian paper #2 Tactics of the Soviets The Soviet Union in the twentieth century was a tumultuous time for Russians who wished to speak their minds and for those who wished to stretch communism to the corners of the globe. With a government consumed by annihilating its opponents and censorship‚ Soviet writers such as Nikolai Bukharin and Grigori Deborin were compelled to depict the glory of communism or face the harshest of consequences. In “Down With Factionalism!‚” Bukharin

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    today without inventions from the 1940’s. Color TV‚ LEGOs‚ Microwaves and many other things that mankind uses today were invented in the 1940’s. Some of these things had great effects on mankind‚ some of them not. There were a lot of things that were invented in the 1940’s‚ the Jeep‚ Duct Tape‚ and Silly Putty are a few examples. These things have changed the world in many ways.

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