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    The 60s of Fashion Mary Quant once stated “ I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn’t like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted” (“Brainyquote”). Back in the 1960s designers thought the clothes that people had to wear was to boring so they wanted to make their own designer clothes. Mod fashion was a type of a style that was very huge in the 60s because of designers‚ colors‚ and it changed the fashion world. Mod fashion was huge in the 60s because of

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    Hair Spray In The 1950s

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    all‚ and fashions reflected this. Hair spray‚ made of liquid plastics and vinyl that harden when they are sprayed on the hair to form a kind of shell that keeps the hair from falling out of its style‚ became very popular during the 1950s and early 1960s. Styles were crisp and clean‚ and hairstyles were held in place with aerosol hair spray. Aerosol sprays‚ substances dispensed from a pressurized can‚ had been developed for use with insecticides during World War II‚ and they were quickly adopted by

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    The Nineteen Sixties The 1960s was the decade of change‚ revolution and freedom for both Britain and America. To many the 60’s are remembered as the ’swinging sixties’ a golden age‚ which was enjoyed immensely‚ but others blame the 1960’s for some of the failings in society. In the mid 1950’s Britain was recovering from a long period of economic hardship after a long and draining war. Shortages and austerity were still very much part of everyday life there was little mobility

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    other students are included for each week.   Week 4: DQ 1: How would you calculate cost of goods sold? What items make up cost of goods sold? DQ 2:  In your opinion‚ why are perpetual inventory systems so much more popular today than in the early 1960s and earlier? Why would a company employing a perpetual inventory system still take a physical inventory periodically? ACC 290 Week 4 Discussion Questions and Responses www.paperscholar.com DIRECT LINK TO THIS STUDY GUIDE: http://www.paperscholar

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    Now and Then

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    become an information society. In today’s world we rely on our televisions‚ cell phones‚ radios‚ and computers for everything under the moon. However times were different in the 1960’s. Life in the 1960s was both better for the people and significantly different to life today. There are two different positions taken about the 1960’s in America. One side says that the sixties were good for America and changed the way Americans live for the better. The other side says that the sixties were bad for America

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    Social Movements and Trends: Sexual Liberation Dewayne Conner HIS 145/ University of Phoenix Professor Battaglia In the 1960’s‚ America was in a state of continuous change. America was seeing a new trend and one of these changes was sexual revolution. The ultra-conservative ways of the country were on a steady decline‚ and liberalism was at an all-time high.   Citizens were beginning to be outspoken when questioning their government about its activities. Housewives

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    Universal Soldier

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    About Buffy Sainte-Marie As a college student in the early 1960s Buffy Sainte-Marie became known as a writer of protest songs and love songs. But unknown to most of the mainstream public‚ she was even then spending as much time around the drum at a small Indian reserve in Canada as she was in front of a microphone on the concert stages of the world. Having written "Universal Soldier"‚ one of the anthems of the 60s peace movement‚ she was nonetheless absent from the big mass protest marches‚ in

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    management accounting. Contingency Theory 1980’s – 1990’s – Universalistic rules are not appropriate Contingency Theory 1980’s – 1990’s – Universalistic rules are not appropriate Agency Theory 1960’s and 1970’s‚ Contracts between the various parties in the firm Conventional wisdom Before the 1960’s‚ involved accurate accumulation of costs and systems based on standards Strategic Management Theory 1990’s to date Recognizes the external environment of the firm Figure [ 1 ] Evolution

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    A 200 year democracy

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    sounds like a prophecy doesn’t it. Alexander Tyler also stated that‚ during the two hundred years‚ a democracy would go through eight phases: bondage‚ spiritual faith‚ great courage‚ liberty‚ abundance‚ complacency‚ apathy‚ and dependence. In the 1960s Joseph Olsen‚ a professor of Hamline University: School of Law had the theory that we were in the complacency to apathy phase‚ and well on our way toward the dependency phase. This was in the sixties‚ who knows where we may be now. With that said

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    Social Movement

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    less spontaneous coming together of people whose relationships are not defined by rules and procedures but who merely share a common outlook on society. I have always envisioned myself being a part of some type of social movement. I was born in the 1960’s and there was a great amount of movement going on in the world during my early years as a child. As I got older I observed the peace and love of the “hippies” and wished that I could have been older and more involved. I believe the social movement

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