The rise of the Untied States in the 20th century as the world’s leading superpower is because they followed a foreign policy of imperialism‚ which furthered their economic expansion throughout the world. When studying imperialism many people think of imperialism as the well-known traditional British imperialism in Africa. However‚ William Appleman Williams argues in his book‚ The Tragedy of American Diplomacy‚ that the U.S. formed a new type of imperialism in the 20th century‚ which was unique to
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carriers (ULCC) built in the 1970s were over 1‚300 feet (400 m) long and had a capacity of 500‚000 DWT. Several factors encouraged this growth. Hostilities in the Middle East which interrupted traffic through the Suez Canal contributed‚ as did nationalization of Middle East oil refineries. Fierce competition among shipowners also played a part. But apart from these considerations is a simple economic advantage: the larger an oil tanker is‚ the more cheaply it can move crude oil‚ and the better it can
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being the only legal party. The FLN was to exercise collective leadership and rule the country from a central political bureau. All the fashionable accoutrements of post-colonial socialist government were activated‚ including centralization‚ nationalization of private industry and land reform. A constitution was passed by popular referendum in 1963 which gave the president wide-ranging powers and few restraints. During his three years as President of Algeria‚ Ben Bella made some attempts to revive
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Paul Robeson - the valedictorian of his class at Rutgers and an All-American and then professional football player. He graduated from Columbia Law school but decided to leave the profession when it became clear that because he was black‚ he would be limited to doing research and not take on other jobs that white lawyers far inferior to him would be able to do so. So Robeson who had one of the more amazing voices one would ever hear‚ became the best-selling singer in American‚ and then a star on
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* * Home * About Site * Content Quality Guidelines * * * * * * Suggest Us * Report Errors * Contact Us 1036 Words Essay on Indian Economy: Adopting New Approach By Dipti After independence‚ India chartered a path of economic development based on mixed economy‚ building a new industrial structure around the public sector and a closely monitored‚ regulated and controlled system where government played the role of licenser in the process of building
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over the world by early 1990s‚ idleness would not prevent it from eventual decline and bankruptcy. It is disturbing to think that one of the oldest car manufacturers in the world‚ that was considerably successful on global scale prior to its nationalization‚ gradually stagnated and lagged behind its western competitors to such an extent‚ that when the markets opened up again in early 1990s‚ without appropriate remedy‚ it would have not only been crippled‚ but sentenced to
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Company Overview Chevron was found in Pico Canyon‚ Los Angeles in 1879 with the name of Pacific Coast Oil Co. Later it was renamed to Standard Oil Company of California. The company was known as Chevron after the acquisition of Gulf Oil Corporation in 1984. This merger was the largest merger till that time in the history of the United States and it doubled the oil and gas reserves of the company. Chevron merged with Texaco in 2001 & formed a new company named ChevronTexaco. Texaco was one of the
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Bibliography: The Insurance Act‚ 1938 The Insurance Act‚ 1938 was the first legislation governing all forms of insurance to provide strict state control over insurance business. General Insurance Business (Nationalization) Act‚ 1972 The General Insurance Business (Nationalization) Act 1972 was enacted to nationalize the 100 odd general insurance companies and subsequently merging them into four companies Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act‚ 1999 Till 1999‚ there were not any
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INTRODUCTION BANKING SYSTEM IN INDIA What is a bank ? A bank is a financial institution that provides banking and other financial services to their customers. A bank is generally understood as an institution which provides fundamental banking services such as accepting deposits and providing loans. There are also nonbanking institutions that provide certain banking services without meeting the legal definition of a bank. Banks are a subset of the financial
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Socialist law From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search |[pic] |This law-related article does not cite its references or sources. You can help Wikipedia by including appropriate citations‚ | | |which can be found through legal research. | |[pic] |Please help improve this article by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (July 2007)
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