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- 2341: Catch 22
- A cult classic, Catch-22 is also considered a classic in American literature. It tells the story of Captain John Yossarian, bombardier in the U.S. Army Air Force in the Second World War. Yossarian sees himself as one powerless man in an overpoweringly insane situation. Heller himself was a bombardier for the U.S. Army in the Second World War, flying in combat over Italy. He flew 60 missions before he was discharged as a lieutenant at the end of the war. After the war, Heller took a job as a copywriter for a small New York advertising agency. In 1953 he started working on Catch-22 --which he didn't complete until 1961. There was ...
- 2342: The Japanese Economy
- ... is one of the most interesting stories in modern central banking (Cargill, 1997). What is clear is that Japan, once heralded for its "miracle economy" is in its longest and most serious recession since World War II. Japan is now stuck in its eighth year of stagnation. The question of whether Japan can revive its economy remains the greatest question to Asia’s regional recovery as well as to the continued stability of the global economy. What monetary policy options does the Government of Japan have left? Post World War II Japanese Economic History Japan’s postwar economic development can be summarized into six distinctive stages (Cargill 1996): (1) 1945-50. A postwar adjustment and foundation for rapid growth provided by the Dodge Plan and the stimulus of the Korean War; (2) 1950-70. A high growth period when real GDP grew 10% per year with moderate inflation of 5% per year; (3) 1971-5. A short but turbulent period of “wild inflation,” yen appreciation, ...
- 2343: Bill Clintons Lost World
- President George Bush could build an awesome multilateral coalition for going to war with Saddam Hussein, but he didn t know the price of milk. That was the story of the 1992 presidential campaign, in which Bill Clinton sold himself to America as a candidate focused exclusively on ... leadership that Bush had prized. It was a strange moment, which spoke volumes about the fate of U.S. foreign policy and the role in it of the presidency in the years since the Cold War. Washington s allies around the world looked on in horror as the Senate shot down the painstakingly negotiated centerpiece of four decades of international efforts to put an end to the live testing of nuclear ... office of the presidency as the locus of foreign policy decision making. Voting down an arms control agreement painstakingly negotiated with Washington s key allies and adversaries would have been almost unthinkable during the Cold War. Not that the Senate didn t have the constitutional right to do so, but the global conflict with the Soviets created a political culture in which partisan debates ended at America s shores, and ...
- 2344: Demian
- ... take a turn in focus. On page 115, Demian recites a long monologue about the state of European society at that time. It is approximately 1912, two years before the outbreak of the first World War. Up until this point the novel depicted the story of Emil Sinclair and his journey towards himself. But along this journey one of the most important things that Sinclair learns is that his destiny is ... soul of Europe is a beast that has lain fettered for an infinitely long time. And when it’s free, it’s first movements won’t be the gentlest". All this foreshadows the first World War, which is only a year or so away from breaking out. Meanwhile Sinclair falls deeper in love with Frau Eva. She understands everything about him. She is able to make sense of his dreams; at ... to his love he must be confident and unafraid. His love probably would have attracted her if it had not been for the events that came about in the summer of 1914. Shortly before the war begins Demian realizes what is to come, the tragic event that would change European society forever. It meant the death of the old world, an end to the conformity, a coming of a new ...
- 2345: A Seperate Peace
- ... it A Separate Peace. A Separate Peace is a story about Gene Forrester, the protagonist of the story, and his constant struggle with the underlying emotional conflicts present in him. He has to fight a war within his own mind that every man has to fight for himself. His battles eventually uproot underlying emotions emotions of jealousy, envy, and subdued hatred that he feels for people that he had undying loyalty ... constant control of himself. It is this unending flow that not only hints at his peace, but also proves he is the human manifestation of it. Don t be a sap...there isn t any war. After his return to Devon, Finny thinks up a conspiracy theory that denounces that there was a war going on. With this, John Knowles blatantly reveals his metaphor of a separate peace, because it is only Phineas who announces this theory. Phineas again represents peace. While war hysteria is constantly enveloping his ...
- 2346: Causes Of The Great Depression
- ... and CBS. The advertising industry was also becoming reliant upon the radio as a method of advertising. There are several factors that lead to the prosperity in the automotive and radio industries. First, during World War I both the automobile and the radio were significantly improved upon. Due to the demands of the war, automobiles, radios, and the parts necessary to build these things were being produced in large quantities. The foundation existed for the auto and radio industries to take off. Second, due to the federal governments easing ... The government favored the new industries better than the agriculture. During WWI, the government had subsidized farms, and paid high prices for wheat and other grains. They told farmers to produce more food for the war effort. However, as soon as the war ended the U.S. stopped its policies to help farmers. Farmers fell into debt; farm prices and food prices dropped (Personal Interview). The problem with such heavy ...
- 2347: Richard Nixon
- ... candidate to challenge Jerry Voorhis, the popular Democratic Congressman, for his seat in the United States House of Representatives. He accuses Voorhis of being “soft” on Communism. This was damaging to him because the Cold War rivalry between the United States and USSR was just beginning. Voorhis was forced into a defensive position after the two men confronted each other in a series of debates. Nixon's campaign was an example ... gained valuable experience in international affairs as a new member of the United States Congress. He helped establish a program known as the Marshall Plan, in which the US assisted Europe rebuild itself following the war. He also served on the House Education and Labor Committee to develop the National Labor Relations Act. In 1948, writer and editor Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss, a high State Department official, of being a ... won the nomination on the first ballot at the convention and chose the governor of Maryland as his running mate. Vice-president Humphrey, his Democratic opponent, was placed under stress by Nixon from the unsuccessful war in Vietnam's effects. Nearly thirty-two million votes gave him a clear majority in the electoral college. The most important issue Nixon faced when he became president was the Vietnam war. The conflict ...
- 2348: Citizen Kane: An Accurate Portrayal of William Randolph Hearst?
- ... undignified topics" to gain circulation, sporting shocking headlines and stories of "crime and underwear." In a classic example of similarity, Kane nearly quoted Hearst exactly: "You supply the prose and poems, I'll supply the war," (Orson Wells, Citizen Kane) as Kane discussed what to telegram back to a man in Cuba. Hearst was very much anti-Spanish dur ing the Cuban revolution, and if not for his efforts, it is probable that the war would not have even been fought. But Hearst, who would do anything for a headline, cooked up incredibly falsified tales of Spanish brutality. As stories of Cuban injustice became old news to the public, especially as there was no real war, a reporter telegraphed Hearst that he would like to leave. Hearst replied, "Please remain. You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war." (Swanberg 127) Such an obvious similarity can only have been deliberate, ...
- 2349: Cuban Missile Crisis
- ... Soviet Union were to prevent any type of invasion by the United States and to stabilize the “balance of power.” Something that both the US and the Soviet Union shared was their fright of world war and even nuclear war. This is arguably the only time in history where the threat of nuclear war is possible. Things began to become very tense for both sides. President Kennedy became aware that the American army is pressuring the US government to use force against Cuba. This situation escalates so much ...
- 2350: Clarissa Dalloways Double
- ... The woman is Clarissa Dalloway, a "perfect hostess" in her early fifties, confronts the decisions she made thirty years ago. The man, intended by the author to be Clarissa's "double", is the "shell-shocked" war veteran Septimus Warren Smith who suffers delayed flashbacks over the wartime death of a comrade. The novel follows parallel stories of Clarissa and her "double," whom she has never met. Their lives are connected through ... from the love and the openness with people that should otherwise come naturally to someone with a social instinct as strong as hers. Septimus, on the other hand, has lost the ability to feel. Septimus' war experiences destroyed him emotionally that he cannot relate to other people and the external world. Septimus possesses the soul of a poet, but he is so sensitive that he cannot accept a life without feeling ... Sally...kissed her on the lips"(45). The nature of Septimus's relationship with Evans, on the other way, is vague and metaphorical. It is vague because it is not described in details: In the war, "he drew the attention, indeed the affection of his officer, Evans by name"(112). There is no indication of the strong existence of sexual passion between them. They have a metaphorical relation since they ...
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