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- 1061: The Telephone
- ... up meetings and discuss business matters with partners thousands of miles away. Companies that posessed a telephone had a enormous advantage over the rest. And in a time as economically troubled as the 30's depression, everyone was looking for a competitive edge. The telephone wasn't invented in the thirties, nor was the first transatlantic line built then, but the thirties represents a time in history when the world was ...
- 1062: The Biography of Husband E. Kimmel
- ... sustained light injuries to his left arm. Once he transferred to a shore command in the domestic U.S., he longed to return to the sea and eventually found himself stationed in Hawaii. When the depression hit in the early 30's, he had finally rose to the position of Captain and then later to Commodore. He maintained his position as an aide to the Fleet command until his superiors retired ...
- 1063: How the 60's Changed Our Lives
- How the 60's Changed Our Lives When the soldiers returned from WWII, they returned to a country that was flourishing again. The Great Depression had finally come to an end, and the economy was back where it should be. "Leave it to Beaver" may have been somewhat stereotypical, but it still remains a fairly accurate portrayal of the average ...
- 1064: The Reign of Hitler
- ... source of all their problems. Since the country was in chaos after the war, and was forced to pay billions in damages, The Germans saw hope in Adolf Hitler. In the late 20's the depression hit which made the situation even worse. Hitler in his speeches blamed the Jews and Communists for their misfortunes and many listed. Unemployment was very high at that time standing at about 25%. Hitler also ...
- 1065: Brief History of Library Automation: 1930-1996
- ... 1930's when punch card equipment was implemented for use in library circulation and acquisitions. During the 30's and early 40's progress on computer systems was slow which is not surprising, given the Depression and World War II. In 1945, Vannevar Bush envisioned an automated system that would store information, including books, personal records and articles. Bush(1945) wrote about a hypothetical "memex" system which he described as a ...
- 1066: Comparing Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein
- ... means to assume power (Dorpanlen 2). Released as a result of a general amnesty in December 1924, he rebuilt his party without interference with those whose government he had tried to overthrow. When the Great Depression, struck in 1929, he explained it as a Jewish-Communist plot, an explanation accepted by the German. Promising a strong Germany, jobs, and national glory, he attracted millions of voters. Nazi representation in Reichstag (parliament ...
- 1067: Adolf Hitler
- ... served dictating his autobiography Mein Kampf. Released as a result of a general amnesty in December 1924, he rebuilt his party without interference from those whose government he had tried to overthrow. When the Great Depression struck in 1929, his explanation of it as a Jewish-Communist plot was accepted by many Germans. Promising a strong Germany, jobs, and national glory, he attracted millions of voters. Nazi representation in the Reichstag ...
- 1068: Life and Work of Shirley Jackson
- ... under the care of a psychiatrist. But even during the worst periods, she never stopped working; she used her typewriter as therapy-to write pages and pages of anything she pleased to unburden herself of depression into which she sank" (Friedman, 36). In 1962, "We Have Always Lived in the Castle", a novel she started three years earlier, was finished. It soon made the best-seller list, and "Time" magazine named ...
- 1069: The Functions of Setting in A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
- ... while he was a good client they knew that if he became too drunk he would leave without paying, so they kept watch on him" (141). The waiters' views of the old man and his depression are displayed to the reader by the old man's drinking as well as the night time setting and lonely atmosphere. The younger waiter walked over to the young man as he rapped on the ...
- 1070: AROMTHERAPY
- ... wide range of symptoms. Aromatherapy can help ease a wide assortment of ailments; easing aches, pains, and injuries, while relieving the discomforts of many health problems. Aromatherapy also acts on the central nervous system, relieving depression and anxiety, reducing stress, relaxing, uplifting, sedating or stimulating, restoring both physical and emotional well-being. Although Aromatherapy is consider to be a new and alternative foram of medicine in the western world, however it ...
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