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- 1931: Peru
- ... metric tons) in the late 1980s, were sugarcane (6.2 million), potatoes (2 million), rice (1.1 million), corn (880,000), seed cotton (280,000), coffee (103,000), and wheat (134,000). Peru is the world's leading grower of coca, from which the drug cocaine is refined. The livestock population included about 3.9 million cattle, 13.3 million sheep, 1.7 million goats, 2.4 million hogs, 875,000 ... late 1980s was 7.7 million cu m. The fishing industry is extremely important to the country's economy and accounts for a significant portion of Peru's exports. It underwent a remarkable expansion after World War II (1939-1945); the catch in the late 1980s was about 5.6 million metric tons annually. More than three-fifths of the catch is anchovies, used for making fish meal, a product in ...
- 1932: NAFTA
- NAFTA The North America market is one of the richest in the world. Measured in terms of GDP, it is the equivalent of Western Europe. But with a somewhat smaller population, GDP per capita in North America, Canada, Mexico and the U.S., is around 12 percent higher ... estimated 9 billion dollars. AT&T (U.S. major telecommunications company) is worth approximately 108 billion. These numbers should speak for them selves. Although it hasn't happened yet, AT&T could attempt a competition war on Bell Canada There are many ways to view North American markets. Initially, they can be viewed as three national markets, with certain differentiating characteristics in terms of tastes, preferences, disposable incomes and spending patterns ... in the U.S., at US $669 billion in 1994, was about double that of Germany, the second largest market for imports. Simply put, the U.S. market is a magnet for companies around the world. What is less appreciated about the U.S. market is that it is all easily accessible from Canada. There are more than 110 million consumers within a day's drive of southern Ontario. Montreal, ...
- 1933: Ferdinand Graf Von Zeppelin
- ... Academy and the University of Tübingen. He entered the Prussian army in 1858 and went to the United States in 1863 to work as a military observer for the Union army and observed the Civil War. Zeppelin served in the Franco-German War of 1870-1871; he retired in 1891 with the rank of brigadier general. It was quite usual in his noble and high-decorated family, that he chose a military career. And later explored the headwaters ... that time preferred modern opinions over combat tactics, which brought his career into conflicts with the military authorities. In the age of 52, he was prematurely retired in 1890 for his criticism of the Prussian war office, giving him free time to work on his airship ideas. Zeppelin now finally found the time to concern himself with his visions to the topic of "Lenkbare Luftschiffe" or "guidable airships". This idea ...
- 1934: America and the Camel
- ... fact that smoking is bad for them, because doctors, during this time period, did not have the technology to see what cigarettes did to the body. The second advertisement is from 1944 and focuses on war. During 1944 the United States fought in World War II against the Axis Powers. This Camel advertisement depicts this time period by showing two fighter pilots lighting a cigarette while two more shoot guns out of a bomber. The advertisement tries to show ...
- 1935: The Holocaust
- ... that 75% of historical events are repeated. The Holocaust is an event that we do not want repeated so a certain social group will not have to re-live the past. My grandmother lived through World War II and the Holocaust and watched the events leading up to it, we need students to understand these events through the English I class since they do not have the personal experience. By understanding the Holocaust, we will lessen the likelihood of history repeating itself. The Holocaust was a world shattering event, that change the social structure of the civilized world. By teaching the Holocaust, students will understand the far-reaching effects of this event. When the subject is brought up, they will understand ...
- 1936: La Cosa Nostra
- ... crime in the United States. The new American Mafia came to power during the Prohibition by organizing the sale of outlawed alcohol, but after Prohibition was revoked, the Mafia needed a new “racket.” During the war, the Mafia got government issued ration stamps and sold them on the black market. These days the Mafia is involved in running prostitution, unions, construction, and gambling. New York, also called the “City that never ... the Five Families “go to the mattresses” over power, money, and drugs. While wars like this do happen, they aren’t very common and the last one took place over ten years ago. In this war there were not many casualties, but Families did lose territory. This organized crime group is controlled by a hierarchy. At the very top of it all is the Don, or Boss. Right below him is ... it was in Sicily. “Say what you will about me, but don’t think it applies to my family.” (Godfather II) The Mafia, a group of stylized criminals, exists as a hidden power in our world today and shall remain to do so into the new millenium by controlling underground markets and making this world an offer they can’t refuse. Bibliography The Godfather. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Perf. Marlon ...
- 1937: Communism: Overview
- ... the running of his government, especially from Joseph Stalin. Stalin helped to advise Lenin on almost all of his problems. He even went as far as to help lead the Red Army in the Civil War (Brzezinski 25). The theory of communism was developed by Karl Marx. He was born in Trier of the Rhineland Germany to Jewish parents and spent his life in an effort to improve the life of ... that the revolution was the result of the purposeful intervention of the elite group (Daniels 20). Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashivili, more commonly called Joseph Stalin, also rose as one of the most powerful men in the world, especially with his commuist backing (Brzezinski 27). He was exiled to Siberia early in his politiacl carrer, and returded to help support the Bolshevik party. He was extrememly influential in decison making with Lenin, and in 1922 he was raised to the Secretary-General of the Bolshevik party (Miller 68). Stalin became a primary leader at Lenins death. Stalin helped to create the Cold War Period. The cold war was essentially created as a result of the soviets wanting to keep itself secure and happy on their own. The Soviet Union also made demands from other countries to help ...
- 1938: Gateway To Heaven" - Tiananmen
- ... is a sea of black hair moving from side to side, up and down, in unison, everyone trying desperately not to drown. I tread toward the edge of the curb and am taken into a world of raging machine's, streetcars, bicycles, and automobiles, racing down the street carrying even more people to some important place. I see a void in the racetrack and take a chance to run across the ... at a substandard job provided by the government, whose main emphasis of which is on the working class and how much money they can make for the economy to lift China into the Modern Western World. "Mei Ling, what are you doing?" yelled my best ‘pong yo’ I looked up in shock; I hadn’t realized that I was standing in front of my locker staring at it all this time ... advice on what’s right and wrong and being required to cover for her when she doesn’t take my advice; which was usually a good part of the time. Though I can talk the world of my je je, she does have her faults, the biggest one being that she is an active member of the underground movement at Bei Da. This is her biggest secret, the one could ...
- 1939: The Ice Storm
- ... is a beautiful, vivacious woman, she locks her emotions away beneath her suburban spousal exterior. She is the prototypical housewife. Both women have husbands who are absent. Jim Carver travels the country, living in a world of packing peanuts and semiconductors. He is excited by his pursuits, an exhilaration his family does not share. Ben Hood is a commuter, but even when home in New Canaan, he is wrapped up in ... sexually curious Wendy Hood in a neighbor s empty swimming pool. Surrounding them all is the sour stench of a disgraced President Nixon on his last political legs and a nation withdrawing from an unpopular war in Vietnam. As they wont for nothing material, their detachment from the daily struggles of life fuels their growing separation from each other and themselves. They are forever going to talk about it in the ... life. Wendy is 14 years old, and well-aware of her sexuality. She is also disgusted by the Watergate hearings, and Nixon s behavior during them. She is at once a little girl and jaded world observer. She draws Sandy into the bathroom for I ll-show-you-mine-if-you-show-me-yours , but speaks eloquently of Nixon s lies. She shares an adolescent affair with Mike, but knows ...
- 1940: The History of The Internet
- ... sixties. The history of the Internet is a full one at that even though it has only been around for about 30 years. It has grown to be the greatest collection of networks in the world, its origins go back to 1962. In 1962 the original idea for this great network of computers sprung forth from a question "How could U.S. authorities successfully communicate after a nuclear war?" The answer came from the Rand Corporation, America's foremost Cold War think-tank. Why not create a network of computers without one central main authoritative unit (Sterling 1) The Rand Corporation working along side the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) devised a plan. ...
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