Postwar period See also: Japanese post-war economic miracle The war wiped out many of the gains Japan had made since 1868. About 40% of the nation’s industrial plants and infrastructure were destroyed‚ and production reverted to levels of about fifteen years earlier. The people were shocked by the devastation and swung into action. New factories were equipped with the best modern machines‚ giving Japan an initial competitive advantage over the victor states‚ who now had older factories. As Japan’s
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According to Davidson “Anomalous monism resembles materialism in its claim that all events are physical‚ but rejects the thesis‚ usually considered essential to materialism‚ that mental phenomena can be given purely physical explanations” (Davidson‚ 1970/2002‚ p. 119) In other words‚ only the physical may be described by causal laws‚ but if a physical event is described as a mental event there is no causal law‚ and there are no psychophysical laws that connect the mental with the physical. Davidson
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Vaisakhi Vaisakhi (Punjabi: ਵਿਸਾਖੀ) visākhī)‚ also known as Baisakhi‚ Vaishakhi‚ or Vasakhi) is a festival celebrated across the northern Indian subcontinent‚ especially in the Punjab region by the Sikh community. For the Sikh community this festival commemorates the establishment of the Khalsa. It is also celebrated by Hindus and Buddhists for different reasons. Importance for Sikhs The festival bears a great significance for the Sikhs due of the fact that on the Vaisakhi Day in the year 1699
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MODERNISM The post modern movement took place between 1978 and the current day Movie posters of the 1970’s mostly continued in the style of the 1960s. Posters were simple with illustrated images‚ full length shots of the main actors (in an action film it would be images of the main actors escaping a dangerous situation)‚ a title and a short tag line. The major change in movies between the 1970’s and the 1960’s was the introduction of black films into traditionally white cinema. The Big Sleep:
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intergovernmental and supranational organization. Such cooperating acts must come up with reasons. No matter what the reasons are‚ the European states developed rapidly from the 1950s to the 1970s. The historian Mark Mazower has suggested that Europe experienced a ‘miracle of growth’ between the 1950s and 1970s. The growth had contributed even to now‚ making the European Union one of the great powers on the Earth. There were many reasons leading the Western Europe to cooperate more closely after
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payments have increased significantly. From 1970-1980‚ out-of-pocket costs doubled and the total of health care expenditures nearly tripled. Also‚ out-of-pocket costs increased from 1980-2000 but haven’t increased drastically since 2003. However‚ the increases in out-of-pocket costs are consistent through 1970-2009. Third-party payments have increased from 1970-1980 similar to out-of-pocket costs. Moreover‚ increases remained significant through 1970-2009. During each decade‚ healthcare expenditures
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Ford Pinto - Executive Summary MGT216 12/06/2010 Executive Summary Ford Motor Company introduced the Ford Pinto into the consumer market place and the end result was profit over human life. Ford Motor Company analyzed the cost of replacing an inexpensive part and found that it was cheaper to pay for suits resulting in accidental deaths and injuries. This summary will provide details and the factors surrounding the Ford Pinto case‚ the results of the production of the car and how Ford
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On this age in 1959‚ the first Barbie doll goes on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City. Eleven inches tall‚ with a waterfall of fair hair‚ Barbie was the first mass-produced sport doll in the United States with matured features. The feminine behind Barbie was Ruth Handler‚ who co-based Mattel‚ Inc. with her lord in 1945. After seeing her young daughter ignore her baby dolls to execute make-expect with papery dolls of adult females‚ Handler net there was an necessary niche in the bazaar
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no psychological construct and that madness is the perception of normality versus abnormality whereby no boundaries exist. Through the use of COSI Nowra is able to compare the delirium of the outside word to that of the mental institutes during the 1970’s‚ drawing upon the themes of the era and theatrical concepts in order to encapsulate his message of universal madness. The characters in COSI‚ those in the asylum condemned as mad by society‚ play a vital role in the comparison of madness in the outside
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MARYAM ISAH M.SC/SOC-SCI/3434/10-11 THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT 1970-2011 LECTURER:Prof Olowononi DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AHMADU BELLO ZARIA The structure of Nigerian economy can be broadly classified into four:The production‚Commerce‚Services and others. PRODUCTION: processes and methods employed to transform tangible inputs (raw materials‚ semifinished goods‚ or subassemblies) and intangible
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