12 Concepts that Shape the American Way of Life (The concepts below are a compendium of ideas developed by anthropologists and sociologists over the past 40 years. They demonstrate a central tendency which should not rule out a range of differences within each concept.) 1. Assertiveness: U.S. Americans tend to be candid and outspoken in communication with others‚ and they seldom shy away from disclosing facts about themselves. They prefer "direct" questions and respond with "straight" answers
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Advantages of Computers Disabled: Computers have changed many disabled people’s lives‚ especially those who are unable to leave their house because of boundaries such as wheelchairs. For people who are confined to wheelchairs‚ computers give them a chance to experience many things that would not be possible for them otherwise. They can go to a particular museum web site and learn about a Van Gogh painting‚ or they can go to a science web site and learn about NASA and the space shuttle.
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THE CAR TRIP By Michael Rosen I am sure that many of you have been on a car trip! Experiencing the children‚ who are trying to annoy the parents as they are either hungry or need to go to the bathroom o have an urge to do particular thing. On the other hand there are the parents trying to calm down the children or just screaming at them. THE CAR TRIP is exactly a poem‚ which describes a life experience we have all been through. However every trip is different‚ the characters in the car all
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the whole world uses every day to fuel up the tank of our cars‚ motorcycles‚ trunks‚ and so on‚ to be able to run. The use of gas is always being used and to change the type of fuel we use for our vehicles will be really difficult because so many people are already using gas for fuel. Although is gas an efficient way to fuel our vehicles‚ changing cars to use electricity will help the environment and also save lots of money. Electric cars are something everyone should invest in because it saves
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Car Price Differentials in the European Union Submitted By: ‘Group 4’ Jan1‚ 1993: The single European act became law among member states of EU Goal: To remove barriers to cross border trade & investment within confines of EU Benefits: Increased competition & corresponding reduction in prices Jan1‚ 1999: EU’s member states adopted Euro as common currency Benefits: Would make it easy for the European consumers to compare prices across nations leading to harmonization of prices within Euro
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Muscle Cars Introduction: How it all started from the beginning. The late 1900’s muscle cars and the great spike in 1900 muscle cars. I. Why are they so expensive? A. They have gone extinct B. They aren’t sold now in days C. There’s only a hand full of them left in the world II. How much would one cost to restore a 1900’s muscle car? A. Depends on how bad the car looks B. The model of the car C. If the parts of the car expensive to find III. Why do some late 1900’s muscle cars cost
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Americans today do not realize that hybrid cars are not cost efficient to buy. This is caused by many factors‚ many having to do with price of production and gas prices. The cost of production for many hybrid cars is too high causing the car to be to expensive for consumers to buy. They end up paying so much more for a car that promises to save them money. These cars turn end up not fulfilling that promise and leaving people short on cash. It is true that a hybrid car will save money at the pump‚ but not
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Electric cars vs the gas oh line cars In the next ten years what the average American drives will be very different than today. Electric cars may phase out gasoline (Gasoline is also known as petrol) in the next couple of decade. Electric cars produce no tailpipe emissions and are much cheaper to fill up than the more common gasoline vehicles. Switching to electric cars will have more benefits than drawbacks in comparison to other fuels such as petrol and diesel. In order to switch to electric
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How many times have you been stuck in traffic‚ wishing to yourself that your car could just take off into the air‚ fly straight over the backed up highway and get you home within minutes? Flying cars have always been a concept of the future but it’s starting to look as if the future is here. As crazy as it sounds‚ the PAL-V One has just successfully concluded a series of test flights in their flying car at the Gilze Rijen Airport (The Netherlands). The PAL-V stands for Personal Air and Land Vehicle
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Electric cars look very different under the hood than a gasoline-powered car. For one thing‚ there is a lot less tubing. For another‚ if you look underneath the hood of an electric car‚ one of the first things you will probably notice is the controller‚ which takes energy from the battery and distributes it to the motor in controlled packets. And that’s pretty much it in a nutshell. Instead of a gas tank‚ the electric car keeps its fuel in a battery and relies on the controller‚ not the distributor
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