Differences of East and West European Economies Before and After Communism After World War II‚ Europe was divided along the Iron Curtain‚ a political‚ military‚ and ideological barrier constructed by the Soviet Union to separate itself and its allies from noncommunist areas. The West‚ defined by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)‚ members were Belgium‚ Canada‚ Denmark‚ France‚ Iceland‚ Italy‚ Luxembourg‚ the Netherlands‚ Norway‚ Portugal‚ the United Kingdom‚ and the United States
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TRADING BLOCS Trading blocs are relationships between countries‚ generally in the same region‚ to facilitate free trade agreements. Trading blocs include: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)‚ Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)‚ European Union (EU)‚ Mercado Comun del Sur (MERCOSUR)‚ and Southern African Development Community (SADC). Southeast Asia has enjoyed unparalleled and astonishing economic growth in the past three decades since the establishment of ASEAN. In 1967‚ ASEAN’s
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1.) A Nation refers only to a socio-cultural entity‚ a union of people sharing who can identify culturally and linguistically. This concept does not necessarily consider formal political unions. For example – Both Belgium and Canada are Nations. b.) a state- refers to a legal / political entity that is compromised of the following. * Permanent population * A defined territory *A government‚ the capacity to enter into relations with other states. For example- California is a state Nation-
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Tesco is a retailing industry‚ its headquarters are in Cheshunt‚ Brouxbourne‚ Hertfordshire‚ United Kingdom. It has 5‚380 stores‚ located in USA‚ UK‚ Slovakia‚ Hungary‚ Poland‚ Turkey‚ India‚ Thailand‚ Malaysia‚ China‚ Japan‚ South Korea‚ Ireland‚ and Czech Republic. They sell groceries‚ consumer goods‚ financial services and telecoms. Customer service is a service that Tesco provides so if their customers are having any problems‚ complains‚ complaints or need help they can go to the customer
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1.0 The British Heart Foundation 1.1 Introduction The British Heart Foundation is the UK’s Number 1 Heart Charity. Their vision “is a world where people don’t die prematurely from heart disease.” They were founded in 1961 by a group of medical specialists who wanted to give money to fund extra research to find out the causes of heart diseases. They were concerned about the number of people with Cardiovascular Heart Disease who were dying prematurely. They have been going for 53 years and have been
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“Out of This Furnace” by Thomas Bell is about immigrants that came to America from Slovakia to make a living. It starts in 1881‚ were Kracha comes to America to work and provide for his family. It talks about Kracha’s journey from New York to White Haven and how he had goals wanting to be successful in America. Mike‚ Kracha’s son in law‚ came from the same background as him. Although‚ Kracha and Mike have a lot in common‚ I think they are different in many ways. In the beginning of the story it
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Ryan Feldmann U.S History‚ 1st hour 2/21/2013 Leisure activities of the Progressive/Gilded era During 1894‚ through 1915‚ Americans began to have more leisure time than their predecessors.* The main reason for this was industrial employers decreased working hours‚ and cut the work time on Saturdays in half.* Vacations began to be offered to workers as a gift from their employers‚ although most vacations at this time were unpaid. The workers soon became overworked. During the time of shortened
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Classical Rome employed leisure time productively and incorporated many pleasurable activities such as public games‚ religious festivles‚ chariot racing...ect. Public entertainment in particular played an important role in Rome and to a large extent‚ in the province as well.14 Originally public games (ludi) were held at some religious festivals‚ but gradually the entertainment aspect became more important and the number of annual games increased.15 Chariot racing was the oldest and most popular entertainment
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A business for a new decade Tesco PLC Annual Review and Summary Financial Statement 2010 Contents Financial highlights Overview Chairman’s statement A business for a new decade Tesco at a glance Chief Executive’s review Our business Long-term strategy and business highlights International Core UK Non-food Retailing Services Community Our people 1 2 6 8 Group sales (including VAT)* +6.8% +10.1% +10.4% +9.1% +9.8% +9.1% 2008/9 ‡ Underlying profit before tax Group profit
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people constitutes a form of social injustice. This researcher explored the importance of engaging in valued leisure occupations that reflect previous interests for residents to maintain their self-identity. The study concluded that residents identified leisure activities in long term care as the single most important fact impacting on quality of life. Furthermore‚ the provision of group leisure activities provided residents
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