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Postwar prosperity and anxiety in 1950s American consumer culture films

The 1950s was an era of unprecedented economic growth leading to the birth of the middle class out of the depths of the Great Depression. The Second World War sparked great economic growth for the decade which proceeded it. Average salaries were high and production was at a maximum.

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Conservative Protestant opposition to divorce and family decline

The family revolution in the last half-century has been characterized by a decline in social power, functions and moral authority within the family (Wilcox 2007). It has been followed by pre-marital and extramarital child-bearing, divorce and single parenthood.

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Factors determining success and failure in U.S. marriages

There are many reasons why people get married. There are also a lot of reasons why people get divorced. Research has shown that there are several factors that can determine the success rate or failure rate of a marriage.

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Road rage awareness and education for young drivers

Road Rage: Are Teens Getting the Message? Road rage is a frame of mind, manifesting as a vehicle driver's uncontrollable anger towards another driver. Road rage can be triggered by something very simple as the car ahead breaking; or if the car ahead is not traveling fast enough for another driver.

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The evolution of Delphi from Pascal to Borland Developer Studio

With more than 1.7 million developers, Delphi is a widely used Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment. Delphi offers developers a variety of benefits.

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Economic costs and benefits of bringing major league baseball to cities

With each new stadium proposal, one question always arises -- Is it worth it? So many factors need to be taken into consideration.

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The Catholic Church's evolving position on capital punishment

The objective of this work is to provide a historical account of the Catholic Church in regards to its position on the death penalty and how that position has changed over time.

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Human activity's contribution to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels

CO2: Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Linked to Human Activity (http://zfacts.com/p/194.html): Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere can be linked directly to the release of the gas by human beings since the rise of industrialization (zfacts 2007).

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The decline of print newspapers and the rise of online news distribution

"With media coverage of newspaper company bankruptcy filings, threats to close papers, actual shut downs and continuing job cuts, the public is aware of the industry's financial problems."

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Mercantilism and smallpox in European conquest of the New World

This term refers to an economic system within a nation-state with the purpose to build wealth and prosperity.

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