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1950s: Commerce Summary
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With the American economy fully recovered from World War II (1939–45), business in the 1950s was booming. With a gross national product (also called the GNP; the sum of goods and services produced in the country) of $284.6 billion, the United...
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The 1950s are noted in United States history as a time of both compliance and conformity and also, to a lesser extent, of rebellion. Major U.S. events during the decade...


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Israel may extradite sex abuse suspect
11/19/2007: 385 words, approx. 1 pages
A man who fled the U.S. for Israel more than two decades ago amid accusations he sexually abused children while pretending to be a rabbi and psychologist appeared in court in Jerusalem — a step toward his possible extradition.Abraham Mondrowitz, 60, a member of the...
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Israel may extradite man accused of sexual abuse in US more than 2 decades ago
11/19/2007: 385 words, approx. 1 pages
A man who fled the U.S. for Israel more than two decades ago amid accusations he sexually abused children while pretending to be a rabbi and psychologist appeared in court in Jerusalem — a step toward his possible extradition.Abraham Mondrowitz, 60, a member of the...
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HBO shows docu on atomic bomb survivors
8/6/2007: 999 words, approx. 3 pages
It's hard to imagine HBO's disturbing documentary on survivors of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan appearing on an American TV network 10 or 20 years after the event. Filmmaker Steve Okazaki tried _ and failed _ to make it for the 50th anniversary.There's...
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12/8/2007: 1,417 words, approx. 5 pages
Robert O. AndersonROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Robert O. Anderson, whose two-decade tenure as chief executive officer of the Atlantic Richfield Co. included the discovery of North America's largest oil field, has died. He was 90.Anderson, who later formed the Hondo Oil & Gas Co., died...
 


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