During the 19th century, the development of technology and the growth of international trade created stronger ties among countries, a process that accelerated into theGreat Depressionand World War II. After 50 years of the Cold War, the late 20th and early 21st centuries have seen a renewed glo...
according to numerous sensible statistics, these people are simply wrong. Nobody in their right mind should wish to have lived in a previous century. Yet people do. Why?
Over the last century, average annual inflation in the U.S. has ranged from upwards of 10% to lows of -10%. Ideally, the Federal Reserve aims to reach a target inflation rate of 2% to 3% in the long term. This rate represents a balance between inflation that is too high, causing ...
So far, our government 81 many measures to control the population. One is 82 as the one-child policy. It has worked well in 83 China’s population. Thanks 84 the policy, China is developing quickly and people’s living conditions are improving 85 , However, the population problem is still...
Researchers focused on the east of the island, where various resources are located, and looked at the distribution (分布) of 93 statues built before European sailors arrived in the 18th century. After finding no connection with the rock used for the construction, they considered whether the statu...
For example, the standard of living in the U.S. is considered to have greatly improved compared to a century ago. Now, the same amount of work buys a larger quantity of goods and items that were once luxuries such as refrigerators and automobiles. Leisure time and life expectancy have al...
Your dog is barking,but you can't hear it!Your best friend is telling you 1.a joke, but you can't catch it! 2.How terrible! The people who have hearing loss 3. are considered(consider) deaf. It's not easy being deaf,and...
Extensions:Expanding a family business or a historic, one-sector business into new industries or areas.Berkshire Hathawaysprang from two 19th-century Massachusetts cotton mills that merged in 1955.5Warren Buffett gained control of it in 1965, making Berkshire Hathaway aholding companyto invest in other...
Still, hygge can mean something different to everyone: Simple comfort is, by nature, a matter of subjectivity. When you’re hunkered down with a soft blanket and the book you’ve been meaning to read, that can be considered hygge. If you’re looking through a window on a clear day and...
As Theodore Munger put it in the late 19th century, ‘debt is the secret foe of thrift, as vice and idleness are its open foes.’ Before anybody worries that I’m going to debt-shame people, that is not where this is going. Carrying debt in today’s world is far more common than ...