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…American will on almost every part of the world, from Vietnam to Haiti. In order to exert such power, the United States has created a massive military apparatus, and has undertaken numerous foreign obligations. But as the American Empire grew more powerful…

…a more stable job. Since globalization causes an increase in jobs it will help reduce poverty and the standard of living. In the 2002 World Bank Policy research report it states that China, India, Uganda and Vietnam have had a remarkable improvement…

…. Released to an American society struggling to come to grips with its involvement in another war - in a small Asian country called Vietnam - Vonnegut's magnum opus struck a nerve, especially with young people on college campuses across the country. Although its…

…(Kent Cheng, who nabbed Best Actor at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards for The Log) getting his child charred and playing corpse-and-robbers with a deranged Vietnam vet (Simon Yam). Nothing mellow about this melodrama! All these films, and hundreds more…

…, Japan, some of South Korea (Christianity takes up the other major religion in South Korea), all of the Southeast countries (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand). Western influences such as science, technology, and investments are some of the things…

…from invading ones. and thus came the invention In the early 1970s new types of conventional bombs, the so-called smart or guided bombs, were developed for precision bombing in Vietnam. Maneuverable bombs guided by a laser beam directed from the aircraft…

…gave a speech to some 40 city planners from across B.C., extolling the potential benefits of cannabis to their local economies. All of this action owes much to the U.S. and an inflow of draft-dodging pot smokers during the Vietnam War. The marijuana…

…, and Vietnam. That raps up this edition of 'That Department Does WHAT?!!!' Stay tuned next week when we delve into two of the most secretive components of our government intelligence under the president, the NSA and the CIA!! But just to tide you over here…

…KURT VONNEGUT: THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES In 1968, the year Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was writing Slaughterhouse-Five, the war in Vietnam was at its height. Each evening it invaded millions of American living rooms on the television news, and what viewers saw…

…; a vast American Army garrisoned in Korea, and more were pouring into Vietnam. Both countries had major industrialisation programs that were implemented a few years after the formation of Communism. When the Bolshevik leader, Lenin, died on January 21 1924…