Word: wwii
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...real culprit of dropping economic indicators in these three Asian nations is as much the fragility of the middle classes as it is export problems. The American middle class, as it is constituted now, began to form after WWII. It has driving the construction, automotive, energy, travel, and retail industries and made each of them large and relatively stable, even when the economy moves toward deep trouble...
...called Wyeth “anti-modern,” and the posthumous consensus is that he gave the “silent majority” that were his fans the illusion of an America that no longer existed. Wyeth did his best-remembered work in the post-WWII 1940s, when America was just testing its strength as a world power. America had growing pains, and Wyeth was prescribing the opiate nostalgia...
...Stafford, 91, known as "GI Jo" for her soulful crooning of WWII hits, had a pop smash in the early '50s with You Belong to Me. She and her band-leader husband, Paul Weston, created the one of the first consciously-bad musical parody acts, the night-club duo Jonathan and Darlene Edwards. A 1960 Edwards LP won a Grammy...
Navigation 2.0. Believe it or not, your Garmin or iPhone uses a more advanced navigation technology than your airline. There's been discussion of upgrading the WWII-era radar technology on which air traffic relies to a satellite-guided GPS system, but the $35 billion plans have stalled. The proposed overhaul would help airlines fly shorter, more direct routes, reduce delays and save about $5 billion in fuel costs a year, according to estimates by the Associated Press. But even if the Federal Aviation Administration does invest, the new system wouldn't roll out until after...
...presidents and ten secretaries of state have served at Grosvenor Square. In the late 18th century, John Adams, America's first Ambassador to the Court of St. James, opened a diplomatic post there, and in 1938 the Square became home to America's main diplomatic mission to Britain. During WWII, the Square earned the nickname "Little America" when Dwight D. Eisenhower placed his military headquarters on its leafy grounds...