1948

NHS, the BMA were against ‘state medicine’ they had more interest in the money and class of patients. Although after negotiations it was settled that doctors could sign up to work for the NHS with a salary and also see private patients too. 5th July 1948 – NHS was created The National health service was created and services were available to all people in Britain. The national health service was a great success, enabling access of free care for everyone based on health needs not ability to pay.…

at the Conservatorio Williams and the National Conservatory, both in Buenos Aires. Ginastera later co-founded the League of Composers in Buenos Aires. He put his music into three categories of periods: Objective Nationalism (1934 – 1948), Subjective Nationalism (1948 – 1958), and Neo-Expressionism (1958 – 1983). His Objective Nationalism period contains direct Argentine folk, and…

He graduated from Morehouse College in 1948 at the age of nineteen and received his Bachelor Degree in Sociology. In 1948, King enrolled at Crozer Theological Seminary. He graduated from Crozer Theological Seminary in 1951, with his 1951, King enrolled at Boston University. In 1955, King graduated from Boston University and received…

“The Origins of Commitment” by Deborah Larson is an article looking into the Berlin Blockade, The U.S Airlift, and the reason why the U.S, specifically Harry Truman decided to stay in West Berlin. The main argument or ideas of Larson’s article, are that many people believed that after the Soviet Blockade the U.S would no longer stay in West Berlin, due to West Berlin’s recently established government. Also, Larson claims that the U.S was hesitant to stay in West Berlin as a result of the Soviets…

Soviet-run Communist nations that clearly wanted to spread communism throughout Eastern Europe. Many occurrences had Americans concerned about the expansion of communism, from the blockade of West Berlin by the Soviets in 1948, to Mao Zedong’s taking over of China in October 1948. Even though Americans were afraid of the spread of communism, they assumed that they had the upper hand militarily because of the atomic bomb. However, Americans’ security was crushed after a US spy plane picked up…

Today’s society is a remarkable example of the future. Looking back, society has become a science fiction world. Children are no longer playing outside, but are playing on video games. People are no longer making telephone calls, they are texting and emailing all their communication. When these works about a dystopian world are examined, mostly society has fallen due to the fact of our technology, waring, and experimentation. Therefore, it is not hard to imagine that we are very far away from…

Doctrine was followed by the Marshall Plan which was designed to spark economic recovery. ‘restore the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole.’ (Marshall Plan, 1948) It channeled over 12 Billion dollars between 1948 and 1951 to aid the recovery of European democracies like France and West Germany. He was also responsible for the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) when his tactic persuasion brought the…

meaning to the current situation at hand, they begin to mold their behaviour to fit the consequences of the predicted situation (Merton, 1948). The Antioch Review continues with an example of a self-fulfilling prophecy, “Convinced that he is destined to fail, the anxious student devotes more time to worry than to study and then turns in a poor examination” (Merton, 1948, p. 195). However, an individual does not only conform to their own expectations and predictions, but to others predictions…

The political globalization effects are connected. If the economy dropped in the strongest country, the other small country would pay the price for losses, for example, in September 2008 the global financial loss that was considered the worst. This began in the USA then affected all the world, including Europe, Asia, Gulf states because the world related directly to the US economy. In the US, more than 8400 banks had collapsed (Caballero, Farhi, Gourinchas, 2008). As human beings, people need…

In our time in the archives, we analyzed two University of Denver Clarions printed in December 5th, 1947 and January 9th, 1948. By examining the source, we discover what the student body was interested in at the time. Articles about sorority activities were apparent in on detailing the elections of students within Phi Beta Kapa. The University had been invited to a national intercollegiate bridge tournament implying a certain popularity of the game. The newspapers also provided us with an idea…