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Divergence 1931: August 2008

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Monday, August 25, 2008. SOURCE: Los Angeles Times. Sunday, August 24, 2008. United States of America (1980). Population: 68,711,343. GDP: $848 billion (1980 estimate). Government: Constitutional Federal Presidential Republic. Due to acceptance of the Treaty of Paris, which specified a removal of all trade barriers (1966 or 34 DR), the majority of American companies began moving manufacturing to Mexico in order to bring down manufacturing costs in order to compete economically with the Germanic Union.

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Divergence 1931: Star Wars

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Sunday, August 24, 2008. A traditional underground building in Matmâta, Tunisia, was used as a set for Luke's home on Tatooine. Mayan ruins at Tikal, Guatemala, which were used in the film as the rebel base. In an opposing view, Tom Shone wrote that through Star Wars and Jaws, Lucas and Spielberg "didn't betray cinema at all: they plugged it back into the grid, returning the medium to its roots as a carnival sideshow, a magic act, one big special effect", which was "a kind of rebirth". Another source for...

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Divergence 1931: April 2008

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008. John Foster Dulles - 34th President of the United States. The first president in American history never to be elected, John Foster Dulles' short term in office (12 July 1944 - 20 January 1946) is considered perhaps the most controversial in the annals of the United States. Both his grandfather John W. Foster and his uncle Robert Lansing served as Secretary of State. In a foreshadowing of his confrontational style of politics, Dulles received a standing ovation from Congress when,...

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Divergence 1931: March 2008

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Sunday, March 30, 2008. Asia - March 1941. Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Europe - March 1941. The New Republic of Xinjiang Proclaimed. November 27, 1940 - Sheng Shicai declared Xinjiang an independent nation today officially breaking away from Chiang Kai-Shek's government. SOURCE: The Philadelphia Bulletin. Einstein's Letter to President-elect Dewey. The United States has very poor ores of uranium in moderate quantities. There is some good ore in Canada and the former Czechoslovakia, while the most impo...

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Divergence 1931: The Break-Up of the Umezu Shogunate

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Saturday, August 23, 2008. The Break-Up of the Umezu Shogunate. Despite the end of active conflict between the Germanic Union and the Japanese Empire in 1965 (33 DR), the Reich continued to act covertly against the Umezu Shogunate. Working with various groups within the new state, Germany found numerous allies to weaken General Umezu's power base eroding the future threat he represented to the German satellite of China. SOURCE: Kaigo, Shitzu. Umezu's Hubris: The War of Southeast Asia. Asia 1965 (33 DR).

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Divergence 1931: Asia 1965 (33 DR)

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Saturday, August 23, 2008. Asia 1965 (33 DR). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Anti-Christ: A Satirical End of Days. United States of America (1980). South America 1974 (42 DR). The Break-Up of the Umezu Shogunate. Asia 1965 (33 DR). Graduate student in International Studies with a minor in both History and Psychology. I want to be a writer. I know, I seem to have a problem making up my mind. I did enough self-analysis via psych courses. View my complete profile.

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Divergence 1931: May 2008

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Friday, May 30, 2008. The Germanic Union (GU) is a political and economic community of seventeen member states, located in Europe and Africa. It was established in 1957 by the Nuremberg Treaty, adding new areas of policy to the existing Economic Union created by Reich Chancellor Albert Speer in 1946. With almost 300 million citizens, the GU combined generates an estimated 50%-60% share of the world's nominal gross domestic product. The GU traces its origins to the Economic Union formed among eight countr...

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Divergence 1931: Iranian Revolution

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Sunday, August 24, 2008. The Iranian Revolution, also known as the Islamic Revolution, was the revolution that transformed Iran from a monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution and founder of the Islamic Republic. It has been called "the third great revolution in history," following the French and Bolshevik revolutions, and an event that "made Islamic fundamentalism a political force.". Causes of the revolution. The id...

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Divergence 1931: New Hollywood

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Sunday, August 24, 2008. Following the Paramount Case and the advent of television, both of which severely weakened the traditional studio system, Hollywood studios first tried to lure audiences with spectacle. Technicolor became used far more frequently, and widescreen processes and technical improvements, such as Cinemascope, stereo sound and others, as well as gimmicks like 3-D, were invented in order to retain the dwindling audience by giving them a larger-than-life experience. Bonnie and Clyde would...