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American culture
Art, music, literature, people, sports, technology, business, politics, religion and more in the United States. American culture is primarily Western, but is influenced by African, Asian, and Latin American and Native American cultures.
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medicine/medical schools
Culture; American culture
Medicine is a profession that continues to attract entrants of exceptional talent with offers of status, meaningful service and comfortable compensation. Competition by college undergraduates for ...
prime-time soap operas
Culture; American culture
Melodrama has long been a staple of American entertainment; hence long-running, involved tales of family, relationships, conflict and passion have dominated daytime fare on radio and television for ...
door-to-door sales
Culture; American culture
Memory of a pre-Internet America, door-to-door sales of brushes (Fuller brush men), vacuum cleaners, encyclopedias and bibles were all part of the incorporation of rural and even suburban America ...
Roe v. Wade
Culture; American culture
Controversial 1973 decision of the US Supreme Court announcing women’s constitutional right to an abortion based on the 14th Amendment’s right to privacy. Adopting a much-criticized trimester ...
androgyny
Culture; American culture
Conventional wisdom defines androgyny as a combination of traditionally feminine and masculine elements. While androgyny is conceived of most often in terms of clothing, it also may extend to include ...
transexuals
Culture; American culture
Conventionally defined as individuals who have undergone a sex change operation in order to become a member of the opposite sex. Yet, this definition is imposed upon transexuals from the largely ...
Inc Muzak
Culture; American culture
Corporation that pioneered the use of background music to encourage efficiency in the workplace (and later to create a soothing atmosphere in stores). In the early 1920s, General Squier merged ...
