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  2. Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces

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    The awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces include various medals, service ribbons, ribbon devices, and specific badges which recognize military service and personal accomplishments of members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Such awards are a means to outwardly display the highlights of a service member's career.

  3. McDonald's - Wikipedia

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    McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand, and later turned the company into a franchise, with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at ...

  4. Women in Algeria - Wikipedia

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    There is still a gap between men and women when it comes to their percentage in the Algerian workforce. In 2019, women in the Algerian workforce represented 16.6 % versus men who accounted for 66.73 %. Also, in the year 2023, the female and male unemployment rates in Algeria corresponded to approximately 20.4 and 9.4 percent.

  5. Military rank - Wikipedia

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    Military ranks are a system of hierarchical relationships, within armed forces, [1] police, [2] intelligence agencies or other institutions organized along military lines. The military rank system defines dominance, authority, and responsibility in a military hierarchy. It incorporates the principles of exercising power and authority into the ...

  6. Women in the military - Wikipedia

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    Women have been serving in the military since the inception of organized warfare, in both combat and non-combat roles. Their inclusion in combat missions has increased in recent decades, often serving as pilots, mechanics, and infantry officers . Since 1914, [1] women have been conscripted in greater numbers, filling a greater variety of roles ...

  7. History of union busting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In November 2022, a worker at a Lowe's store in New Orleans, Louisiana named Felix Allen filed unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB, accusing the company of multiple violations in response to a union drive at the store, including surveillance, interrogation of employees, and retaliating against union organizers.

  8. Geoffrey Lumsden - Wikipedia

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    Biography Lumsden was born in London in 1914, the son of Alfred Forbes Lumsden, and attended Repton School, where he was a contemporary of Denton Welch. By the time he had left school, both his parents had died. While living with his uncle he reluctantly trained as an engineer at a colliery. It was at the colliery that he first became interested in acting when he organised concerts for the ...

  9. Women in World War II - Wikipedia

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    In many nations women were encouraged to join female branches of the armed forces or participate in industrial or farm work. Women took on many different roles during World War II, including as combatants and workers on the home front. “More than six million women took wartime jobs in factories, three million volunteered with the Red Cross ...