Vietnam was a French colony fighting for it's independence and the 2 Korean nations arose after WW2. Korea was originally one nation but controlled by Imperial Japan. The USSR took the north and the Allies the south after WW2. Korean War is still unresolved and Communist Vietnam (North) won and still rules.
Figurative is something that shouldn't be taking literally. For example, when you say "I have a ton of homework" you don't really mean you have 2000 pounds of homework.
Most of the people who lived in the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine were french<span>. The </span>french<span> had to pay $$(reparations) to Prussia, and they took over Paris until the $$ was paid off.</span>
It was the national war labor board...in 1942 president FDR brought back Woodrow Wilson's National War Labor Board or (NWLB), in hopes of stopping or at least slowing down the labor management conflict in WW2.
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The need for a stronger Federal government soon became apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The present United States Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation on March 4, 1789.