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Brownwood Online
Distance: 1.6 Mi517 W Commerce St
76801-1705 Brownwood -
Vance Co
Distance: 22.2 Mi470 County Road 256
76834-7811 Coleman -
Brock & Farrar Porcelain Figurines and Collectibles
Distance: 57.0 Mi1121 Harbin Dr
76401 Stephenville -
Cameramouse, Inc.
Distance: 67.0 MiPO Box 3636
79604-3636 Abilene -
Henry K. Bass
Distance: 67.7 Mi1468 Tanglewood
79605 Abilene
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The fall of the Berlin Wall and Communism created a shift in economic systems over the next two years. Communism and Socialism began to give way to free-market capitalism. “ …each outbreak of freedom stimulated another outbreak, and that process in and of itself had a flattening effect across societies, strengthening those below and weakening those above. ” (53) Another flattening affect on the world was introduction Microsoft Windows 3.0, shipped soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall. This system, along with Apple, enabled individuals to create their own content in digital form right from their desks. (55) At the same time, private Internet providers were providing access to e-mail for the civilian world through dial-up modems and the global phone network. Many new methods of communication were fast and relatively inexpensive and this led to advances in personal empowerment. (57)