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The Transferance of Brand Attitude: The Effect on The Celebrity Endorser
Summary on " The transferance of brand attitude: the effect on the celebrity endorser " Celebrity's image has an influence on the attitude toward the endorsed brand .Celebrity endorsement not always give the positive outcome to product and to celebrity. Celebrity endorsing started in 1893, an actress Lillie Langtry was promoting Pears' Soap. Celebrity endorsers are found to be more competent, trusted, and more attractive then endorsers without celebrity. Because of these qualities, the use
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The Trial
I have a few minutes to myself so I think I shall do a little writing. Now folks, ya’ll aren’t going to believe this. Germany has announced that its “top prosecutor” is going seek a criminal “investigation and prosecution” of: Rumsfeld, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet, along with other U.S. civilian and military officers for their alleged roles in “war crimes” committed at Abu Ghraib prison and Guantanamo Bay. The
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The Trouble with Landmines...
The Trouble with Landmines Since World War II landmines have been used in battle fields around the world as a means of crippling armies. Currently there are more than 110 million abandoned landmines throughout the world on every continent. These landmines were laid in times of war and hostility; however, they remain there, and were never removed once peacetime was reached. The landmines lay dormant, waiting for an innocent civilian to walk by and detonate
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The True Causes of Salem's Community Collapse
The True Causes of Salem’s Community Collapse Arthur Miller’s depiction The Crucible is directly related to the blacklisting of the late 1940’s and 1950’s. Blacklisting was an action carried out by the HUAC to battle against communism in the United States. The process that frequently would transpire started with an individual alleging without evidence. They would deliberately execute this in order to blotch someone’s reputation. In response, the accused often retaliated by accusing the accuser.
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The True Intentions of Civilian a Minutemen
The True Intentions of Civilian “Minutemen” A frightening video of an American civilian shooting a Mexican immigrant on the Mexico/U.S. border was posted on youtube.com recently. This civilian was identified as a member of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps. Unfortunately, this organization has been reigning terror on Mexican immigrants without the public being accurately informed. We have come to adopt the term, “Homeland Security”, as a part of our everyday vocabulary. Whenever we visit the
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The True Meaning of Christmas Has Survived Its Commercial Exploitation
The True Meaning of Christmas Has Survived its Commercial Exploitation. The Christmas holiday throughout the 20th Century and presently until today, has been an integral part of the U.S. economy. Commercial exploitation of Christmas has been systematic and thorough (Barnett, 84). This means that corporations and retailers spend millions of dollars each year to promote their products during the holiday season in a variety of different ways. For example, Christmas commercials for various department stores
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The Truth About the Mmr Vaccine
The Truth about the MMR Vaccine Over the past years the topic of the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine, known as the MMR vaccine, has stirred up much controversy. Many believe that the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine is one of the causes of autism among children. Autism is a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life and is the result of a neurological disorder that affects the normal
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The Truth Behind Being Bilingual
The Truth behind Being Bilingual Can you speak other languages besides English? How would you react if someone orders you to speak only in a certain language and that language is your second language? Many Americans who came from other countries, such as immigrants, face this kind of dilemma. Many of them find talking only in English difficult, because English is either their second or even third language. Some of them do not even know
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The Truth Behind the Disguise in Far from Heaven
The truth behind the disguise in Far from Heaven Have you ever found yourself in a moment, where you lied about your true feelings or kept it to yourself? Or, have you ever been attracted to someone, and you do not speak to that person but your friends know you are attracted to them? Even more so, have you ever gotten into a conversation, already knowing what you are going to say? Because of
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The Tv Made Me Do It
Violence on TV affects how children view themselves, their world, and other people. In fact, experts warn that viewing violence can have lifelong harmful effects on children’s health. By the time children complete school, the average child will witness more than 100,000 acts of violence on TV, including 8,000 murders. The more violence children watch on TV, the more likely they may act in aggressive ways, become less sensitive to other’s pain and suffering, and
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The Twisted Mind of a Serial Killer
The Twisted Mind of a Serial Killer As police walk into an abandoned house, a foul stench overtakes them. The room is dim and looks as though no one has been here for months. They walk further into the house and begin to see spots of blood on the floor. They follow this trail down the stairs into the basement where the smell becomes overwhelming, causing some of the officers to gasp and run back
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The Two Nations of Black America by H.L. Gates, Jr.
: The film “The Two Nations of Black America” by H.L. Gates, Jr. was an excellent film. It was very critical of the black community. The film discussed a few paradigms. Some were well known such Dubois talented tenth, while others took a more research to figure out such as the separation of the classes. The film enlightened me on many issues the black community is currently facing. The 1960s showed drastic improvement for the
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The Two Sides of Abortion
In this world there are at least two sides to every story. The opposite sides are not necessarily good or bad, but different from each other. One of these “stories” is the story of abortion. Abortion is defined as the destruction or termination of a fetus while still in the mother's womb. However, abortion is so much more then just the definition. There are consequences. There are two sides: pro-life and pro-choice. There is controversy
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The U. S. Government Should Uphold the Death Penalty in All the States That Carry It.
The U. S. Government should uphold the death penalty in all the states that carry it. My assigned position in this paper is to inform people about the benefits of capital punishment. The views are solely those of the authors and not of myself. I am only gathering information and giving brief examples of why this ruling should not be stricken from our justice system. The death penalty has been part of justice system since
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The Ue of Diet Pills Among Adolescent Girls
The Use of Diet Pills among Adolescent Girls Dieting is a common occurrence in our country, but dieting is most common among adolescent girls. Since millions of Americans try to lose weight every year, many of them turn to weight-loss pills for help (MFMER 2004). Dieting may place the risk of using unhealthy weight control behaviors such as diet pills (Eisenberg, Neumark-Sztainer, Story, & Perry 2004). A study by the CDC showed that 10.9 percent
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The Ugly Side of Anger
What Happens when someone is angry? The law of nature is such that one who generates anger is its first victim (Goenka). Does this law apply to all situations or possibly just one side of anger? Anger can be proactive and destructive. Goenka states, that anger occurs when something undesirable happens to a person. However many forms of anger have helped in the succession of our country and its inhabitants. If not for a fit
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The Uncertain Future of Quebec Culture
Gaetan Tremblay, a professor of communications at the University of Quebec at Montreal and deputy manager of the Group of research on cultural industries and social computerization (GRICIS), is a leading researcher for public policies in the field of communications. Tremblay is an advocate of public policy that defends against cultural imperialism by countries such as the United States . In particular, Tremblay studies the effects of the media on culture in Canada especially in
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The Unconscious
Human beings believe that they live their life in a conscious manner; that they are aware of their surroundings and know what is going on around them at all times. Yet deeper analysis of the word conscious leads to a more confusing thought process than a human being may be able to grasp. The Personal and Collective Unconscious by Carl Jung believes that “the unconscious contains only those parts of the personality which could just
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The Uninsured
ABSTRACT As a growing number of Americans find themselves without health insurance, it is demanded that the United States explore innovative policies aimed at extending coverage. The high cost of expanding coverage raises many questions about how best to improve access while preserving individual choice and maintaining quality of care. Differing viewpoints among policymakers, insurers, doctors, hospital administrators, employers, public health advocates, and health policy researchers provide a complete picture of the current and desired
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The Uniqueness of Communication
The Uniqueness of Communication There are many different types of varying communication styles that are used day in and day out. Some are only slightly varying while others are vastly different from each other. The two types of communications that will be discussed can be found at opposite ends of the spectrum, they are unique and generic. These two types of communication are very distinct and are each used in very specific situations. I
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The United Nations Mediation in Cyprus: 1975-1990
The United Nations Mediation in Cyprus: 1975-1990 The UN mediation in Cyprus during this period is characterised by the complete absence of a clear idea of what the post-1974 political settlement should be. In other words, the UN did not manage to address questions like: should the Zurich-London Agreements be upheld? Did those agreements provide a viable solution to the Cyprus problem at the first place? If not, how could a new political settlement be
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The United States in Iraq: Unjustifiable? More like Unbelievable
The ensuing war between the United States and Iraq has been a topic of controversy for several years now. Citizens of America have been divided since the war began and continue to cluster in groups that either fully support or have no support for President Bush and this ongoing war. Many would like to know who is right and who is wrong. Is this war with Iraq justifiable or has America jumped into something
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The Unites States Constitution, in Amendment Xiv, Section 1, States
Title: Affirmative action Does it work today The Unites States Constitution, in Amendment XIV, Section 1, states, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life,
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The Unoticed Abuse
Research Paper Fifty years ago it wasn’t okay if you were a homosexual if you were you would be looked down upon, physically, verbally, and mentally abused. If people knew that you were homosexual it would be endless ridicule and abuse this behavior wasn’t accepted. Today peoples views on the homosexual community has changed, they are more acknowledged and welcomed they have rights and can now be married. However there are still people who are
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The Us Economy
The US Economy Today as of April 14, 2006 the current status of the US market is at inflation. The ever changing Business Cycle is constantly rising and declining and affecting everyone in this society and societies all around the world. Many people anticipate the daily news to hear how it is about to cause fluctuations in the prices of their necessities. In this economy when the nation is going through the different stages
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The Usa Patriot Act: Preserving Life and Liberty
The USA PATRIOT Act: Preserving Life and Liberty In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Congress sprang into action. Within a month, U.S. lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the USA Patriot Act of 2001, giving law enforcement and intelligence agent’s broader authority to fight terrorists operating in the United States. Q. What are the major provisions of the Patriot Act Signed into law by the President on October 26, the Patriot Act is
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The Use and Abuse of Illicit Drugs Within the Prison Systems on a Global Basis
Abstract This research paper will consist of an analysis of the use and abuse of illicit drugs within the prison systems on a global basis. With information gathered from various sources such as the internet and one on one interviews with an inmate in a male correctional facility and a former inmate of a female correctional facility I intend to show the rampant flow of drugs in and out of the prison system, the control
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The Use of 'values Paradigm' in the Philippines
The Use of 'Values Paradigm' in the Philippines Submitted by cmvbrizuela Most presidents, even President Benigno Aquino III, use the economic paradigm, equating higher GDP to development. For us, using this paradigm is overrated. Most people would think that an economic growth means the escape from poverty. There are evidences that showed that the Philippines have somehow alleviated poverty because of the increase in its economy. Still, these are not ultimately felt by all Filipinos.
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The Use of Criminal Profiling
The Use of Criminal Profiling Criminal Profiling is a method of identifying the perpetrator of a crime based on an analysis of the nature of the offense and the manner in which it was committed. It most notably can be traced back to work done in the later part of the last century, and possibly even earlier in a variety of forms. There has been a definite growth since this early work, with many individuals
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The Use of Marijuana in for Medical Purposes
On July 30, 2001, the federal government put into effect new regulations that allow more access to marijuana, by far the world's most used illicit narcotic, for 'medicinal' purposes. The health threat to patients, links to organized crime, the gateway to harder drugs that is created by smoking 'pot', and an inevitable weakening on restrictions for recreational use of marijuana and other narcotics present significant reasons for Canadians to be concerned about sanctioning access
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