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  • American Rock Culture

    American Rock Culture

    “Sex, drugs, and rock and roll” was the rallying cry for a movement that changed American culture forever. Rock and roll first startled the American scene in the mid-1950’s, but no one then could have predicted the remarkable vitality and staying power of this new music. The early tradition of rock has gone through many transitions. Provocative and outlandish stage attire and behavior have been an important resource since the birth of rock and roll.

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Wendy
  • American People Series by Faith Ringgold

    American People Series by Faith Ringgold

    While Faith Ringgold has had a long and successful career, the most exciting and powerful works of art she has created were the works of the nineteen-sixties. These works illustrate such passion and raw truth of the situation she and all of the African American people of the U.S. were facing during those turbulent times. These works of art truly show the growing divide between the American dream and the reality of life for many

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    Essay Length: 1,034 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: July
  • Case Study Unilever

    Case Study Unilever

    This case study chronicles Unilever efforts at restructuring, divesting, acquisition, and general streamlining of its worldwide operations. These operations, in 2000, encompassed 1,600 brands in 88 countries. These products are mostly food, personal care, and household products. Around that same year, Co-chairmen Niall FitzGerald and Antony Burgmans decided that Unilever needed to make some rather drastic changes in order to remain competitive. More importantly that competitiveness was the importance that the company maintained ever

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    Essay Length: 1,091 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Sonic Case Study

    Sonic Case Study

    Executive Summary Beginning with one restaurant, Sonic has become the largest drive-in chain in the United States. While they are smaller than their competitors, they are still leading in sales growth, customer loyalty and customer satisfaction. Sonic restaurants saturate the southern U.S. This gives them the opportunity to expand to other area. However, Sonic is reluctant due to the colder climates and their basis as a drive-in restaurant. Sonic should look at adding or combining

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    Essay Length: 2,619 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Vika
  • Ivan Milat Case Study Analysis - Is This Case a Typical Reflection of Our Legal System?

    Ivan Milat Case Study Analysis - Is This Case a Typical Reflection of Our Legal System?

    IS THIS CASE A TYPICAL REFLECTION OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM? You could definitely say that this case is a typical reflection of our legal system but it shouldn’t be. The trial was set down for June 1995; But Ivan Milat did not stand trial in June. In fact it was almost a year before the case came to court. Time and time management was a big issue in regards to this case, similarly this is

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • A Price Cap for Fuel: American’s Ultimate Cost

    A Price Cap for Fuel: American’s Ultimate Cost

    A Price Cap for Fuel: American’s Ultimate Cost With the rising global awareness of the United States, the increase in expense of crude oil has shown a chink in the nation’s armor. Most analysts agree that the nation is headed for serious trouble in transportation, due to the fact that the number of vehicles on the road has increased, along with the number of barrels of oil that the U.S. consumes on a yearly basis.

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Top
  • Why Did American Nativist Groups Oppose Free, Unrestricted Immigration in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries?

    Why Did American Nativist Groups Oppose Free, Unrestricted Immigration in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries?

    “Why did American nativist groups oppose free, unrestricted immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries”? The Untied States of America is commonly labeled or thought of as the melting pot of the world where diverse groups of people flock to in order to better their current lives. In our countries history this has proven to primarily be our way of living and how the people as a nation view immigration. However, in the

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    Essay Length: 624 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Jon
  • Study of the Practice of Trafficking Women

    Study of the Practice of Trafficking Women

    Study of the Practice of Trafficking Women "Trafficking is the recruitment and or the transportation of persons by others using violence or the threat of violence, abuse of authority or dominant position…for the purpose of exploiting them sexually or economically for the profit or advantage of others, such as recruiters, traffickers, brothel owners and customers." (unknown author, "What is Trafficking?") Trafficking in women and girls has become one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in

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    Essay Length: 2,511 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Kevin
  • A Sociological Study of Deviance: Oklahoma City Bombing

    A Sociological Study of Deviance: Oklahoma City Bombing

    Joseph Jordan Sociology 3/19/2006 A Sociological Study of Deviance: Oklahoma City Bombing The Oklahoma City Bombing was a very special event in American history, it was the biggest act of domestic terrorism until 9/11. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which was an office complex in Oklahoma City, was bombed and 168 people were killed. Timothy McVeigh, the subject of my paper, was behind the bombings, and later executed. On April 15, 1995 Timothy McVeigh

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Jon
  • Indian European Coexistance

    Indian European Coexistance

    It is when an economy is at equilibrium that it works best. The one single point where the supply and demand lines interject that keeps everyone happy and allows the economy to thrive and expand. This is something that any person who has taken an introduction course in economics learns on their first day. But what happens when a person or a group of people is thrown into an elaborate and foreign economic system with

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    Essay Length: 1,245 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Mike
  • Are Americans Allergic to Traveling Abroad?

    Are Americans Allergic to Traveling Abroad?

    “Are Americans allergic to traveling abroad?” I asked Poonam, an immigrant from Nepal, who states that such a notion is “ridiculous”. Nepal has suffered lately due to a despotic ruler. The newspapers have recently reported that the king has cut off Nepal from the rest of the world by closing airports and shutting down communication. Poonam’s father owns a resort in Nepal, and his family has struggled to keep business open through these tough times.

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Mike
  • Shifting Boundaries and New Technologies:a Case Study in the Uk Banking Sector

    Shifting Boundaries and New Technologies:a Case Study in the Uk Banking Sector

    177 SHIFTING BOUNDARIES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: A CASE STUDY IN THE UK BANKING SECTOR Susan V. Scott Information Systems Department The London School of Economics United Kingdom Geoff Walsham The Judge Institute of Management Studies University of Cambridge United Kingdom Abstract This paper describes case study based research on the use of innovative computer-based decision support systems introduced into corporate lending processes in a major UK bank. It describes how the new technology was implicated

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    Essay Length: 1,691 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Describe What Evolutionary Psychologists Mean When They Employ the Term ‘theory of Mind'.Use Examples and Research Studies from Book 1, Chapter 2 to Show Why This Theory Is Important in Evolutionary Psychology.

    Describe What Evolutionary Psychologists Mean When They Employ the Term ‘theory of Mind'.Use Examples and Research Studies from Book 1, Chapter 2 to Show Why This Theory Is Important in Evolutionary Psychology.

    Describe what evolutionary psychologists mean when they employ the term ‘theory of mind’. Use examples and research studies from Book 1, Chapter 2 to show why this theory is important in evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary psychology is a specialist field within the spectrum of psychological enquiry, which seeks to examine and understand some of the predominant reasoning behind the concept of why the human species, whilst biologically similar to other species on the planet, is so

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Max
  • American Red Cross

    American Red Cross

    American Red Cross The American Red Cross is an independent, volunteer-led organization, financially supported by voluntary public contributions and cost-reimbursement charges. It is an organization that provides services to all humanity both nationally and internationally. The International Red Cross works along side with the Red Crescent Movement and together they are the world's largest humanitarian network, with a presence and activities in almost every country. The seven fundamental principals of the American Red Cross, Red

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Max
  • North American Free Trade Agreement

    North American Free Trade Agreement

    The NAFTA is something I believe is always in the people’s best interests. Free trade is something we should have with every country in the world. I feel that the government should be a little more lenient when it comes to making restrictions on the imports and exports. Possible expansion and less restriction should be done throughout time because I feel that globalization is a good thing. Free trade is in our nation’s best interest

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Democratizing the Enemy: the Japanese American Internment

    Democratizing the Enemy: the Japanese American Internment

    Democratizing the Enemy: The Japanese American Internment. By Brian Masaru Hayashi. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2004. 328 pp. Racial prejudice, the hysterics of war, and appalling government leadership are repeatedly used as the rationale behind Japanese- American internment during World War II. Brian Hayashi’s book, “Democratizing the Enemy: The Japanese American Internment, suggests the government was maybe not acting as adolescently as the previous excuses for internment rational would suggest but rather conducting the

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    Essay Length: 1,264 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Final Paper - African Americans

    Final Paper - African Americans

    Final Paper African Americans Through out history there has been a struggle for African Americans to be accepted in our society. An African American endures many more disadvantages than most white people. The media and other sources have made blacks to look the same and has portrayed them in a certain light that may not be fitting to all blacks. There are many misconceptions that people have of blacks. Many people and organizations have had

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    Essay Length: 615 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Yan
  • At&t Case Study

    At&t Case Study

    Founded in 1983 and based in San Antonio, Texas, AT&T is the largest provider of local and long distance telephone service, wireless service, and broadband internet service in the United States. Solely based on revenue, AT&T Inc is the largest communications holding company in the world (http://www.att.com/gen/investor-relations?pid=5711). The company employees over 300,000 people worldwide and is among the 2007 Fortune 500. In fact the combined company would place ninth on the full U.S. list and

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Bred
  • An American Childhood by Annie Dillard

    An American Childhood by Annie Dillard

    In the except from “An American Childhood” by Annie Dillard, a young Protestant girl apparently living near a Catholic school, St.Bede’s, describes here view of the school children and the nuns. As the narrator goes on you can tell she has prejudged these people based on things she has heard, not from her own experience. She states, “From the other Protestants children, I gathered St.Bede’s was a cave where Catholic children had to go

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    Essay Length: 530 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Janna
  • American Eagle

    American Eagle

    American Eagle Outfitters is a fairly new company but they are doing extremely well because they have a clear grasp of who their market is. They are a fresh new hip look. Along with being a fresh new look they also have great quality of clothing at a reasonable price. (http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte201w/aeostrat.html). American Eagle is one the best name brands around because it appeals to the youth, it keeps up with the latest fashions while still

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Max
  • American Dream

    American Dream

    Tally's Corner and Ain't No Makin' It are two compelling works that follow the lives of poor, disadvantaged individuals whose dismal life stories support Macleod's belief like actors in a play: There is a strong relationship between aspirations and occupational outcomes; if individuals do not even aspire to middle-class jobs, then they are unlikely to achieve them. In effect, such individuals disqualify themselves from attaining the American definition of success – the achievement of a

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    Essay Length: 527 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Top
  • Country Study of the Cayman Islands

    Country Study of the Cayman Islands

    Table of Contents 1. Introduction and History 2. Market Geography Location Climate Flora Fauna 3. Market Characteristics Population Statistics 4. Market Infrastructure Electricity Transportation Communications 5. Market Economy GDP Cayman Islands Stock Exchange Inflation Imports/Exports Debt Currency Employment 6. Market Politics and Law Government Constitution Human Rights Taxes 7. Market Culture Public Holidays and Festivals Religions The Cayman People Education Sea Turtles 8. Final Assessment and Forecasting **Assessments are included at the end of each

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    Essay Length: 639 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Most American Thing I Can Do

    Most American Thing I Can Do

    Most American Thing I Can Do The most American thing I can do is to simply ask questions. Why are we at war? Why do we pay taxes? We do we support democracy in fledgling countries? We are a democratic nation. Does that not mean the government and this country belong to me as much as to the president? If we stop asking questions about what is essentially ours, do we not essentially give it

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    Essay Length: 406 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Mike
  • Native American Mascots

    Native American Mascots

    Austin Chambers Unity and Diversity Term Paper Native American Mascot use Native Americans have been on this land for hundreds, if not thousands of years. Their way of life is very different from the socially accepted way of the Europeans. The traditional symbols of their people and the ceremonial dress that they wore are considered sacred. Many different college universities, professional sports teams and public businesses use these sacred symbols, images and traditional dress as

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    Essay Length: 2,436 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Mike
  • Nike Case Study

    Nike Case Study

    Nike transform into a market-oriented company after 1998. Prior to 1998 Nike gained market share based off of Nike name branding. Nike was not a company that looked towards the future, they failed recognized the wants and needs of their customer base and was totally insentive to the ethical issues of exploiting oversea workers. Nike created a new management team to in reinvent Nike. The company now uses its capabilities and matches them to their

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    Essay Length: 367 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Mikki

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