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  • The American Dream

    The American Dream

    The America Dream is defined in general as a dream of a land that is better richer for everyone based on accomplishment and opportunity. This dream is usually sought after by people who have been deprived of their social and human values. People who have not been able to achieve this dream based on restrictions of their situations that plague their lives. These situations can be different for everyone, race, sex, handicap, etc. My question

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Claude McKay - African American Lit.

    Claude McKay - African American Lit.

    Claude McKay African American Lit. Claude McKay was one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century African American literature. He was known world wide from the West Indies to the United States to Africa all the way to his birth place Jamaica. When mentioning controversial writers, Claude McKay comes to mind. He was first of many African American writers who would become known for speaking their minds through literature during the early 1900’s. He also

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Understanding the Cuban American Culture

    Understanding the Cuban American Culture

    Miami Florida has the biggest Latin population than any other city in the United States. The majority of Latin’s being of Cuban descent. Since the Cuban revolution there have been constant waves of immigrating Cubans to Miami. The result has been a Cuban American society that has created culture diversity within. In order to understand the Cuban American culture you must understand its ethnic origin, politics, and the varying times of immigration. CUBAS ETHNIC ROOTS

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Anna
  • Catholic Studies

    Catholic Studies

    Never could I have envisioned during my early years in the priesthood what would eventually be taken from me, I would be silenced by the Vatican and that my dearest friends would become my greatest adversaries. None of that matters now, I am still working towards the same goal, I just “changed trenches to continue the same fight”(Boff, September 22, 2006). Although I am not one to boast, and even my opponents would agree that

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Top
  • Growing Concern of Aid in the African American Community

    Growing Concern of Aid in the African American Community

    The Growing Epidemic of AIDS/HIV In the African-American Community By Idris Abdul Zahir In the early 1980’s Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancer usually associated with elderly men of Mediterranean ethnicity. Eventually the men wasted away and died. As the realization that gay men were dying of an otherwise rare cancer began to spread throughout the homosexual and later the medical communities. The syndrome began to be called by the colloquialism "Gay Cancer". As medical scientists

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Top
  • Ikea Case Study

    Ikea Case Study

    IKEA - case study Word length : 1250 Introduction IKEA is one of the fastest growing furniture manufacturing regions in the world. It has operated 154 stores in 22 countries and services 286 million customers a year. As one of the most important reasons, IKEA has many capabilities in order to maximize customer value. Therefore, it is an indispensable part of IKEA's business to ensure that value is all delivered to each customer by changing

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Rise of Anti-Americanism

    Rise of Anti-Americanism

    Scott Van-Newhouse GVPP Book Review: Andrew Kohut America Against The World Rise of Anti-Americanism There are many conversations and explanations on why America has encountered an anti-American backlash in recent years. In reading Andrew Kohut’s America Against The World, I found it particularly useful to debunk the misconceptions that current foreign policy makers and news personnel both –explain as the reason why America is being viewed in such a negative light. Kohut’s book is a

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Yan
  • The American Family

    The American Family

    The American Family The essay “The American Family”, written by Stephanie Coontz, takes a historical perspective to examine the contrast between common beliefs about the past and the reality of that time. Furthermore, Coontz analyzes and challenges the conventional view that families today face worse problems than in the past. According to Coontz, families today face a multitude of problems, arising out of fears about inattentive parenting, teen violence, child abuse, conflicted marriages, and antisocial

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Victor
  • Effective Communications Case Study - Tylenol

    Effective Communications Case Study - Tylenol

    Effective Communication Case Study - Tylenol In the fall of 1982, after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol laced with cyanide, seven people were pronounced dead. Mary Kellerman 12 years old from Elk Grove, Illinois, Adam Janus 27 years old from Arlington Heights, Illinois, Adam’s brother Stanley, 25, and his wife Theresa, 19, Mary Reiner, 27, from Winfield, Paula Prince, 35, found dead in her Chicago apartment, and Mary McFarland, 31, from Elmhurst, Illinois were all killed after

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Bred
  • A Hope in the Unseen: A Relationship to Study Skills

    A Hope in the Unseen: A Relationship to Study Skills

    The titles of the chapters of Ron Suskind A Hope in the Unseen provide a brief description of what we are about to read, but provide “food for thought”, regarding the meaning of the reading. For example, the first chapter, “Something to Push Against”, provides a visual representation of the struggles a young man overcomes to succeed in life. In this chapter, we are introduced to Cedric Jennings, one of the very few “straight-A”

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Nestle’ Case Study

    Nestle’ Case Study

    Background The dairy products at Nestlé are a big driving force for the growth of the company’s sales. With the health kick of the many individuals around the world, it pushes the innovator and renovators of Nestlé to reach new height in finding better and healthier products for their consumers. More recent, dairy division became a big potion of the company’s earnings, so it would be best for Nestlé to focus a big portion of

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Jon
  • The American Family

    The American Family

    Just picture the typical American family going on a short trip to grandma’s house. Do you see dad in the driver’s seat, mom on the passenger’s side, and the kids in the back? What about an old red station wagon? One might picture a father who is a little too nerdy for his own good; a mother who is calm, cool, and collected and maybe just a little too pretty for the dad. If the

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Robin Hood Case Study

    Robin Hood Case Study

    Robin Hood Case (Essay) What Should Robin Hood Do? There are several issues Robin Hood needs to consider. First, Robin Hood needs to make sure his own personal grievances against the Sheriff do not cloud his vision and what is in the best interest of his Merrymen as a group. Second, take a broad look at the overall organizational structure by conducting an environmental scan, a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis and/or using

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Bred
  • African American Recidivism Rates

    African American Recidivism Rates

    A Research Proposal Of African American Recidivism Rates By: Ricardo Santacruz ABSTRACT As a result of tough on crime policies and the subsequent war on drugs, the number of individuals involved with criminal justice system continues to rise at alarming rates. Since 1980, the incarceration rate has tripled. 1 in 20 Americans will spend time in prison during their lifespan. The numbers speak for themselves. Currently there are an estimated 2 million people in U.S.

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Alergan a Case Study

    Alergan a Case Study

    Allergan Case Analysis Allemande Left, then Do-Si-Do, Find a Partner (2004) Team 2 THE CURRENT SITUATION A. Current Performance Allergan is one of the smaller pharmaceutical companies in the industry, it’s product lines include ophthalmology, neuromodulator, and dermatology. Allergan has experienced recorded sales growth; 16% over the previous year. As Allergan entered 2004, it has a strong pipeline of projects, with most of its resources focusing on ophthalmology and neuromodulator businesses. The company has indicated

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: July
  • The American Civil War

    The American Civil War

    The American Civil War was from 1861 to 1865 it was a civil war between the United States of America and the Southern slave states of the newly-formed Confederate States of America under Jefferson Davis. The Union included all of the free states and the five slaveholding border states and was led by Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party. Republicans opposed the expansion of slavery into territories owned by the United States, and their victory

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Wing Pattern Evolution and the Origins of Mimicry of North American Admirals

    Wing Pattern Evolution and the Origins of Mimicry of North American Admirals

    Admiral butterflies (genus Limenitis) are a particularly appealing system to address questions regarding wing pattern evolution and speciation. This genus is unusual among other butterflies in that mimicry has evolved multiple times and hybridization is frequent between wing pattern forms. An interesting fact of wing pattern evolution within this genus is the apparent differences between the largely stereotypic Paleartic fauna and the highly variable Nearctic forms of butterflies. Palearctic and Nearctic forms regard to different

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Yan
  • The Maxfli Approach - the British American Tobacco

    The Maxfli Approach - the British American Tobacco

    The British American Tobacco (BAT) company is a large global Fortune 500 company with operations in more than 120 countries. The MaxFli sales force automation system is BAT’s new global direct distribution system developed to take advantage of BAT’s economies of scale, as well as, offer end-market design allowing for local customization and implementation. However after MaxFli’s implementation over three countries, mixed results were obtained, and implementation over three countries revealed strengths and weaknesses inherent

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: David
  • Bill French Case Study

    Bill French Case Study

    Case Study: Bill French 1. Bill has assumed that Duo-Products' relevant range for fixed costs will remain constant even after planned expansion of production capacity. He has also assumed that there is just one breakeven point for the firm (by taking the average of the 3 products). He has also assumed that the sales mix will remain constant. Two other assumptions are that total revenue and total expenses behave in a linear manner over the

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Top
  • Automobiles in American Society

    Automobiles in American Society

    American Culture and Automobiles Americans have been crazy about cars since they were invented in 1890. When introduced during the early 1900s, automobiles served as a more powerful and modern mode of transportation and little else. Now in present time the automobile plays a far greater role in American culture. Its popularity is due to its ability to accommodate our desire for individualism, freedom and power. The automobile embodies deep-seated cultural and emotional values that

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Jon
  • Amazon.Com Case Study

    Amazon.Com Case Study

    The structure of Amazon.com is most certainly representative of a great marketing effort on the part of the company. Amazon.com has a myriad of different marketing concepts which aid to the increased consumption and popularity of this great organization. With thirty-six product categories offered on the website, Amazon.com is bound to appeal to the consumer with its premiere marketing efforts and techniques Amazon.com’s easy to navigate webpage and simplistic accessibility are both contributing factors to

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Ups Case Study

    Ups Case Study

    Introduction UPS has always been a stable, smart company that knows where it wants to go and how it was going to get there. Long-term profitability was never a question; however, increased competition and technological advancements have been two of the major forces behind UPS's wake-up call. In 1994, it was announced that UPS would be undergoing some drastic changes in the future, which caused much stress and concern company-wide. One of the changes that

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Artur
  • Native Americans

    Native Americans

    The Native Americans and Their Quest For Equal ness The Native Americans were the first people on the land that is now known as The united States of America. As the colonials came over from England, the took over the land of the natives and would kill and rap them. All of those actions would lead to the Trail Of Tears. There are many things that can be looked at in what the Indians

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: July
  • Willy Loman : The Tragedy of The American Dream

    Willy Loman : The Tragedy of The American Dream

    Willy Loman : The Tragedy of the American Dream Prosperity, job security, hard work and family union are some of the concepts that involve the American Dream, generally speaking. Some people think this dream is something automatically granted; or in contrast, as in the story “Death of a Salesman” written by Arthur Miller, as something that has to be achieved in order to be successful in life. The play takes issues with those in America

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Permanent Impact of the Counter-Culture on Today's American Society

    Permanent Impact of the Counter-Culture on Today's American Society

    “What is not illusionary is the reality of a new culture of opposition. It grows out of the disintegration of the old forms, vinyl and aerosol institutions that carry all the inane and destructive values of privatism; competition, commercialism, profitability and elitism…It’s not a “youth thing” by now but a generational event; chronological age is the only current phase”. The previous quote was written by Andrew Kopkind in Rolling Stone on the Woodstock festival

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    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Mike