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Media and Popular Culture in China
13 pages (3250 words) , Download 3 , Term Paper
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Lower class migrant workers have been silenced; China has one of the highest suicide rates as well as the highest female suicide rate in the world (56%) as a result of such oppression (Bu, 2008). ... This population group, one of the most vulnerable in China, has been in such a desperate situation that they have found death as the only means of communication – the suicide rate among rural Chinese women is among the highest of all population groups in the world (Bu, 2008)....
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Standard Education in the USA
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The paper 'Standard Education in the USA' looks at Matt Miller's reforms that encompass every part of education.... Unlike Susan Headden, he makes an argument stretching beyond assessments.... At the beginning of his article, Matt Miller gives the example of a nationalistic figure.... ... ... ... The author states that Matt Miller bemoans the local control of schools that has always dominated the American educational landscape....
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Optimal Capital Structure and Internal Financing as Most Attractive Source of Financing
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This paper also finds out that there could be other reasons behind the theories hypothesis such as higher debt financing than equity financing and why internal financing is most attractive source of financing.... This perhaps explains why capital structure is relevant in world applications.... They further elucidate on the debt and equity creation and issuance, and why it is a supply side problem under completeness of markets.... These include the reason behind higher debt financing than equity financing and why internal financing is most attractive source of financing....
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Indigenous Australians and Social Exclusion
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In essence, it analysis various significant disadvantages that are the root cause of the social exclusion, over and above, giving the reasons as to why the government has not been able to address the issue for over a decade.... In essence, the research is aimed at seeking to understand the reasons as to why the indigenous Australians were excluded from the rest of the society through sociological scholars.... However, the reason why some of these goals are not achievable is that there is a theoretical challenge that entails a wide cultural gap between indigenous and non indigenous perspectives on the issues that are incorporated....
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Juvenile Justice and Status Offenses
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Some people argue that status offenses lead to more serious criminal offenses and victimization.... The paper "Juvenile Justice and Status Offenses " discusses that status offending is any offense committed by juveniles but would not be considered an offense if committed by an adult according to the ordinances of the jurisdiction in which the offense was committed....
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Isaac Newton: the True Mark of Greatness
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While people will certainly argue that Sir Isaac Newton should not be considered the “greatest,” the author of this paper will argue that he is certainly worthy of that title based on the magnitude of his scientific discoveries and the depth of his wisdom and thinking....
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Critical thinking
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The first is that it will lead to increased risk of suicide.... However, this approach may cause more damage and unforeseen harm which might eventually lead to suicide, as well as lessen their self-worth due to abandonment and may also desensitize the nurses to this disturbing situation....
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Florida's Capital Punishment System
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Wester who is an Apostolic administrator gave comments about the execution of Clearance Ray Allen and said that the State has the right to grant capital punishment to anyone who commits such heinous crimes and it is the duty of the state to protect its citizens from such evil.... Mark Openheimer who is a famous German theologian in New York Times commented that being a Christian helps win peoples empathy and is attractive for the news which is why a Christian can easily be pardoned from death penalties as compared to believers of other faiths....
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Parents Education, Parenting Skills Group
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Correspondingly, parenting skill group is committed towards resolving many of such problems which include suicide, academic difficulties, pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, depression and violent behavior.... Teens with increased stress from school, peers as well as social change have led to increasing rate of suicide among this population.... Adolescents ranging from 15 to 19 years of age committed suicide largely due to the aforementioned factors in the year 2007 (Rubin, 2012)....
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Australian Carbon Policies
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As the author puts it, the administration of Australia commits itself to dropping the number of greenhouse emissions around the nation to 40% of the current amount of emissions by the year 2050.... The administration of the country commits itself to dropping the amount of green house emissions around the nation to 40% of the current amount of emissions by the year 2050 (Bennet, Richardson and Schaltegger, 2003). ... argue For the Use of EMA in Understanding the Risks and Opportunities in Carbon Restrictions ...
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Fair Value Accounting and Its Role in Financial Crisis
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The paper "Fair Value Accounting and Its Role in Financial Crisis" states that fair value accounting is not responsible for fuelling financial crisis and the crisis was inevitable considering the given situation while adopting any other accounting approach.... ... ... ... Bailing out investment funds by mortgaging assets made institutions assume their assets and risks....
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Conquering Depression and Anxiety through Exercise
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am (1993) got a lot of frustrations to the point of wanting to commit suicide.... These made him understand clearly why his heart and chest would beat so fast and heavily. ... This study tells that K.... Johnsgard is psychologist who discovered that most Americans that is out of every two suffer from some mental disorders like depression....
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Bullying in Elementary and Middle Schools
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Bullying is considered to have reached its peak in the 21st century as many young children commit suicide or are killed by their peers due to bullying (Olweus, 2013).... "Bullying in Elementary and Middle Schools" paper proposes various strategies and mechanisms that can be used to resolve the problem of bullying in elementary and middle schools....
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The Modern Society
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This paper ''The Modern Society'' tells that An excellent critique of modernization theory and studies has been offered by Dean Tipps, and his comments are worth examining in some detail.... Tipps points out that the concept of "modernization" is relatively new, and that it have been largely influenced by evolutionary perspectives....
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Social Foundation: Islamic Scripture, Philosophy and Poetry
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The reason why we see a split in the views and beliefs of people throughout the advent of Quran and till recent is more or less related to this diversity of inference.... Al-Ghazali here raises the point that if God is really an agent, why cannot He just create this world out of nowhere and later destroy it?...
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Eyewitness Testimony Is Not Always Accurate
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Even though eyewitness testimony is greatly used by the criminal justice system, this paper discusses why psychological research shows that eyewitness testimony should not be used in the criminal justice system since it is not always accurate. ... nother reason as to why eyewitness testimony should not be used is because psychologists have basically long known human memory's fallibility.... This is so because the above research under why eyewitness testimony should not be used should actually tell us that reforms in the criminal justice practices should be instituted....
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Lowering the Drinking Age to 18 in the USA
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Many people argue that if 17 years old are allowed to have a say in government formation then why don't they have a say on whether they are allowed to drink or not?... Those in favor of the age reduction argue that the act has failed to stop underage drinking – the main reason for its enactment....
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Usability will be an important factor in QoL and QoA
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Carr (2003) defines Quality of experience (QoE) as the general measure of customer's experience with a particular service, especially computer oriented services.... Quality of life (QoL) on other hand refers to the general welfare of people in society.... Quality of life focuses in.... ... ... As new electronics flood consumer markets, they should be easy to learn and use so that consumers can enjoy using them thus improving their lives....
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Media Education in Schools
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604-606) (why children need media education).... Media education is an important way of challenging students in understanding the science and logic behind media representations.... The discussion will concentrate on the emerging trend of social networking over the Internet through websites like facebook and Twitter....
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Effects of Rules of International Security on Military Force Practices
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The multiparty political structure makes commitment to long term wars a political suicide.... "why big nations lose small wars: The politics of asymmetric conflict.... "Effects of Rules of International Security on Military Force Practices" paper examines the ways in which international society's rules affect the ways in which states use military force....
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Theories of Human Communication, the social media and the Arab spring
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Full name Instructor Course Date Theories of Human Communication Social Media and the Arab Spring-An Analysis Human communication has undergone a sea change since the past decade.... A ‘more universal' form of communication has now emerged, crossing lingual, social, cultural, continental and even legal borders....
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The United States War on Iraq
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Actually, a growing number of political analysts argue that the declared justifications for the war in Iraq are not the real ones.... The paper "The United States War on Iraq" discusses that generally speaking, the United States has completely undeclared and unpublicized goals for waging the war on Iraq that are different from what its administration declared prior and during the war....
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Treatise of Human Nature: Candide
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The paper 'Treatise of Human Nature: Candide' seeks to evaluate a more rapid and aggressive apostolic Christianity and new ways of doing things.... The Anabaptist group emerged during this time to protest against infant baptism and instead, it called for adult baptism.... ... ... ... The author states that between 1525 and 1618, many people were murdered for rebaptizing themselves as adults....
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Psychopathy, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and Antisocial Personality Disorder
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The author of this essay "Psychopathy, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and Antisocial Personality Disorder" compare and contrasts psychological disorders.... This paper outlines aspects of anti-social personality disorders, types of personality disorders.... .... ... ... Innumerable definitions have been given and explained by the masters on the subject....
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The History of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois
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The paper "The History of Booker T.... Washington and W.... .... .... Du Bois" tells that two major black writers of the early 1900s are mostly responsible for founding the study of African Americans within the educational institutions of America.... These two men were Booker T.... Washington and W....
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Strategic Investment Decision Making
11 pages (2750 words) , Download 3 , Case Study
Being the author of this piece of writing do not entitle me to all the credit.... I am particularly grateful for the Lord almighty for guiding me through my educational studies and particularly this work.... I am grateful to all the authors who through reading of their work I gain an insight on how to approach the assignment. ...
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Law and Ethics in Policing and Law Enforcement
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Based on the already stated actions, I feel the woman had an aforethought to kill the husband, that is why she went up the first floor and loaded the gun.... In consideration to human rights issues and to ethical professional practice, I will let my client know why I cannot cover her up with three counts of murder....
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Fair Value versus Historical Cost Accounting and Deprival
6 pages (1840 words) , Download 3 , Essay
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Importance of deprival value concept Van Zijl and Whittington (2006) argue that deprival value is the implying measurement at substitute cost for an asset that has a recoverable amount superior than the costs to be incurred for replacement.... This essay "Fair Value versus Historical Cost Accounting and Deprival" evaluates the pros and cons of fair value versus historical cost accounting and deprival value....
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The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
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In the paper 'The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad' the author analyzes the second book of the future of freedom by Fareed Zakaria who tells us through his thoughts that democracy is not always good.... Fareed tells us more about democracy deficiencies.... ... ... ... The author states that Fareed begins with a reminder that in 1933, Nazis were elected by the Germans....
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An Argumentative Literary Analysis
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“The alternative of suicide is directly before him.... This research "An Argumentative Literary Analysis" perfectly demonstrates that the human mind will be always 'mined' with a wide range of thoughts.... Those thoughts could be based on a range of real emotions from happiness, depression, excitement, anxiety....
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Analysis of The Flight from Conversation by Sherry Turkle
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"Analysis of The Flight from Conversation by Sherry Turkle" paper analyzes the article that focuses on the need and use of technology in modern times.... Turkle argues that people today put a lot of time and emphasis on technological devices like cellphones instead of focusing on individual growth....
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Obey You Campaign by Sprite
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For instance, the main reason as to why Sprite is engaging in the numerous campaigns is to ensure that there is an increase in the sales levels that seem to be on the decline as people opt to take real fruit drinks that have lower chemical levels.... Theorists in this area further argue that, the media decides on the issues that will gain public prominence by making use of the selective coverage....
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Gays in the Military
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hose who give little credence to the ‘no harm' principle and would ban gays from society period argue that the U.... According to the paper 'Gays in the Military', the intent of the United States government, by evidence of laws enacted over the past half-century, is for its citizens to enjoy equal employment opportunities regardless of race, gender, religion ethnicity, age, disability and, since the 1990s, sexual orientation....
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Psychological Effects at Workplaces
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The paper "Psychological Effects at Workplaces" describes that people begin to relate their behavior on the road to other aspects of their life.... They begin to notice other negative reactions to social constraints.... It is quite possible that these links that they observe are not in existence....
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Analysis of Managers Decisions in the Thai Day Sap
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The paper "Analysis of Manager's Decisions in the Thai Day Sap" is a wonderful example of a case study on management.... In the modern world, competition is so severe to the level that companies need to make decisions quickly and decisively.... Any decision that is adopted by a manager needs to be strategic....
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The Effects of Merger and Acquisitions on the Recent Worldwide Financial Crisis
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Some economists also argue that it was caused by investors failing to accurately assess the risk on mortgage markets and complex financial products (Brunnerneir, 2009).... "The Effects of Merger and Acquisitions on the Recent Worldwide Financial Crisis" paper argues that the benefits of M&A are worth more than the risks....
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Profitability of Aviation Industry
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The essay "Profitability of Aviation Industry" discusses how the airline companies have never generated reasonable returns in their operation history.... .... ... ... China and India, for example, are some of the countries that have reaped the benefit of the aviation industry and know how crucial it is to economic development....
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The effects of human cloning
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Effects of Human Cloning Date Abstract The topic of human cloning has become very a controversial, as it is faces with many “ethical dilemmas”.... Should humans be allowed create human life?... Is it morally and legally permissible practice?... ... ... ... Is it safe?... Although there are different arguments for and against this practice, this paper argues against it on the ground that it interferes with the natural order of things, it has not been proven to be safe, it may lead to the exploitation of the oocytes' donor....
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Standard View of Responsibility
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ssuming restricted control means that a person's own affirmative and voluntary actions and decisions played some part in why the circumstances are the way they are, it would seem there is always some level of restricted control, or there is never a complete absence of it.... oncepcion goes on to argue that accepting the standard view of responsibility "is tantamount to claiming that people are never justly morally appraised or held liable since luck appears to be omnipresent....
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The Relationship between Television Violence and Aggression
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The paper "The Relationship between Television Violence and Aggression" tells that the former Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, Senator Estes Kefauver, conducted investigations in 1954 on whether television violence was aggravating cases of violent activities in the U.... ....
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The Efficiency of the Healthcare Systems in Canada, France and Germany
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ho is Best and why? ... The fact that all three countries have equally-long lifespans and similar spending argue that all three are equally efficient, or equally inefficient.... ne could argue that a strict life expectancy comparison skews the data, and that other factors, such as genetics, poverty, public health and other practices can make a significant difference.... Critics with a statistical bent would argue that this is unfair, as the average age of Canadians is lower than the other two countries, and that health care spending goes up as people age....
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Translation Studies
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In the advent of the 1990's linguistic, social and cultural borders have progressively become blurred due to globalization of business and technological advances have diminished cultural constrictions. ... ... he process of globalization was not limited to the corporate or social sector but the entertainment industry went a step further and instead of only selling their mere products in the foreign industry a completely new trade was developed....
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What factors are important to UEL undergraduates to help them to learn effectively on their courses
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why?... why?... why?... why?... why?... Two well-known ways of descriptive methods are qualitative and quantitative analysis, which analyses the research problem in an effective manner.... Both the research methods are significant and similar to each other, but are quite different from each other....
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Religion and Theology
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The paper "Religion and Theology" tells us about Allan Bloom.... His blistering critique, which offered no solutions to the crisis in education, blamed misguided curricula, rock music, television, and academic elitism for the spiritual impoverishment of students.... ... ... ... The Closing of the American Mind, Bloom argued that universities no longer taught students how to think and that students, especially those attending the top schools, were unconcerned about the lessons of the past or about examining ideas in a historical context....
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Mini-report
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They all revolve around one point but, in different angles giving different views in reference to various issues.... They are all common as they.... ... ... The book brings together ideas from top Plato scholars in North America, Europe specifically Britain with a subject on Plato and other ancient philosophies in regard to PAPER REVIEW Information about the reference: All the five books are philosophy books and all tempts to give an overview of the Plato and other philosophical features of the time....
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Portrayal of Emma as a Critique of Romantic Worldview
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why did I marry?... In Gustav Flaubert's novel, 'Madame Bovary', the portrayal of the central character Emma serves as the author's critique of the Romantic world view.... ... ... ... Obviously Emma can be interpreted as a character that is grossly affected with hollow romanticism and, therefore, perpetually suffers from it....
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Merchant of Venice
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The paper "Merchant of Venice" tells us about a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598.... A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock.... ... ... ... The Merchant of Venice is the story of a Jewish moneylender who demands that an antisemitic Christian offer 'a pound of flesh' as collateral against a loan....
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Valid Enforceable Contract between Pat and Big Industry
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f in case Big Industry want to put that Pat's failure to finish his duties by May 1 may lead to a breach contract, Pat should also argue that Big Industry had waived its right to that deadline on 15th April when Hillary said she would have to live Pat's lateness.... On the other hand, Big Industry might still argue that what Hillary said did not really establish an explicit waiver and this is nothing but a close situation and an ambiguity of the statement....
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The Evolution of Macro Economics in the UK
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In the paper 'The Evolution of Macro Economics in the UK' the author discusses the issue that after the failure of the UK economy in the World War II there was a lack of confidence towards the classical economic theory.... Keynes introduced his own ideas that were greatly followed by the government of the UK....
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Relationships in Second Life
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Date: RELATIONSHIPS IN SECOND LIFE AND HOW THEY CAN AFFECT REAL LIFE People build up relationships with each other through various communication sources, for example internet.... Virtual worlds are like 3-D worlds, where people can create avatars.... ... ... ... These avatars can perform various activities; they can play, socialize, and do business with each other and many more things....
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