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American Writers: Edith Wharton, Her Life, Her Works as a Writer
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Edith Wharton is considered to be one of the best novelists and short story writers in American literary history.... She is also the first woman to win the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Literature for her novel The Age of Innocence that was published in 1920.... .... ... ... Edith Wharton showed interest in novels and short stories since she was little....
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Economics and Government
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The ‘New Deal' includes a number of government reforms relating to social, economic and government policies during the regime of Franklin Roosevelt.... The reforms were aimed at addressing the challenges posed by the Great Depression (Waller 15).... Great compression refers to.... ... ... The two events are important because they provide an analysis of economic events that affected people during the 1930s and 1940s....
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Student motivation or engagement in high school urban students
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There are many challenges.... Not only are you faced with the environment surrounding the school; you are also subjected to higher populations of classified students and higher dropout rates.... Classes are plagued.... ... ... Urban school districts are deemed as failing schools.... It brings about teacher frustration as we try to concentrate on resolving the multitude of issues and gaining little ground In this paper, I have research the problem of student motivation....
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What is the cultural function of slasher films
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This type of film further belongs to the wider genre of fantasy films since the narrative is often quite detached from reality.... One.... ... ... the reasons why slasher films continue to do well at the box is a synergistic appeal to audiences unstated fears; these films may also try to address pressing issues of the day that is troubling to society such as sadism, technological advances, euthanasia (mercy killing), The societal issues tackled in slasher films can be quite varied indeed and the issues will project, criticize and open up for debate whatever it is that concerns society at the moment....
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Organisational behaviour
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This essay studies the theories of human behavior as it helps the management know to handle their workers and how to create good working conditions.... Understanding human behavior in the organization, the management will be able to design better ways of improving the performance of workers.... ... ...
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Has the Obama Health Care Law Affected Floridians For the Better or the Worst
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March 2010 should come to be known as the year that the healthcare system of America died.... The enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act has proven to be neither protective of patient interests nor has the program made healthcare more affordable to many.... ... ... ... Instead, the program served to make healthcare much more expensive for everyone concerned....
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Supreme Court of the United States
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The case study "Supreme Court of the United States " states that What was the applicable law in regard to this matter, where the matter in dispute occurred in Pennsylvania, and the railroad company had been registered in New York.... Therefore, the issue was whether federal law should be applied....
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On-line gaming is a time waster
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The popularity of online and video games has increased immensely with the passage of time.... They have caused noteworthy impact upon the societies around the globe.... Today we can see the impact of these games in nearly all the walks of life.... ... ... ... The popularity of online and video games has increased immensely with the passage of time....
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Arab-Israel Conflict: American Investment in People
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This paper dwells on the Israel-Arab conflict that has continued for over a century now and is considered one of the very serious conflicts around the world.... Until the conflict is solved this topic will continue being the question of international importance.... ... ... ... This paper analyses the Israel-Arab conflict, an outstanding and important for many of the worldwide countries....
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Public Privacy and Safety Under the US Law
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This essay "Public Privacy and Safety Under the US Law" discusses civil rights and privacy laws that are quite different from each other.... It is established that for the protection of citizens, civil rights are set so that the citizens can enjoy their liberty.... .... ... ... The legislating body of America and the Supreme Courts are concerned about public safety or the protection of privileges of people individually....
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The Definitions for Ability and Skill
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The assignment "The Definitions for Ability and Skill" presents the psychological test.... It says: I scored highest in 'conventional' and 'enterprising', followed by 'social' and 'investigative'.... I completely agree with these results, as they represent the diversity of my interests quite well....
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From Personal to Political
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The author concludes that based on the number of scandals that have rocked the accounting profession and which has led to insurmountable problems for investors, it is clear that a lot needs to be done to clean up the profession and restore it to nobility .... ... ... I am happy that I can attest to the fact that in my role as an accountant I carried out my duties in accordance with the code of ethics and I believe that it will continue to be my guide as I face the challenges that have dogged the profession....
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Choose one of the following readings from the course textbook
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The theory revolved around the question; why do men obey authority?... In his research, he conducted a chain of experiments whose aim.... ... ... The results were shockingly disturbing, they revealed that an average human would obey a lawful authority and would follow his orders to cause harm to an innocent person. ...
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Rivane Neuenschwander
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As an artistic movement, postmodernism has moved artistic expression away from the two-dimensional painting that appeals only to the eye in favor of more interactive pieces designed to engage the audience on a variety of levels at once.... ... ... ... The idea behind this expression is that there is a difference between the form of the image and the actual content of the image (Lyotard, 1984)....
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Company Reporting Rules and Regulation
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This discussion talks that financial reporting can be simply defined as setting relevant documents, which are normally prepared by government agencies (external auditing) or prepared internally by internal company auditors, at the end of the company's accounting cycle.... ... ... ... According to the report, the company financial reporting principles and guidelines are commonly applied to the reporting standards of registered organizations....
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A Connection Between Mental Instability and High-Class Prostitutes
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The paper "A Connection Between Mental Instability and High-Class Prostitutes" discusses a great influence on the high-class prostitutes.... The degree of traumatic incidences for female sex workers cannot be predetermined by the stage at which it appears to be more prevalent.... ... ... ... To have an in-depth analysis, there is a need to be aware of some of the specific symptoms and behaviors associated with trauma-related disorders, substance use, and depression....
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Wal Mart Case Analysis using Porter's Model
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The researcher of this essay 'Wal Mart Case Analysis using Porter's Model ' aims to analyze competitive advantages of Wal-Mart, using Porter's (2008) model for this analysis.... Wal mart competitive advantages are its distribution capabilities.... ... ... ... The author states that one of the activities of Wal mart was efficient distribution....
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The Shawshank Redemption Analysis
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The review "The Shawshank Redemption Analysis" focuses on the critical analysis and comparison between the book and the movie titled The Shawshank Redemption.... The Shawshank Redemption can be categorized correctly as one of the most famous movies of all time.... ... ... ... The original narrative Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption was written by Stephen King and it was printed in his collection called 'Different Seasons'....
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Disadvantages of Homosexuals Identifing Themselves in the US Military
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This paper seeks to dig out the cancellation of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' military policy.... The author discusses the problem of homosexuals' harassment in the US Army, and the potential issues of military personnel identifying their sexual orientation from a moral, financial, and political viewpoints....
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The Roles of Commodities in Contemporary Culture
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This essay "The Roles of Commodities in Contemporary Culture" aims at scrutinizing what roles commodities do play in contemporary culture in an attempt to unveil the secrets of commodities.... ... ... ... Before proceeding to the analysis of commodities' roles; three key concepts, namely commodity, commodity fetishism and culture must be described briefly....
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Blood Diamond
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This paper ''Blood Diamond'' tells that the film is a literary focus on Africa, given the conflicts that arise due to the exploitation of its resources.... In this case, the resource focused on is diamond.... utside forces influence most of the life that the characters live.... It describes the war that is happening in Africa....
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Why Did the US Invade Iraq in 2003
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From the paper "Why Did the US Invade Iraq in 2003" it is clear that the actual nature of the Iraq invasion can be considered as a new ground for the US to test their new weaponry.... The war in Afghanistan at the time was progressing as expected, it meant that objective in Afghanistan was met.... ....
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Acute Euthanasia
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The word ‘Euthanasia' means ‘a good death', and as the name implies, euthanasia implies an easy death without intense pain or suffering (Cavan & Dolan 8).... Going by its literal translation, euthanasia appears to be something good, as anything that can alleviate pain and.... ... ... However, euthanasia is one of the most highly charged and widely debated subjects of the century....
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Middle East and International Relations
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The author of the paper examines The Middle East regions which consist of Western Asia and some parts of Northern Africa.... This region had been the center of world affairs, dating back to ancient times.... It has been regarded as a sensitive region in terms of politics, economy, culture, and religion....
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The Lost Television Series
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This essay focuses on the first episode of the complete Lost television series-Pilot.... The episode acts as an excellent introduction to an extraordinarily well-designed television program.... For most of the fans, the Pilot is nothing but a great motion picture appearing on the small screen.... ...
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Scholarly vs Popular Media Focus on Psychology
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This paper "Scholarly vs Popular Media Focus on Psychology" focuses on the knowledge acquisition, which, together with information thirst constitutes two aspects that characterize human life in different spheres.... People have a passion for information, knowledge, and passion to know something.... ....
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A History of World Societies
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This essay explores and presents the Indo-European language group in the ancient world and the historical importance of Hittites, Aryans, and Iranians and the Chinese legalist political philosophy, its assumptions and its importance in the Qin Empire.... ... ... ... The researcher of this essay will make an earnest attempt to evaluate the historical context of Confucius and his ideas, the nature of his political and social philosophy and the importance of filial piety and democracy in Athenian Polis in the 5th century BC, the nature of Athenian Assembly and its participants....
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The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbecks Commitment to Justice for the Poor
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The review "The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck's Commitment to Justice for the Poor" comments the novel seen against the pre-war general background, which is actually quite a courageous step in bringing to people's notice some uncomfortable facts about American rural life.... ... ... ... The title of Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath uses the terminology of the Bible to recall images of revenge and suffering, in which the blood of human beings is pressed out by an angry God....
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John D. Rockefeller
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He was the second of six children, to William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davison.... The local population used to call the mysterious but fun-loving William Avery as "Big Bill," and "Devil Bill".... ?He was.... ... ... He lived as a vagabond and returned to his family infrequently.... All his life, William Avery Rockefeller gained repute for shady schemes rather than useful work....
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Integration of Agile Practices into Waterfall for Business Advantages
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This research paper 'Integration of Agile Practices into Waterfall for Business Advantages" examines the real world of software developers and managers which takes into account the real-world practicalities that require a quantitative research design.... ... ... ... The first and second phases involved reviewing of relevant literature followed by questionnaire development respectively....
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English Literature: Critical Theory
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ENGLIT The idea of human beings having an essential self has been problematic since the very beginnings of history and philosophy, to say nothing of psychoanalysis.... Different theorists have problematized the idea of the self in different ways over history throughout the centuries.... ... ... ... The current investigation focuses on two relatively recent thinkers in this chain of investigation, Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan....
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Principles of Application and Interpretation of the Results of Personality Tests
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The paper "Principles of Application and Interpretation of the Results of Personality Tests" tells that personality testing includes the presentation of some tests or questions to individuals, who then respond to such questions based on a rated scale.... ... ... ... The most important reason as to why personality tests are administered is to determine reliability and validity (Payne, 1989)....
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Basic Principles of the Gate Control Model of Pain
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The paper "Basic Principles of the Gate Control Model of Pain" discusses that the patient is allowed to have a view of somewhere pleasant or a warm relaxing view of the beach or something enjoyable to take him away from the realities of the current condition that he is in.... ... ... ... The gate control model considers that there are other factors outside the human body that may lead one to experience pain other than those within him....
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The Social and Ethical Modifications
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The paper "The Social and Ethical Modifications" examines the equal distribution of wealth.... This distribution would promote some form of socialism such that there would be no affluent or poor people, keeping everyone on the same level.... These changes would have a greater effect on the global scale....
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Platos Perspectives
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This paper ''Plato's Perspectives'' tells that Plato is one of the ancient greatest philosophers in Greece, who besides philosophy, did mathematics and science.... Plato was Socrates' student; Socrates just like Plato was also a prominent philosopher during those early times and influenced most of the philosophical work of Plato....
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Is Intelligent Design a Scientific Theory
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The focus of the paper "Is Intelligent Design a Scientific Theory?... is on the Discovery Institute, political institution, the intelligent design, the scientific community, factual and conceptual flaws, creation of American creationists, conjecture or hypothesis, the principle of parsimony.... ...
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Bringing Bicing to the University of Arizona
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The topic of the paper "Bringing Bicing to the University of Arizona" is based on implementing a public bicycle transportation system into the University of Arizona.... The bicycle system is actually a real company called Bicing.... It is located in Barcelona, Spain in the heart of the city.... ....
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Types of Jazz to the Present Day Jazz
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The paper 'Types of Jazz to the Present Day Jazz' focuses on Jazz as a music style known to have America as its native land.... Some of its characteristics include an understructure that is rhythmically strong and flexible.... In its basic tunes and chord patterns, it has ensemble provisions.... ...
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Professional Learning Communities
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This case study "Professional Learning Communities" is an account of a problem situation on PLC, exploration of factors that led to it, analysis of characters' perspectives, strategies used to resolve the problem, further ramifications, and theories governing the most appropriate approach.... ... ...
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Full State Financing of Student Maintenance in the UK
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The paper "Full State Financing of Student Maintenance in the UK" describes that the new financial strategies for payment of tuition could promote greater access to educational resources and income-contingent loans that would benefit both the students and the government.... ... ... ... Recommendations have been in place suggesting that graduates would be subject to some form of tuition waiver and would have to repay once they begin earning....
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Professional Rounds in Education
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The paper "Professional Rounds in Education" describes that Reid seeks to provide guidelines on communicating effectively between all educational stakeholders and improve on reluctant ones, reduce hostility, sustain groups and generally sustain an environment conducive for learning and teaching.... ....
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Period of Primary Education
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From the paper "Period of Primary Education" it is clear that the functioning of primary schools is dependent on a number of factors and it is the government's responsibility to ensure that no such factors tend to impact the academic progress and provision.... .... ... ... Primary schools in some areas also restrict the provision of education to students from particular races or cultures....
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Nurses as Entrepreneurs
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From the paper "Nurses as Entrepreneurs" it is clear that generally speaking, the success of the entrepreneurial venture would depend on both business and professional skills.... Research on entry behavior is important before establishing the enterprise.... ... ... ... Nurse entrepreneurship provides an opportunity for individual nurses to exploit their talents....
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Strategic Marketing Planning as an Essential Marketing Tool
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The paper "Strategic Marketing Planning as an Essential Marketing Tool" states that strategic marketing planning is an important element that includes a detailed report on the structure of the business environment.... Managers must possess this skill to be efficient in implementing strategies.... ...
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Trademark Law
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The paper 'Trademark Law' presents Frank intends to start a construction company and register is by the name of a character he played in a popular movie.... Just like the incorporation of other types of companies, it is a demand of the law that the proprietors comply with several aspects of companies....
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Ethical Issue in the News
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The paper "Ethical Issue in the News" discusses that if the obesity rate is reduced, it would limit the suffering of all the overweight and obese people in the society without a doubt.... At the same time, their interest in sustaining such healthy consumption habits would be enlarged.... .... ... ...
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Emerging Influences in the United States Healthcare System
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This essay "Emerging Influences in the United States Healthcare System" analyze to what extent workforce tsunami, Hospital-Acquired Conditions policies, and Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award system influence current trends in the United States healthcare system.... ... ... ... There are several aspects based on changes in factors that influence the livelihoods of the United States which may influence the healthcare system in the country....
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Milwaukee Emergency Center for Animals
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The paper "Milwaukee Emergency Center for Animals" explains that most people do not consider the aspect of animal health as significant.... Milwaukee Emergency Center for Animals was developed to help the neighbourhood in treatment and education regarding the importance of animal health.... ... ... ...
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Distribution and Retail - Importance of Product Positioning
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The paper "Distribution and Retail - Importance of Product Positioning" justifies marketing and retailing strategies are essential to be devised for a business to run smoothly.... Product positioning is one of the four 'P's' of marketing and is the most important depending upon the situation.... ...
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What Is the Federal Reserve
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This paper "What Is the Federal Reserve?... explains the FRS has a role in major economic crises in the US but it has not caused any of these crises.... These crises were caused by banks and other financial institutions that did not abide by the guidelines and policies of the Federal Reserve System....
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