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important part of scientific and political history and has a great deal of significance. Yet, in delving into the history of space...

Some years later, Hofstede added a fifth dimension, that of Long-Term Orientation. LTO determines the degree to which a society em...

is because the U.S. is becoming a service-oriented economy -- while the country is certainly a net importer of goods, its exportin...

in 2008 of 1.2%, the recovery is expected to continue into 2009 when the GDP is expected to grow by 1.7% (Office of Economic Analy...

also exerted a profound influence upon paste and present Spanish culture. Author Peter Pierson (1999) noted in his text The Histo...

potential for a greater degree of efficiency. The question is whether not there should be a universal healthcare system adopted in...

its landmarks Mt. McKinley and Death Valley - are the highest and lowest points on the continent, respectively (CIA, 2008a). Amer...

fence, but rather that remedies should address both social concerns and the realities of this social, economic and political probl...

a substantial number of divorces that would not have occurred otherwise" (Why Divorce Rates Increased, 2008). This is something th...

as is the case with many other unsung people from history. One must see, and understand, exactly how Josiah was important, despite...

States will cost a lot. There just isnt enough to do so. But Welch (2005) points out that a universal health care policy doesnt ha...

beginning funds for operation to keep the company solvent through its first several months of operation; the remaining $90,000 wil...

During the earlier waves of immigration the Muslims would move to rural areas in addition to urban areas (Smith, 2008). There was ...

Maiden in the Tower, more commonly known to contemporary readers as Rapunzel, is indicative of this traditional fairytale structur...

that most people look nothing like the people on television. One need only look at statistics concerning obesity in the nation and...

began celebrating their cultures and communities in song with the Chicano variations of Woodstock festivals being staged throughou...

The laws were not popular and while they had been reversed by Congress for the most part, or were simply not renewed, Adams was co...

Human Services: National Institutes of Health, 2008). Actually measuring a persons body fat is not a simple procedure such as step...

rural, urban, gender, culture and age (Bureau of Justice, 2001). NCVS modified its methodology in the late 1980s to improve upon ...

1789-1797, sought reelection only once and a two-term limit became traditional and was the national standard for 150 years (OConno...

an educated workforce are two factors that organizations look for when choosing an international site. Again, certainly the count...

that there is a growing body of research data that indicates that rehabilitation and/or reformation through the process of incarce...

empowered to appoint a secretary to carry out its mission and Mann accepted this position (Eakin, 2000). Although Massachusetts ...

and Spain. Its primary business is that of providing billing services and billing system enhancements to providers of cellular te...

the battleship U.S.S. Maine on February 15, 1898 in Havana harbor (The Spanish/American War). But tensions were high betwee...

new "homes," black slaves suffered. Plantation overseers thought nothing about whipping slaves to make them work faster (they wer...

Charlotte, North Carolina, Police Department, on duty at the time. He was watching the store, and seeing Graham enter and then le...

relied formerly on oil, for instance, Japan was able to diversify during the oil crises of the 1970s into the manufacture of elect...

Roughshod President). Growing up as he did in the backwoods country, Jacksons education was sketchy at best (Andrew Jackson). Ho...

The movement opened doors for women and African Americans that had up until then been shut tight. In short, the Knights of Labor ...