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Gay Lifestyle's Socioeconomic Costs

is done. Some might be curious about homosexual sex. In part, these explorations are encouraged by media. Jenkins (2005) charges f...

The International Impact of Adolf Hitler

of some fifty million people2. These deaths included not only Jews, but also gypsies, the mentally or physically disabled and eve...

Cheerleading and Sports Gender Constructs

peer pressure, societal norms, family expectations, all contribute towards "channelling" the individual into certain forms of iden...

Answering Questions on Economics

it demands from the consumer. A budget item demands attention, but a ten cent increase in the price of a candy bar probably does ...

The Common Sports Injury of a Sprained Ankle

a step or jumps inadvertently onto an opponents foot with an inverted foot (Lynch, 2002). Often, the foot is plantar flexed when t...

Biography of Bill Clinton

for a second term, but won the office again four years later. He was Governor of Arkansas when he ran for President in 1992, defe...

Tourism and Economics

the rates at which wages can increase. But this will make it hard for employees to keep staff, especially good staff who may be mo...

Leisure Activities in Britain 1700 - 1850

festivals (2005). Early ritualized activities of leisure would continue after many people began to reside in the Victorian tow...

Ecuador's Dollarization

to as full dollarization, happens when the foreign currency is either the predominant or the exclusive legal tender in the country...

Struggles for Equality in Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

being Thomas Jefferson) gathered to write their objections down on paper. Among the objections were what were termed "self eviden...

Culture of Costa Rica

and final voyage to the New World. Archeologists have determined that native civilizations existed in Costa Rica for thousands of ...

Reaganomics, Keynesian Theory, and Supply Side Economics

as the way to economic health, rather than moving through macroeconomic methods (Answers.com, 2005). During the 1980s, such measur...

U.S. Economic Development from 1790 until 1840

He appealed to logic and strove to demonstrate that a central government guided by the Constitution as it existed would bring grea...

Sports and Cheating

breaks the rules to gain an advantage, that is cheating. Cheating is important not only because a lot of money is involved, and th...

Economic Impacts of Sports Stadiums

Perry (2007) puts forward the point of view that older stadiums are not able to demonstrate the benefits as they are not able to g...

Baseball History: The 1919 White Sox Fix

begin to see that different stakeholders involved had different concerns. The owners were divided. They realized that money would ...

Failure at TVR

waiting list, but the cars were not in the same league as the highly finished engineered cars, these were cars that were for car e...

The Relevance of Economics for the Real Estate Agent

agents," 2006). Brokers hire agents as needed. One observation about the business is tied to the economy, as follows: "Employment ...

The Commercialization of Sport

the commercialization of sport is a given. It may in fact be a factor in current debates about the reality of sport. The question ...

Trade in the Aftermath of the World Wars: A Comparison of Post-WWI and Post-WWII

throughout the twentieth century played a role. In examining the differences between trade before and after each world war, there ...

Pariarchy and the Repression of Women: Reflections in Literature

Mrs. Mallards husband. She describes the "sudden wild abandonment" (Chopin 394) that Louise Mallard felt upon hearing this news. ...

The Power of Incentives

are Creative," 2007). While contests are good, simply giving the winner some money is not a good idea. Why? The reward should be d...

Analysis: “The Sun Also Rises”

to those who fight it but everyone who is touched by it. We begin with gender, because of the persona Hemingway created, and with...

Kremlin Capitalism (Book Report)

capitalism in Russia, but it was very weak (Blasi, Kroumova & Kruse, 1996). It is no wonder then that the Russian Revolution would...

Sports and Gender

activity an entire tribe could be lost. Women needed to be protected because they were pregnant or caring for physically weak memb...

Lawrence Sports Inc.; Executive Summary

more liquidity within the company. A range of potential reactions have been considered; * To do nothing. The company can carry on ...

International Trade

begun following the example of private corporations. Some governments, such as the state of Florida, have outsourced their entire ...

Managerial Economics; Use, Advantages and Disadvantages

the demand cross. The stock market is the prime example of this. Where there is a demand that exceeds supply then the process will...

Rhoads' The Economist's View of the World

flexibility in economics, and again, he includes a blend of other social sciences, demonstrating that economics is inextricable wi...

A Comparison of Boxing and Ultimate Fighting

for example do not have a sense of authenticity anymore, and seems to be a throwback to an earlier time. Boxing is in fact a bit o...