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THE DRY MARKET INDICES

one indicator of the economy, the Baltic Dry Index is just as important. The Baltic Dry Index measures how much it costs to ship d...

AN ANALYSIS OF "SIMPLE JUSTICE"

It pointed out the fact that blacks were not only getting a separate education, but a very unequal one. Nor was the inequality jus...

The Continued Need for Civil Disobedience

. . For government is an expedient by which men would fain succeed in letting one another alone; and, as has been said, when it is...

Financial Performance of General Motors and Ford 2004 - 2008

regarding the firms future with this high level of support and the need to cut costs. However, this is not an issue that is impact...

The Facts Surrounding Gun Control

reiterates this fact time and time again. Gun control attempts through legislation have been a miserable failure in their e...

American Express Diversity Plan

jobs in his career, he was the director of federal contract compliance during the Carter Administration (Knowledge@Wharton, 2006)....

TAX PLANNING AND U.S. CITIZENS

that one would think would be enough to keep things moving. But neither the federal government nor income taxes are quite...

Transformations of Hagia Sophia

second fire, it was reconstructed yet again by Justinian I (Justinian the Great) during the sixth century. Due in large part to J...

The Great Depression

nonmember banks so that the deposits would be secured by the government (Auerbach and Kotlikoff 406). This means that the governme...

Book Review of Joseph J. Ellis’ His Excellency: George Washington

that George Washington was fueled foremost by ambition. He wrote, "Ambitions this gargantuan were only glorious if harnessed to a...

NIKE INC. AN OVERVIEW AND STRATEGIC FUTURE

Phil Knight and track coach Bill Bowerman met in the late 1950s at the University of Oregon (Nike Inc., 2009). Bowerman, who liked...

The Quality of Perugina Baci Chocolates

years, but this was a good thing for Perugina ("The history of Perugina," 1999). In 1929, Giovanni Buitoni was introduced to Musso...

African Americans: History, Culture, Families, Beliefs and Religion

African slaves brought to the New World were sent to what is now the United States (Horton, 1997). Most of the rest went to the Ca...

The History of Microsoft

Harvard, and Allen enrolled at University of Washington, only to drop out and work at Honeywell (Lesinski, 2006). It was 19...

The Relevance of Whitney's Cotton Gin

made life easier. Prior to the invention, one person might spend an entire day picking the seeds out of a pound of cotton (Yanak &...

The Great Depression and the 2009 Economic Recession

overnight. As Smiley observes, in the years preceding the Great Depression, "the United States had achieved a higher degree of co...

Observations in History, Nationalism, and Military Strategy and Technology

measuring stick against which all the answers to all the questions could be compared to see if they measured up. Not only was sci...

The Relevance of the History of Philosophy

they at least try not to have affairs. They give to charity, pay attention to raising their young, and also model a good example f...

GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD AND ITS IMPACT

The roots of the GASB were actually launched in 1906 as the National Association of Comptrollers and Accounting Officers (Foltin, ...

Microsoft Zune

may want to preserve, but there seems to be little complaint about that among current customers. The Zune made a reasonable...

Immigration, Pros and Cons

human rights, democracy and peace is the standard," then European immigration to North America can be regarded as a blessing; how...

Ship Registry and Certification

Kyokai (ClassNK), 1899 * River Register of 1913: Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) * Croatian Register of Shipping (CRS),...

History of Professional Football and How it was Affected by World and National EventsA History of Professional Football

This paper examines the history of professional football, and discusses how it was affected by both world and national events such...

Post 1992 Motorola

suddenly a downturn in semiconductor sales ("Motorola," 2000). Galvin cut staff and sold some company assets (2000). In 1998, wir...

Internet Explorer, Netscape

browser statistics compiler indicates that 76.1% of visitors employ Netscape Navigator and only 4.1% use Internet Explorer" (Wingf...

Betty Freidan's The Feminine Mystique

This paper provides a reading of Betty Freidan's book, The Feminine Mystique. The author points out how the role of the woman has...

The Evolution of Cinema

This 8 page paper discusses the main turning points in the history of cinema, the technology, and speculates on the future of th...

New York Attorney General's Office

to the time before there was even a United States of America. In New Netherlands, a schout was appointed and reported directly to...

Hesiod's Fable and Other Similar Works

Four political works in ancient history are examined. Athenian democracy is part of the inquiry but many issues pertinent to polit...

The Condition of Education for Black Americans

know, were first brought over to the United States as slaves. At that point in time the African American had a different language ...