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History and Legacy of the Volkswagen AG Company

such a car (Caryl, 1996). The projects first director, Ferdinand Porsche, was a "nuts-and-bolts" man who was able to help turn Hit...

Democracy Transition of Paraguay

affairs and national affairs of state. This was clearly outside of his parameters, but he was ambitious and stubborn and determine...

Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara

proved to be the right choice. Burnside even gained support of President Lincoln, who approved their mission but warned that they...

The Landmark Case of Roe v. Wade of More Than a Generation Ago

which to base her arguments in favor of abortion rights. The question on which the case rested was whether a woman had the...

Indian Music and the Tabla Drums

the emission of harmonics(Courtney, 2001). Musicians play the tabla (or a smaller one at least) by placing it in their la...

Science and Art According to Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean Jacques Rousseau

Academy, and reconcile contempt for study with respect for the truly learned?" (NA). In many ways we can see a certain amount of h...

NATO and Nation Membership

clear to them that the road to Prague "runs through Washington" (2002, p.634). What does that mean? Although NATO is made up of a...

Overview of Special Purpose Entities

while the media is referring to what Enron officers did as "off-balance-sheet" partnerships -- "those hundreds of Enron entities t...

'Women and Economics A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution,' 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and Charlotte Perkins Gilman

that females should function in subordinate and often demeaning roles in comparison with men (Readers Companion to American Histor...

Nationalism and its Global Impact

These ideologies vary, of course, both according to country and time. What is considered a conservative ideology today, in fact, ...

Capitalism and Europe in the 20th Century

barbarism. Capitalism was at the forefront of crisis during this catastrophic period. Of the primary players that subjecte...

Toyota Motor Company - A Case Study

SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths: Toyota is currently Japans largest auto manufacturer and is the third largest auto manufacturer in the w...

Analysis of Nike Inc.

could get his shoes on the most dominate runners in the field, the pack may follow (Labich and Carvell, 1995). The company sells ...

Comparison Between Ecuador and Panama

Rica (CIA Panama, 2002). The total area of the country is 78,200 square kilometers or a land mass slightly smaller than South Caro...

Viewing US History Differently

statement elsewhere, but, to the best of my recollection, there was never any serious attempt to turn Native Americans into a work...

An Evaluation of the DARE Program

a life of its own and become common fare for school children for decades to come. The program was initially designed for fifth an...

Kelo v. New London

before the New London Superior Court, asserting that the "taking of their properties would violate the public use restriction in t...

Sterilization Methods, Ancient to Modern

and isolation of contagious patients would save lives and slow the transmission of illness. Sterilization and disinfection of mi...

The Definition of Art

had no concept of art as we understand the term" (Department of Art History Sweet Briar College, 2008). They were likely items tha...

The California Gold Rush and the California Government: A PowerPoint Presentation

14,000 people from European or Mexican decent Native tribes lived in the mountains Missionaries settled in the south, hear Montere...

Reitz’s Heimat and World War II

mayor. Lucie begins to fulfill her ambitious dreams. Episode 4, "The New Road, 1938" and Episode 5, "Up and Away and Back, 1939," ...

A Short History of Progress - Or Lack Thereof

past, we can use it to predict what our likely future is, and that should give anyone pause, for our past is not particularly whol...

African American: History and the Present

is the Present and Future Condition of the Negroes, from the book Democracy in America (1835) by Alexis de Tocqueville. In this he...

Desmond Seward’s Wars of the Roses

All five opposed King Richard III and, at various times, were personally accused of treason by Richard. Chapter 2 gives a brief in...

Hayes v. Jackson (1893)

represents the fact of the sale, but Holmes argues that it is not the place of the court to consider this question. He bases this ...

Terrorism and Effective Deterrents

the courts. Consider President Bushs assertion that terrorisms main motivation is that they "hate us." Public opinion polls that ...

Avon

more than 10,000 representatives selling more than 117 different products (Avon, 2008). International operations started with the...

Hotel California and California History

in California. The song opens by picturing a "dark desert highway" and the "Warm smell of colitas" (Felder, et al). "Colitas" is...

The Culture of the Philippines

The vessels were rowed, and some of the larger ships held up to 100 rowers per side, in addition to armed troops (Philippine civil...

Tattoos in American Culture

circus freaks, bikers, and other marginal people" (Bell, 1999, p. 53). In addition, shows like "L.A. Ink" and "Miami Ink" have pop...