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Americans Obsession With Gasoline

molecules are broken up into lighter molecules by means of heat, pressure, and sometimes catalysts" (Bellis, 2009). This process...

Long-Term Care in Canada and Finland

nursing home care is now so expensive seniors cant afford it; in others, it is unavailable because of demand (Clancy, 2009). "In s...

Nature in Narratives of Americanness Between 1840 and 1860

beginning of this countrys history. Emerson is also noted for his preference for the simpler things in life and for his love of n...

A Look at the Role of the Historian

different definitions. That is, different people see history in different ways. There is a debate over presentism where there is d...

The Rise of the AFL

we are slaves! (Journal of United Labor, May 1881)" (Hallgrimsdottir; Benoit, 2007; 1393). This was referred to as wage slavery be...

Hewlett Packard; Analysis and Strategic Plan

This 25 page paper looks at Hewlett Packard and its history, including the merger with Compaq, assesses the current position and t...

Impact of Imperialism on South Africa

racism and the politics of apartheid or separatism between blacks and whites. This resulted in a history fraught with turmoil, wa...

Appalachia: Culture and Social Problems

The mountain peoples who populate the mountainous regions of the southern Apalachias are, by majority, the descendants of English ...

Cocoa's Sustainability

was prohibitively expensive because of high import tariffs on cocoa beans, and only the truly wealthy could afford to buy it. Joh...

Gary Nash/Race and Revolution

his Preface, indicating his regard for him as a "seminal thinker" (Nash ix). Also, he acknowledges that he adopted his stance rega...

Starbucks; From Humble Origins to Global Phenomena

can be examined. 2. History The first coffee shop was opened in Pike Place Market in Seattle, however, as with many...

The Nineteenth Century Ghost Dance Era

In "Sitting Bull and the Paradox of the Lakota Nationhood" author Gary Clayton Anderson details the contradictions which are inher...

Omaha Nebraska: The Ideal City?

easy access to the mountains and the seashore alike. It would have plenty of flat ground for easy walking but just enough rolling...

Muslim History: Damascus and Cairo

and the Christian Jerusalem comprised the major powers within Syria at the time.3 In relationship to Cairo, several years ...

Navistar International Corporation

their 2005 annual reports since the errors of earlier reports were in error and because they had hired a new auditor.6 Meanwhile,...

Maya Angelou/Phenomenal Woman

half=way through the stanza, Angelou prefaces giving her reaction with the line "I say," which is followed by her lyrical descript...

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, ...

Populism

formed a political party, the "Peoples Party or Populists" (Agricultural discontent, 2007). While the Populists goals were basical...

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),...

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...

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...

Economic Interdependence in American History

The Revolutionary War itself, in fact, came with significant expense. The fledgling nation was immediately saddled with tremendou...

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...

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...

A Short History of Apartheid

there was a great deal of protest (Lewis 6). That was only the beginning of the history of apartheid. Money, at it usually does ...

Lanza/Elevator Music

or artistic merit that might be associated with his music genre. He argues that decades of rock music that sound more like car cra...