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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...

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,...

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),...

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 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...

American Nationalism

Germany, historically, Turkish families who have lived in Germany for generations are not regarded as German (Ignatieff, 1995). ...

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...

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...

A Biography of Alan Dershowitz

many interests and relationships that have created the vocal and thoughtful individual who goes by the name of Alan Morton Dershow...

EPA and Environmental Policy

say that EPA was designed to serve both Congress and the president, parts of the government often at odds, and has done neither we...

Television and Its Historical Impact

2009). One very different thing to emerge was MTV. People by that time were used to situation comedy and drama, but music was gear...

Statistics and the Chesapeake

the answer was colonization (Wheeler and Becker). In addition to deporting the undesirable members of society, Hakluyt also sugges...

Louisiana Purchase

New Orleans, an important port city and mouth of the river" (Stief, 2009). Another author further supports this in noting that, "[...

LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND NECESSITY FOR TODAY

more or less inherited their leadership roles. Fledging governments such as those of the United States did put some store on elect...

AN OVERVIEW OF MAC COSMETICS

acquisition by 1990 (History behind MAC Cosmetics, 2006). Also in 1994, the MAC AIDS funds was introduced and to-date, has raised ...

ETHICS OF OIL IN NIGERIA

This 3-page paper provides a brief history of unethical behavior of oil companies in Nigeria. Bibliography lists 3 sources....

The Swastika A Symbol with Multiple Meanings

sign for good luck, protection, [and] as a materialization of life and the changing seasons of the year" (Swastika-the symbol of t...

Why Livy And Thucydides Chose To Write About War and Rome

after being cast into the water in a basket -- survived and ultimately grew up with the intent to seek revenge against the king (a...

British Cinematic Development Until 1939

In ten pages this paper chronicles the history of British film from its 19th century origins until 1939. Six sources are listed i...

Biography of Gail Kelly

this school and during her final year became a school prefect (The Age, 2005). Gail then went to study Latin and modern history ...

Background to A Veterans' Association Healthcare Organization

The Oakland organization also plays a key role in aiding veterans to integrate back into the community; this has been seen when se...

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Lou Gehrig's Disease

comprised of both a smooth exterior and a tubular inner membrane that establish plate-like double membranes called cristae. Studi...

Economy and Government of Singapore

enforced by the government to ensure that employees are treated fairly and have recreational time for themselves and their familie...