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Financial Analysis of Five Mutual Funds

The writer presents the paper examining five different mutual funds from the same bank, answering a series of questions that by th...

China and The US, Crime

This research paper pertains to the increase in crime occurring in China in the 1990s and the decline of crime in the US during th...

Gender Differences in Adolescents

This research paper pertains the differences and similarities that exist between the ways in which boys and girls experience adole...

Overview, Ancient Greek Amphora

This research paper presents a discussion that focuses on an ancient Greek amphora from the Attic period that depicts Herakles and...

Questions and Answers on Early Nineteenth Century English History (1800-1840)

resulted in a huge public outcry against the King. Reformers and radicals alike encouraged dialogue regarding gender oppression a...

Irish American Influence on American Culture

society, so much so that the Irish ultimately became "more American than the Americans in their appreciation for the blessing of c...

The Use of Leading Indicators to Project Demand in the Housing Market

in 2008 of 1.2%, the recovery is expected to continue into 2009 when the GDP is expected to grow by 1.7% (Office of Economic Analy...

Aviation Fixed Base Operations and Advertising

(in descending order) are Texas, California, Florida, Ohio, Delaware, Kansas, North Carolina, Illinois, Georgia and Michigan (Busi...

Warfare Changes from 1776 to 1918

more technological advances and inventions. With technological advances prior to the Civil War things in the field of warf...

Twentieth Century History of France (1940-1944) and the Impact of Vichy on the Modern French State

defeat and foreign occupation France suffered between 1940 and 1944 form one of the darkest and most controversial chapters in the...

Influence of Women in American History

her from his pulpit, accusing her of being more "Husband than a Wife and a preacher (rather) than a Hearer; and a Magistrate (rath...

Jazz as Modernism

Jazz breaks free of restrictions of form and structure, melody and harmony. Jazz allows composers to take "freer liberties with a ...

"Gawain and the Greek Knight"/"Wife of Bath's Tale"

face" (lines 444-445)("Sir Gawain" 229). The head then warns Gawain not to forget their agreement, which is that Gawain will submi...

1865 to 1945 American Economy

Today, people know when they put their money in the bank, it is insured by the government, at least up to a certain amount of mone...

U.S. Family Impact of Prohibition

capita per year by those Americans that were considered of drinking age (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Obviously, alcohol con...

Education Funding Changes

2.8 38.9 58.3 205 1,567 1957-58 4.0 39.4 56.6 447 2,792 1965-66 7.9 39.1 53.0 654 3,651 1980-81 9.2 47.4 43.4 2,742 5,641 1983-84 ...

Major Changes in World History, 1900-1990

and the Crisis Decades (early 1970s-1991) (Palat, 1997). The so-called "Age of Catastrophe" comprises some of the greatest upheav...

US, Japan, and Unemployment

that consumer credit be frozen for a time in the late 1970s. Congress was intent on increasing deficit spending, looking to incre...

Significant U.S. Economic Events (1950-1990)

(Carroll, 1995). First, as with all wars, there was a wartime boost because of defense spending and the manufacturing of war mate...

Baroque, Classical and Romantic/Comparing 3 Works

sense of awe and wonder at the complex beauty of the music. The classical music of Beethoven blends the varied textures of the o...

Spread of Christianity and Development of Trade/Capitalism as Two Significant Contributions of the Middle Ages ‘Gothic World’ to the Phenomenon of Civilization

and had to rely upon trade and barter to exchange goods, services, and currency. Trade was the only means by which poorer classes...

Muslim Culture and the Influence on Medieval Europe

were often Muslim (74). Many influences in regard to the Muslims were equated with trades such as carpets, metal work, glass makin...

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...

Baroque Paintings

heroic exploits" (Irinas World). And, in this particular painting, which also holds an angel of sorts (actually a goddess) with a ...

Medieval Christianity and the Arch Angel Michael Diptych

examination of one specific piece of sculpture of the time (a sculpture of the Archangel Michael as he was depicted on a sixth cen...

Modern Design: 1930s-1960s

of the urban areas during the 1920s and 1930s.5 Louis Sullivan, an influential architect, "designed taller and taller buildings,...

Spain’s Morisco Revolt of 1568

throughout the sixteenth century would have far-reaching future consequences. Section 2: The Defeat of Muslim Spain During...

Classical and Modern Rhetoric

one of the differences between classical and modern rhetoric. The only way to understand what it means to express oneself persuasi...

Contextual, Cultural, and Historical Influences on Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 Social Drama, A Doll’s House

of Norway. Interestingly, Ibsen observed a year before the completion of A Dolls House in his text Notes for a Modern Tragedy, "T...

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...