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U.S. and Argentina Banking Systems

with - or rather resisting - International Monetary Fund (IMF) requirements for gaining loans from that source, but preferred to r...

US Civil War and the Gatling Gun

Benjamin F. Butler of the Union army is generally credited with having been the first company to employ the use of the new technol...

Confederate Black Soldiers

defeats later, which included the devastating defeats at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. The Confederate Congress finally relented in M...

Capitalism and How It was Saved by FDR

as many of his critics argued (Schlesinger, 1998). Before Roosevelt took office, the country had suffered a depression about eve...

2003 Year Ending US Economy

economy is developing as well; it is virtually unheard of in an economy the size of that of the US. Mr. Bernanke reports that bot...

U.S. Civil War Memorial

the reality of the civil rights movement. In this way, it becomes an everlasting record however of the event, thus immortalizing ...

Importance of Saving Trees in the U.S.

"cash cows" for both state and federal governments, "consistently generating timber sale revenues that exceeded the costs allocate...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

talks of having a bobcat and javelinas as pets (Marie, 1985). She rode horseback and even learned to drive a car by the age of se...

American Culture

generally argue was very specific to particular ethnicities, but there are also patterns to social organization in relationship to...

Crtically Analyzing an Empirical Study

premise of the studies presented, then, is to determine whether the fears that are created as a result of this belief in focus are...

Current US Social Trends and Living Alone

of single persons (Francese, 2003). This is a substantial 21 percent increase (Francese, 2003, p. 32). To better appreciate just...

US' Diminishing Democracy

freedom was only for themselves. Anyone not agreeing with the religious tenets of the Puritans was ostracized from all Puritan co...

Policy and Institutional Structural Relevance

taken for granted does not diminish its influence in a variety of processes and most certainly does affect outcomes. One important...

America's System of Justice and the Influence of the British Examples

during the seventeenth century, where jurors were disqualified from judging if they had a precious knowledge of that case (Smith ...

U.S. Healthcare and Involvement of the Government

at best, and many would say that it has been the businesslike minds which have thrown the healthcare system into its present state...

German Market and the Problems of Wal Mart

operated by Aldi (MMR, 2003). Discounters as a whole account for 30% pf the food retail market, however, the market is one that is...

1920s' Prohibition and Its Impact Upon U.S. Crime, Religion, and Economics

reality throughout the United States and many wished to end these corrupt practices seen in many a saloon across the country. T...

Different Countries and Ecommerce Building

for consumers (Anonymous, 1999). In one example, when Lands End (a mail order clothing supplier in the U.S.), talked about winter ...

Policy Memo on Massachusetts' Single Payer Health Care

this number, a surprising 51.3 percent were employed people under the age of 65 (Birenbaum, 1993). Almost 28 percent of the unins...

Constitutional Rights, Early Arrest Phase, and Mandatory DNA Testing

To tackle the question of the rights or wrongs of DNA testing at the point of arrest, it must be acknowledged up front that DNA ev...

Analysis of U.S. Consumerism in 'The Eagles Shadow'

In this way, I do not believe that the U.S. decision to not support the Kyoto Treaty is reflective of American consumerism run amo...

U.S. Constitution and Classical Liberalism

for all citizens of a nation. Then we have Adam Smith, a Scottish philosopher whose focus was on morals. He was, interestingly ...

U.S. Labor and Environmental Legislation and its Impact

do work under tough environmental standards and this is deemed to be unfair in the competitive global marketplace. Compliance with...

Impact of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on U.S. Businesses

that giving of gifts is one way in which a U.S.-based company could likely gain a competitive advantage over a foreign entity. In ...

Case Law and Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court

Although the right to public trial is protected under the due process clause, however, that protection is not absolute in that rea...

US Black Muslim History

West Africa were Muslims and some black Muslims contend that "Islam is part of the genetic memory of blacks" (1996, p.67). Yet, th...

Supply-Side Economics

are connected to low unemployment, and a reduction in inflation would requisite a rise in joblessness; thus, a significant level ...

WorldCom, Enron, and IAS

principles of accounting in the U.S. (Larson et al, 2001). Since that time, a number of authoritative bodies have been instituted ...

The Terrorism Act of 2001/Its Effects, A Research Proposal

divide the Congress? In the context of the argument, it also pays to explore party affiliation and whether the divide does go alon...

US Same Sex Marriage History

was viewed in the modern era as not so much a disease but was seen as lack of upbringing and evil intent. Gay relationships were s...