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WWII and Marines are storming
World War II (WWII) was a devastating war on a scale of massive proportions. WWII involved nearly all of the major countries of the world and hurt each deeply. Many people accredit the Allied victory to the soldiers who fought in the war and the weapons ...
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MASKED RACISM
Masked Racism
Masked Racism
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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of the social problems that burden people who are ensconced in poverty. These problems often are veiled by being conveniently grouped together under the category “crime” and by the automatic attribution of ...
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The Importance Of Building Materials
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Although in the 20th century building materials was displaced for many applications by steel and concrete, it remains of great importance for load bearing walls in low and medium rise buildings and for internal walls and cladding of buildings where the structural function is met ...
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What does the future hold for all of us in the health and health care of America's Seniors and chronic care?
Medicare is not isolated from the rest of the health system. Its costs - and cost problems - reflect the gaps and problems that younger Americans experience. People with a ...
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STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE TEACHER LEADERSHIP
Strategies to Improve Teacher Leadership
Strategies to Improve Teacher Leadership
Effective Reading Comprehension Strategies
This report describes one teacher's quest for a strategy to use with her students that would improve their comprehension skills. Interested in the reciprocal teaching strategy, she modified the approach to use with a group ...
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Abortion
Abortion
The abortion debate is raging in America. The opposing sides in the debate each strongly believe they are right. The pro-choice supporters see a woman's right to choose as central to the debate. The life of the baby is the most important concern of the pro-life advocates. Very little ...
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EDWIN HOWARD ARMSTRONG
Edwin Howard Armstrong
Edwin Howard Armstrong
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One of the extraordinary but not widely known tales of American invention is the story of FM or frequency-modulation radio. No major invention of recent times has had a longer, harder, more heroic struggle for existence than this system of high-fidelity broadcasting. Today ...
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HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION
Homeland Security Organization
Homeland Security Organization
A month after the September 11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush issued an executive order establishing the Office of Homeland Security in the White House. Headed by former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge, the Office of Homeland Security was charged with developing ...
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Product differentiation and Firm's Success
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Brand extension is the reintroduction of a brand that was previously marketed, but has been updated. To coin a phrase, "What's old is what's new." We are a culture built on history, and history has a tendency of repeating itself. There are a lot of new ...
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SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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In response to major corporate accounting scandals at large U.S. companies such as, Enron, and WorldCom, to name a few, the United States Congress passed a sweeping legislation in July 2002 aimed at improving the integrity of financial statements and related ...