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Overturning Duverger’s Law

districts). There are several problems created by this "winner-take-all" method of voting, which are reflected in Duvergers formu...

Augustine Wept for Dido

text. Augustine is explaining that he was more emotionally in tune with Greek classic literature than he was with his own spirit...

Response To Doubling Armed Robbery Sentence

as an emergency measure, inasmuch as the problem with prison overcrowding has already reached epidemic proportions. Two of the mo...

Our Fondness for the Civil War

the Civil War. Those that supported the Civil War justified it on a number of grounds. Many even did so in religious terms, hai...

British Literature Before the 19th Century

story of the knights of the Round Table and their search for the Holy Grail. A modern quest story is J.R.R. Tolkiens Lord of the R...

Why Odysseus Argued For Ajax

himself to the public, a duality of moral reasoning that influences his self-serving ways. Of the many reasons attributed to why ...

Branding as a Strategy to Support High Prices

company Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp (Zielaznicki, 2001). Aaker and Lane (1990), sees a brand as a mental box, which can be desc...

The Use of Sex in Marketing

message, the way it is deconstructed and the impact on the purchase decision needs to be considered. The use of a single advertis...

The Civil War

fought to keep independence on the other. The American Civil War, from the perspective of the North and President Lincoln, was f...

Rotary Engines and Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines

In ten pages this paper compares these engines in a consideration of why automobiles do not favor using the rotary engines. Five ...

The Trial by Franz Kafka

that it is impossible for a mere individual to resist the monolithic nature of an authoritarian state, also can be interpreted on ...

Blood Diamonds

worldwide," but today, "conflict diamonds account for only 0.2 percent" of the diamond trade ("Blood Diamonds...Curse"). The Wor...

Accounting Standards; Will Enron Happen Again?

the GEC directors took control of the company, and therefore the accounts this ?10 million profit turned into a $4.5 million loss ...

Infant Mortality

account for there reversal in the infant mortality rates seen since the 1980s. This paper will look at the patterns and trend in...

Should Man's Maximum Life Span Be Revealed?

knowledge is not necessarily a dangerous commodity; rather, it is the extent to which man uses that knowledge to alter the natural...

Following the Rules

people. But this has to be done with care: "Creative rule breaking is what separates the good from the really good, the mundane fr...

Computacore LTD Case Study

75% of the non contract and 80% of the contract work, this means that the company only receive 25% and 20% respectively, these nee...

Changing Commodity Prices

being celebrated. For the consumer there is a choice, they can choose when to eat, and this will impact on the price they pay. F...

School Principal Shortage And Preparation

In 2006, Ryan reported there was a serious shortage of principals in the entire Northeast region of the United States, encompassin...

Nora and the "Wonderful Thing"

her husband, but she commits fraud when she signs her fathers name to the bond (Ibsen, 2004). (We can assume that her father was w...

Economics Questions

amount and only having half the rent this not very different if the rent is due; in both scenarios the rent cannot be paid. This i...

Statistical Test; T-Test

task undertaken by two different samples the same sample undertaking the same test under different conditions, it may also be used...

Religious And Racial Stereotyping: Causes Many Problems In Today's Culture

categorization. Inasmuch as racial and religious stereotypes are both unreasonable and erroneous, such predisposed opinions about...

Bernstein's Argument: Effective In Explaining Racial-Ethnic Inequality In Academic Achievement

linguistics. Slang is a component of nearly every spoken language; however, the line between jargon and true common speech ...

The Community Role in Preventing Child Maltreatment

of school truancy" (Nelson, 2004, p. 415). In this simple statement, we see that not only do parents have to be involved in order ...

Gauss and His Contribution to Number Theory

It was this that gave rise to the first conclusive proof of quadratic reciprocity and the quadratic residues. a is called quadrati...

Human Resource Management; Issues of Discrimination and Motivation

be made under the human rights act, but even without looking at this is becomes apparent that the employers is undertaking this no...

Does Activity-Based Costing method give companies a competitive edge?

the quality of the input decision, and when assessing options it may also be a tool to help with analysis. Many studies have tak...

Starbucks 2004

be relatively certain of reception of such a place in a specific neighborhood or office park, but imposing the same characteristic...

Marketing Activity - Promotion : Case Study

the themes, graphics and copy effective? No * Are the chosen media adequate? No Public Relations (which includes publicity) * Do...