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Silicon Valley's dot-com boom and bust in historical context

Lecuyer, C. (2006). Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the growth of high tech, 1930-1970. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. This book illustrates the history of Silicon Valley. Lecuyer places the rise of Silicon Valley in historical context.

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eBay's value chain transformation from marketplace to transaction services provider

The eBay value chain is in the midst of a transition from being base purely on transactions to being more valuable based on the accumulation of transaction-based expertise and data the company has accumulated over time.

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Symbolism and satire in Turgenev's "Bezhin Meadows" and Dostoevsky's "Crocodile"

Entry #1 -- Bezhin Meadows -- Ivan Turgenev -- "I finally reached the corner of the woods… but there was no road there at all…an empty field was visible."

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Counseling intervention effects on Alzheimer's caregiver burden

The article describes a study that was conducted to determine whether counseling intervention could provide some relief for families who care for an ultimately institutionalize family members with Alzheimer's disease.

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Diphtheria pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and treatment approaches

Diphtheria is a bacterial infection caused by the gram-positive bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheria. Reported as early as 5th century BC by Hippocrates, diphtheria is a serious infection of the upper respiratory tract causing severe respiratory distress.

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Observing a snowy day through my window

Description: Paper based on a five paragraph essay three sentences each in MLA form looking out of your window, snow falling and writing what you see.

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Henry Paulson's transition from banking to Treasury Secretary politics

Henry Paulson's Long Night details the author's interactions with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson over the course of his career from his appointment to the fall of 2009.

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Justifying wealth inequality: Social Darwinism and Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth

How did the industrial and religious leaders as well as the government justify accumulation of wealth and resources according to Social Darwinism and the Gospel of Wealth during the late nineteenth century?

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Peter the Great's modernization of Russia and political brutality

From the perspective of the 17th century, few state ambitions were of greater consequence than those pertaining to territorial expansion, particularly where great landmasses with monarchical hierarchies are concerned.

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Quick Smart intervention for literacy in students with learning disabilities

This article is a useful combination of theoretical information and a summary of research. The authors show the connection between learning disabilities and problems with literacy.

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