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Soft power in travel and tourism: Saudi Arabia's global tourism strategy

America's tactics during the Cold War, the term "soft power" has come to mean the use of policies at the national, regional and local levels that can achieve a wide range of desirable outcomes.

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Military rule's lasting impact on Chilean and Latin American democracy

In their theoretical overview Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan go to some lengths to point to the differences between mere liberalization and actual democratization.

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Problem-based learning approaches in tertiary healthcare education

Although there are countless opportunities for problem-based learning approaches in tertiary healthcare facilities, so too are there numerous challenges associated with the techniques that are used for these purposes.

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Curriculum approaches to education for sustainability in Victorian private schools

Rethinking Curriculum in Education for Sustainability in Private Education in Victoria, Australia: Curriculum Research Project

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Improving supervisor-employee communication at Kongsberg Automotive

Bono, Foldes, Vinson and Muros (2007) performed an experience sampling study, examining how organizational leaders affect the emotional experiences of their employees. Health care workers were surveyed four time per day, for two weeks, in this study.

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Developing speaking and listening skills for intermediate ESL students

Lesson Plan for Teaching Speaking and Listening Skills to Intermediate-Level English as Second Language Students Anyone who has ever tried to learn a foreign language can readily testify to the challenges that are involved in gaining fluency and proficiency.

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Best practices for implementing information and communications technology in high schools

One of the most promising additions to the high school classroom in recent years has been information and communications technologies (ICTs).

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Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang's rejection of Microsoft's buyout offer

The decision making on the part of Yahoo! CEO Yang and the pre-Icahn board of directors is blameworthy as the group utilized overly optimistic future financial prediction on growth and intangible assets to respond to a very reasonable buyout offer by Microsoft.

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Brother conflict over shared housing and family obligations

Two acquaintances of mine are brothers Paul and Frank, aged 24 and 22, respectively. They have a severely dysfunctional relationship with a high level of mutual resentment, distrust, and, at times, outright hostility.

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Effective trading strategies in the foreign exchange market

The international foreign exchange market, or Forex, is among the largest financial markets in the world for trading foreign currencies but many traders have either never heard of it or are too unfamiliar with it to take the leap into this trading environment.

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