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President Obama's declining popularity: causes and political context

Despite his initial popularity, President Barack Obama's image in the public eye has steadily declined over the last two years, not because he had failed to accomplish his goals, but rather because of powers beyond his control, including the political climate between the two major parties and…

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A Kurdish refugee's experience navigating minority status and cultural identity

I had a neighbor while living in my parents' house who was a Kurdish refugee from Iraq. He was sixteen years old and we often got together to discuss various things. His experience of living as a minority group first in his home country and then in the United States attracted my attention.

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Sarbanes-Oxley violations in the XYZ and Big 4 auditing case

This set of facts definitely presents significant problems for both XYZ and Big 4 when it comes to violations of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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Rebuilding JetBlue's corporate culture through advertising strategy

Corporate Advertising Program would you recommend for Jet Blue? The unfortunate events JetBlue experienced Valentine's Day 2007 are today still reverberating in many of airline passenger rights advocates' memories, serving to motivate them to push for legislative rights for the air traveler…

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Cognitive-behavioral therapy for treating generalized anxiety disorder

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a "talking" psychotherapeutic approach based on the melding of behavior therapy and cognitive therapy. Dating back to the 1950s, this form of therapy has proven effective in stress management and treating stress-related anxiety disorders.

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Pricing flexibility and operational hedging in managing currency exposure

Operating exposure arises when a firm's operations become subject to the impacts of foreign currency exchange rates. Almost every firm will face operating exposure to some degree (Chapter 11). There are a few key principles at work in managing operating exposure.

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Barriers to U.S. climate change legislation and international cooperation

Republican opposition to such a bill, especially in the Senate, has been quite stringent, and several Democratic members of Congress have also joined in opposition to the passing of cap-and-trade and other emissions-oriented legislation.

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Rhetorical analysis of the Superfund taxation argument

Even before these specific elements of the author's concern are mentioned, he or she has made a tacit appeal to the sense of fairness expected to be found in the article's readers; using quotes to offset the alliterative phrase "polluter pays" (and calling it in full the "polluter pays' principle,"…

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Barriers to recognizing and responding to elder abuse in rural America

Outline of Proposed Research: "The barriers to effectively recognize, report, and respond to the needs of older persons who are abused, neglected, and exploited in rural America"

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CPE-delta N protein as a predictor of cancer metastasis

In a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, scientists from the NIH and University of Hong Kong established a definite link between the levels of a particular protein in cancer tumors, and the chances that tumor would spread or metastasize.

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