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Creating a unified vision for modern public universities: Administrative challenges and constraints

Managing a university in today's competitive and economically-challenged environment presents many of the same administrative obstacles as managing a firm.

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Why the iPhone initially failed in China's gray market economy

While China has embraced many aspects of modern American technology, it has thus far proved impervious to the charm of the iPhone. Apple's local partner, China Unicom, sold a disappointing 5,000 units during the first week of the iPhone's debut in China and sales have remained soft.

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Why America should embrace multilingualism instead of English-only laws

'Mother tongue:' Why America needs to grow up and accept the realities of a multilingual world Making English the official language of America will only sow division within its borders, rather than create unity.

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Anne Hutchinson and Hester Prynne: religious defiance in literature

Anne Hutchinson, as the foundress of a religious sect. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter. New York, New York: Penguin Books, 2003. 144.

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Building a wheelchair ramp for Marie in rural Texas

Summer in Texas is hot, so hot you forget winter even exists. It's the kind of hot that makes you not want to move, and melt into a puddle on the sidewalk. The heat is dangerous: at any moment, bushfires could start. It's not uncommon for people die of heatstroke.

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The Beastie Boys' fusion of punk and hip-hop in American music

Beastie Boys are referred to as the "first successful white rap group" but would have made their mark on America's music scene regardless of their ethnic background ("Biography").

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Information sharing and consumer welfare in oligopoly markets

Sakai and Yamato (1989) showed that there are a number of variables that influence the impact that oligopolies have on consumer welfare. These include the number of firms and the relative degree of differentiation. The most important variable, however, is information sharing.

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Catholic perspectives on salvation and eternal happiness

As our discussion implies, there is a tendency for mortal men to evaluate happiness according to the material, stimuli and achievements made during one's life. Catholicism makes as its primary viewpoint the case that these are merely devices by which we act toward ultimate happiness.

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Photochemical smog: formation, composition, and health effects

Smog is a form of air pollution. It is made up of a combination of smoke and fog. In the old days smog was mainly caused due to the burning of coal. The mixture of smoke and sulfur dioxide is what resulted in the formation of smog.However, the modern age smog does not originate from coal.

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Psychological trauma in prisons: causes, effects, and inmate reintegration

The effects can be grouped into two main categories. The first category relates to the effects that the inmates experience while they are still in prison. The second categories of effects are the ones that are post-incarceration related.

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