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Johnson and Johnson's crisis management response to the Tylenol poisoning crisis

In the contemporary world, taking responsibility and immediate action in the face of a huge crisis is a requirement for any U.S. corporation if they are to survive and maintain their market position and reputation.

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Vladimir Sorokin's obscenity and Soviet totalitarianism in Four Stout Hearts

Russian Literature and Vladimir Sorokin: What Is the Goal and Is the Soviet Response Reasonable The plots in the two novels by Vladimir Sorokin are sharply different, however the author's approach appears to be relatively similar.

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Ethnic diversity and self-blame in peer victimization among middle schoolers

According to this article, the American Medical Association has designated peer victimization as a public health concern. (Graham, Bellmore, Nishina and Juvonen, 2009) This type of harassment includes a variety of behaviors including calling names, assault, social attacks and excessive teasing.

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Money lending practices in pre-1800 feudal Japan

Japan is now one of the most developed countries in the world. Up until recently, when it was overthrown by China, Japan was the largest automobile producer in the world.

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Lessons from the 2007 financial crisis for U.S. market reform

Emerged in the American real estate sector, the financial burdens soon took over rest of the American sectors, as well as most of the global regions. Yet, the good that came out of the crash was the realization of several mistakes which should not be repeated.

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Martin Luther King Jr.'s moral philosophy and nonviolent civil disobedience

Martin Luther King, Jr. was perhaps the most prominent civil rights activist in U.S. history. His work spanned many issues of social justice and pushed him tirelessly to combat such varied problems as racial segregation, poverty, and worker's rights.

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Healthcare industry lobbying during the 2009 reform debate

Drugmakers, hospitals and insurers poured millions of dollars into lobbying during 2009 hoping to limit the damage to their bottom line as lawmakers and the Obama administration wrangled over landmark health-care legislation.

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Obesity and health complications in elderly populations

Obesity is a medical condition in which the individual has a lot more weight than what is considered to be normal for his or her age and height.

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Analogue-to-digital converter resolution, accuracy, and error sources

This is an electronic device that helps in the conversion of continuous signals to discrete or isolated digital numbers. When an analogue voltage or current is fed into the device as an input, it converts it into a digital number relative to the voltage or current magnitude.

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Europe's crises between 1560 and 1650: economic, social, and political upheaval

The dramatic rise in price that was commonly referred to as price revolution was a chief economic predicament all over Europe during the 16th and early 17th centuries, the influx of gold and silver from the new world was one of the factors that led to this inflation.

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