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Strategic recommendations for Google's operations in China

A core part of Google's culture is the concept of being able to be a profitable business without doing evil, as they have mentioned several times throughout the corporate information part of their site.

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Aeneas as a hero: comparing Virgil's and Homer's heroic ideals

Virgil's hero in the Aeneid is, in many ways, modeled upon the Homeric ideal of the hero, as embodied by persons such as Odysseus and Achilles. However, there are also fundamental differences that may initially detract from the status of Aeneas as a true hero in the Homeric sense.

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Indium gallium arsenide transistors as silicon alternatives

The article builds on a development by MIT scientists unveiled at a previous International Electron Device meeting. The scientists had created a transistor made without silicon, using a compound called indium gallium arsenide instead.

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Robert Fisk's "The Great War for Civilisation" and Middle East conflict

Robert Fisk's book, the Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East is a comprehensive description of the Middle East region and its ongoing struggles.

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The history of architectural columns from ancient to modern times

The various forms and styles, such as the classical Doric and Ionic, have all contributed and added elements to the structural as well as the aesthetic aspects of architectural development,.

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Teachers' attitudes toward pay-for-performance compensation policies

Pay for Performance is not a new concept in the world of fiscal remuneration. The standard business and scholarly literature of the past three decades often postulates the question: what better, more productive way, to drive individuals to work harder, more efficiently, and to accomplish standards…

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Truman Capote's In Cold Blood: psychological motivations of murderers

Cold Blood, is an award winning book by Southern Novelist Truman Capote that deals with a multiple murder of a family in Kansas in 1959.

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Ethical implications and government regulation of stem cell research

This work discusses the history and technology surrounding stem cell research. It then goes on to discuss some of the many ethical and moral considerations surrounding it.

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Project planning for a one-day music festival in Greenwich Park

Project background 'Fusion Entertainment, a UK-based music promoter, needs a project plan for a one-day music festival to be believed in Greenwich Park. The Project team is responsible to organize and implement the project plan.

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Effective advertising strategies in radio and television commercials

One of the most significant elements in a radio ad is the idea of ensuring that the consumer has a way of figuring out what's in it for them by listening to the radio advertisement.

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