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Nineteenth-century militarism and imperialism as origins of World War I

Legacy of 19th Century - Even prior to the conflict, a war of ideas -- a conflict between two different and irreconcilable conceptions of government, society and progress, caused both governments to utilize the latest technology possible in their race for military superiority.

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Organizational cultures at Southwest Airlines and Value Line compared

The primary reason that the cultures at Southwest Airlines and Value Line differ so sharply is that the companies have different priorities in their operations, which leads to difference in management styles, directives, and methodologies.

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Consumer preference for Hershey bars versus Tootsie Rolls

In the field of marketing, the customer is king. Understanding their preferences is the key to business success. In a recent survey, the question of whether customers preferred Hershey Bars or Tootsie Rolls was asked.

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Social engineering tactics and methods for protecting individuals and organizations

There is a lot of controversy when it comes to understanding social engineering. Its Mere definition sparks various arguments amongst renowned scholars.

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Customer retention and loyalty without information technology systems

"What you could and could not do to retain and expand existing customers and develop new ones if you did not have access to current information technologies, and what difference it would make"

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A practice framework for child protective services in social work

Social Work is an extremely broad and encompassing field of practice. For those of us engaged in the profession, communities, neighborhood, families and other such contained contexts will serve as the framework for programs, practices and personnel dispatched to improve lives.

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Illness narratives and memory in Away from Her

The stories that ill people often tell come out of their bodies. The body puts into action the need for fresh stories when its illness disturbs the old stories. The body, whether still diseased or recovered, is at the same time reason, theme, and tool of whatever new stories are told.

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The greed-grievance debate and causes of civil wars

Greed -- grievance debate" is one of the most interesting debates surrounding the causes and eventually the actual development of civil wars especially in countries such as the ones of the African continent.

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Myne Owne Ground: free blacks in seventeenth-century Virginia

As authors and historians T.H. Breen and Stephen Innes point out in the introduction to heir text Myne Owne Ground, slavery had existed in some form or other for at least three thousand years prior to the arrival of Europeans on the North American continent, "receiving philosophical justification…

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Personality judgments based on offices and bedrooms

The authors, Samuel D. Gosling, Sei Jin Ko, Thomas Mannarelli and Margaret E. Morris are professors in psychology and organizational behavior at various universities.

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