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Why Hispanic-Americans are not all Mexican-Americans

The recent controversy over illegal immigration has centered almost entirely on people of Hispanic descent, primarily those making their way into the country over the Mexican border.

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Marshall Field and the revolutionization of American retail

Marshall Field's department store (presently known as Macy's) is virtually a hallmark for nineteenth century's Chicago. It fame is owed to the strategy its founder-Marshall Field-used in order to achieve success.

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Tort negligence analysis of Mae Tom's slip-and-fall case

Mae Tom had a very common tort case. A cousin of the author worked in a law firm in Chicago, IL as a medical bill collector. They represented large hospitals in the Chicago land area and he participated in settlement negotiations with opposition attorneys regarding many such cases.

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My unexpected journey to Romania and its vibrant culture

Eastern Europe, the former communist block, Romania; it's a territory that is less likely to be taken into consideration as a travel destination. However, most people fail in choosing a proper travel destination because of their biased thinking.

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Mike Rose's transition from vocational to college-bound student

Rose went to a private school with some other lower class kids and was placed in vocational classes because his test scores got mixed up with somebody else.

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Evaluating legitimate academic sources for television studies research

When I typed in the words 'television' and The Mary Tyler Moore Show into the Google search engine, the first result that popped to the top of the listings was Wikipedia, unsurprisingly. Wikipedia is not considered a valid academic resource because it is a communally-edited document.

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Corporate citizenship, organizational trust, and work engagement theory

The article by Chieh-Peng Lin (Modeling Corporate Citizenship, Organizational Trust, and Work Engagement Based on Attachment Theory) is published in the Journal of Business Ethics (2010). This article delves into corporate citizenship and how to develop trust within an organizational environment.

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Southern influence and racial segregation in African-American vernacular development

It has often been suggested that the so-called "African-American vernacular" is largely attributable to the influence of oral traditions based in sermons and prayer services of black churches.

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The Service Employees International Union's dispute at St. Mary's Medical Center

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is the fastest-growing union in America today, despite the general downward trend of union membership in the nation overall. The SEIU is a large, broad-based union, drawing members from a diverse range of industries.

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European colonization of New England Indians and native dependency

The reading highlights how the victory of the Europeans over the native population of the Americas was not due to moral superiority, but to a complex interplay of technological, economic, social and political factors.

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