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How I doubled Sprint retail revenue through bilingual marketing

I would like to first begin by thanking you for considering my application to the Jones School. I am so excited to be entering a new stage of my life and would be honored to pursue my MBA at your renowned institution.

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Citibank's organizational structure and regional expansion in Asia Pacific

Citibank's current business in most of the Asia Pacific region (other than Hong Kong) is limited to a small amount of branch banking due to limits on foreign bank market penetration in most countries. In most countries, Citibank issues auto loans and home mortgages to its retail banking customers.

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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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The seven constitutional rights guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment

The 6th Amendment to the United States Constitution is a part of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights became law in 1791. The 6th Amendment focuses totally on the rights of a person accused of committing a crime by the state (the 6th Amendment, 2011).

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Peter Singer's critique of "Animals, Men and Morals"

Critic Peter Singer has written an in-depth review article about the book, Animals, Men and Morals, which very thoroughly covers the essays within the book and posits that there are some very serious questions about morality in the U.S.

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Maxine Hong Kingston's use of Orientalism in The Woman Warrior

Orientalism is defined as the exoticism of the 'East' in the eyes of the 'West.' It is a colonial understanding of non-white, Asiatic peoples as 'other.' It views the East as feminine, foreign, mysterious and submissive.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson and Tacita Dean: an interview

INTERVIEWER: We are going to start with the assumption that the reader has never been introduced to you or your art. Can you give us a little background information about you?

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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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