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Press coverage of the Leopold and Loeb murder trial

The murder of fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks and the subsequent arrest and trial of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were heavy on the minds of the public in 1924, as the sensationalism of this extreme case were evident even to those who were closest to it.

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Amazon.com's business model evolution from 1999 to 2003

The intent of this analysis of Amazon.com is to first evaluate and critique the company's business models' evolution from 1999 to 2003, in addition to how the business model has responded during that period of time to increasing globalization pressures as well.

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Celilo Falls, stormwater detention basins, and stream restoration systems

Celilo Falls: This is an issue that was originally created when the government of the U.S. damned up a portion of the Columbia River - the Bonneville Dam in 1938 - for a source of electric power and for navigation. It created Celilo Falls.

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Conservative and liberal divisions within Buddhism and Judaism

Buddhism and Judaism are two of the oldest religions still in practice today. Despite how long they have endured the test of time, they have not survived unscathed.

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Jemaah Islamiyah: Southeast Asia's most dangerous terrorist organization

Jemaah Islamiyah is Arabic for "Islamic Community" and the translation alone of the name of this Southeast Asian terrorist group shows the beliefs of this organization.

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Export controls and bioterrorism prevention in academic research institutions

Soon after 911 terrorist attack, the federal government introduced a regulation as per which 'export controls and trade sanctions and embargoes were regarded as the tools to guard against terrorism, and is devoting heightened focus to compliance and enforcement in academic research settings', the…

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Self-directed work teams: implementation and organizational impact

Self-directed work teams are becoming increasingly popular in both manufacturing and service organizations, because of their positive characteristics of focusing on team contributions and solutions, collaboration, continuous improvement, competency and positive results to productivity.

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FEMA disaster recovery centers and business continuity operations

Disaster Recovery Centers, Hurricane Ready with Generator Power decals, ICS 300 and ICS 400 Disaster Recovery Center is utilized whenever there is a disaster.

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Pfizer's Trovan drug trial in Nigeria during the meningitis epidemic

In the article analyzed, Drug testing in Nigeria, the researchers, Debora Spar and Adam Day, describe the situation of a clinical test of an experimental drug, Trovan, conducted in a Third World country under suspect conditions, with shoddy supervision and for questionable reasons.

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Sudden oak death and Phytophthora ramorum in California coastal forests

The article entitled, Sudden oak death: endangering California and Oregon forest ecosystems by David M.

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