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Mao Zedong as hero and villain of the Chinese revolution

Mao Zedong was born on December 26, 1893 to middle class peasant farmers in Shaoshan, a village in the Shunan Province. Mao was the eldest of four children, and was born at a time when social and political upheaval was already beginning across China.

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Self-discrepancy theory and fear-arousing communications in social psychology

In one particular situation, I was very much against the idea of drinking and driving, or smoking and driving, or doing anything but driving when you are supposed to drive. However, one night I went out with several friends I hadn't seen in years.

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Total quality management in manufacturing and service industries

Customer service and delivery of quality products is essential to the survival of any organization, including a manufacturing organization (John, 2003).

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Larry Cuban's four types of curriculum and their relationship to student achievement

The educational theorist Larry Cuban separated the concept of curriculum into four distinct areas, which were official, taught, learned and tested curriculum.

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Greek mythology's origins and evolution through Hesiod and Homer

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Employee motivation factors in non-profit organizations

Failure on the part of management in the non-profit organization to understand the factors that genuinely motivate employees of the non-profit results in lowering the bar for performance of the organization as a whole and for individual employee satisfaction.

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Taser use and police safety: examining departmental guidelines and appropriate deployment

The 'Taser' is an electronic defense weapon, manufactured by Taser International.

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Emergency room nursing roles, responsibilities, and advanced practice

The emergency room nursing is governed under the aegis of Emergency Nursing Association -- ENA which is the national association for professional nurses committed to the development of emergency nursing practice.

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European Union accession and political instability in Central Europe

Fantasy of the European Union for the middle European Countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) On May 1, 2004, following many years of economic and structural reforms, the four countries making up Central Europe - Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland - joined the…

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Organizational change management in the global economy

As we are entering the era of globalization, the world is changing, the technological page is much faster, the wealth of rich countries is slowly distributed to poorer countries, which in turn become consumer and/or production markets with high potential and last, but not least, the way of doing…

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