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Sexual imagery in Levi's and Calvin Klein advertising campaigns

Sex in the media has received little attention despite sporadic pubic outcry. From advertising to serials to movies and magazines, sexual images are readily available everywhere and they target every demographic.

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Water rocket design principles and educational applications

The water rocket is among the simplest and yet most exciting ways to simulate a ballistic reaction using safe household materials.

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Capital budgeting methods: NPV, IRR, and MIRR compared

Forecasting is important in modern business, moreso now that globalization is a fact and markets fluctuate more rapidly. It is, in fact, the lifeblood of the business, needed to fund working capital to enable it to run effectively.

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Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft and strategic consolidation

The direction Oracle Corporation continues to take in the enterprise software market is one of being a consolidator of best-of-breed companies into the enterprise suite of applications the company is globally known for.

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Philosophical influences and moral development in A Bronx Tale

Robert De Niro's first creation as a director, "A Bronx Tale" is a profound, sometimes funny and often sweet story about the development of an adolescent and about the two fundamental influences with which he comes in contact with and which will eventually probably shape his life as an adult.

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The five core doctrines of Calvinist theology and salvation

This is a guideline and template. Please do not use as a final turn-in paper. The main tenet that John Calvin preached was that God pre-ordained a certain segment of humanity to salvation, based on His own Grace and nothing humanity had done to deserve it.

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Peptic ulcer disease: causes, symptoms, and treatment

Centers for Disease Control (2005) describes a peptic ulcer as a sore or hole in the lining of the stomach or duodenum. It is also called peptic ulcer disease or PUD. It can develop at any age and studies say it will develop in more than 25 million Americans at one point in their lives.

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Cultural relativism and expatriate manager effectiveness in multinational organizations

Global business and the growth of multinational organizations has created in the modern era many obstacles and opportunities that are related to difference and commonalities.

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Group dynamics and decision-making in the workplace

With the advent of the new millennium has come an increased focus on the workplace and the impact of sociological concepts within that workplace, such as leadership and group dynamics.

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Charles Murray's consequentialist ethics in Losing Ground

The United States' welfare system and general social policy has faded in importance somewhat over the past decade if the level of public debate and commentary on the subject is any measure; issues like health insurance and now pension plans and Social Security have eclipsed the issue of welfare as…

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