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Mies van der Rohe's modernist architecture and minimalist design legacy

Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe was born in the year 1886 in Aachen, Germany. His father was a stonemason, and the young Mies underwent training under him, after which, at the age of nineteen, he moved on to Berlin.

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Market segmentation and pricing strategies in the detergent industry

The product selected for study is the mundane detergent. Study of detergent markets give the person a complete idea into the market development and growth as this has been one of the first products to reach a developed stage and new ideas have to be used for growth of brands.

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Comprehensive teaching unit design for eighth-grade language arts

Explanation of Selected Activities: No. 1.

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Krispy Kreme's five-phase strategy-making and strategy-executing process

The strategy-making, strategy-executing process consists of five phases. The first phase consists of the developing of a strategic vision.

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David Cassuto's argument about human causes of the Dust Bowl

Most histories blame the conditions that created the Dust Bowl in the American Great Plains in the 1930s on climactic events. However, author David Cassuto argues that other factors were also to blame, and that the Dust Bowl was not created by nature alone.

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Student discipline policies and parental involvement in urban schools

The main form of interaction that goes on in schools is between the teachers and the students.

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Depression and physical disease in elderly adults

Aging brings many changes in health, social relationships, work situation, and other dimensions of life, and old age has been examined as one aspect of life development, showing how earlier stages contribute to the coping mechanisms older people have and how they apply these to new situations.

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Sport as the primary definer of masculinity in American culture

What is "masculinity" defined as and how has that definition evolved? What about "mass culture?" How far back shall we trace "historically recent times," and what was the situation before said times? What are some other definers of masculinity?

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Halliburton's business structure, revenue sources, and historical origins

Halliburton is a multinational corporation based in Houston, Texas, with over 97,000 employees worldwide at the end of 2004, compared to 101,000 at December 31, 2003.

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Free trade's impact on developing countries and Egypt through comparative advantage theory

Because trade between nations is as ancient as mankind itself, there have been a number of theories advanced over the years to help account for why some countries seem to benefit more than others in the process.

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