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Locally adapted Coca-Cola advertisements during Ramadan in Morocco

The rumor, "Boycotting Coca-Cola makes a statement against America and American (foreign) policies," constitutes one of the myriad of rumors the Coca-Cola company has had to counter, relating to contemporary religious, particularly Muslim, conflicts.

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Language competence and cultural affinity in UK executives abroad

Jonothan Swift. "Foreign Language Competence and Cultural Affinity: A Study of UK Executives Foreign Markets." In this article, Swift, senior lecturer in marketing at the University of Salford where he specializes in culture and linguistic competence, makes an attempt to test the correlation…

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George Ritzer's critique of McDonald's corporate standardization model

Ritzer, George. The McDonaldization of Society. 5th edition. Thousand Oaks: Pine Forage Press, Long before the popularity of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation and Morgan Spurlock's documentary Supersize Me, in his seminal 1996 work The McDonaldization of Society sociologist George Ritzer used the…

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Freemasonry's role in American history and contemporary society

Depending on perspective, Freemasons have either been a widely misunderstood group of people who have made invaluable contributions to American society, or a group of people whose primary goal is to destroy Christianity, and, perhaps, bring about Armageddon.

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The International Court of Justice's role, authority, and effectiveness today

In an increasingly globalized environment, there is a real need for an international judicial body that can provide the international community with legal advice and guidance, as well as to resolve legal disputes of all sorts between nations to prevent them from becoming points of contention that…

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Strategic components of resume, cover letter, and team decision-making

A detailed cover letter usually has five components: an introductory paragraph, a value-selling paragraph, a background summary, an action statement and a statement of appreciation, while a detailed resume has more components.

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Symbolic Interactionism: origins, key theorists, and sociological foundations

Symbolic Interactionism is a term coined by Herbert Blumer and it pertains to a sociological perspective. This sociological perspective is perhaps the most relevant to society because it "stresses the way societies are created through the interactions of individuals" ("Definitions," 2009).

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Yaakov Malkin's secular Judaism: faith, values, and spirituality

Judaism has an unusual status in the annals of world religions. It is one of the major faith traditions of the Western World, and has spawned two other major traditions that do it homage in their literature, that of Christianity and Islam.

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The Immigration and Naturalization Service's role in U.S. immigration governance

In recent years the issue of immigration has sparked a great deal of discussion. Although America is a nation of immigrants, there is also a deep-rooted belief that people should immigrate to America through the proper legal mechanisms.

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Employment-based health insurance development in twentieth-century America

Thomasson, Melissa. (2002). From sickness to health: The 20th century development of U.S. health insurance. Explorations in Economic History 39, 233 -- 253.

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