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16 Th Century Northwest Passage
1,228 wordsThe promise of new riches and the potential discovery of the fabled Northwest Passage were the primary objectives, which fueled the exploration of the New World. Yet these goals were not practical enough when the European nations decided to colonize the Americas. Apparently, "a prosperous and enduring colonial empire depended on self-sustaining economic development" (page 33) rather than an autocratic and rigidly controlled colony in which everything was to benefit the parent country. The degree...
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Hells Kitchens Irish Mob
1,891 wordsHells Kitchen is a working class neighborhood on the west side of Midtown, Manhattan. At the turn of the century the area was largely an Irish and Germen enclave. Throughout the early years of the twentieth century, the most common activity for a young male was to be in some sort of gang. The most powerful of the early Hells Kitchen gangs was the Gophers, named so because they usually met in tenement basements. It was mostly made up of Irish toughs from the West Side. At their peak in 1907, ther...
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Credit Card Hong Kong
1,133 wordsThis is a monumental assignment for any team of corporate and financial wizards, but for the purposes of this assignment I will keep it simple. This scenario suggests numerous barriers and hurdles that seem almost impossible to overcome. Choosing to enter these socially, politically and economically different markets will require ingenious marketing techniques and an unsecured commitment to achieving success where the possibility seems extremely dim. Given the data in the case, I would choose to...
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Credit Card Annual Income
1,112 words... on for each additional 250, 000 credit card customers) = Joining fee and annual fee estimated from American Express Green (Exhibit 9) I believe this country has room for expansion in the credit card market. There are some negative detractors to entry. A large portion of the population is in the last three categories of earnings (82 % of the population earns less than $ 12, 500 annually). The estimated growth rate is a dismal 0. 5 % annually. In addition, it possesses the lowest political and...
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Violent Scenes V Chip
1,392 words... rogram ming. He also pointed out that a network loses anywhere from $ 250, 000 to $ 1 million every time it airs a movie with a viewer discretion advisory. He was also quoted "It is not the role of network television to program for the children of America... Televisions obligation is not (to be) the nation's baby-sitter. " Barry Diller who was quoted by Frank Rich of the New York Times does not support this view that television has no public service responsibility. Diller thinks the V-Chip i...
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Illegal Drugs Organized Crime
1,054 wordsI have always been told to fight the fight that I can win. I was taught to pray for the strength to change the things I can and for the strength to live with the things I cannot. As I look at the United States today, I see America fighting a fight it cannot win and not attempting to gain the strength needed to live with the things it cannot change. In 1981, America declared war on drugs. Since then, billions of dollars have been spent in an unsuccessful attempt to banish drugs from its borders. ...
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Language And Culture Roman Catholicism
1,129 words... themselves as a different and not minor part of it [society]. This is manifested in the fact they have resisted societal pressure to surrender their language and culture, and although not all Hispanics have retained their language and culture, they are more likely to participate in American society rather than assimilate into it. (Guernica, pg. 82 - 83) While this may appear to be an obstacle to marketers that want to target the market, by reaching an understanding of the forces behind level...
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Break Even Analysis Credit Card
2,361 wordsCITIBANK Case Study This is a monumental assignment for any team of corporate and financial wizards, but for the purposes of this assignment I will keep it simple. This scenario suggests numerous barriers and hurdles that seem almost impossible to overcome. Choosing to enter these socially, politically and economically different markets will require ingenious marketing techniques and an unsecured commitment to achieving success where the possibility seems extremely dim. Given the data in the cas...
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Aos Fen Menos Sem Fins Lucrative Social
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U S Attorney Dutch Schultz
1,929 wordsHell? s Kitchen is a working class neighborhood on the west side of Midtown, Manhattan. At the turn of the century the area was largely an Irish and Germen enclave. Throughout the early years of the twentieth century, the most common activity for a young male was to be in some sort of gang. The most powerful of the early Hell? s Kitchen gangs was the Gophers, named so because they usually met in tenement basements. It was mostly made up of Irish toughs from the West Side. At their peak in 1907, ...
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