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Chinese Communist Party Billion Dollars Worth
2,196 wordsTwo years after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, it became apparent to many of China's leaders that economic reform was necessary. During his tenure as China's premier, Mao had encouraged social movements such as the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution which had had as their bases ideologies such as serving the people and maintaining the class struggle. By 1978 "Chinese leaders were searching for a solution to serious economic problems produced by Hua Guofeng, the man who had succeede...
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Cash Flow Equity Ratio
1,721 wordsTwo companies taking similar actions that are obtaining very different results What is happening to the debt position? Nortel Networks engaged in several acquisitions in 1998. The effect on their income statement was staggering. Despite $ 17. 575 billion in revenues (a $ 213 million increase from 1997), Nortel's net income before taxes was negative $ 537 million. ROE was negative 4. 64 % compared to the industry average of 13. 8 %. Acquisitions, mergers, and partnerships have become a major stra...
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Ho Chi Minh Republic Of Vietnam
977 wordsDo you know why the Viet Nam war started, or when it really began? Well, it may surprise you to know that the war actually began shortly after the end of World War II. When WWII ended many countries had taken control of smaller countries in Asia. Vietnam was controlled by the French, but after WWII Vietnam wanted its independence. France did not want to give up its colonies because they needed the extra income to help rebuild its country after WWII. A man named Ho Chi Minh, who declared their in...
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Sweet Success Again The Volkswagen Beetle Advertising
1,065 wordsThe Complete Advertising and Marketing Handbook says, The average individual in the United States is exposed to 1500 to 2500 selling messages everyday (Lewis 2). That number of advertisements adds up to more then $ 70 billion dollars earned for newspapers, magazines, television, and radio according to Jean Kilbourne (35), and Automotive marketers are whats behind $ 12. 8 billion in media spending every year (q. in Kilbourne 96). One of the most successful ad campaigns of all times happened to be...
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War On Drugs Dollars A Year
1,681 wordsLegalization of marijuana offers both benefits, and disadvantages. The medical benefits of marijuana have been researched and proven to aid patients with glaucoma and some forms of cancer. Other benefits include: fewer people in prison and fewer social problems for the users because they get help instead of jail time. The big question remains: all out legalization or legalization for medical use, or decriminalization. Whatever the outcome, marijuana use needs to be based on its own pharmacology ...
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Telling The Truth Immanuel Kant
5,428 words... ngs. Three of the executives written testimonies discuss the proposed settlement the companies negotiated with the states' attorneys general. The details of this settlement are provided in the section that follows; however the principle issue in this posture is that it is strikingly different than the one used in the 1994 testimonies. Mr. Bible was the first chief executive called in the case, during the sixth week of testimony in the Warren E. Burger Federal Building. The following excerpts...
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Nuclear Power Plants Sirs Researcher
1,926 wordsIn 1986, the head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave this statement. Even if there was this type of accident every year I would consider nuclear power a valid source of energy. The statement came from the man responsible for the safety of nuclear power plants throughout the United States following the Chernobyl accident, which was the worst nuclear accident in the world so far (Hodgson and Marignne 5). Nuclear Energy came into use in 1953. Rather simply, when one of the atoms of fuel in a...
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Dollars A Month Margaret Thatcher
925 wordsMargaret Thatcher, while leader of the opposition, is claimed to have remarked, Some chancellors are micro economic, some chancellors are fiscal, this one's just plain cheap. No wonder she was dubbed the Iron Lady by the Soviets. A name that stuck and I suspect she relishes. But that is democracy at its best. Try saying that about a military dictator or his cronies and you will be erased from history as well. In the democratic system, Baroness Thatcher, as she is today, rose to become the first ...
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President Of The United States Al Gore
1,075 wordsAs this election 2000 is coming, each candidate is working very hard. They are doing debates, electoral campaigns all over the country in order to get more popular votes and therefore get the electoral votes they need to be the next president of the United States. In all of the inquiries that the media did in most of the states, Al Gore seems to be the favorite one, because he knows what he is doing, he has enough experience to rule our country, and he also has very interesting positions in the ...
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Billions Of Dollars Marijuana Laws
1,083 wordsEvery year without fail, millions of people in North America light up and smoke marijuana. Correspondingly, every year, billions of tax dollars are wasted on fighting a futile war against an inevitable activity that is much less detrimental to our society than the war itself. The legalization and careful government regulation of marijuana would be beneficial to our society, saving taxpayers money and eliminating the few risks that accompany marijuana use. This is because the health and social da...
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Defense Spending Billion Dollars
258 wordsDefense Defense Spending Defense Spending Defense spending is how much money the government uses to for our national defense. This year President Clinton? s budget includes 267 billion dollars for defense or around 15 % of the budget. The budget only includes 18 billion dollars for foreign assistance, which accounts for about 1 % of the budget. This budget for military makes all others look small. Our military budget accounts for 37 % of the world? s military spending. Our defense spending is fi...
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Roaring Twenties Billion Dollars
418 wordsOctober Depression The Great Depression October 24, 1929 saw perhaps one of the worst days in United States history. That day has ever since been entitled Black Thursday. This Thursday was different than any other Thursday in American history because on this Thursday the stock market plummeted to the very bottom and New York had become such a hysterical place that the New York Police had to close the visitor s gallery. Nearly thirteen million shares of stock were traded at lower prices. On this ...
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Iran Contra Affair Ronald Reagan
1,845 wordsRonald Reagan Reagan the Man, the President written by Hedrick Smith was a stirring biography of a mans life. Ronald Reagan was the fortieth President of the United States. He had a successful career but a term of turmoil also came with it. He was involved in a huge scandal but, his economic policies were full of flaws and this brought his countrys economy down. He was a man who supposedly had no chance of winning the Presidency because he was an actor but dedication helped his cause. He seeming...
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Spend More Money Older Generation
1,361 wordsGillette is leading worldwide home applicants, such as razor, battery, electronic and manual toothbrush, manufacturing company. On April 14, 1998, the company introduced the world? s first triple blades razor and begun to sell July 1, 1998 in the United States and September in the Western Europe. Since Gillette launched new razor in 1998, the company expected high returns in short-term; however, the result of the new product has been defined yet. SWOT ANALYSIS Key Learning The areas of the inter...
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Legalized Gambling Billion Dollars
962 wordsIn recent years, gambling has become one of hottest political issues in Canada. The word gaming is the term preferred by the gambling industry over gambling. Both words refer to the same kinds of activities in Canada which include lotteries, casinos, charitable gaming and pari-mutuel wagering such as horse racing. The gambling industry and gambling activity in Canada have been growing rapidly over the last few years. Gambling has become part of most people s everyday lives. The public s attitude...
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Foreign Direct Investment World Trade Organization
8,297 wordsGlobal Strategy: Managing for the 21 st Century The term globalization has acquired considerable emotive force. Some view it as a process that is beneficial as well as inevitable and irreversible. Others regard it with hostility, even fear, believing that it increases inequality within and between nations, threatens employment and living standards and thwarts social progress. This paper is intended to offer an overview of some of the aspects of globalization and aims to identify ways in which co...
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Bits Per Second United States Government
3,477 wordsComputers and the Internet are becoming faster and capable of new and exciting things every day. Through this evolution, businesses have begun to reach out to consumers in new, unprecedented ways. With the amazing growth of users of the Internet, and the enormous growth that is expected to continue, businesses are aware that there is tremendous potential to provide and promote products and services in previously inconceivable ways. Electronic commerce, also known as e-commerce, has reshaped cons...
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Billion Dollars A Year Power And Influence
1,074 wordsEstate Tax Repeal On June 9, 2000, 279 members of the House of Representatives wholeheartedly supported the repeal of the federal estate taxes. 136 members voted against the repeal, most of them being Democrats who where in support of reform, not abolition. Estate taxes yield roughly $ 30 billion dollars a year for the United States Government, also Federal estate taxes affect only about 2 percent of estates, which represents at most the top 5 th percentile of families in this country (NYT-Krugm...
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National Missile Defense Christian Science Monitor
4,041 wordsStar Wars and National Missile Defense: Unnecessary Yesterday, Unnecessary Today Ever since nuclear weapons of mass destruction have existed, people have been attempting to create ways to prevent a war that would bring about a worldwide Arma-gordon. Many of today? s top military and government officials have been studying ways in which the United States can protect itself from a nuclear missile attack. What they have come up with is the National Missile Defense program, or NMD. The NMD would con...
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Twenty Five Percent Centers For Disease Control
1,930 wordsForty-eight million Americans smoked in 1997 which is equivalent to about twenty-five percent of the nation s adult population, according to a U. S. government survey released in November, 1999 (Cooper n. p. ). According to Michael Ericsson, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s Office on Smoking and Health, the smoking rate among young adults ages 18 - 24 rose about four percent because of the increase in teen smoking seen over the next ten years. He said, As these teenag...
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