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Electrical Machinery Capital Goods
1,753 words... imports actually declined somewhat in 1998 compared with 1997). The decline in imports is across the board, though manufacturing sectors such as transportation equipment and telecommunications equipment were particularly affected. Imports are classified into broad economic categories: consumer goods, raw materials and intermediate goods, and capital goods (Table 12). The data reveal that there was a much more severe contraction in imports of capital goods, raw materials and intermediate good...
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Trade Union Movement Union Membership
1,731 wordsTOPIC The major issue tody facing the Australian trade union movement has been the decline in union density. What have been the causes, and how have the unions responded to the challenge. Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in 2000, show that the decline in Australian union membership continues, despite the efforts of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), to stop the slide. The ABS reports that trade union membership has dropped to 28 percent of the total workf...
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Trade Union Movement Union Membership
1,704 wordsFigures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in 2000, show that the decline in Australian union membership continues, despite the efforts of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), to stop the slide. The ABS reports that trade union membership has dropped to 28 percent of the total workforce, compared to 1992, where there was 40 percent. (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2000. ) Previous ABS findings show that these recent figures are part of a general trend, with no sligh...
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Gallup Poll Catholic Church
2,291 wordsWhat were the reasons for the decline of Catholicism in America since 1945 (oral) Picture this if you will. In the beginning (being 1945) god created a shepherd (the Catholic Church) in which we the sheep followed blindly. Everywhere the shepherd took us, we would follow without complaint. A sheep dared not question the Shepherd or stray from the flock in fear of being labeled a bad sheep (catholic) and suffering the consequences of eternal damnation. But as time went on and the sheep modernized...
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Political Reasons Authority Figures
1,279 wordsDear Emperor, Rome s decline was caused by four main factors: military, political, social and economic. I believe the predominant factor to be political causes. The emperors seized all authority and became corrupt. Not only the emperors, but also the other officials and authority figures as well. The emperors and authority figures have lost control of the people as a whole and the matters at hand. Emperor after emperor tried his luck, but none have been able to solve their political problems. I ...
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