Why does Congress reject more legislation than it passes? One of the primary functions of Congress is to pass legislation‚ but by its very nature‚ compromise and bipartisanship is necessary to achieve this. The process is complex and lengthy‚ with many hurdles and hoops presented by the constitution that it’s surprising that even more legislation doesn’t get rejected. Currently‚ only about 3-5% of the 10‚000 annual bills make it through the legislative labyrinth and made into law. However
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TB0301 Dmitry Alenuskin Andreas Schotter BMW of North America: Dream It. Build It. Drive It. Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black. Henry Ford Introduction In early January 2012‚ Joseph Wierda‚ BMW’s X3 Product Manager‚ reviewed the latest sales numbers of the popular X3 Series compact SUV. He was‚ in particular‚ interested in the effects of BMW’s customization program called “Dream It. Build It. Drive It.” on both unit sales and overall profitability
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Assess the views that males commit more crime than women due to primary socialisation Primary socialization occurs during childhood and is when a child learns the attitudes‚ values and actions appropriate to individuals as members of a particular culture. For example if a child saw his/her mother/ father expressing a discriminatory opinion about a minority group‚ then that child may think this behavior is acceptable and could continue to have this opinion about minority groups. Functionalist may
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Jim McDowell:BMW Case study 1 BMW Case study Principle of marketing November 27/2011 Abstract
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Does Exposure to Media Violence Affect Children? How often do children hear‚ see‚ or talk about violent television? Could it possibly be a factor in how aggressive or desensitized these children become? Surely anyone who has access to the news has seen the recent exponential growth in violence throughout the world. It is interesting to note that this growth and the massive production and display of media violence have occurred simultaneously. According to W. James Potter‚ Professor of communication
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Have you ever questioned why some apples taste more sour than others? Malic acid would be responsible for that. Malic acid is an organic compound responsible for the tart taste in grapes and the sour taste in green apples. Malic acid is used artificially in things such as soft candies‚ ices‚ gum‚ preserves‚ yogurt and many other foods to modify their flavor. The more malic acid there is in something‚ the more sour it tastes. The malic acid content in apples ranges from about 94% of total acid content
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Sports: More Than Just a Game More than 7.6 million high school students played sports during the 2010-2011 school year‚ an increase of nearly 40‚000 students compared to 2009-2010 according to usnews.com. Why is this number so high? The benefits of playing sports are not just physical. While many students get involved in high school athletics for sheer love of the game‚ there are significant benefits from these extracurricular activities as well. Being an athlete teaches life lessons like
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BMW Competitive Analysis The automobile industry is the most interesting and complex business sectors in the global framework for analysis. The Japanese cars are now supplemented by luxury models‚ such as Lexus Infinity and Acura to compete with European cars made by BMW and Mercedes and Audi. In this analysis‚ I’m going to develop company profile of BMW and its competitors (Lexus and Mercedes-Benz) per Porters criteria. BMW AG Group BMW AG was founded in 1916. Today the Company
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Yishan Shan ENG-101/H. Nand Comparison and Contrast Paper 11/06/2012 Homelessness is more than missing a house We always encounter these types of people: A man who is shaking a cup and trying to present a smiling face to you on the side of the street‚ his coins are striking against each other‚ and his clothes were tatty and his shoes unmatched. Or at night‚ a crew of people who sit or sleep in front of a store with some filthy blankets on. We don’t know what kind of causes affect their homelessness
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Why was the opposition to the state more often unsuccessful than successful in the period 1855 – 1964? Divided opposition. One reason why opposition to the state between 1855 and 1964 was mostly unsuccessful is the divided nature of oppositional forces. One example of this is the Civil War of 1918 where Richard Pipes argued it was a ‘foregone conclusion’ that the Reds would win. The Whites were made up of many different oppositional groups such as the SRs‚ Liberals looking for a tsarist revival
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