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    The internet has changed the world It is clear that over the years‚ the internet has changed our world. The internet offers easy access to any kind of information. Especially it is becoming more and more important for nearly everybody as it is one of the newest and most forward-looking media and surely “the” medium of the future. Another point in its favor is the comunication. Nowadays‚ people all over the world do not have to wait too long to know about their friends and family. The emails arrive

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    1973-1974 Oil Embargo The oil embargo of 1973 was one of the most significant events regarding the United States macroeconomy. This event was a refusal of Arab countries to sell oil to pro-Israeli countries. The embargo began on October 17‚ 1973‚ when the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries‚ or OAPEC‚ declared they would immediately cut oil production by 5 percent and will continue until Israel withdrew from the West Bank‚ Gaza‚ and Jerusalem. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait soon followed

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    The world has changed for the worse. Humans are destroying our society. Our economy is getting worse. Our crime rates are going up daily. Racism is tearing apart our society. Society is undergoing many changes and is changing for the worse. There are many contributing factors that is making the USA economy go downhill . People earning minimum wage are not making enough money to pay their bills . November 2013 through January 2014 the Wal-mart company was losing profit because sales were low

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    Was Dropping the Atomic Bomb Justified While writing my exploratory essay about Mechanical Engineering‚ I stumbled upon Engineering in the Air Force. From there‚ I dove into different military research until I found a summary of the events in World War 2. World War 2 was a war that lasted 6 years‚ from 1939 to 1945‚ and there was many countries involved‚ including: The United States‚ Germany‚ Japan‚ Soviet Union‚ Britain‚ and many more. The war was ended shortly after the United States dropped

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    Book 1 Assessment 1 Investigate an issue or event since 1995 that has affected tourism demand in a country or region that you have studied. Overview In this assignment I will be researching the significant impact the recession had on the travel and tourism industry between 2008 and the present day. I will be looking into how domestic‚ inbound and outbound tourism was affected. I will mainly focus on the impact the recession had on the UK‚ but will need to also discuss the contributing factors

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    First World War[368] were anticipated by all sides to be important in the second. The British focused development on anti-submarine weaponry and tactics‚ such as sonar and convoys‚ while Germany focused on improving its offensive capability‚ with designs such as the Type VII submarine and wolfpack tactics.[369] Gradually‚ improving Allied technologies such as the Leigh light‚ hedgehog‚ squid‚ and homing torpedoes proved victorious. Land warfare changed from the static front lines of World War I

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    Conflict has only negative effects on people. Conflict occurs repeatedly in life because individuals‚ societies and nations confront political‚ social and personal differences. These differences might be in appearance‚ attitude or values. The cause and consequences of such disputes bring out many negative effects on people such as loss of life‚ family‚ friends or own sense of identity. However‚ conflicts are also opportunities to re-evaluate values‚ attitudes or places to which we belong.

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    ’India has a potential to lead the world’ - Management Guru at NMIMS July 26‚ 2008 [pic] Mumbai: Leading management Guru Prof. C. K. Prahlad‚ visited the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) recently to lay out his vision for India@75. The event was organized by NMIMS in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Yi. Prof. Prahlad‚ while addressing faculty members and students of NMIMS and other distinguished academicians‚ corporate executives and members

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    The twentieth century is full of historically significant events ranging from the invention of penicillin to the first man landing on the moon. Yet‚ when people think of the twentieth century‚ these great accomplishments are shadowed by what seems to be an endless war. Of these many wars that occurred in the twentieth century‚ the one that holds the most historical significance is World War II. World War II was a war even unlike the First World War having an estimated death toll of sixty million and

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    which influences the business world in many ways. The Post-Fordism era in broaden sense is generic description of Capitalism period which mainly is characterised by flexible production of non-standardized‚ better-quality goods embracing adaptability of production processes in harmony with the unpredictable nature of markets to meet customers’ satisfaction. The changes made in notion of improving the way things were done consequently changed organizations’ systems and how people are managed inorder to

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