a. Do you think the US government was right in proceeding with the anti-trust case against Microsoft? Explain. What are the disadvantages to customers when one company dominates an industry? Why should competition be encouraged? The settlement focused on Microsoft’s selling practices with computer manufacturers. Until now‚ Microsoft would sell MS-DOS and Microsoft’s other operating systems to original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s) at a 60% discount if that OEM agreed to pay a royalty to Microsoft
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“Suck on this.” – Slogan in Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department anti-tobacco campaign It’s rude‚ crude and all but guaranteed to get many parents and sticklers for good manners up in arms. In other words‚ it’s designed to appeal to average teenagers. Or at least get their attention. That’s the goal‚ anyway‚ of the new anti-tobacco campaign by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. The messages are particularly targeted at young people‚ because research has shown that those who
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Anti Terrorism as a Self fulfilling Prophecy The issue of war against terrorism has been a dominant theme in our media today. Terrorists have been stereotyped as Middle Eastern‚ Muslim‚ cold blooded and hard headed suicide bombers who are out to destroy all that standing in the western world. The gargantuan international effort on the War on Terrorism has created a psychological construct where Islamic fundamentalism and the Middle Eastern race are now considered as potential terrorists. There have
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San Felipe Neri Parochial School 85 A.T. Reyes Street‚ Brgy. Poblacion‚ Madaluyong City PAASCU ACCREDITED LEVEL II The Investigatory Project of Group ________‚ IV – St. Dominic Presented to the Faculty of S.F.N.P.S. Requirements of PHYSICS IV THE FEASIBILITY OF GINGER EXTRACT AS AN ANTI-HAIR LOSS Dormitorio‚ Dave Vincent Ilano‚ Carl Jaspher Afan‚ Julianne Paula Ayate‚ Glydel Anne Orge‚ Ma. Alexandra Chapter I: PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND 1.1 Introduction Hair grows everywhere on
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Cyberbullying Social networks‚ instant messaging and text messaging are the raging trend for teenagers. Through these forms of communication‚ teenagers can stay in contact with their friends and peers‚ even after they come home from school. Social networking and texting can be fun ways to keep the conversation going between friends‚ but they also come with some inherent dangers. Cyberbullying has become common place for teenagers. What is Cyberbullying? Cyberbulling occurs when an individual harass
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In the history of the United States‚ gun ownership is considered one of the most important rights of individual liberty. But today‚ there are frequent shootings in the United States‚ from civilians to the president‚ from children to the elderly‚ they are likely to become victims of gun violence. Whenever there is such a massacre occurred in the United States‚ there is a heated debate about gun control in the United States‚ but it is not so easy to make progress on legislation. Some people believe
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another‚ things like school and religion were extremely important aspects of New England life. In the South‚ men greatly outnumbered women‚ and disease was fairly common. The life expectancy was really low there‚ and families much smaller than their northern counterparts. Since the labor was provided by slaves‚ people had no real reason to have children‚ especially with teh life expectancy being so low. Since farms were so far apart‚ unlike northern towns‚ the south lacked schools and churches. This
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psychologists‚ social psychologists‚ counseling psychologists‚ school psychologists‚ industrial-organizational psychologist‚ consumer psychologists‚ educational psychologists‚ experimental psychologist and sport psychologists (Ferguson 1). Writing skills is very helpful to most psychologists. Some psychologists become administrators who direct college or university psychology departments or personnel services programs in a school system or industry. While some become agency or department directors
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Identify the main types of state and independent schools. All children in England between the ages of 5 and 16 are entitled to a free place at a state school. Most state schools have to follow National Curriculum the most common ones are: * Community schools: controlled by the local council and not influenced by business or religious groups * Foundation and trust schools: more freedom to change the way they do things than community schools‚ ran by their own governing body which also decide
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Anti-Vietnam Movement in the U.S. The antiwar movement against Vietnam in the US from 1965-1971 was the most significant movement of its kind in the nation ’s history. The United States first became directly involved in Vietnam in 1950 when President Harry Truman started to underwrite the costs of France ’s war against the Viet Minh. Later‚ the presidencies of Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy increased the US ’s political‚ economic‚ and military commitments steadily throughout
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