Revolutionary leaders knew that encouraging the growth of the multilingual population in the United States was vital to maintaining distance from Great Britain. The Founding Fathers sought to respect the minority groups that helped free the nation from the British crown‚ therefore avoiding instituting an official national language from the Constitution. In fact‚ around this time many documents were printed in German and French to stimulate political participation among multilingual citizens. But
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References: History. (n.d.). Retrieved April 2‚ 2012‚ from http://www.lufthansa.com: http://konzern.lufthansa.com/en/history/eighties.html What about Germany? (n.d.). Retrieved April 9‚ 2012‚ from http://geert-hofstede.com: http://geert-hofstede.com/germany.html
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The United States populates over 325 million people. Of these 325 million‚ 13.5 percent of them are under the poverty threshold‚ which is about 42.3 million people. These people are lacking of basic requirements for living such as money‚ clothes‚ a home‚ food‚ and even education. Without their basic requirements for living it makes it harder for them to get out of their current situation. Even though the government have tried to step in and solve this problem‚ the government programs that are set
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Although the United States have made great strides toward cultural diversity and the equality of all people‚ discrimination has still managed to destroy lives in modern society. This country was founded by immigrants‚ yet the majority of society still looks upon immigration with hatred. The attitude of the general public was heavily influenced in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks‚ causing innocent citizens to be labeled as terrorists. More than a decade later‚ Presidential candidate Donald
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something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.” – Romiette 1987 Introduction According to the U.S. Census Bureau‚ the Massachusetts year 2000 estimated population is 6‚200‚000‚ ranking 13th in population size compared to the other 49 states[1]. Youth age 19 years and under represent 27 percent of the total population in Massachusetts with youth ages 11 to 15 comprise 26 percent of the youth population‚ youth ages 16 to 17 represent 10 percent of youth‚ and youth ages 18 to 19 encompass
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the above are market-seeking activities. 4) It is characteristic of foreign exchange dealers to A) trade only with clients in the retail market and never operate in the wholesale market for foreign exchange. B) bring buyers and sellers of currencies together but never to buy and hold an inventory of currency for resale. C) act as market makers‚ willing to buy and sell the currencies in which they specialize. D) All of the above are characteristics of foreign exchange dealers. 5) The broker at Deutsche
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A country’s regimes are imposed to protect the country’s interest‚ but these protections will create unavoidable conflict-of-interest where businesses are conducted. Likewise‚ the super power China and the United States‚ the perpetual political changes create a direct implication to the day-to-day business activities and the type business investment plan to enter the country. Hence‚ conflict-of-interests are commonly tensions between the different in political ideologies‚ social issues‚ historical
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Citizenship in the United States has been a sought-after dream by many people in the World. It is the reason we are the “great melting pot”‚ and the reason for the many mass immigrations that have taken place to the United States. Over the course of two centuries‚ there has been much turmoil in United States politics about giving citizenship status to immigrants. Most of the latter reasoning for not wanting to grant citizenship has been blamed justly on the prejudice of American Society. The Supreme
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Are there differences between living in Puerto Rico and living in the United States? I believe that there are big differences. I came to the United States when I was five years old. I then moved to Philadelphia for one year‚ lived in Georgia for six years‚ and now I am currently living in Maryland. I always go back to Puerto Rico to visit my family. I love it there. I like living in the United States but there are many things that differ such as the location itself‚ people and the schools. Puerto
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The United States of America. Adams was not successful in his endeavors. Congress has opposed having an official language since John Adams first approached them. At least once a year since 1981‚ Congress has rejected a bill making English the country’s official language. Even though congress has rejected a bill at least once a year requesting English as the official language‚ currently the United States of America is not among the countries with an official language. However‚ several states have
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