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    Load Shedding Crisis in Pakistan Electricity is a basic need for sustaining human life. We cannot even imagine how our lives would have been if electricity was not discovered. Looking at it from an economic growth perspective of a country‚ the creation of energy is very essential. Pakistan however has been facing an acute shortage of electricity for many years now (since 2007). Electricity crisis and load shedding reaches to 10hours in Karachi. In commercial and residential areas of Karachi load

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    Cuban Missile Crisis Analysis The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the most important events in United States history; it’s even easy to say world history because of what some possible outcomes could have been from it. The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was a major Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. After the Bay of Pigs Invasion the USSR increased its support of Fidel Castro’s Cuban regime‚ and in the summer of 1962‚ Nikita Khrushchev secretly decided to install

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest mankind ever came to a nuclear war. The United States and Soviet Union mobilized their armed forces and nuclear weaponry‚ bringing the world within hours of a nuclear exchange. The Realist perspective argues that the origins and outcomes of this conflict were caused by the never-ending struggle for military‚ economic‚ and diplomatic power between the United States and Soviet Union‚ but cannot determine why the conflict ended. Instead‚ the Liberal perspective

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    TITLE: The Cuban Missile Crisis THESIS STATEMENT: The Cuban missile crisis almost brought the United States into another ground war and nearly into a nuclear war between the United States and the U.S.S.R . INTRODUCTION: In 1962 the Soviet Union was lagging behind the United States in the arms race. Soviet missiles were only powerful enough to be launched against Europe‚ but the U.S. missiles were capable of striking the entire Soviet Union. In May 1962 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev

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    currently experiencing the worst crisis since the Great Depression back in the decade that was preceding World War II. The crisis started off from the home mortgage market‚ especially the market for so-called “subprime” mortgages‚ and has already spread beyond subprime to prime mortgages‚ commercial real estate‚ corporate junk bonds‚ and other forms of debt. This paper critically illustrates the factors that account for the crisis‚ who was affected by this crisis‚ and how it was spread to the rest

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    Cuban Missile Crisis Paper 9a) Source A shows that Kennedy was praised for his “masterful crisis management” and was even willing to risk nuclear war. This source and in particular McMachon claims that success was due to “plain dumb luck” and [also due to Kennedy’s caution and his ability to maintain his “remarkable cool under fire”. 9b) Source E clearly shows Khrushchev as being in control of the removal of the missiles from Cuba and this is seen from him playing Castro’s dentist‚ pulling

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    Subprime crisis background information From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The neutrality of this article is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until thedispute is resolved. (July 2009) Main article: Subprime mortgage crisis This article provides background information helpful to understanding the subprime mortgage crisis. It discusses subprime lending‚ foreclosures‚ risk types‚ and mechanisms through which various entities involved

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    Running head: JFK HANDLES THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS President JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis Contemporary History June 12‚ 2010 The Cuban Missile Crisis forever marked 1962 as the year the world almost witnessed a nuclear war. The Soviet Union‚ Cuba‚ and the United States were all teetering on the edge of a cliff that was crumbling from the weight of fear‚ tension‚ and secrecy. It also marked the official end of Americans innocent belief that they were safe in the glow of Lady Liberty’s

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    A Brief Analysis of Subprime Crisis Introduction The US subprime mortgage crisis was one of the first indicators of the late-2000s financial crisis‚ characterized by a rise in subprime mortgage holes and foreclosures‚ and the resulting decline of securities backing mortgages. Approximately 80% of U.S. mortgages issued to subprime borrowers were adjustable-rate mortgages. After U.S. house sales prices peaked in mid-2006 and began their steep decline forthwith‚ refinancing became more difficult

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    only 90 miles of ocean separated the United States from nuclear missiles. In response to this threat‚ President Kennedy organized the Executive Committee (EX-COMM)‚ which was comprised from Kennedy’s twelve most important advisors to help manage the crisis (14 days in October). For seven days there was considerable and intense debate as to how the United States should respond to this threat. Not

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