Roman Nikolayevich Kim and the Strange Plot of his Mystery Novellas 1. Introduction Yulian Semyonov’s (1931-1993) Petrovka‚ 38 (1963) is the only one Russian work in Hayakawa Pocket Mystery‚ which is a representative foreign mystery series of Japan‚ at the present moment. However‚ there was his predecessor‚ whose spy and detective stories were read worldwide. Roman Nikolayevich Kim (1899-1967) “appeared as a detective and spy novel writer after the war‚” and “two million copies of this popular
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Running head: MANAGING CURRENT LIABILITIES Managing Current Liabilities: The Great Balancing Act 06/26/2011 One of the most crucial steps in running a major corporation is ensuring that the balance sheet truly reflects the viability of the company. If investors feel that a firm holds too much debt reflecting in poor financial ratios‚ their stock price may become depressed resulting in angry shareholders. Therefore‚ why do companies engage in leveraging activities and worry about contingencies
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The term F.U.B.A.R originated in World War Two and was used as a military acronym by United States soldiers. During World War Two‚ F.U.B.A.R was used to describe the chaos and bedlam involved with trench warfare. It is unknown what word the term originated from‚ but it is suspected that it comes from the German word Furchtbar‚ which means terrible. F.U.B.A.R can be translated into two ways‚ Fucked Up Beyond All Repair‚ and Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition. Despite having slightly different connotations
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1 CAPACITY UTILIZATION IN INDIAN AIRLINES Danish A. Hashim* Sir Ratan Tata Fellow Institute of Economic Growth Delhi. 110 007. INDIA. E-mail: danish_hashim@yahoo.com April 2003 Abstract The financial performance of the state -owned Indian Airlines has deteriorated since 1989- 90. The main reasons cited for the poor financial performance of Indian Airlines include: rising fuel prices‚ excess staff‚ serving uneconomic routes and increasing expenses on insurance. However‚ low capacity utilization
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Chapter 7 Essay Q’s 1. ABC Corporation‚ a Canadian firm‚ wants to float a bond issue in the United Kingdom. Which choices does the company have? Discuss the main characteristics of each option. What do you recommend? Answer: ABC Corporation can issue foreign bonds (Bulldogs) or Eurobonds. Foreign bonds are bonds issued by a foreign borrower in a national market‚ in the national currency‚ and subject to the national securities regulations. Eurobonds are bonds sold in countries other the country
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different perspectives on the theme‚ they go about explaining it in a similar manner. Anna Bradstreet’s “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and Kim Addonizio’s “First Poem for You” share the theme of romantic love‚ and the authors go about elucidating the theme in similar ways‚ regardless of their opposing views. Anne Bradstreet’s poem‚ “To My Dear
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special talent or ability in a specific area‚” (Davidson‚ 2012). The criteria for DSM-IV is “organized into three categories of symptoms‚ conceptually approximating Wing and Gould’s (1979) triad of impairment: (a) impairment in social interactions‚ (b) impairment in communication‚ and (c) restricted‚ repetitive‚ and stereotyped patterns of behavior‚ interests‚ and activities‚” (Wallace‚ 2008).In the movie Rain Man the protagonist named Raymond Babbitt clearly shows signs of having savant syndrome
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Personal life: Kim Campbell was born March 10‚ 1947 in Port Alberni‚ British Columbia‚ Her mother left the family when she was 12‚ leaving Kim and her sister Alix‚ to her father. In high school she became the school’s first female student president‚ and then graduated in 1964. After many years of university she settled down with Divinsky. Divorced 1983‚ then married Howard Eddy in 1986‚ divorced and common law married Hershey Felder. Biography: Kim Campbell ran in the 1988 federal election as
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Classic Airline Marketing Solution Mkt/571 Marketing November 20‚ 2012 Introduction Classic Airlines is the fifth largest airline serves 240 cities with more than 2‚300 flights per day. The airline earned $10 million on $8.7 billion in sales last year (“University Of Phoenix Material”‚ 2008). . Although a profitable airline the increasing uncertainty of flying‚ Classic Airline’s stock
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An Economic Analysis of the Airline Industry The history of the modern United States airline industry can be traced to the Boeing Company’s introduction of the 707 jet model in 1952 (The Airline Monitor‚ 2005). The earliest airline companies actually formed in the days of the propeller-driven craft when passenger capacity was limited to relatively small airplanes. Shortly after the successful introduction of Boeing’s 707‚ passenger traffic increased to the point that trains and ships quickly
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