total American casualties‚ it ranks fourth in our history‚ following the American Civil War and both World Wars‚ with over 58‚000 brave lives sacrificed. But all of the blood‚ sweat‚ and tears our nation shed during those 14 years could have been avoided. I believe that the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War could have been easily prevented‚ and in turn‚ would have saved thousands of U.S. troop lives. The Truman Doctrine was officially passed in March 1947‚ when the President at that
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Original Theory: The technique of Systematic Desensitization was developed by Dr. Joseph Wolpe‚ after the result of a series of experiment‚ in which he made cats fearful of certain situations by applying repeated electrical shocks to them. He noted that the neurotic cats showed fearful behaviours and the inhibition of certain behaviours‚ like eating in the situations in which they had been shocked. He also noted that if such cats were induced to eat in situations that were somewhat like those in
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Amazon.com’s E-Business Model Professor Dr. Gary Shelton BUS 508 July 23‚ 2011 Pros and Cons of Amazon ’s Diversification There are both pros and cons to this growth and diversification of Amazon. Since Amazon ’s growth and diversification was done gradually‚ there was little chance for it to backfire on Amazon. Giving them the time needed to work out the problems. “The design of the marketplace can help to influence success by improving the flow of information‚ thereby reducing stress
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Health‚ Vol. 60‚ Iss. 3; pg. 6 58 59. ^ European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (2007): Facts 76/EN National economics and occupational safety and health. Bilbao‚ Spain: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work‚ ISSN 1681-2123. 60. ^ "Risks and nanotechnology: the public is more concerned than experts and industry". Nature Publishing Group. 2007. http://www.innovationsgesellschaft.ch/images/fremde_publikationen/Nature_Public_concern.pdf. Retrieved 20 March 2013. 62. ^ Everly‚ G. S.‚
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would you explain to Mary the relationship between risk and return of individual stocks? The relationship between risk and return is believed to be positive. In other words‚ the return is simply considered as a compensation for bearing risk. That basically means the potential return rises as the rate of risk increases. So in order to get a higher return we need to invest in riskier project. So if we were to invest in a high risk securities the return would be higher‚ in return if the market
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Could Have the American Revolution Been Avoided? As Benjamin Franklin once said‚ “No gains without pain.” This could not be more of a true statement when speaking of the American Revolution. There are so many factors that are said to have caused it‚ that it’s hard to determine what never needed to happen. Because of the French and Indian War‚ the British were suffering from debt. They needed the find a way out; therefore‚ new laws and acts were established. If the British would have treated the
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The Revolutionary War could have been avoided if the colonists took a different approach to handling their problems.For example‚ as pictured in supporting question three‚ source three‚ it depicts the British colonists dressed as Mohawk indians dumping precious teas into the Boston Harbor. The colonists dumped the tea to show their views against the high tea tax imposed by the British. Because of the colonists rebellious behavior‚ the British government was forced to respond. They imposed the Intolerable
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designed to manage and measure staff recruitment efficiency‚ effectiveness‚ and alignment with the culture‚ mission‚ and strategy of the organisation. Apart from surveys and interviews the following represent a few ideas on how the recruitment and selection process and/or its indicators can be measured: Lead time or Hiring cycle e.g. time taken to fill an employee vacancy from advertisement to offer‚ acceptance of position and start of work. Explanation: This is a measure of the organisation’s
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Risk This assignment will critically evaluate theories of risk‚ and consider the approaches to practice for the role of a local authority social worker in the identification‚ assessment and management of risk of social work with children‚ young people and families. There will be consideration given to the impact of social work practice on service users and carers including my understanding of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice. The idiom ‘damned if you do and damned if you don’t’
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Study on the Present Situation‚ the Problems and the Risk Analysis of Securities Investment Fund in China 1. Scope/ rational of project The securities investment fund in china actually is quite similar with the mutual fund in USA. China is one of emerge markets in the world. Compared with the developed market‚ it still has so many problems that have to research and analyse. Mutual funds started in the second half of the 18th century in the Netherlands ( Rouwenhorst‚ 2004). In the 21th
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