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    Affairs among members of the large corporate structures are not uncommon and can be found documented in many different venues. When a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) chooses to have an affair with an employee on his staff‚ many questions can be raised. Is it a question of whether the affair was wrong‚ or whether the conduct reflects poorly on not only the person’s involved‚ but the company that was involved? Perhaps it just came down to Mr. Stonecipher not practicing what he preached. From an ethical

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    The Trent Affair

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    The Trent Affair‚ also known as the Mason and Slidell Affair‚ was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War. On November 8th 1861‚ the USS San Jacinto‚ intercepted the British mail packet Trent and removed it as contraband of two war Confederate diplomats‚ who were James Mason and John Slidell. The envoys were bound for Great Britain and France to press the Confederacys’ case for diplomatic recognition by Europe. The initial reaction in the United States was

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    Profumo Affairs

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    3.0 Christine Keeler and the Profumo affair Christine Keeler was born in Uxbridge on 22nd February in year 1942. Her father deserted the family during the Second World War. Her mother‚ Julie Payne‚ later lived with Edward Huish and the couple set-up home in a converted railway carriage in Wraysbury. Christine later recalled: "The railway carriage was on wheels and I felt like a character from the American television series about the legendary Wild West train-driver Casey Jones." Keeler left the

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    The Haymarket Affair

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    The Haymarket Affair For many‚ America is not just the country they happen to live in but also it is a place of freedoms‚ liberties and independencies and even a refuge for some people. In 1886 though‚ a group of people attempted to share their opinion in Haymarket Square‚ Chicago‚ which led to a dangerous riot and a series of trials with convictions and executions. Throughout the affair‚ innocent lives were lost‚ people were wrongly accused‚ and the judicial system was revealed as flawed. Throughout

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    The Haymarket Affair

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    The Haymarket Affair was a series of conflicts between labor protestors and police officers in Chicago that resulted in violence and bloodshed‚ but it certainly did not end there. The outcome of this incident resonated with supporters of the protests‚ and dramatically changed the course of history for workers; not only in Illinois but across the entire nation. The aftermath of this conflict can still be felt and even seen to this very day‚ due to the construction of two separate monuments in recognition

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    Xyz Affair

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    From March of 1797 to 1800‚ a diplomatic scandal occurred where Americans were outraged by demands from the French for a bribe as a condition for negotiating with American diplomats that became known as the XYZ Affair. John Adams took presidency in 1797 and inherited several problems from George Washington’s administration‚ including hostilities between the United States and France that began to escalate in the 1790s. The signing of Jay’s Treaty‚ which violated of the Treaty of Paris yet averted

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    Trent Affair

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    Georgi Darnell – 12 U.S. History Trent Affair Mrs. Karpitsky The Trent Affair During the first year of the American Civil War‚ a diplomatic crisis occurred between Great Britain and the United States. The crisis‚ known as The Trent Affair‚ came very close to causing a war between the two countries. War was ultimately avoided leaving both Great Britain and the United States in a better position with one another. Two diplomats‚ James Mason and John Slidell were to be sent to Britain and France

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    The Airbus Affair

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    According to CBC’s The Fifth Estate‚ Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schreiber’s relationship began in the early 1980’s through Mulroney’s emergence as a force in the Tory party. Although this is when their relationship began‚ both parties have very different views as to what their relationship is. According to the Honorable Jeffrey J Oliphant‚ Mr. Schreiber came to believe that he and Mr. Mulroney had become friends however Mr. Schreiber is deluding himself if he believes that Mr. Mulroney was ever

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    Infernal Affairs

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    Introduction Basic information Infernal Affairs will be revealed in this paper. It is a local Hong Kong gangster movie released in 2002. Alan Mak Siu-Fai and Felix Chong Man-Keung are the scriptwriters‚ whereas Andrew Lau Wai-Keung and Alan Mak Siu-Fai are the movie directors. Andy Lau Tak-Wah(Lau Kin-Ming) and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai(Chan Wing-Yan) are protagonists ; Anothony Wong Chau-Sang(Wong Chi-Shing) and ­­­­Eric Tsang Chi-Wai(Hon Sam) act sub-leading roles as well. Justification of Choice

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    Dreyfus Affair Of 1894

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    social issue‚ and if Jewish people organized counter efforts to anti-Semitism‚ then Jews would be able to gain acceptance among society. The Dreyfus Affair of 1894 was an important event for Herzl‚ where Captain Alfred Dreyfus‚ who was Jewish‚ was falsely convicted of treason and sent to prison for almost five years. Because of the Dreyfus Affair

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