state also controlled food. On July 20th‚ 1918‚ the Bolsheviks decided all surplus food was to be surrendered to the state. While this caused an increase in grain supply‚ the requisition largely counteracted itself by disincentivizing extra grain production. The annual grain collection grew by 5 and ¼ tons from 1917 to 1920‚ but the surplus grain could not meet demand. Furthermore‚ Lenin had promised the countryside promised “all the land to the people” before the civil war. Lenin’s broken promise
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consistent law has yet been discovered. The research and measurement of buyer behavior is vitally important to the field of marketing because it can provide insight into a possible future scientific law in this field. Before the question "Why measure buyer behavior?" can be addressed‚ the applicable terms‚ "buyer behavior" and "measurement" should be identified. The American marketing Association defines buyer behavior (AMA refers to this as "consumer behavior") as: "The dynamic interaction of
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TECHNIQUES By Dennis Caplan DIVISIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES Chapter Contents: - Divisional Income - Return on Investment - Residual Income This chapter discusses three performance measures used to evaluate divisions and divisional managers. The term “division” in this chapter is shorthand for any responsibility center that is treated as a profit center or as an investment center. Investors and stock analysts use analogous measures to evaluate company-wide performance. Divisional
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Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem‚ biome‚ or an entire planet. Biodiversity is one measure of the health of ecosystems. Life on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species. The United Nations declared the year 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. Biodiversity is not consistent across the Earth. In the terrestrial context for example‚ tropical regions are typically rich whereas polar regions support fewer species. Rapid
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Equality for All Illegal‚ unconstitutional‚ disgusting and sinful are only a few words people use to describe what I consider a personal right. Gay marriage has been a topic of discussion in the United States for the past couple years. Lately the subject has increased along with the arguments from both sides of the spectrum. I am a gay male and look forward to finding the man of my dreams and marrying him some day but this can only happen if the minds of certain individuals change along with
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the same as meaningless existence wherein‚ all the answers to our questions will be uncertain. Live without any assurance. Live that does not have any direction. A worth living life must be a life with guarantee and perspective. But we can only attain that worth living life through examining every deepest and substantial detail. An examined life is not worth living because without the thorough examination of our life‚ it is almost worthless. But a man who is not examining his life should still
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Macomber” by Ernest Hemingway‚ a rich man with his wife on an African safari shows himself a coward when he runs from a wounded lion‚ to the disgust of both his safari guide‚ Robert Wilson and his wife. Hemingway uses imagery‚ representation and the narrative voice to reveal the importance of demands placed by heteronormative masculinity. Hemingway contrasts physical descriptions‚ weapons used and character perspectives to establish the identity of a masculine man. First‚ Hemingway‚ early in the
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Nicolina Mannino English 11 Period 2 May 29‚ 2014 The Things They Carried “War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” O’Brien would say the Vietnam War was a negative experience for those involved because soldiers struggled with the loss of others‚ coping with those losses and witnessed graphic death scenes at the ages of 18-23. The Things They Carried is a book written by Tim O’Brien that contains semi-autobiographical stories about
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of conservation of A. Mass B. Energy C. Momentum D. ALL 5. Burnoullis equation is obtained by applying law of conservation of _ A. Mass B. Energy C. Momentum D. Fluid 6. Stokes law is applicable if body has ________shape A. rough B. square C. circular D. spherical 7. Sphygmomanometers measures blood pressure. A. statically B. dynamically C. some time static and some time
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Love for all‚ hatred for none Love brings peace in our lives. Where ever there is a love there is peace whether it’s a house‚ a community or the world but the pace at which peace is fast disappearing from the world today has caused each sane and sensible person to worry. Now a days the world is facing the threat of the third world war because of the present social ‚ political and religious situation all around the world. To make this world a peaceful place what we need now is love for all‚ hatred
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