of the world’s most famous victims of World War II. Her name was Anne Frank‚ and her parents were Edith Frank Hollandar and Otto Frank. She had one sister‚ Margot‚ who was three years older than she was. Anne led a happy and normal childhood‚ and on her 13th birthday she received a diary from her parents. It became special to her as years went by. It is through this diary that much about World War II and Anne’s life has been learned. In 1933‚ her and her family left Frankfurt‚ a large Jewish
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Section 3.3 Solving Word Problems: Comparisons Copyright © 2013‚ 2010‚ 2006‚ 2003 Pearson Education‚ Inc. Example In a basketball game‚ the Vikings scored 12 points more than the Mustangs. A total of 78 points were scored. How many points were scored by each team? 1. Understand the problem. Let m = the number of points scored by the Mustangs. Let m + 12 = the number of points scored by the Vikings. 2. Write an equation. m + m + 12 = 78 Copyright © 2013‚ 2010‚ 2006‚ 2003 Pearson Education‚ Inc
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Frank Lucas: The American Gangster INTRO There is no question that when you hear about the true “American Gangster” someone is talking about Frank Lucas. Before being arrested and sentenced to jail‚ Frank claimed to be making $1 million a day selling drugs on 116th Street in Harlem‚ NY. He was known for buying his supply directly from Southeast Asia‚ also called the “Golden Triangle”. It was said that he would smuggle the drugs using the coffins of American service men. Frank Lucas was a heroin
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Nokia: Business Interests vs German Pressures Nokia is the largest mobile handset maker in the world with a 40% market share. The mobile handset industry is marked by declining prices and depressed margins making companies look at low-cost production options. Nokia‚ to be more competitive‚ is relocating its German plant to Romania where the wages are 10 times lower. This abrupt announcement however stirs a wave of resentment with employees‚ trade unions‚ politicians and business leaders who condemned
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Frank Miller was born January 27‚ 1957. Miller was born in Olney‚ Maryland‚ and raised in Montpelier‚ Vermont. He was the fifth of seven children. His mother was a nurse and his father was a carpenter and electrician. His family was Irish Catholic. Miller was formerly married to colorist Lynn Varley‚ who colored many of his noted works from Ronin through 300 and the backgrounds to the movie 300. Miller and Varley divorced in 2005. He has since been romantically linked to New York-based Shakespearean
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DECLARATION OF PECUNIARY INTEREST RE: COMMITTEE MEMBERS What is a Pecuniary Interest? A pecuniary interest is the opportunity‚ directly or indirectly‚ to profit or share in any profit derived from a transaction. According to Tazmania’s information Sheet 2008‚ you have a pecuniary interest when‚ if a matter before council‚ or any other committee‚ is decided in a particular way you will gain‚ lose or save money‚ gain a financial advantage‚ or suffer a financial disadvantage; could be expected
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The Civil Rights act was passed on June 19‚ 1964. With over 736 hours of debate and 2‚890 pages of Congressional record. It is safe to say that this bill‚ especially for its time was causing a lot of (think of good word here). Although John F. Kennedy was very vocal on equality‚ it was Lyndon B. Johnson’s words and signing of the bill that really got the wheels moving. Going on to television and stating‚ “We believe that all men are created equal‚ yet many are denied equal treatment. We believe that
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Concept Paper: Public Interest To claim to hold the public interest is to claim something big. The ambiguity that arises from such a broad concept almost always means that it will have great‚ and sometimes detrimental‚ consequences. Because it is a sort of a “je ne sais quoi” (Sorauf – p. 623) of American politics‚ it is a strong but malleable tool that can be used by anyone who has the audacity to give it a meaning. Frank J. Sorauf‚ while conceding that no “neat and precise”(p
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an Interest Group? An interest group (also referred to as advocacy groups) is an organization organized by a special set of people with specific skills to lobby for or against a specific interest to benefit their cause. They usually lobby for one or more shared concerns to manipulate public policy and opinion especially in the U.S. Congress to benefit their cause‚ supporters‚ or one segment of society. They include a vast array of organizations such as: charitable organizations‚ civil right groups
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Conflict of Interest 1 Running head: CONFLICT OF INTEREST Auditor Independence‚ Conflict of Interest‚ and the Unconscious Intrusion of Bias Don A. Moore Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh‚ PA 15213 don.moore@alumni.carleton.edu Phone: 412-268-5968 Fax: 412-269-7345 George Loewenstein Carnegie Mellon University Lloyd Tanlu Harvard University Max H. Bazerman Harvard University The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the American Accounting Association
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