from the 1960s for high-profile emergencies‚ such as hostage situations and hijackings‚ and later to combat terrorism. From the 1980s many SWAT teams were formed with federal help in localities‚ to be used primarily and with increasing frequency for serving drug warrants on suspected drug dealers. The SWAT raids‚ often ruthlessly carried out in minority communities‚ became very common (40‚000 deployments in 2001) and resulted in many unwarranted and unjustified fatalities‚ trauma and other damage. The
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Albert John Dunlap (born July 26‚ 1937) is a retired corporate executive. He was best known as a turnaround specialist and downsizer. The ruthless methods he employed to streamline ailing companies‚ most notably Scott Paper‚ won him the nicknames "Chainsaw Al" and "Rambo in Pinstripes". However‚ his reputation was ruined after he engineered a massive accounting scandal at Sunbeam-Oster. Dunlap believed that the primary goal of any business should be to make money for its shareholders. To that end
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Cited: hrenreich‚ Barbara. "Serving in Florida." Rereading America. Ed. Colombo‚ Gary‚Robert Cullen‚ and Bonnie Lisle. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martins‚ 2004. 317-29. Hampden-Turner‚ Charles. Sane Asylum: Inside the Delancey Street Foundation. NewYork: William Morrow and Co.‚ 1976. Mantsios
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First I would like to address the luxurious resorts and their beaches. Currently there are 2 major big name hotels in the bahamas‚ atlantis and bahamar‚ but today I will talk about one‚ Atlantis. At Atlantis there is much to do with or without money. Serving up beachside cocktails and an endless list of activities in a setting fit for royalty‚ the all-inclusive resorts that decorate many of the islands are out of this world. As you pay attention to the scenery you notice the soothing and relaxing flow
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rock museum‚ and a huge annual Rockfest concert. This puts Hard Rock firmly in the service industry—a sector that employs over 75% of the people in the U.S. Hard Rock moved its world headquarters to Orlando‚ Florida‚ in 1988 and has expanded to more than 40 locations throughout the U.S.‚ serving over 100‚000 meals each day. Hard Rock chefs are modifying the menu from classic American—burgers and chicken wings—to include higher-end items such as stuffed veal chops and lobster tails. Just as taste in
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Shirley st. hill chisholm (1924-2005) Researched By: Taliya K. Hicks 5B A Brief Biography of Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) S hirley St. Hill was born in New York City on November 30‚ 1924 she was the oldest of four daughters. Her parents were Charles and Ruby St.Hill. In 1927 at age 3 Shirley was sent to live on her grandmother ’s farm in Barbados. She attended British grammar school and picked up the Caribbean accent that marked her speech. Shirley moved back to New
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Marlee Matlin was born in Morton Grove‚ Illinois on August 24‚ 1965. At the age of 18 months she lost all of the hearing in her right ear and 80 percent of the hearing in her left. Roseola Infantum caused her hearing loss. Marlee is jewish and has two older brothers. She is a deaf American actress and has starred in many movies and television shows such as “Children of a Lesser God” in 1986‚ “My Name is Earl” (a television show on NBC) in 2007‚ and “Sweet Nothing in My Ear” in 2008. Marlee studied
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1985 she was named as a suspect in the theft of a pistol and ammunition in Pasco County. By this time Wuornos was "borrowing" the alias Lori Christine Grody[2] from her aunt/stepsister (her grandparents’ daughter) in Michigan. In December 1985‚ the Florida Highway Patrol cited "Lori Grody" (Wuornos) for driving without a valid license. On January 4‚ 1986 Wuornos was arrested in Miami under her own name and charged with grand theft auto‚ resisting arrest‚ and obstruction by false information. Miami
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Video Case: Arnold Palmer Hospital’s Supply Chain Arnold Palmer Hospital‚ one of the nation’s top hospitals dedicated to serving women and children‚ is a large business with over 2‚000 employees working in a 431-bed facility totaling 676‚000 square feet in Orlando‚ Florida. Like many other hospitals‚ and other companies‚ Arnold Palmer Hospital had been a long-time member of a large buying group‚ one servicing 900 members. But the group did have a few limitations (Heizer & Render‚ 2011).
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Audience Purpose and Tone Three possible entry points into assessing an essay—and important considerations for writers as well—are the identification of the essay’s audience‚ purpose and tone. “Audience” refers to the readership the writer is writing for—as best we can tell from reading it ourselves. An essay’s intended audience could be the entire world‚ or the entire English-reading population‚ or everyone in the United States‚ or readers of the Washington Post newspaper. It could be
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