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    Brain Drain Phenomenon

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    In recent years‚ the problem of “brain drain” has been acutely affected for poorer countries that lose workers to wealthier countries. However‚ some others claim that the movement of skilled labor is only a natural migration phenomenon in the modern world. I’m totally convinced by the first standpoint. It is a fact that in the third nation groups‚ there is a lack of promotion prospects. Workers concern about poor management‚ heavy workload‚ lack of facilities‚ a declining health service‚ inadequate

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    Big Box Phenomenon

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    Big Box Phenomenon The emergence of Wal-Mart as a big box retailer has changed retail in the United States‚ according to a 2008 article on Wal-Mart and competition in AllBusiness.com. Big box retailers typically have stores exceeding 50‚000 square feet. This type of store is standard‚ with large windowless single-story buildings. Several other big box retailers like Toys "R" Us‚ Best Buy‚ Target‚ Lowe’s and Home Depot have created competition for Wal-Mart. However‚ Wal-Mart has stood out as the

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    analysis. Unfortunately‚ Ukrainian sociologists pay insufficient attention to the study of this topic because of the difficult social reforms taking place in the Ukrainian society. That’s why the present work aims at investigating happiness as a social phenomenon in general and peculiarities of its perception in the Ukrainian society in particular. In terms of the above-formulated aim the following problems should be considered: the definition of the notion ‘happiness’ in terms of its scientific-theoretical

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    In Dianne Hales’s essay “why are you so angry?”‚ she talks about a social phenomenon that more and more Americans are feeling pushed to the breaking point and she gives several suggestions which could help you calm down from the anger. She started with an instance which happened to Jerry Sola when he was in his evening commute through the Chicago suburbs two years ago. At that time‚ a driver in front of a fifty-year-old salesman suddenly slammed the brakes. Sola got so incensed that he gunned

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    personal and professional lives of the Kardashian/Jenner family. Defense attorney Robert Kardashian and Kris Houghton married in 1978 and had four children together‚ Kourtney‚ Kim‚ Khloé and Rob. The couple divorced in 1991. Robert entered the media spotlight when he defended O.J. Simpson for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman during a lengthy trial. Kris married former Olympic champion Bruce Jenner. Bruce and Kris had two daughters together‚ Kendall and Kylie. Robert died

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    partnership’ and assess whether in this new approach there are any significant differences between this and the traditional plant and company-level collective bargaining. finally‚ it will go on to briefly examine any similarities which may emerge. The Phenomenon of ’Social Partnership’ ’Towards Industrial Partnership’ was a project launched by the Involvement and Participation Association(IP A) in 1992. The IPA recognised the need for a fresh approach to industrial relations‚ a ’social partnership’ between

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    Popular Satire

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    “Most people under the age of twenty-five get their news from shows like mine‚” Stephen Colbert stated on his former late night show The Colbert Report. His program‚ along with other popular Comedy Central news shows such as The Daily Show and The Nightly Show provide factual national and international current events‚ with entertaining satirical commentary. In Alain de Botton’s book‚ Status Anxiety‚ he claims that humorists are vital to society because they say things that others cannot and will

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    Harry Potter phenomenon

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    Rowling in an interview described Ron as very funny but insensitive and immature‚ "There’s a lot of immaturity about Ron‚ and that’s where a lot of the humor comes from." "Rowling Reveals `Marriage’ to Harry Potter at Reading (Correct)". Bloomberg. 22 October 2007. "Hermione is so very annoying in the early part of Philosopher’s Stone that I really felt it needed something (literally) huge to bring her together with Harry and Ron." 1.  Rowling‚ J.K. "Section:Extra Stuff — Hermione Granger".

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    Popular Culture

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    What is popular (low) culture? "Popular culture is a symbolic expression allegedly aligned with the questionable tastes of the "masses‚" who enjoy commercial "junk" circulated by the mass media‚ such as soap operas‚ rock music‚ talk radio‚ comic books‚ and monster truck pulls" (Campbell‚ 18). When looking at the high-low hierarchy it often determines the way people view culture as a whole today‚ saying high culture is good taste and low culture is questionable taste. Many audiences take for granted

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    Popular Culture

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    be exploring popular culture and‚ sub-culture. Popular culture is associated with shallow activities enjoyed and accesses by the masses‚ it serves a large role in society as it unites the masses‚ and creates a sense of identity for individuals as they become a part of a greater society‚ it provides both happiness for a person and communal bonding. There are many elements that add to Popular culture‚ Strinati (1995) argues that the media are largely responsible for creating popular culture as we

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