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    Religion is one of the most ancient‚ sacred and time tested institution in society that is used as an instrument of social control. Religion espouses certain values and ethics which serve as a yardstick to measure our actions against. People feel that there is some power‚ or institution wielding immense power to which we are accountable to. In such a situation people would think before committing certain acts which are not accepted by the society. Due to the presence of such a force a person would

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    Book Review—Sophie’s World Sophie’s World is ranked to be the most popular and attractive history of philosophy by its readers all over the world. The book starts from an extraordinary experience of a 14-year-old girl‚ Sophie. Before her 15-year birthday‚ she took a special philosophy course taught by Albert‚ a wired but knowledgeable guy. In the course‚ she got to know the greatest philosophers ever‚ from Socrates to Kant‚ from Kierkegaard to Freud. Meanwhile‚ she was also thinking the same questions

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    Barclay Smith

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    V O L U M E 1 7 | N U M B E R 1 | W I N T E R 2005 Journal of APPLIED CORPORATE FINANCE A MO RG A N S TA N L E Y P U B L I C AT I O N In This Issue: Capital Structure‚ Payout Policy‚ and the IPO Process The Capital Structure Puzzle: The Evidence Revisited 8 Michael Barclay and Clifford Smith‚ University of Rochester Do Managers Have Capital Structure Targets? Evidence from Corporate Spinoffs 18 Vikas Mehrotra‚ University of Alberta‚ and Wayne Mikkelson How To Choose

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    in 1792 by Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna in Little Grosvenor Street‚ London. WH Smith currently operates over 1200 stores‚ primarily in UK. It sells a wide range of products‚ which are divided into four categories: stationary‚ books and impulse as well as small range of entertainment products. Mission Statement: “WH Smith aim is to be Britain’s most popular book seller‚ stationer and newsagent”. Getting into more details of this statement it seems clear that WH Smith reached their purpose and

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    what is already there. Will Smith is an actor but have you always wondered why he wanted to be an actor. Willard Christopher Smith‚ Jr was not always an actor but merely a rapper. Yes its true he was not always an actor he was a rapper for some of his life. If you want to Find out read my Biography. Throughout life people will make you mad‚ disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do‚ cause hate in your heart will consume you too. Will Smith was born on September 25‚ 1968

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    The World is Flat: Critical Book Review The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman gives examples from the past and present to help determine how our world is becoming closer through different technological advances. With his awards in writing‚ not only received for this book but for his other writings in the New York Times‚ it can be assumed that Friedman is somewhat qualified in writing this book. The World is Flat‚ a book about the advancements made in the twenty-first century that will effect

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    Review of IT Strategy at World Bank The World Bank is a multi-national organization that operates in over 180 countries. Barriers such as connectivity‚ cultural differences‚ time zones‚ knowledge levels‚ and resources available exist for World Bank because they have clients in so many different locations around the world. World Bank has a hierarchal structure with a centralized headquarters in Washington‚ D.C and several more independent branches. Due to the operations limited by independent

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    JR SMITH Great Depression The Great depression probably the hardest time‚ financially‚ for most Americans. The GD went on for a while but the hardest time would be from 1929-1939. It was so bad the eventually other countries were affected by it. During the Great Depression there were many life stories‚ major events‚ government reaction‚ and a comparison to modern day America. With so many things going on‚ families being financially distraught‚ war‚ strikes‚ and a bad economy‚ it set the U.S

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    Smith Consulting has been retained in order to develop a functional and effective Frequent Shopper program for Kudler Fine Foods. Kudler Fine Foods has decided that it is in its best interest to implement this type of new marketing plan in order to build customer loyalty. The program will allow the shoppers at Kudler Fine Foods to earn points based on the purchases they make. These points will allow consumers to earn high end rewards. Kudler Fine Foods has specified to Smith Consulting that the desired

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    Book Review of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich`s A Midwife`s Tale A Midwife`s Tale is a meticulously researched‚ highly readable analysis of an eighteenth-century life in context. To understand eighteen-century America through one woman`s eyes‚ historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard`s massive dairy. Twenty seven years worth of seemingly mundane jottings. The author`s goal was to connect Martha`s dairy and her work as a midwife to her world. By cataloging

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