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Term Papers on Miscellaneous
Franjo Tudjman
Number of words: 315 - Number of pages: 2.... to devote himself to academics and written work. In 1961, he founded the Institute of the History of the Worker's Movement (Dr. ... 2). Then in 1990, he became the first elected president by the Sabor, which consists of the House of Representatives and the House of Counties. Since then he has been reelected twice (Clements 110-111).
Croatia became independent on Jun 25, 1991, after breaking off from Yugoslavia. The president is elected by popular vote and serves five years per term. A president can serve no more than two terms. The president has the powe .....
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Suicide Is Not Choosen
Number of words: 1260 - Number of pages: 5.... this ever-growing number. Time magazine showed a figure that almost made me fall off my chair; it said that there has been a 300% increase in teen suicide since the 1960's. Why has suicide increased to this outrageous figure and what causes it is the question?
What makes someone suicidal is a more complex question and not as easy to answer as everyone seems to think. I have always heard the people say, "Oh they come from a broken home or don't have a good family life." As much as everyone wants to believe this, it is not the only reason, many people young .....
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Satire Essay Mayor Rudolph Giu
Number of words: 711 - Number of pages: 3.... Third and last, Giuliani has (and may I say with due cause and legitimate reason) restricted a new and provocative art exhibit from coming to certain museums. The exhibit is lewd and way too risqué. Now in order too
fully apprecitate Giuliani's Nazi like tactics in running New York City like a police state, one must look in more detail at the three examples described above.
In the first example - Giuliani's decides to put paramilitary SWAT cars, and criminal housing vans on every corner. This is absolutely wonderful; this
allows Giuliani to strike fear in the .....
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The Ultimate Pet: A Pet Rock
Number of words: 557 - Number of pages: 3.... rocks
within my size range. I couldn't decide which one I should pick, but then on
the side of the muddy bank, partly submerged in the water, lay a shinny, sandy,
orange stone. It called out for me to pick it to take home instead of the
others, like a puppy does from a pet store window. When I held the rock in my
hands, I knew it was the one I wanted, and the rock that I needed.
Now as for a name. That was easy. How does one name his cat or dog,
bird or fish? Every pet has a name, so they're not so hard to come with. I
picked "Sparky".
Some people may b .....
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HRM - Ever Evoloving
Number of words: 4081 - Number of pages: 15.... social paradigm shifts and the restructuring of family systems contribute heavily to the need to find and apply methods of HRM that meet the needs of industry, workers and consumers. To do so effectively, vision and creativity are required in addition to on-going awareness of the bottom line.
The Changing Workplace
At the opening of the 20th century, the majority of jobs in America were held in two areas, agriculture and industry. Population distribution tables for that time demonstrate that most of the nation inhabited rural areas rather .....
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Media Control
Number of words: 903 - Number of pages: 4.... provided by government, business, and "experts" funded and approved by these primary sources and agents of power; and (4) "Flak" as a means of disciplining the media.1 Each of these filters takes a bit of the true reality out of the information and eventually leads to a misinformed public.
A recent incident at The San Francisco Examiner illustrated filter two. Nike and the Examiner were co-sponsoring the Bay to Breakers race. At the same time Stephanie Salter, a columnist at the paper, wrote an article about Nike's inhumane practices in Asian. The story wa .....
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Defining Honor
Number of words: 1335 - Number of pages: 5.... to their reputation; and the more their reputation grows and the more distinction they earn, the more honorable they feels themselves to be.
This was the idea of honor existing among the ancient heathen people before the Christian era. You know that, after the fall of the great Roman Empire, there was a period of about a thousand years, when the light of civilization went out in Europe, and the darkness of ignorance and barbarism took its place. During these dark days, there was much going on that was not better and sometimes even worse from a moral point of vie .....
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Castles
Number of words: 546 - Number of pages: 2.... rubble, and an outer layer of stone called ashlar.
(MacDonald, p.8) There was usually a walkway along the top of the walls so
guards could keep watch. Some castle walls had spaces at the top called
embrassures, which allowed archers to shoot with the protection of the wall.
These openings also permitted stones or boiling water to be thrown down on the
enemy. (Encyclopedia Americana, p.790). Towers were built along castle walls
at regular intervals to strengthen them and provide area for castle workers or
visitors.
Moats often surrounded castles for protec .....
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