Bush is the current president of the United States and was born in 1946. ... Throughout his campaign he focused on four important issues: welfare, education, juvenile crime, and legal reform. ... Despite the current prosperity in the budget deficit, on October 26, 2000, Bush said, "It's time for a change" in Washington. ... He focuses on certain issues such as abortion and the nation's budget deficit. ... He is currently the 43rd president of the United States and is up for re-election November 2004....

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Focused on teamwork and networks as the fundamental building block - Do people work collaboratively and cooperatively together, and freely communicate and share information, to achieve common and agreed to goals and objectives? ... In this view, leaders had distinctive characteristics that uniquely qualified them to lea and managerial knowledge, and the ability to focus on the big picture." ... The new definition of the current leadership in the Harley-Davidson company is in creating and sustaining an environment in which people ecause they want to. ...

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A number of factors related to news and current affairs influence the meaning, or "version of reality" that we take away. ... A number of different levels can be considered when analysing a news or current affairs presentation. ... On the other hand, ABC mainly ignored the motivation, the outcome of the incident, and the appearance of the boy, focusing in the details of the event. ... The details emphasised in the GWN report focused on the patriotic Australian viewpoint, glorifying the US saviours. ... This is heavily due to the current political climate in our region, in regards to "terrorism...

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The essay argues that due to scientific evidence pointing towards the fact that the planet is plunging towards its inevitable end, humanity's focus should not be on how to stop or save the planet anymore, but on how to deal with its impending death as well as facing whatever problems the present offers. ... Whilst in the army, Scranton started out by taking inventory on his then current situation. ... " (Scranton 2) Scranton states that if our current level of activity keeps up, the earth will face temperatures that are on average seven degrees higher than today within a century. ......

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One was intended to provide entertainment (e.g. travel books, novels); the other, knowledge (e.g. philosophical, moral, religious subjects, current events).... " (Schreur) These methods are focusing on the behaviors and are short term solutions. They do not focus on the real issues the students may be having. Progressively, more schools are focusing on breaking the vicious cycle that starts with conflict and progresses through frustration to the inevitable failure, preventing the students to acquire the skills for their education. ...

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Professor Cilfford Nass created an experiment where he chose very high chronic multitaskers, and "tested how quickly the students could switch between tasks without losing their focus (Dretzin). All of these students thought they tested well but the test showed that they were significantly slower when switching between tasks compared to when they were only focusing on the test.... Daniel Ackerman, a teacher at the Bronx school where students are able to use laptops in class, told Front Line that students would be multitasking while doing school work instead of focusing fully on their work. Mul...

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Focus Groups Group of people with a moderator to discuss a particular topic, concept or product is called focus group. ... Panels The nature/purpose and composition of panel/focus groups is almost the same except that focus groups meet for a one-time group session while members of panels meet more than once. ... Secondary Data Secondary data is collected by other than the researcher conducting the current study. ... Secondary data save times and cost however this would be obsolete and not meeting the specific needs of the particular situation and current research. ... The questions will focu...

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Television News and Current Affairs: Contemporary Issues Facing Commercial and Public Services This essay will examine free-to-air television news and current affairs in Australia. ... The level of focus on world events can range from SBS where coverage is almost exclusively on world events through to channels Seven and Nine where local events are predominant. ... In television news and current affairs, the main players in the chequebook war are Channel Nine's A Current Affair and 60 Minutes and Channel Seven's Today Tonight. ... Current affairs is now dead on commercial televis...

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Sharing Managerial Resources Current trends have showed that while businesses are competent in some areas, they lack the required expertise in other areas (Akio 2004). ... In regards to the current issues of opportunism that hinder the success of strategic alliance, it can be argued that when the production costs and size of the alliances are affect by risks of partner opportunism, administrative procedures can be used to control allocation of financial incentives (Elmuti & Kathawala 2001; Loke et al. 2009). ... In the current business environment, common strategic alliances include franchisin...

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According to the Journal of Current Issues and Research, "Films with the most effective advertising are able to ensure high revenues, giving them the leisure of taking loans and not worrying about the burden of product placement " (Karrh). ... According to the Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising, Transformers and Iron Man 2 had similar revenues from the box office after the first week in theaters, yet once both came out on DVD and Blue-ray, Transformers had almost a 2:1 sales ratio compared to Iron Man 2 (Wilbur). ... As I stated in my thesis, the largest problem with prod...

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Current copyright and patent laws are not strong enough to protect programmers' rights, and they even slow down software development and reduce competition; software is not a physical thing and by nature completely defenseless, as it is more or less simply intellectual property, and thus, is very easily copied. ... Current patent law causes stagnation of software development since law's ability is to prevent other similar programs in the marketplace. ... Current patent laws also make it more costly to develop new software such as new input software to replace mouse devices. ... As ...

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The elegant and sophisticated design, the unbeatable quality and the extensive marketing strategies made it possible for Nike to achieve their targets and to achieve its current position in the world. The mission statement of Nike also focus on innovation and inspiration as the main ingredient which makes it easier to evaluate that they commit to serve the world and every individual living in the world. ... The word "Nike" means "victory"," and it not only delivers the core competencies by providing high quality and comparatively lowers prices but their main marketing strategy focus on envi...

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The following factors: A racially biased judicial system, the effect of populist lobby groups, the politicization of crime, media centered on crime and Neo liberalism can be found culpable for the current punitive trends and the overrepresentation of ethnic minorities in the New Zealand adult penal system. ... These groups seek to amend current law to implement harsher sentencing and parole stipulations. ... The SST are a victim focused group while this advocation is admirable it can also be problematic, when "the parent's power to protect their child has been challenged and they wis...

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One of the primary focuses for the summit was the global economy's slow recovery, particularly pointing to the impending collapse of the European currency that would devastate the instable economies of the majority of the 17 countries that use the euro (CNN). ... Even though the statement will likely reiterate the indecisiveness of the group, it will not enforce increased spending unless the current conditions continue to decline. ... Following the summit, Europe announced its intent to focus on Greece's struggles by implementing a more integrated financial system and improving e...

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Current Trends Redefining Sales Management In The Domestic Marketplace Of all the identifiable demographic groups to emerge in America since the turn of the century, none has had such a sustained effect on our social, political and economic institutions as the so-called "Baby Boom" generation (those born between the years of 1946 and 1964). ... The mindset of the future will be product lines rather than a product, and selection indices will focus on meeting diverse consumer demands, dictating the selection criteria of marketers and the sales force. ... Both the values of a democracy and the...

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The current macroeconomic situation in the US is that there are worries about the national debt, rising interest rates and a double dip recession. ... (Watkins, 2011) Rising interest rates are a possibility, because the Federal Open Market Committee was focused on: purchasing Treasury securities, commercial paper and providing ample amounts of liquidity to the financial system. ...

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"The Universal Service Act of 2003" would require all young people, including women, between the ages of 18 and 26 to perform "a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes" These bills are currently before the armed services committees. ... Why focus on having a draft and having people go against their will, why not work on keeping the troops strength? ... Many of the current political leaders, such as Vice-President Cheney, enjoyed student deferments during Vietnam. Now under the current Se...

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It expresses relationship between current assets and current liabilities. It is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities. ... Liquid Ratio or Acid Test Ratio This ratio supplements the information given by the current ratio. ... Current Assets to Proprietor's Fund Ratio Current Assets to Proprietor's Fund Ratio is calculated by the purpose of calculating the percentage of proprietor's fund invested in current assets. ... Competition Currently, PGCIL are the dominant provider of interstate power transmission in India. ...

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In response to this competition, semiconductor designers have to maintain a strong focus on research and development as well as a vigilant defense of intellectual property, their main (although not financially tangible) asset. ... The company has chosen to focus itself on radio frequency and baseband tuners and systems and semiconductors for wireless applications. Its current strategy for growth focuses not on expanding outward into new fields, but instead on providing solutions for all sectors of a current market. ... Comparison of cash to current liabilities leads to a ratio of 4.53 in 2000...

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Past and current studies have been able to depict the direction our nation is going in, and how much of an impact our "war on drugs" is having on the youth of our nation. ... I will specifically be monitoring the current trends of youth drug and alcohol abuse throughout the past decade. ... Current Trends in Youth Drug and Alcohol use: Since 1975 the Monitoring the Future survey (MTF) has annually studied the extent of drug abuse among high school 12th graders. ... As stated by our current president George W. ... The Governor has not only been focusing on the prevention of trafficking. ...

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Thoreau's "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" depicts an explanation of the world's current desire to move quickly through life without taking time to truly view the world. This literary work displays the values of time and the inability of people to enjoy current time. The "news" to people is displayed in a form of gossip rather than actual news, not only in the previous lifetime, but of the people of our current time. Thoreau's attitude shown in his work exemplifies desired ideas that would philosophically create peace, however I feel that Thoreau does n...

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Current Issues In 2002 North Korea announced that it was withdrawing from the 1994 Agreed Framework. ... The US is setting its eye on North Korea and the threat it poses, while South Korea is focusing on stabilizing its economy and government. Also at issue is the current wave of anti-Americanism in the ROK. The current president of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun beat Lee Hoi-chang on a campaign that was critical of current US policy toward North Korea. ... OPTION THREE - maintain current policy of "muddling through" Premise: The current policy towards South Korea has ranged from low to hig...

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Tao: one of the leading suppliers to the pharmaceutical industry, and a current supplier of Betapharm, helped with developing malin into malic acid. 4) -Betapharm can use ePass for both global hotels and malic acid, and the procurement process could be concentrated, which would be easier to manage, but the flexibility of selecting suppliers might be affected, also the relationship with current suppliers, such as Tao, might be broken. -Focusing on larger and beneficial markets, North America was the largest pharmaceutical market, and the following were Europe and Japan. ... Thus, I think it wa...

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Ads seem to be focused on a specific group of people. ... The next ad I chose is a current ad for camel cigarettes. ... The current ad is also trying to reach women and younger adults. ... The current ad was trying to reach all types of people. ... The company producing the product for the ad should really focus on their targeted audience as well as the competition. ...

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Current and Future Uses of the Internet ABSTRACT This study examines the current and future uses of the Internet. ... A group interview was then conducted with questions asked about the interviewees' current and future uses of the Internet. ... The studies of others have focused on the actual behaviors of using the Internet. ... This study will contextually analyze the transcripts of a focus group interview on the current and future uses of the Internet. ... RQ1: How do people currently use the Internet and how do they think their future uses of the Internet will deviate from ...

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