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    is Daisy. Wealth relates to that because it is what people strived for and what motivated them to do anything to achieve those ideals. It is suggested that Gatsby gained his money illegally, but a “less risky path would have meant certain failure” (Frank). Gatsby does not seem to care about how he gained his wealth and Daisy’s status, but he is determined to do so because those were the ideals at the time. Gatsby represents easy money, but the highest social status comes from being old money, and Gatsby

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    Name: Course: Lecturer: Date: Morality and Murder In every setting, be it cultural or social, there are the fundamental principles that guide the lives of the people in the area. The guidelines express the desirable actions from the undesirable ones. The society brings up the young ones in the community using the helpful principles as a way of ensuring they lead respectful lives avoiding evil practices. In philosophy, morality is the distinction of the things that are right from those that are not

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    From top to down Autoliv has endeavored to achieve company objectives and culture reinforced. The CEO as the change leader motivates people to enhance the company’s values.; such as trust, openness and teamwork. All staff were encourage an open and frank communication exchange and build the company’s value.. B) The company change success because people at top a willing to plan for change and want to build a communication platform with staff. To innovation staff sharing the information, development

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    One limitation of the available literature on adolescent and the affect of alcohol consumption on white matter development is the confounding factor of marijuana and other drugs usage in conjunction to alcohol (Elofson et al., 2013). This confounding factor makes it difficult to isolate the effect of alcohol alone. The co-occurrence of marijuana use is significant among adolescents (Falk, Yi, & Hiller-Sturmhöfel, 2008) and as such it is hard to separate which substance affects what. Additionally

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    Alternatives to the U.S. Tax System Both the American people and members of the Federal Government have long griped about the current U.S. Personal Income Tax System. Bush’s Advisory Panel for Federal Tax Reform stated that, “the complexity of our tax code breeds a perception of unfairness and creates opportunities for manipulation of the rules to reduce tax”.[1] The Tax Foundation estimates that $338 billion of time, energy, money, and other resources, are spent annually completing tax

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    The conflict between the United States and the Middle East is of great concern in the world today because of the heightened tensions in Syria, which is being terrorized by the radical Islamic group called ISIS. ISIS is not only creating conflict in the Middle East, they are also a homeland security threat to the United States because of the fear of terrorist attacks. Scholars and Theorists like Samuel Huntington have addressed the question of why states are experiencing heightened tension and have

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    Self-Interest, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Franciso.” p.26 Chan, K. W. & Maubourgne, R. A. 2003, “Tipping Point Leadership, Harvard Business Review Article, April. Gilley, A 2005, The Manager as Change Leader, Praeger, Wesyport CT. Ritzer, G. 2003, “Robert K. Merton in Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorists” p.21-24 Schuler, R S and Jackson, S E 1987, ‘Linking Competitive Strategies with Human Resource Management Practices’, Academy of Management Executive, vol. 1, no. 3. pp. 207-219

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    an unknown reason he was not tried with murder and easily escaped the Kansas territory to further his campaign. This event was just the beginning of what would become John Brown’s purge of blood to end slavery. Civil War researcher, Alfred J. Von Frank asserts that “As [abolitionists] transformed themselves and overcame existing social barriers, they reimagined their country as a pluralist society in which the standard of excellence depended on righteousness and benevolence rather than on skin color

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    Annotated Bibliography My project title is an in-vitro investigation into the claims on the mechanism of action of non-prescription “diet pills/remedies”. The research I completed mostly entailed of articles that I found online through EBSCO host database, other databases were used such as Embase and Ovid etc. Nevertheless, I found EBSCO to be the most relevant to my subject. Once I was searching for the articles, research had to be done beforehand on the ingredients used in diet pills as articles

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    their sense of well-being, they would probably think about spending more time in leisurely pursuits such as traveling abroad. But in reality, they would have to spend a large amount of time working and less time engaged in experienced happiness. Robert H. Frank says in his book Luxury Fever: Money and Happiness in an Era of Excess: “Even among those who can easily afford today’s luxury offerings, there has been a price to pay. All of us- rich and poor alike, but especially the rich- are spending more

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