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William F. Frederick, 2004.
Biographical account of businessman William F. Frederick, owner of Pittsburgh's W.F. Frederick Piano Company.
1,768 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 34.95
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This paper describes William F. Frederick's early experiences in business, how he got started in the business of selling pianos, the growth, expansion, and success of Frederick's business, and the eventual downfall of his company.
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"Before the 1870s, coal and coke extraction in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, had been handled on a small, experimental basis. However, between 1876 and 1882, the number of beehive coke ovens increased exponentially. The amount rose from 3,000 to 8,400. In fact, by 1907, nearly 24,000 coke ovens were running. This had a tremendous impact on the socio-economic conditions of the area. Local residents had regular work (albeit very difficult and unhealthy), and thousands of immigrants from Eastern Europe relocated here for jobs in the coalmines and coke works. The new industry also had a major effect on local business. Money was plentiful for those who made the first investments in coal and the merchants benefited from the employees? regular paychecks. William F. Frederick, owner of Pittsburgh?s W.F. Frederick Piano Company, which became the largest establishment in the world devoted exclusively to selling pianos, was one such fortunate businessman."
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The F-22 Raptor - An Investment in America's Future, 2006.
An examination of the pros and cons of continued development and deployment of the F-22 Raptor fighter jet.
4,454 words (approx. 17.8 pages), 16 sources, MLA, £ 69.95
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The writer explains the history of development of the F-22 Raptor fighter jet. The plane is compared to the existing F-15. The paper reviews the history of spending and the estimates for the cost of project completion. It recaps current arguments for and against the additional spending. The writer concludes that the additional money should be spent to complete and deploy the plane as a strong new addition to the United States' Air Force.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Brief Background of the F-22 Raptor
Current Government Spending
Pros and Cons
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"Those in favor of the continued spending on the F-22 argue that without the plane, our tactical air systems will soon be outstripped by technology being developed by potentially hostile countries. Air dominance, they say, has been an instrumental factor in every modern military victory. Without upgrading our current stock of planes, we risk losing our current air dominance.
"Yet others believe that the money is being poorly spent. The Raptor, they argue, has been troubled by design flaws and cost problems. Its development is far behind schedule. Our country's current aircraft commitments equal a meager 10 percent of the nearly 3600 planes in our existing force. The existing planes are the finest and most effective fighter planes in the world. Hence, given the current political environment, the overall spending on F-22 development is unwarranted."
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Successful Presidency of John F. Kennedy, 2004.
This paper discusses why John F. Kennedy was such a successful President.
1,187 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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In this article, the writer maintains that John F. Kennedy was by all means a successful President. The writer points out that with the Cold War overshadowing his presidency, John F. Kennedy successfully prevented the outbreak of a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, while at the same time domestically fighting for civil rights and bringing attention to the need for foreign aid to underdeveloped countries. To evaluate his success the writer notes that one must not look at his predecessors, but at the state of affairs of the United States when Kennedy came to power. The writer concludes that John F. Kennedy was successful in his presidency because of the significant contributions he made to the American people and to the people of the world.
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"The Ghettos were generally populated by blacks, but there were also known to be other ethnic races coinciding. The ghettos residents were largely impoverished which led to problems with crime, housing, employment, and lack of sanitation, education and health care. This segregation imposed upon them by the more affluent white middle class began to stir up a civil rights movement.
"In his pre-election campaign, Kennedy had chosen to ignore Civil Rights, preferring to show no view, as he feared antagonising the white southern vote. But, ten days before the election an event which would help shape the destiny of Kennedy's presidency occurred."
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P.F. Chang?s China Bistro, 2005.
This paper is a marketing plan for P.F. Chang's China Bistro to add a new delivery service.
6,100 words (approx. 24.4 pages), 9 sources, APA, £ 85.95
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This paper defines a marketing plan for a new delivery service of gourmet Chinese food, at the door within 45 minutes, by the publicly-held P.F Chang's China Bistro, a successful restaurant serving Chinese food with a European twist, which enjoys a loyal and growing customer base. The author points out, in the SWOTT analysis, that a weakness of this new product may be P.F. Chang's inexperience in the delivery of food and the consideration that P.F. Chang's original atmosphere may not be projected in this delivery. The paper stresses that an attractive segment for this delivery service is that organizational buyers for "working lunches" of executives and white collar customers seeking options to greasy pizza or other fast food delivery.
Table of Contents
Organizational Overview
New Product Description
Product Mix
SWOTT Analysis of PF Chang's Home Delivery Service
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Trends
Marketing Research
Segmentation
Differentiation and Positioning
Marketing Mix
Product/Service
Price
Place
Promotion
Direct Mail
TV Ads
Radio Ads
Internet Marketing
In-Store Advertising
Sales Promotion Schedule
Public Relations
The Web
Budget
Evaluation Process
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"The evaluation process is separated into two aspects; evaluating the decision itself and evaluating the decision process that has been used. Evaluating the decision involves monitoring the market place to determine if more action will be needed in the future. When evaluating the decision process that has been used you want to ask yourself if the marketing research and analysis that was used was effective, flawed or if it could be improved for use with similar situations in the future (Kervin p.226). The measure and control that you use for you marketing plan gives you something to rate your performance on as you develop your business. For instance, the money that you spend on advertising or PR, you can evaluate this against any increase - or decrease - in sales revenue, stock price or numbers of new customers contacting you. These practices will help you measure how effective your marketing activities are."
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Life Experiences of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 2003.
An examination of how F. Scott Fitzgerald's life impacted his writing of "The Great Gatsby".
1,308 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 26.95
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This paper examines how F. Scott Fitzgerald experienced many different hardships, romances, and personal achievements. Most characters in the "The Great Gatsby" had some link to his past, which makes each character more dynamic. It explains how F. Scott Fitzgerald called upon all his personal knowledge and past experiences to write "The Great Gatsby".
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"In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald used many of his own life experiences including his own yearnings and lost hopes (A&E Biography). Throughout Fitzgerald?s life he met people in Great Neck, Long Island that would later become the characters in his elaborate novel that combine both truths and false pretenses that he lived. Mellow said that every scrap of experience, his own or borrowed from others; every insight, earned or overheard, was considered usable knowledge for his fictional pursuits (220). For instance, Mellow stated that nearly all of Gatsby?s shady connections with bootlegging, sport scandals, and stock swindles were related to unnamed but clearly identifiable Great Neck residents(220). In the character Jay Gatsby similarities can be seen between Gatsby and Fitzgerald."
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, 2001.
A discussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and the typical female characters in his writings.
3,495 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 5 sources, £ 58.95
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This paper examines famous American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. It discusses his marriage, his role in the early 20th century, and his works, including "The Great Gatsby", "The Beautiful and the Damned" and "This Side of Paradise". The author focuses on the typical female characters of his novels and the ways in which they represent and relate to his wife, Zelda.
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"F. Scott Fitzgerald was a brilliant, successful, but somehow unhappy writer. He wrote beautifully, but it taxed him, and between alcoholism, his much loved, though somewhat impractical wife, and his struggle with the materialistic upper class he was a part of, he was a man caught in troubles and often unhappy. Despite his many problems, he managed to turn out several novels and over one-hundred-sixty short stories, and though they shared many common themes, each possessed its own individual tone. Of these themes, one of the most interesting is the role of Fitzgerald?s women--women as individuals, women and alcohol, women and material wealth, women and failure. Fitzgerald?s main female characters were a new type of woman in the literary arena. They weren?t made in the image of the traditional woman, but were a combination of such positive traits as attractiveness, charm, youth, capability and independence. Fitzgerald created this woman-girl character in response to his own personal experiences and particularly modeled it after his wife Zelda, whom he adored. He projected much of their relationship and her personality into creating a character who prefigured today?s modern woman."
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The Assassination of John F. Kennedy, 2005.
This paper discusses the week of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy as reported in the media and with personal interviews.
1,625 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 18 sources, MLA, £ 31.95
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This paper explains that everyone, even young children can remember the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, November 22, 1963 and the shocking events that followed. The author reports that, if news disturbed the average citizen, it devastated members of the military, who were currently at war with Vietnam and standing ready outside of Cuba and in Eastern Europe. The paper concludes that Kennedy's death marked the death of innocence for the United States; the country and the world will never be the same. Several long quotations.
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"There were other people who also wanted to kill Kennedy. The San Bernardino Evening Telegram reports in an article "Catch Escapee Who Wanted to Kill JFK" that in a town called Ogdensburg in upstate New York "state police today took into custody an escaped mental patient described by police as a man who wanted to kill President Kennedy and New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller because he, the patient, had been unable to go to Russia" President Ahmed Ben Bella, of Algiers, decried the assassination as the work of bigots who opposed desegregation, "We denounce with venemence this absolutely infamous act which through President Kennedy sought to brake his humane actions in favor of desegreation." Ben Bella's argument makes sense considering Kennedy was killed in Dallas."
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B. F. Skinner's Baby Box, 2008.
This paper discusses the baby box B.F. Skinner used for his infant daughter.
1,043 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, £ 21.95
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This paper discusses B.F. Skinner's baby box and the controversy surrounding the use of the invention. The paper first explains that the primary purpose of the box was to keep Skinner's baby daughter warm, safe and comfortable. The paper then discusses the arguments in favor of using the box as well as the arguments opposed to its use. The paper also includes the writer's personal opinion about using the baby box.
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"When B. F. Skinner built his 'baby box' it worked very well, but a lot of people were concerned that it was a 'cage' in which to keep his child. Some of this undoubtedly came from the fact that Skinner was a serious proponent of operant conditioning, where he taught a rat to pull a lever in a box in order to be given food. Naturally, this was extended to the belief that he was doing the same thing with his infant daughter - putting her in a cage and requiring her to perform certain actions in order to be given food and other necessities. Of course, this was not true, but it did not stop people from saying it."
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John F. Kennedy and the Apollo Program, 2006.
A review of the role President John F. Kennedy played in the launch and success of the Apollo program.
4,590 words (approx. 18.4 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 70.95
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This paper reviews and discusses President John F. Kennedy's support for the Apollo space program. According to the paper, his interest was not so much focused on space exploration itself, but rather on the political ends to be gained from the success of such a publicly popular endeavor.
Outline:
Political Motivations
After the Decision: Financial and Scheduling Issues
Project Mercury
Project Gemini
Speculation: What if Kennedy had lived?
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"On this issue, Kennedy and Webb experienced a serious disagreement during the meeting. Webb, as mentioned above, was concerned about the technical and scientific necessity of key programs at NASA for the success of the Apollo mission. Programs such as the Centaur upper stage and the Surveyor would for example be neglected if Apollo received priority attention above all else. Webb's second concern was his own negotiating position in the face of a clear statement from the president regarding the priority of Apollo. If the president were to clearly state the priority of Apollo above other programs, Webb feared that this might be to the detriment of his position (Garber, 2002)."
"Specifically, the key programs mentioned above were not formally part of the Apollo program. Webb nonetheless believed that their timely completion was crucial to the success of Apollo. Centaur for example was created with the purpose of robotic probes into space, its relevance to the Apollo program lay in its use of liquid hydrogen for a propulsion fuel. Webb felt that the knowledge gained from the use of this fuel was vital to the Apollo program. According to Garber (2002), this was an accurate assessment, as benefits were indeed gained from observing Centaur's use of these fuels."
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, 2006.
An overview of the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
1,222 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 24.95
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The paper begins with a short history of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The paper explains that Fitzgerald used himself, his wife and others in his close circle on whom to fashion his characters. Fitzgerald sometimes based characters on the country, the United States, as a symbol of moral decay in society. The paper has reviews of each of the following books: "This Side of Paradise", "The Great Gatsby" and "Tender is the Night".
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"Of all American writers, F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered by many critics and scholars to be unparalleled in the elegance and grace of his fiction. He wrote with a lyrical economy that elevates his work from pure storytelling to poetic beauty.
"This Side of Paradise"
Fitzgerald's first novel was groundbreaking in its candid portrayal of the behavior and thoughts of young people. One contemporary reviewer noted, "No one else has given us so real and intimate a study of college life, of the relationship at that age between boys and girls ... of the things young men in college think about and do." It tells the story of Amory Blaine's passage through adolescence and youth toward maturity. It explores his relationships with women with frankness that shocked the post-Victorian parental generation. His love interest, the beautiful Rosalind, tells him, "There used to be two kinds of kisses. First when girls were kissed and deserted; second when they were engaged. Now there's a third kind, where the man is kissed and deserted." This was a new facet in the sexual tension of the times, an early indication of the sexual revolution that was to come."
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B.F. Skinner's "What Is Man", 2006.
A review of the 1971 philosophical work about behaviorism by B.F. Skinner entitled "What Is Man".
1,780 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 34.95
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This paper provides a retrospective of the ideas about behaviorism and the environment contained in B.F. Skinner's 1971 book "What Is Man". The paper first summarizes Skinner's belief that man is shaped by his environment and experiences, and provides several examples from the text. Then the author critiques those theories, finding that Skinner is "heavy on conjecture, but light on proof."
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"Man, Skinner claimed, was shaped and is maintained by his environment. He agrees with Gilbert Seldes rather remarkable claim that environment changes people, that it "thirty little Hottentots" and thirty aristocratic English children had their environments switched, the English children would become Hottentots and the Hottentots conservative Englishmen. Skinner says that environmentalists actually tended to believe that if a Mongol on horseback were switched at birth with an Astronaut, they would accomplish the same things. The environmentalists may be literally saying that, if you put a rabbit along with lion cubs and is nursed along with those cubs, the rabbit will react like a lion when he gets older. There is something to be said about environment, especially when it comes to the lower order of animals, since, surely, as Darwin discovered, survival depended on adaptation to climate, environment, and other elements of nature."
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F. A. Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom", 2005.
This paper reviews "The Road to Serfdom," written by economist F. A. Hayek in the 1940s, which remains for some economists, politicians, scholars and lay people a fascinating classic or an infuriating attack on the leftist viewpoint.
2,040 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 38.95
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This paper explains that, during the 1930s and 40s, Austrian Professor F.A. Hayek had earned the reputation of being the second most famous economist in the world; however, he was preceded by his intellectual sparring partner economist England's Lord John Maynard Keynes. The author points out that the difference between the two professors was striking as Hayek was a proponent of classical economics and Keynes was famous as the founder of "macroeconomics". The paper relates that Hayek's strong belief that individual freedom was an essential ingredient for a prosperous society was revisited by Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister of England during the 80s and her privatization program and by President Ronald Reagan's espoused libertarian conviction.
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"As history has recorded, German's National Socialistic Party "begot" Adolph Hitler. Surprisingly enough, Hayek says Hitler did not destroy democracy in Germany. Hitler merely took advantage of economic chaos and obtained the support of many that actually despised him. Yet "he seemed the only man strong enough to get things done." (Hayek, 76) The author adds that the National Socialists (Nazis) of Germany was inhibited "by their democratic ideals; they did not possess the ruthlessness required for the performance of their task." (Hayek, 76) After the war, Britain's legislative leaders adopted macroeconomics. The country was tired of capitalism."
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B.F. Skinner, 2007.
This paper discuses psychologist B.F. Skinner and applies his theories to thbe observation of a student.
1,830 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 34.95
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This paper explains that B.F. Skinner became known for his theory of operant conditioning in relation to behavior. The author points out that, through experiments in his laboratory, Skinner determined that the human was similar to the rat because rats could be taught to behave in any manner if they knew that a reward would follow the behavior. The paper argues that, while many in society proclaimed that Skinner was attempting to create a system that would prevent individual's from being in control of their own lives, he simply demonstrated that the environment was a substantial factor in how people behave. The author describes the behavior of the student Mike and concludes that Skinner would have determined that Mike's behavior was because of extensive operant conditioning in which Mike learned through both positive and negative reinforcements.
Table of Contents:
Skinner's Theory of Operant Conditioning
Rat Experiments
Behavior Modification
Criticism
Student Case Study Observation
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"Skinner believed, nonetheless, that if the entire process of setting the timer, ringing the bell and serving the food were repeated eventually that the rats would resume their previous operant behavior. This was because Skinner found that "re-teaching" the rats to act in a certain manner was a simple task, as the rats appeared to mentally recall the process that they had learned previously. Initially teaching the rats required "continuous reinforcement" on the part of Skinner, which meant that every time, regardless of the hour, that the rat completed a task that Skinner had determined the rat would be rewarded with food."
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The F-16 Fighting Falcon, 2001.
A study of the F-16 fighter jet.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 14.95
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This paper gives basic information about the F-16 fighter jet. It explains its unique qualities and discusses the sales of this plane and its ramifications.
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"The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a compact, multi-role, extremely maneuverable fighter that is suitable for air-to-air combat as well as air-to-surface attacks. It has a combat radius (the distance the jet can fly to combat and return safely) of 500 miles, which is superior to that of other fighter aircraft. The pilot has unobstructed vision both forward and upward through to the bubble canopy. It is a precision attack aircraft and can function in all types of weather."
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