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Meyer Lansky, 2005.
An exploration of the Jewish views of Meyer Lansky.
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 44.95
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The issue of Jewish views of the gangster Meyer Lansky are explored, using a variety of news sources and books as evidence. It also discusses whether there is is a tendency to whitewash his crimes.
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"Views of Meyer Lansky Jews are among the oldest identifiable ethnic groups in the world having maintained a distinct cultural identity for over three thousand years They also have the distinction of being the only major ethnic group with its own unique...."
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Bristol Meyers Squibb Corporation (BMSC), 2008.
This paper discusses Bristol Meyers Squibb Corporation's (BMSC)
use of marketing research to understanding consumer behavior.
1,405 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 32.95
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This paper explains that Bristol Meyers Squibb Corporation's (BMSC) primary strengths is its success at marketing its leading products in a highly competitive sector of the healthcare industry. The author points out that BMSC's performance in the marketplace is based on a thorough knowledge of its retail customers and its end consumer, which is obtained through marketing research. The paper describes the internal dimensions, such as perceptual filter, and external dimensions, such as culture, which influence consumer choice. The author underscores that the benefit of utilizing marketing research to identify these factors of consumer behavior is that BMSC can more appropriately formulate its market strategies The paper relates that the marketing plan applies resources to the identified consumer information to develop an effective marketing strategy.
Table of Contents
Overview
Influences
The Marketing Plan
Conclusion
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"Part of the proper identification of a consumer need, particularly in the health care industry, is identifying the correct geographic areas within which the target consumers are primarily located. This is important for several reasons but primarily ensures that the proper market is reached, that the right product or service is placed before the consumer, and that duplication of services is avoided. These considerations are all requisite to the strategic planning process in conceiving the entire marketing plan, but particularly in delineating the correct geographic, and geo-demographic areas where the targeted consumers are physically located."
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De Wit and Meyer's "Strategy Synthesis".
This paper discusses the ten strategic paradoxes illuminated by B. De Wit and R. Meyer in their book, "Strategy Synthesis".
1,685 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 0 sources, £ 38.95
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This paper explains that global business environments have become so complex that a strategy, which may have worked successfully in the past, now calls for new requirements for a different solution; furthermore, solutions are sometimes contradictory to those previously adopted. The author points out that decentralization has its many advantages, the most notable being the ability and capacity to quickly respond to market challenges and to react to external factors. The paper relates that, in general, any rational organization has profit maximization as its primordial goal; on the other hand, this strategic goal sometimes comes up against many of the company's social and environmental responsibilities, in some cases causing significant disasters.
Table of Contents
Strategic Thinking
Strategy Formation
Strategic Change
Business Level Strategy
Corporate Level Strategy
Network Level Strategy
The Industry Context
The Organizational Context
The International Context
Organizational Purpose
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"This paradox refers to the fact that creativity and rational analysis need to coexist in a company in order for it to survive. This paradox is applicable to any individual's life as well: we often find ourselves in a situation where the decision we take relies on instinct and imagination rather than on the planning and analysis performed previously. This is the same in the case of organizations and General Electrics is perhaps the best example in this sense."
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. V. Meyer ( 1994 ), 2000.
An analysis of the case and decision dealing with the protection of employees of federal banking-related agencies from being fired.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, £ 27.95
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"Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Meyer (1994)
John Meyer, the plaintiff, worked as a senior officer for Fidelity Savings and Loan. Insolvency forced Fidelity into receivership in April of 1982. At that time, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) assumed management of Fidelity. Soon after, FSLIC representative Robert L. Pattullo fired Meyer because FSLIC policy mandated the dismissal of senior management at any failed thrift. Meyer sued Pattullo and the FSLIC, alleging deprivation of property without due process of law in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. A jury found in favor of Pattullo because he enjoyed qualified immunity, but awarded Meyer $130,000 against the FSLIC. "
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Criminal Activity in The U.S., 2003.
Discusses the history of America's crime problems.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 9 sources, £ 67.95
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Discusses criminal activity and policing during the 1920s and 1930s, law enforcement branches, the growth of organized crime, the American Mafia, and the activities of Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, and Dutch Schultz.
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" "The Roaring Twenties," - what a perfect aphorism. It was certainly roaring with music and dance, but it also was roaring with gangsters. In the aspect of gangsterism, the thirties were also ..."
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The Development of Las Vagas, 2002.
A discussion about the history and development of Las Vagas and the people involved in its establishment.
1,870 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 41.95
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This paper introduces and discusses the creation of Las Vegas. Specifically, it looks at how Bugsy Segal, Meyer Lansky and the Teamsters Union figured in the development of Las Vegas, and how the city has prospered and changed since it was first created.
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"Before there was Bugsy Siegel, the underworld, the Strip, and the bright lights, there were the Mormons. The first Mormon party set out to colonize lands in 1855. They arrived at an area known as "Las Vegas Spring" in mid-June. They began to build a permanent settlement, but in 1857, Brigham Young called them back to Salt Lake City. An O.D. Gass, acquired the area, and created the Las Vegas Ranch. Thus, Las Vegas was born. Politically and economically, Las Vegas added almost nothing to Nevada's coffers until the beginning of the twentieth century. Northern Nevada developed first, and this was where the state capital and most of the population lived. (Elliott). The mob would change all that."
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Adolescent Literature, 2002.
Looks at the typical literary style of teenage literature in the works of Paul Fleischman, Walter Dean Meyers and Virginia Euwer Wolff.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 69.95
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This paper examines the manner in which a key event and its impact on the protagonist is a common literary device in adolescent fiction. In each novel--"Seedfolks" (1997) by Paul Fleischman, "Monster" (1999) by Walter Dean Meyers and "Make Lemonade" (1993) by Virginia Euwer Wolff--the key event or obstacle for the protagonist is identified and its consequences are explored.
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"Time After Time", 2008.
An analysis of the film "Time After Time," directed by Nicholas Meyer, through a Marxist interpretation.
1,471 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 34.95
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This paper explores the ways in which the popular 1979 science fiction film "Time After Time," directed by Nicholas Meyer, can be interpreted from a Marxist perspective. It discusses the definition and parameters of classic Marxism as outlined in "A Handbook to Literature and Film Studies: Critical Approaches" by William Harmon and Hugh Holman. It then relates these definitions to the film.
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"In conclusion, the filmmakers of Time After Time have, consciously or not, presented a science fiction fable with certain Marxist ideology in the way their work addresses such issues as history, technology, and gender, and how these human elements change or fail to change over time. The greatest irony may be that though the historical H.G. Wells was indeed a lifelong socialist utopian, he was also for the most part anti-Marxist in his thought, and generally elitist in his view of human governance. If anything, the view of the film, which after all accurately depicts the events that took place during the 20th century and life as it is lived in the modern day, stands as a critique of Marxist (and socialist) expectations for a world state and utopian revolution."
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Nature in Literature, Drama and Poetry, 2002.
This paper explores how nature is portrayed in different literary works by such authors as Elizabeth Bishop, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jack London, Patrick Meyer, Henry David Thoreau and William Wordsworth.
2,100 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 46.95
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This paper compares and contrast how nature is portrayed in a variety of literary works. The works included in this paper are Elizabeth Bishop's ?The Fish,? Ralph Waldo Emerson's ?Nature,? Oliver Wendell Holmes's ?The Chambered Nautilus,? and Patrick Meyer?s ?K2," Jack London's "To Build A Fire," Henry David Thoreau's "Walden, Or Life in the Woods" and William Wordsworth''s ?The World is Too Much With Us." Some of the topics discussed include cruelty in nature, man's relationship with nature, the different elements of nature, the Romantic and Transcendentalist view of nature and the true communing of individual soul with nature. The paper concludes with the author tying all of these topics together by illustrating the similarities between human nature and nature itself.
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"Emerson is most concerned about how Emerson sees nature, and would like to see nature better as an American. Emerson does not consider that while observing nature everyone is not only changed internally by nature, whether by cold or by beauty, but also that the observer changes nature itself, even in as simple as something as walking through the perfect and untrodden snow. Just as animal life impacts and is impacted by nature; human beings exist a part of nature and are subject to natural forces. These forces include but are not limited to cold, illness, injury, death, birth, and seasonal extremes. The metaphor of the only observing eyeball denies such an impact."
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Autism, 2007.
This paper evaluates an article by R.P. Hobson and J.A. Meyer tittled "Foundations for Self and Other: A Study in Autism" and published in a 2005 issue of "Developmental Science".
910 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 22.95
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This paper is a peer review of a study on autism, titled "Foundations for Self and Other: A Study in Autism". The author points out that, in this study, the researchers sought to delve into the issue of self-others relationship in developmental psychology and theory of mind, particularly in the context of autistic children. The paper concludes that, although this experiment was conducted based on sound theory, the methodology was so complex that replication will be difficult.
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"The researchers suggest that points-to-self in normal children were decreased by inaccessibility to representations of self through the experimenter, whereas autistic children were relatively unaffected. The researchers re-affirmed previous studies on autistics' propensity for adapting a "third person" stance as well as normal children's "natural" propensity to model others and "see" one's self in others. The additional finding that nearly all the subjects placed the stickers on their own bodies without instruction but adjusted its position according to the experimenter's instruction, led the researchers to conclude that "cross-person representation" was at work."
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Mythic Critical Analysis of "Time After Time", 2008.
This paper presents a mythic critical analysis of the film "Time After Time" (1979), directed by Nicholas Meyer and written by Karl Alexander and Steve Hayes.
1,059 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 26.95
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The paper explores some of the ways in which the popular science fiction movie "Time After Time" (1979) expresses and unfolds its narrative in mythic terms. The paper defines the expressions "mythic criticism" and "the archetype" and shows how the film reveals more of a mythic substratum than its makers may even have intended. The paper concludes that the filmmakers of "Time After Time" have followed the lead of much science fiction by their innovative utilization of fact, fiction and fantasy to create a new myth for the scientific age.
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"According to A Handbook to Literature, the critical perspective known as mythic criticism is defined as that "which explores the nature and significance of the archetypes and archetypal patterns in the work" (Harmon and Holman 136). In this context, myth can be defined as that which portrays "a projection of social patterns upward onto a superhuman level that sanctions and stabilizes the secular ideology" (338). The same definition goes on to explain that myths, among their other functions, "attempt to explain creation, divinity, and religion; to probe the meaning of existence and death; to account for natural phenomena; and to chronicle the adventures of cultural heroes" (338). In reference to the archetype, the same handbook defines this term as a "primordial image" which draws upon the "prelogical mentality" (subconscious) of the reader / viewer and is frequently encountered in myth and folklore (41)."
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Personal Advertisements, 2007.
Studies the differences of men and women in the attributes they seek in a date by using a content analysis of personal advertisements.
2,805 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 58.95
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This research paper replicates a content analysis of personal advertisements by homosexual and heterosexual men and women that was done by M.H. Gonzales and S.A. Meyers (1993). The paper compares and contrasts the characteristics offered and requested by homosexual and heterosexual men and women in ads in 2007. Although the specific advertisements are not listed, the author includes the data coding sheets for characteristics offered and sought as written in the the "Vancouver Province" and the "Georgia Straight" newspapers. The paper reports that, overall, women are portrayed as beautiful. When people are looking for a date, they want one that is fun, easy to talk to, humorous and attractive.
Table of Contents:
Data Coding Sheet: Characteristics Offered
Data Coding Sheet: Characteristics Sought
Other Studies
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"I have created two tables (adding a few categories: race, age, marital status, price and hair color) and will compare and contrast the characteristics offered and requested by homosexual and heterosexual men and women in ads in 2007 (14 years later!). I confess that this is not my idea of a great way to spend a day. Most happily married mothers read other things! My husband maintains that men don't place ads because women don't look in the paper for guys (I never did!). He says that women on the other hand do because men look at newspaper ads.'
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Presidential Personalities and Public Popularity, 2006.
A comparison of the scandals which entangled Nixon's and Clinton's presidencies, with an analysis of why Nixon was forced to resign while Clinton left office with a high rating of public approval.
2,256 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 21 sources, MLA, £ 49.95
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The paper compares the presidential scandals of Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. First the paper reviews the Watergate scandal, and explains that this was just the tip of the iceberg, analyzing the machinations behind the break-in and reasons for it and its subsequent cover-up, and finding extensive criminal wrongdoing to be at the heart of the matter. Next, the paper focuses on President Clinton's sexual escapades, and analyzes why the press played up the story yet Clinton survived the impeachment process. Following this, the paper reviews various analyses of presidential personality and public perception, comparing the two Presidents, and focusing finally on the Meyer's Briggs Type Indicator of personality to show that Clinton was an Artisan while Nixon was a Guardian. The American public will, the paper informs us, love an Artisan despite his flaws, but respect a Guardian only in the absence of visible flaws. In conclusion, the paper finds that it is both the public perception of the respective Presidents' personalities, and the presence or absence of criminal wrongdoing, which caused Clinton's name to be praised while Nixon's is derided.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Nixon and Watergate
Clinton and Travel Gate etc.
Presidential Personalities
Conclusion
Footnotes
Bibliography
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"History tells us that most likely, Nixon did not know in advance about the break-in and that his press secretary dismissed it as a "third-rate burglary." President Nixon lied when he assured the nation that "The White House has had no involvement in this particular incident". By the time of the press conference, he knew that several present and former White House employees were linked to the Watergate burglars. Nixon already had begun to cover those links by the time he asserted the White House's lack of involvement."
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Personality and Software Engineering, 2008.
This paper argues that a combination of introvert and extrovert personality types is essential for creating software programs.
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 20.95
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The paper looks at the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator that indicates that introverts usually have quality software development skills. The paper discusses how introverts dominate the software field, but the field also needs extroverts to help explain the programs and make them user friendly. The paper shows how the best way to create software is to use a team of both introverted and extroverted personality types.
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"Most people see software engineers as nerds who work long hours into the night until they complete their projects. "USA Today reported that the techie nerd stereotype is so well-entrenched that students in every grade ranked computer jobs near the bottom of their lists of career choice" (McConnell). Yet, is this an accurate view of a computer technician? Does the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) accurately show professional software developers? These are important questions when it comes to studying personality types in software engineering compared to the national average and success of those in other fields."
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