C A S E N E T ® Paramount Communications Inc.–1993 Steven N. Kaplan University Of Chicago A t the end of August 1993‚ Sumner Redstone‚ Chairman of the Board of Directors of Viacom‚ sat back and wondered what to do about Paramount Communications. He had been pursuing the acquisition of Paramount for some time but seemed to have reached a road block. Beginning in 1989‚ Redstone and Martin S. Davis‚ Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount‚ had held
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American Psychological Association 0012-1649/05/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.4.625 Peer Influence on Risk Taking‚ Risk Preference‚ and Risky Decision Making in Adolescence and Adulthood: An Experimental Study Margo Gardner and Laurence Steinberg Temple University In this study‚ 306 individuals in 3 age groups—adolescents (13–16)‚ youths (18 –22)‚ and adults (24 and older)— completed 2 questionnaire measures assessing risk preference and risky decision making‚ and 1 behavioral task
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Authoritative Parenting Styles and the Correlation with Positive Behavior in Children Abstract Authoritative parenting styles are consistently being shown in research studies to be effective methods to apply and that such applications are successful in developing children who are well behaved‚ productive and emotionally well adjusted. Unlike its counterpart‚ Authoritarian parenting‚ Authoritative parenting allows for more flexibility and this paper addresses the
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of who she is. As Darling tries so hard to assimilate to American cultures‚ she gradually but rapidly loses her identity
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Murray Darling Basin is facing many environmental challenges and issues; including salinity. The Murray Darling Basin is one of the largest catchments in the world but it is also one of the driest (Mdba.gov.au‚ 2015). The basin is world-renowned with it being one of Australia’s most iconic and oldest river systems; the Murray Darling is over 350 million years old (Mdba.gov.au‚ 2015). The Murray Darling Basin is located in the South- East of Australia (refer to appendix A). The Murray Darling Basin
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1993 DBQ Early English colonies in America hardly resembled the union of men and women that would later fight against England and build a new country. In fact‚ until the mid-eighteenth century‚ most English colonists had very little‚ if anything to do with the settlers in neighboring colonies. They heard news of Indian wars and other noteworthy events‚ not from the colony itself‚ but from England. The colonies in the New World appeared completely different and the prospect of any unity between them
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1. Describe the geographical location of the area you have chosen as the case study. Include data about area‚ population‚ states/territories‚ rivers/wetlands‚ climate and land use. The Murray Darling Basin is a large geographical area that is of national significance both socially‚ culturally‚ economically and environmentally. It covers 1‚061‚469 square kilometers in area‚ which is about one-seventh of Australia’s total land mass and is home to over 2 million people. The Basin sits at the south-east
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1993 DBQ APUSH ESSAY The Chesapeake region and New England was shaped because of the different social‚ economic‚ and geographic factors during the 17th century. During the entire century‚ New England maintained a strong; family orientated identity whereas the Chesapeake region remained divided and scattered. The Chesapeake region has a hot climate that can grow crop plantations and disease‚ New England’s cold and rocky climate made growing staple crops and the spread of disease difficult. The combination
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Problem in Parenting Some of the most difficult challenges for parents today are their children’s behavior problems and how parenting styles affect child development. It’s important for parents to understand the changes that a child goes through during each phase of development. One thing that parents need to realize is that after each phase of development‚ rules need to change along with it. This is because children become more independent as they get older‚ and different parenting styles are
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Narrative structure is important to the development of a story. It is the structural framework of a story and without it‚ the reader would not be able to grasp the story fully. Anton Chekov‚ the author of “The Darling” uses distinct episodes to structure his story. The different episodes develop the plot smoothly and the reader is able to better understand the piece of work. Each episode is different in many ways but all the episodes are linked by one common character. That one common character is
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