will live in infamy”(President Franklin D. Roosevelt). Could the attack on Pearl Harbor been prevented??? To find that out you have to look back at the past. The attack on Pearl Harbor could have been prevented if the United States opened foreign communication with Japan‚ improved military defense‚ and recognized the importance of the intelligence reports on Japan. Japan and the United States both had interests in China‚ Japan wanting to become an imperial power and to gain more resources from China
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that very few women had a job. A long time ago several generations lived together under the same roof: the grand-parents‚ the parents‚ the children and sometimes nor yet the grand-grand-parents. Families today: There are less marriages and more divorces. There are a lot of one-parents families and there are less children in a family. The people get married later. The couples often live together without getting married‚ that calls cohabitation. The woman also have a job and go out to work. The husband
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How long does it take to grow a beard You might be asking yourself the following question‚ "How long does it take to grow a beard?" The simple answer is that it can be different for every man‚ but there are things that you can do to help the process along. Genetics play an important role in the length and thickness that your hair will grow‚ and the time to grow that beard can vary from two months to six years‚ depending on how long of a beard you are trying to grow. One of the most common questions
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business‚ the economy‚ and social issues now as well as into the future. Outsourcing is a growing trend among companies large and small as an attempt to gain a competitive advantage in both local and global markets. There are both positive and negative impacts of this way of doing business that need to be realized and accounted for in order for the economy and American business to remain strong. There are future implications that have not been thoroughly analyzed and will be discovered further down the
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you’re a child stuck in your room not being allowed to play with your friends‚ who are outside‚ until you’re done studying. Now imagine‚ you come home report card in hand‚ you have a C in a class and you know you’re going to get in trouble‚ toys taken away‚ spankings‚ physical and verbal punishment. That is what a child goes through when they are pushed too hard academically by their parents. There are many long term effects of this abuse‚ and reasons why it should be classified as abuse. Some
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Long Term Care Insurance: what is it? How does it Work? Individual / Group? Policy types and characteristics? ADL triggers? Consumer utilization? Taxation? Answer: Long Term Care Insurance is a kind of insurance product that sold in the USA‚ UK and Canada. The main purpose of it is to help or provide the cost of long–term care that is spent in a predetermined period. This kind of insurance covers generally care not covered by health insurance‚ Medicaid and Medicare. Persons of all age group can
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Introduction: ‘Effective Long-Term Cost Reduction: a Strategic Perspective’ is a study by Michael D. Shields‚ and S. Mark Young‚ that deals with the Cost Reduction Programs that were employed in the late 1970s‚ and throughout 1980s. The study further sets forth a more viable basis for effective long-term cost reduction. The study concludes with the findings that the long-term controllable costs are caused by employees‚ individually and in groupings that matter to the entire organization. The
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The more you know the better you get along in the world. Unless you have a decent education jobs will be scarce and you will struggle for the rest of your life trying to make ends meet. You don’t have to be rich to survive‚ but you sure do need your education to stay ahead of the tax man‚ hunger‚ and ending up out on the streets of the city. Education is wonderful and with every turn of it you learn something interesting. WikiAnswers is an example of how you can help others by what you know‚ but
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INTRODUCTION HTC Corporation‚ formerly High Tech Computer Corporation‚ is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of smartphones founded in 1997. The company initially made smartphones based primarily on Microsoft ’s Windows Mobile software‚ but in 2009 it began to shift its focus away from Windows Mobile devices to devices based on the Android operating system. HTC is also a member of the Open Handset Alliance‚ a group of handset manufacturers and mobile network operators dedicated to the advancement of the
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number of people joining a crowd that seems to be an obstacle for an imperialist guard’s ability to take control of the situation. The very tension of the crowd following the imperialist guard is the "colonization effect" is felt. This crowd of Burmese civilians expect the guard to shoot and kill this elephant‚ hence the reason they followed him. The guard finds himself being pressured by the crowd to take care of shooting the elephant. It is this pressure that almost forces the guard to make a hasty
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