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    Alaska

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    delegates from across the territory. They met at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks in November 1955 to write a constitution for the proposed state. Alaskans voted approval of the constitution in April 1956. The new constitution was set to take effect when and if Congress granted statehood for Alaska. Efforts finally paid off in 1958 when Congress approved statehood for Alaska. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Bill into law on July 7‚ 1958. Alaskans accepted statehood

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    Looking for Alaska” by John Green ​​“Looking for Alaska” by John Green is about a boy named Miles who is sent to boarding school. He meets 2 very important people there‚ “The Colonial” and Alaska. They are all best friends and do things like pull pranks‚ get drunk‚ and smoke cigarettes. Miles falls in love with Alaska but Alaska doesn’t see him that way until the night before she died. She was upset and drunk and went for a drive. After that Miles and the colonial start to get consumed by their

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    Night-time by Mark Haddon‚ and Looking for Alaska by John Green‚ are both novels built with unique and impactful content. Haddon’s novel tells of Christopher Boone‚ a boy investigating the suspicious death of the neighbor’s dog‚ Wellington‚ yet unexpectedly he unravels much more. John Green’s work shares the story of Miles Halter‚ an extraordinary young man pulled into the spontaneous adventure that was knowing Alaska Young. He let loose and fell in love‚ just before Alaska went missing. Although both

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    In the book‚ Looking for Alaska by John Green‚ there was a lot of suspense leading up to the mystery of ateenage girl‚Alaska‚and how she was killed. The author uses the elements of mystery‚surprise and suspense to keep the reader interested in the story’s plot. The text says‚“ The eagle looked down. ‘Is everyone else here?’ ‘Alaska isn’t here’ ‘Okay Miles. Thank you.’ ‘We can’t start without Alaska.’”(Green 171) In the beginning of the story‚ Miles Halter went to college in Florida and is likes

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    Alaska Airlines

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    Alaska Airlines Strategic Management Model Linda Gay Cahill Table of Contents: Strategic Profile Company Introduction 3 Strategic Analysis PEST Analysis (Political‚ economic‚ social & technological factors) 4 Resource-Based View 6 Value Chain Analysis 8 SWOT Analysis 11 Strategy recommendations 13 References 14 Company Introduction Alaska Airlines is the ninth–largest U.S. airline based on passenger traffic and is the dominant

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    Alaska Milk

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    which is the Alaska Milk Company Philippines. Documents such company documents‚ financial documents and marketing documents will be needed for the progress of my paper. I will assure that all of your documents will be taken care of and only be used as reference for the progess of my paper. Im hoping you will help me and in return I will provide your company a great Strategic Management Plan for the development of your company. Thank you. Sincerely‚ Joselito T. Santos Jr. ALASKA MILK CORPORATION

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    Education In Alaska

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    Whittier‚ whose almost all of about 200 inhabitants live in a fourteen-story building called “Begich Towers”. It reads like fiction‚ although it is not—this tale-like town is merely a dot‚ albeit a wonderfully curious one‚ in the vast Alaskan landscape. Alaska‚ the state which calls the northern lights its own; the state whose enormity sleeps beneath the drifting snow‚ the state of the colorful songs of the earth—has been molded over and over again by its own soil and its living people. Highly important

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    The Purchase of Alaska

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    country? The lone state of Alaska is to the north west of the major states and if laid on top of the other states‚ would cover about two-thirds of the land. And for a state that is so large‚ it is surely simply thought of as the coldest state. Alaska is much more then that‚ and has a lot of history behind just a land of snow and mountains. Alaska was discovered in 1741 by Russian settlers and had been colonized by them in 1784. With over 660 thousand square miles‚ Alaska was surely a big find by

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    Alaska and Hawaii

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    Alaska and Hawaii The vacation is a free time which people usually spend with family or friends in exotic country. However‚ before the tourists choose destination‚ they pay attention to several aspects‚ such as accomodations‚ environment‚ transportation‚ climate as well as natural beauty. A lot of people are considering vacation in Hawaii‚ other people prefer spending their free time in Alaska. Therefore‚ I want to present a comparison of vacation in Alaska and Hawaii‚ which will reveal similarity

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    Alaska Indians

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    The Tlingit: Alaska Indians By: Holli Kearns The Tlingit are an American Indian people whose land consists of the southeastern coast and Islands of Alaska‚ known as the “panhandle.” The official origin of the Tlingit people is unknown. One hypothesis is that the people came from the coast of Asia and Japan‚ migrating north and east‚ and settled in the southeast many years ago. Art forms and some physical features of the Tlingit people are similar to some Pacific groups. Tlingit legends

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