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    202G-02 November 28‚ 2012 During the late nineteenth century‚ the west had become a widely diverse place‚ populated by New Englanders‚ Mormons‚ African Americans‚ Mexicans‚ and Latinos as well as immigrants from Europe‚ Asia‚ and Canada. With so many different racial‚ religious‚ and ethnic backgrounds‚ it was impossible for the Native Americans to be the only group of people who suffered from discrimination and prejudice in the West. All of the groups of people listed above‚ were discriminated against

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    treated equally. The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates social classes as the East and West Egg. Nick Caraway‚ the narrator of the novel describes as both new and old money. Nick lived with Gatsby in West Egg or the "-well less fashionable of the two‚ though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them." Even though West Egg was considered to be lower on the totem pole in relations to East Egg it was known that people who

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    Railroads and their roll in Georgia history Railroads and their roll in Georgia history "The time will come when people will travel in stages moved by steam engines from one city to another‚ almost as fast as birds can fly‚ 15 or 20 miles an hour.... A carriage will start from Washington in the morning‚ the passengers will breakfast at Baltimore‚ dine at Philadelphia‚ and sup in New York the same day.... Engines will drive boats 10 or 12 miles an hour‚ and there will be hundreds of

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    I believe that the Berlin wall was a mistake‚ not be kind of mistake that can be easily fixed‚ what a mistake that caused people to die. In my theory the German democratic republic caused more damage to themselves then they did profit from the closing of the boarder. When they built the wall they made more people want to leave Berlin then stay‚ they did this by killing anyone who wasn’t allowed access to West Berlin on site of trying to escape East Berlin. When they built the wall they declared to

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    Running Head: Nogo WEEK ONE CASE STUDY: NOGO RAILROAD In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Managing Innovation and Change- Section B ( NOGO RAILROAD CASE ANALYSIS FORM I. Problems A. Macro Looking at the situation form a macro standpoint‚ the problems that can be identified from this case analysis is that the organizations policies and practices are outdated‚ and under designed. This problem creates unwanted debt to the company‚ and does not allow for transitional change management

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    “APING THE WEST” Of late the trend has been to follow whatever is done in the west and it is becoming a sort of in-thing to be doing it.  Is it due to liberalization of economy that we are also attempting to liberalize our life style. Indians have started aping the west completely and the western influences can be clearly seen in our behavior‚ culture‚ attire and even language. Though to say‚ we are an independent nation but instead of promoting our culture‚ we are aping the west and one would

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    Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad shows that they have been supporting state of Idaho for more than over 60 years since after the. The ad wants to show its audience that they serve more than just goods but they also transport civilians to other parts of the country as well because they care about the community. The Railroad system wants to try serving all civilians all across the west coast delivering goods to manufactures. The Union Pacific Railroad wants to develop in the west coast

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    The Decline of the West “The world of the post 9/11 era‚ used interminably by politicians and psychologists‚ was “security”‚ and the more the country had appeared to be policed by men in fluorescent jackets with “Security” stamped on the back‚ the more afraid Mike felt. “ 1 and this development is not only on that turf‚ Couse the post 2000s has provided us whit gang violence on the street‚ kids playing games that can disturb there sense of reality and much more. Mike lives in the upper-class

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    In the early settlement of America‚ disease and forced labor played a significant role. In the Spanish colonies from Florida and Southward‚ smallpox took an enormous toll on the conquerors and the native peoples. The so-called “black legend” regarding the Spanish and Portuguese was actually somewhat true‚ but also somewhat misleading. The concept held that “the conquerors merely butchered or tortured the Indians (‘killing for Christ’)‚ stole their gold‚ infected them with smallpox‚ and left little

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    The Decline of the West Analysis and interpretation In the year 2008 a huge and comprehensive financial crisis began. For some people it had almost invisible consequences‚ and for others it transformed their everyday life completely. Being used to making and spending money without having to worry about one’s economics‚ a firing can put the world upside down and force a family into a less materialistic life‚ which they are not at all comfortable with. That’s exactly what the protagonist‚ Mike

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