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    The Weimar Republic started in 1919 to substitute the German empire. The name came from the city of Weimar. The Weimar Republic had faced a lot of problems through those fourteen years such as not continuing their alliance with the winners of the First World War‚ hyperinflation‚ and political extremists. They had also stopped some of the demands of the Treaty of Versailles. The Reichstag Fire Decree was basically the start of the Communist revolution which led to the elimination of the constitutional

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    Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse In the case of Enron‚ it comes down to pure greed and a lack of accountability. From the top‚ there was illegal activity with Ken Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling‚ and Andrew Fastow who raided the company as though it was their own personal bank. On top of that‚ the culture of the rest of the company was to make as much money as they could and employees were rewarded by the amount of profit they could make without questioning the ethical means to do so.

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    ECONOMETRIC MODEL FOR DIAMOND PRICES This assignment is about to make an econometric model for diamond prices. I already have been studied the procedure to make an econometric model. I will make an econometric model and collect data to do estimation and later will check its BLUEness by apply diagnostic check. Hope I will come up with a BLUE model. As we know diamond prices depends on the size‚ shape‚ color and clarity of the diamond. So I can write it as follow: Diamond prices = ʄ (size‚ shape

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    Why did Tsardom collapse in 1917? In February 1917‚ all were stunned when what started off as a demonstration regarding shortages of food and fuel‚ escalated into a protest attempting to overthrow Tsar Nicholas II. However‚ nobody could have predicted what the result would have been‚ as when Tsar Nicholas II abdicated‚ there was nobody to assume the position of Tsar‚ and so 300 years of Romanov rule came to an end. Although it came as a surprise‚ the failure of the tsarist regime happened for

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    “Why is there so much inequality in the world: where some societies have so much‚ while others have so little?” The word inequality is defined as “difference in size‚ degree‚ circumstances‚ etc.; lack of equality” In the video Guns‚ Germs and Steel Diamond explains why the world has a massive amount of inequality and some reasons why are animals being used as food‚ milk‚ clothing & etc.‚ animals being used as beasts of burden and useful plants. To begin with‚ one of the reasons why there is so much

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    Aladdin narrates the emotive love story of a poor young man who falls in love with the beautiful princess Jasmine and begins a meaningful journey to conquer her love. Aladdin‚ a “street rat‚” as he is often called by those who know him‚ is a true “diamond in the rough‚ whose worth lies far within” that has great potential but has not been given the opportunity to shine yet (Clements‚ Musker). Because of this reason‚ he is the only one who can enter the Cave of Wonders. He does so to retrieve a magic

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    Blood Diamonds in Sierra Leone Throughout the decades there has been many hard times‚ conflicts over disagreement‚ fighting and competition. There has been a huge clash over the use of diamonds and in fact how they are produced‚ and where they were originated. There has always been a major demand for diamonds for noticeable reasons. Diamonds are big business - the retail trade is worth over $30bn annually. It is proved that Diamonds are one of the world’s most precious gems. Diamonds are beautiful

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    The Great Depression The Great Depression was a worldwide economic collapse that was caused by a number of things which include: speculation in the stock market‚ inequalities in wealth‚ bank failures‚ and drought conditions. It started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s. It was the longest and most devastating depression ever experienced by the Western World. Before the Great Depression‚ there were few regulations that controlled the stock market. Stockholders were able to speculate and

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    Late one afternoon Morris Plant Manager of Diamond Chemicals Merseyside was discussing a capital project with her controller that Morris wanted to propose to senior management. The project consisted of a 9 million pounds expenditure to renovate and rationalize the polypropylene production line at the Merseyside plant in order to make up for the deferred maintenance and to exploit opportunities to achieve production efficiency. The proposed Capital Program Morris had assumed responsibility for the

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    Environment An Examination of the causes and effects of Building Collapse in Nigeria Vol. 9‚ December 2011‚ pp. 37–47 AN EXAMINATION OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF BUILDING COLLAPSE IN NIGERIA Oke Ayodeji Department of Quantity Surveying‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Akure 234034 Ondo State Nigeria Corresponding Author: emayok@gmail.com Abstract The research investigated the causes and consequence of building collapse in Nigeria using historical data from 1974 to 2006 and also proffers

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