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    Why did Kennedy win the Election? Why did Nixon lose the election? The year 1960 has been full of uncertainties. Domestically, behind the economic prosperity there came the explosively populous new generation who must be financially equipped; Civil rights movement was heating up under the leadership of Martin Luther King. In the international arena, the predominant image of the country was shaken by recent unpleasant diplomacy –especially the failed summit with Krushchev. However, in 1960, one…

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    Nikola Tesla

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    1.1 Introduction: Company Overview Named after the inventor Nikola Tesla, Tesla Motors was founded in Silicon Valley on July 2003. It is an American motorized and energy conserving company that designs, develops, and sells electrics cars and vehicle powertrain gears and battery merchandise made in their factory in Fremont, California. The founders wanted to introduce electric cars to the world which are environmentally friendly with no emissions and incredible power to show that electric cars…

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    Dental Powder Case Study

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    Mission Statement ”To develop and sell high quality oral dental care that will capture the dominant share of mind in all markets” Company Background The company came into existence on the 26th September 1963, initiated by Syed Amiruddin Alvi. The start-up capital was a mere Rs 6000. In the beginning, Dentonic Toothpowder was barely bought by the people. There existed some toothpowders at that time for example, Dentogene by the Dentogene laboratory, and Tibet by Kohinoor, but neither was much…

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    The United States of America was founded as a nation freedom, democracy, and equality would reign. “Every man is created equal” proclaimed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The promise was made that the people of the new nation would have the inalienable right to choose their own leaders in free and fair democratic elections. Nevertheless, this right only truly applied to wealthy white men at the inception of this country. As enslaved people, African Americans had no rights for nearly a…

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    The Battle of Gettysburg is perhaps the most famous battle ever to be fought on American soil. The three-day long struggle, which saw intense fighting that pitted friend against friend and brother against brother, holds a special place in the American psyche. In the span of three days in July of 1863 the entire tone of the American Civil changed from certain confederate victory, to an impending federal rout. What happened over this time span that caused the sudden shift in momentum during the…

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    The 2016 election was a result of the large division in our nation in which people of certain races, financial status, gender, and ethnicity were looked down upon by other members of society. Prejudgment of others ran rampant throughout our nation after citizens began to turn against others, causing a deep barrier to be formed. The formation of this barrier was a result of the tendencies of people to be afraid of others that are depicted as being different from themselves, either socially,…

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    The Civil War was a conflict that was fought between the United States of America (Union) and The Confederate States of America between 1861 through 1865. There were many battles that were fought within the Civil War that were considered significant battles in American history like The Battle of Bull Run or The battle of Vicksburg. However, The Battle of Gettysburg proves to be the most meaningful battle within the Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg was Robert E. Lee’s most ambitious attempt to…

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    The Chronicles of Narnia is one of the most celebrated English literary series of the 20th century. The author, C. S. Lewis, wrote this series with a correlation of core concepts, major themes, and key symbols among the books. Three key themes that Lewis focuses on are the idea that God, directly and indirectly, influences our lives, the representation of Satan through the witches, and how persons deal with their sin and how they must discover and repent of their sin to be successful in life…

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    The Serious Political and Racial Effects of Mass Manipulation and Misrepresentation of Ideas ‘Did he bend your reflection? Did he make you forget your own name? Did he convince you he was a God? Did you get on your knees daily? Do his eyes close like doors? Are you a slave to the back of his head?’ – Warsan Shire, 2016 Directed by Barry Levinson, ‘Wag the Dog’ is a black comedy exploring the widespread consequences of mass manipulation as orchestrated by spin doctor Brean and Hollywood producer…

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    Following the end of the Civil War, the Union came out the victor and the Confederacy the loser. Because the Confederacy lost the war, though, the Union was presented with the problem of reincorporating the southern states back into the Union, a process known to historians as Reconstruction. With the goal in mind of creating a Republican presence in the south based on a Free Labor ideology, the Republican Party was only moderately successful, and their eventual failure resulted in a Democratic…

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