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American Greetings
American Greetings MIDTERM Balance Sheet (1986 - 1990) 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Assets Current Assets Cash and Equivalents $26,853 $17,225 $36,534 $94,292 $122,669 Trade Accounts Receivables, Less Allowances for Sales Returns and Doubtful Accounts 240,471 284,135 278,559 242,582 254,285 Inventories Raw Material 59,343 56,057 56,122 48,478 51,0 Work in Process 60,179 69,668 61,406 51,625 42,139 Finished Products 181,237 202,412 245,801 197,618 208,918 300,9 328,137 363,329 297,721 302,132 Less LIFO Reserve 76,552 ,392 77,274 83,017
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Causes Of The American Civil War
Causes Of The American Civil War by Victoria Kent Four years of American bloodshed on American soil. Why? The reasons are varied. From the formation of America to 1860, the people in this country were divided. This division was a result of location and personal sentiments. Peace could not continue in a country filled with quarrels that affected the common American. There is a common misconception that the American Civil War was fought only over
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Sarbes-Oxley Act
Introduction to Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Sarbanes-Oxley (also known as SOX) was passed in 2002, and is seen by many as a solution to prevent future high profile financial scandals, such as Enron and WorldCom from reoccurring. Sox protects shareholders and the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent practices within enterprises. The SOX Act was signed on July 30, 2002 and introduced highly significant legislative changes to financial practices and corporate governance regulations. The act
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Mexican Americans
Through out the years, the Hispanic population appears to be growing in large quantities. The group "Hispanics" range from Mexicans, Cubans, Central and South Americans, Puerto Ricans and other Hispanics. Panethnicity is the development of solidarity between ethnic subgroups. One example of panethicity is when Anglos say that "all Hispanics look alike", they tend to believe that all Latinos are the same due to Hispanics skin color or language spoken. Hispanics are brought together through
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African Americans
Blacks in America are descended from many diverseethnic groups. Members of over 40 identifiable ethnic groups from at least 25 different kingdoms were sold to British North America (which later became Canada and the United States) during the Atlantic slave trade. These African slaves were usually sold to European traders by powerful coastal or interior states in exchange for European goods such as textiles and firearms. Africans were very rarely kidnapped by Europeans because they
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The Patriot Act Protects America
The Patriot Act Protects America Since September 11, 2001 many people can say that America has changed. Many people question if America has changed for the better or has it just gotten worse. Since the day those four planes crashed around the United States people's lives have been changed. Many may not realize how their lives have changed, but with new laws passed life is different within America. The United States Patriot Act is one
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The Great Gatsby And The American Dream
As Fitzgerald saw it (and as Nick explains in Chapter IX), the American dream was originally about discovery, individualism, and the pursuit of happiness. In the 1920s depicted in the novel, however, easy money and relaxed social values have corrupted this dream, especially on the East Coast. The main plotline of the novel reflects this assessment, as Gatsby's dream of loving Daisy is ruined by the difference in their respective social statuses, his resorting to
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American Education
There are many things in American society that most have never questioned, or if they have, it has only been a fleeting thought in someone's head. There are times where people will be submissive to authority even though it goes against their beliefs and morals. In the Milgram study, test subjects were called in to play the role of "teacher." They would ask the "learner" word pair questions. If the learner answered the question
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Early American Literature: Puritans Vs. Native Americans
Early Puritans led simple, modest lives, free of materialistic temptations. According to today's high standards, Puritans appear to have led almost primitive lives. However, in that time in history, their humble homes were a large part of their daily lives, and they were viewed upon as being a gift from God. In her poem, Anne Bradstreet describes the importance of her house, despite the fact that she chastises herself for yielding to the temptations of
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Apparentness Of Human Rights In The French And American Revolutions
What are human rights? Human rights are the rights given to each person so that they may be treated with dignity, equality, and respect. These rights are given to people to ensure the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in our society. However, human rights were not given as a birth right, but rather as a struggle that has occurred through many eras. As a result, many battles, conflicts, wars, and revolutions have been fought
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Us Patriot Act
There are many issue with the Patriot Act. Yes it has prevented many attacks on us from terrorists, but would you really want to give up so much freedom in order to have better control of terrorists. Many people would support the act since it does offer more protection against those attacks. Other however, would totally disagree with the act. The Patriot Act is actually violating many of our Constitution rights. The act will allow
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The Partriot Act
Patriot Act The Patriot act has been hailed on of the most controversial bills to have been passed by the U.S. senate. The Patriot Act was enacted in October 2001 shortly after attacks from terrorists on the United States on September 11, 2001. The act gives Federal officials and state agencies greater authority and tools to investigate and track suspected terrorists with the goal of bringing them to trial. The attacks on the United Stated
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Spanish- American War
Spanish War vs. WWI In the 19th century the United States was greatly affected by the two major wars they were involved in. One of them being the Spanish American War and the other WWI also known as the Great War. According to historians the United States went to war with Spain because they wanted to liberate Cuba. The United States saw this, as an opportunity to gain more economic power and to gain empire,
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The Patriot Act
The Patriot Act. On September 11, 2001 Muslim terrorists instilled with a hatred of the west attacked the United States in a brutal fashion. Planes were hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center in New York. Over three thousand people were killed and the impregnable nation known as America was know scared and vulnerable. Almost immediately the legislature began drafting an act that would make the war on terror and the fight for
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Women And The American Revolution
Women generally did not fight in the revolution, and the traditional status of Eighteenth Century women meant that they were not publicly able to participate fully in the debates over the revolution. However, in their own sphere, and sometimes out of it, woman participated fully in the revolution in all the ways that their status and custom allowed. As the public debate over the Townshend Acts grew more virulent, women showed their support for the
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American Dreamer
"American Dreamer" Bharati Mukherjee In "American Dreamer," Bharati Mukherjee tells her story of coming to the United States and becoming a citizen. Mukerjee left Calcutta in 1961 to study at the University of Iowa. She was to return back to her family but instead Mukerjee fell in love and married. She moved to Canada, where her husband was from. After fourteen years, she and her new family moved back to the United States because of
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Start Of The American Revolution
Start Of American Revolution 3 Causes of the final rupture between the 13 colonies and Great Britain between 1763 and 17 There were many causes that brought on the start of the American Revolution. A great deal of the civil unrest was brought on by the acts that followed the end of the French and Indian War. At the end of the war, most of which was fought on American soil England had incurred a
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America Has Been A World Power
America has been a world power for as long as anyone can remember. But how did it become what it is today? Through decades of racism and greed! Our country is one of the most racist country's there has ever been! But without it America would be nothing like it is today. Slavery made America and racism made it grow. America has proven itself to be a selfish, greedy, and racist country. The 1840s
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The Great Battles Of The American Civil War
The Great Battles of the American Civil War The Civil War, often called the War for Southern Independence began on April 12, 1861. The main cause of the war was of course slavery. The southern states depended on slaves to help grow crops which were the main source of income for the south. Slavery was illegal in all of the northern states but most people actually were neutral about it. The main conflict was if
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Achieving The American Dream
From the nineteenth century to the present, the United States has been hailed as a "land of opportunity" where individuals could achieve personal, political, religious, and economic freedoms. The image of the "land of opportunity" was true to different degrees for the African-American sharecropper in the postwar South, the immigrant at Ellis Island, and the wealthy capitalist or manager in the period from eighteen-sixty five to nineteen-fourteen with the African-American being at the low end
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The Sarbanes Oxley Act
The past few years has remarkably changed the face of American business. Corporate scandals involving America's largest companies have shaken the confidence and trust that the public once had in big business. The desire to boost earnings has led some executives to commit crimes, in order to fatten their own pockets, at the expense of hard working employees, shareholders and stakeholders. The end result however, has proved disastrous. Workers have been laid off, thousands of
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American Beauty
American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes in 1999, is one of the best and most unique films I have ever seen. One of the opening scenes of the movie starts with a view of Lester Burnham, his attractive, blonde wife Carolyn Burnham and their daughter Janie and what seems to be what seems to be the Burnhams picture perfect life and picture perfect marriage. The suburban house with the clean cut lawn and perfect
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Japanese American Internment
What was the Japanese American internment? * In 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, a U.S. military base. "Many Americans already disliked the Japanese as a result of racism when the Japanese were being used for cheap labor."1 * As a result "120,000 Japanese men, women, and children were sent to detention camps."1 They were forced away from their homes, schools, and businesses under the pretense of protecting the American citizens. * "The FBI investigated alleged
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Power
An idea about power that is commonly held today is upperclassmen in school systems who have power over the underclassmen. Such as on sports teams when the underclassmen are hazed, or they get less playing time when upperclassmen complain. Upperclassmen have an advantage over underclassmen because they are older. I don't believe that they should because, for example, in a high school setting or college setting, students are all mostly around the same age, and
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Protecting Americans From Food-Borne Pathogens In The Meat Supply:
Joe Brennesholtz PUB 529 Prof. Linden Protecting Americans From Food-borne Pathogens in the Meat Supply: Policy Analysis and Recommendations Introduction In January of 1993, medical staff at a hospital in Seattle Washington noticed that a large number of children were being treated for bloody diarrhea. Many had developed a rare condition known as hemolytic uremic syndrome, a disorder that often results in permanent kidney damage. It was soon discovered that these children had all eaten
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