In Cold Blood Truman Capote I. The Last to See Them Alive The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there." Some seventy miles east of the Colorado border, the countryside, with its hard blue skies and desert-clear air, has an atmosphere that is rather more Far West than Middle West. The local accent is barbed with a prairie twang, a ranch-hand nasalness, and the men, many of them, wear narrow frontier trousers,
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THE ECONOMIC RECORD, VOL. 81, NO. 255, AUGUST, 2005, S2–S21 Economics of Social Capital∗ PARTHA DASGUPTA Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK The literature on the idea of ‘social capital’ is now enormous. Offering an alternative to impersonal markets and coercive states, the communitarian institutions built around social capital have looked attractive to scholars in the humanities and social sciences. The literature in consequence has a warm glow to
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Structured election process is one of the indicators of stability in Nigeria’s democracy. Elections in Nigeria continue to elicit more than casual interest by Nigerian scholars due to the fact that despite the appreciation that only credible election can consolidate and sustain the country’s nascent democracy, over the years, Nigeria continues to witness with growing disappointments and apprehension inability to conduct peaceful, free and fair
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INSURANCE ADVISORS EFFECTIVENESS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSURER: A DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY Krishan Kumar Pandey*Manisha Pandey** Manish Kerwar***Ashutosh Khare**** Dharmendra Singh***** Abstract : Few years back insurance was an arcane word for all of us. Insurance is no longer an unexciting business and the insurance advisor an apologetic salesman. New entries have actually changed the rules of the game in the insurance industry. One such change that has made a huge positive impact in the minds of
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Abstract Raves have historically referred to grass-roots organized, anti-establishment and unlicensed all night dance parties, featuring electronically-produced dance music (EDM), such as techno, house, trance and drum and bass. Since their late 1980s origins in the U.K., raves have gained widespread popularity and transformed dramatically. Consequently, their many cultural traits and behaviors have garnered much sociological interest, which mostly falls into two competing perspectives: cultural
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Will Manning, and Harri Sintonen for their very helpful comments. All errors remain the authors’. Abstract Excess drinking is associated with lost productivity, accidents, disability, early death, crime, neglect of family responsibilities, and personality deterioration. These and related concerns have justified special restrictions on alcoholic-beverage commerce and consumption. The nature and extent of government involvement in this arena vary widely over time and place, and are often controversial
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0309-0566.htm The effect of corporate branding dimensions on consumers’ product evaluation A cross-cultural analysis Nizar Souiden ´ Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University, Quebec, Canada Corporate branding dimensions 825 Received October 2004 Revised September 2005 Accepted January 2006 Norizan M. Kassim Department of Management and Marketing, College of Business and Economics
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COLLEGE STUDENTS’ APPAREL IMPULSE BUYING BEHAVIORS IN RELATION TO VISUAL MERCHANDISING by JIYEON KIM (Under the Direction of Dr. Brigitte Burgess) ABSTRACT Due to increasing competition and the similarity of merchandise, retailers utilize visual merchandising to differentiate their offerings from others’ as well as to improve the desirability of products. The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between college students’ apparel impulse buying behaviors and visual merchandising
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ETHICS IN BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT CASES (Various sources) ETHICS IN BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT - CASES – In this course we will discuss and analyze selected cases from among the following sets: 1. 20 short cases - to be resolved individually (ethical challenges of managers) 2. 15 longer cases –more involved, to be resolved in group discussion (ethical challenges of employers, managers and organizations) A. SHORT CASES 1. You’re the plant manager in
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Vance Packard With an Introduction by Mark Crispin Miller PUBLISHING Brooklyn, New York Copyright © 1957, 1980 by Vance Packard Originally published by Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Introduction Copyright 2007© by Mark Crispin Miller All rights reserved. Printed in Canada Reissue Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher. Please direct inquiries to: Ig Publishing 178 Clinton Avenue
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