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- 1571: Banking And The Economy
- ... factors, which affect a country's economic growth, ? the size of the labour force, ? the quality of the labour force, ? natural resources, ? capital formation, ? And technological change. (James, pg. 727) Each factor has its own effect on economic growth, however together they produce a greater overall effect. Picture a bank without any branches. No tellers. No rows of desks. No racks of brochures, no automated teller machines outside. Picture, in fact, a virtual bank, one that for the customer exists only in ...
- 1572: The Correlation Between Chines
- ... control the acts of any nobles that may have gained more land and power than he. The land under his direct rule had continually gotten smaller as a result of invasions by rebelling nobles. In effect of the extinguishing kingdom, the number of states decreased from 1,000 during the Western Zhou to a mere 100 during the Spring and Autumn Period and finally to the minute amount of twenty during ... period as well. Through the increasing usage of iron tools, agriculture had developed furthermore. Lords had learned that they may receive more money if they were to rent their lands to the serfs. So, in effect, there was the establishment of landowners and tenants. Along with this development of agriculture, handicrafts and commerce also grew, and there appeared a new merchant class. Many merchants were rich enough to visit and bribe ...
- 1573: Taxes and Its Objectives
- ... than 1 billion form 1099s every year as part of the government's cumbersome efforts to track income from interest, dividends, and other forms of business income. With a flat tax, this burden disappears. The effect would restore the simplicity of the original income tax. A flat tax will encourage more jobs and higher wages by boosting incentives to work, save, and invest. In the long run, the elimination of most of the tax code's bias against savings and investment will have the biggest effect. Studies show that a flat tax will encourage capital formation, leading over time to higher levels of productivity, increased wages, and more jobs. A flat tax also will have a more immediate impact on job ...
- 1574: The Failure of NAFTA
- ... percent of the Democrats in the House voted against Clinton. For it was actually Newt Gingrich’s aggressive intervention and the Republican vote that made the difference. Two years after the agreement was put into effect the results came in. The people were right. The business leaders, the economists, the White House, and Newt Gingrich were all wrong. Let’s look at the facts. President Clinton promised 200,000 additional jobs ... one reason responsible for the abnormal increase in lay offs, cited by the companies? NAFTA. In 1993 a vice president of the Mattel Corporation assured a Congressional subcommittee that NAFTA would have a very positive effect on the company’s 2,000 U.S. employees. Two years later 520 workers in Mattel’s Medina, New York plant were laid off. The reason for the lay offs? Increased company imports from Mexico ...
- 1575: Civil Disobedience
- ... the difference was, that they were not prepared to suffer or stand up for the rights of others. There are thousands who are in opinion opposed to slavery and to the war, who yet in effect do nothing to put an end to them; who, esteeming themselves children of Washington and Franklin, sit down with their hands in their pockets, and say that they know not what to do, and do nothing; who even postpone the question of freedom to the question of free trade. . . . They hesitate, and they regret, and sometimes they petition; but they do nothing in earnest and with effect. They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy the evil, that they may no longer have it to regret. At most, they give only a cheap vote, and a feeble countenance and Godspeed, to ...
- 1576: Strikes and Alternative Forms of Coping
- ... managements attention. Slacking is a situation in which a worker slows his or her production to a minimum or refuses to work any overtime or above and beyond his duties. This can have a profound effect in an assembly line, because if one worker slows down the entire production line slows down. Also if an order needs to be completed by a certain date, workers will usually work overtime to complete ... a waste of materials by workers as a threat or act to protest against management. Sabotage can also be used by an individual or by a group of workers. Sabotage will usually have the same effect as slacking but may cost the company a little more. For example if a worker on an assembly line purposely breaks something, the line must be stopped in order to fix the problem, thus slowing ...
- 1577: Censorship of Books: Freedom of What?
- ... drug addiction. It is written as a series of diary entries she kept during the rehabilitation process. A parent complained to the school about a dirty word in the book. The “dirty” words were an effect used to show what the girl was like while she was on drugs, and they were only used in instances where emphasis was appropriate.“The book actually gave us the true effect of what drugs do to you and how you can become addicted to them so easily,” one student stated in response to the banning of the book. Another student stated, “It is about the real ...
- 1578: Lots Wife, Akhmatovas Version
- ... because she doesn t separate the lines into stanzas as Akhmatova does. This shows us that different structures can be appropriate considering compatibility with the placement of other elements of poetry. Structure has a direct effect on the rhythm of a poem. Szymborska s structure (or lack thereof) allows the reader to continuously read from beginning to end, as if the whole poem was one complete thought. Akhmatova s version also ... interestingly identical for both poems, despite the immense differences otherwise. Tone is also a prevalent similarity, as when looked at side by side the same tone exists, even though there are many other factors that effect this element. In conclusion, Lot s Wife is a poem that contains many messages, as achieved differently by different authors. The elements of poetry work hand in hand and are all contingent upon one another ...
- 1579: Deregulation of the Airline Industry
- ... of the ValuJet crash (which brought increased attention to all low fare carriers). The crash of Flight 592 has brought increased scrutiny to ValuJet (and to low-fare carriers in general), and the long-term effect on ValuJet is not yet known. The stock, which had two, two-for-one splits in 1995 and which peaked at more than 30 dollars per share in late 1995, has plummeted to below 12 ... highest safety records in the industry, and the company has also benefited from higher ticket prices and increased passenger traffic. The recent reinstatement of the federal excise tax is not expected to have a negative effect on Southwest demand since it has indicated it will increase fares in only 20 percent of its markets, but this will affect profitability. The company's strategy is to make up the difference of lower ...
- 1580: Pulmonary Agents
- ... and these reactions account for the major pathophysiological effects of phosgene. These acylations occur at alveolar- capillary membranes and lead to leakage of fluid from those capillaries into the interstitial portions of the lung. This effect is from direct contact of phosgene with these membranes; phosgene exposure by other routes, e.g., by intravenous administration, does not cause this damage. Phosgene-induced leakage of fluid from capillaries into the pulmonary interstitium ... early nonspecific warnings of increased interstitial fluid in the lung. Peak expiratory flow rate may decrease early after a massive phosgene exposure. This nonspecific test helps to assess the degree of airway damage and the effect of bronchodilator therapy. Decreased lung compliance and carbon monoxide diffusing capacity are particularly sensitive indicators of interstitial fluid volume in the lung, but are complex tests for hospital use only. Early findings on chest x ...
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