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    Sen. Al Franken (Dem. Minnesota) By Max Wexler Biography: Al Franken grew up in the middle class neighborhood of St. Louis Park, Minnesota where he inhabited a small two bedroom home with his mom, dad, and brother. From the very start Al’s parents worked to make sure that he and his brother received the best education possible. Thanks to their determination Franken ended up attending harvard. It was there that he met his wife Frannie. After graduating, he teamed up with his friend Tom Davis to become

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    Senators: Media vs Reality

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    the popular media version of them. Works Cited 14 Women. Dir. Mary Lambert. Vertical Films, 2007. Film. Bobby. Dir. Emilio Estevez. The Weinstein Company, 2006. Film. The Candidate. Dir. Michael Ritchie. Warner Brothers, 1972. Film. Franken, Al. Telephone Interview. 29 Sep. 2013. Gregg, Judd. Interview by Ken Strickland. The Exit Interviews: Sen. Judd Gregg 13 Sept 2010. NBC News, New York City. 13 Sept 2010. Web. 29 Oct 2013. Klobuchar, Amy. Personal Interview. 13 Oct 2013. Power

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    Al Franken is a Jewish Harvard graduate who made a name for himself in the 1970s during the inception of NBC’s Saturday Night Live. His wit shone through as a writer and then as an actor for the popular satirical show. When Franken’s role as the anchor of the “Weekend Update” came to an end, he picked up a pen and put his whimsical words on paper. Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations was the product of Franken’s liberalism and humor. Franken’s first political satire plays on the

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    Al Franken has written a liberal masterpiece of epic proportions. If any individual should fail to understand the “obvious conservative bias in the media” or “the Bush Administrations total lack of competence and initiation of ‘Operation Ignore’” they need only to pick up Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them to get their facts straight. From page one Al Franken launches into a very detailed, volatile, humorous, self-patronizing, and sometimes lewd all out assault on the extreme right. His first

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    worship for practising Muslims where they can pray together. Al-Masjid-Al-Nabawi, also known as the prophet's mosque, is the second holiest mosque in the world and is the final resting place of the prophet Muhammad. The original mosque was built by the prophet himself. The mosque also served as a community centre, a court and a religious centre. The main religious texts provide no rules to what the mosque should look like. Al-Masjid-Al-Nabawi has gone under some major transformations form 629-1921

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    History Timeline of Kuwait 1899 – Fearing direct rule from Turkey, Sheikh Mubarak strikes a deal with Britain and Kuwait becomes a protectorate. Britain provides naval protection in return for Kuwait allowing London to control its foreign issues. 1937 - A lot of oil is discovered by the US-British Kuwait Oil Company. 1951 - Major public-works programme begins; Kuwait's infrastructure is transformed, residents enjoy a high standard of living. 1961 - June - Kuwait becomes independent with the end of

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    (http://www.politics1.com) Copy right 1997-2000 "Bush- Cheney 2000." (http://www.georgebush.com) Copy Right 2000 "Breaking Away." (http://www.abcnews.go.com/onair/abc2000politics/2020_000623_gore.html) Copy Right 2000 "Marshall, Joshua M. Al Gore's Campaign Stagnates." April 25, 2000 (http://www.salon.com/politics2000/feature/2000/04/25/quiet/index.html?CP=SAL&DN=110) Copy Right 2000 "Bush Supports The Republican Party's Strong Anti-Abortion Stand." Jan 2000 (http://www.loper.org/~george/archives/2000/Jan/90

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    each candidate's stance on women's rights, equality and environmental issues, I have decided that Al Gore is the best presidential candidate for me. Since Al Gore has served as the vice president for eight years and previously served in the Senate as well, I was able to examine some of the work he has done in two separate branches of the government. The most important issue for me to research was what Al Gore did in support of the woman's right to choose. Since I am a college ... ... middle of paper

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    The Economic Impact of the Attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon The effects of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon are rippling throughout the world, by sector, by region, and by market. Bond markets, inside and outside the U.S., already jittery from a deceleration in worldwide economic activity, are struggling to find direction in the aftermath of the attack. There now seems little doubt that the U.S. and global economies will slip into recession. The aerospace

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    Al Gore versus George Bush Debate Styles On October 11, 2000, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Vice President Al Gore and Governor George W. Bush, Jr., participated in the second presidential debate for Decision 2000. These two men went head to head on public issues. The candidates answered questions for the sole purpose of showing the people of the United States who was the stronger leader. After reviewing the debates one can easily state Mr. Gore won by strongly and directly answering questions

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    portion of the market share. There are various methods used to measure this, which will be discussed in turn. ‘The concentration ratio is the percentage of all sales contributed by the leading three or five, say, firms in a market.’ (Maunder, P. et al (1991) p561) So the concentration ratio can be calculated by using the cumulative share of the first three or five firms according to their sales revenue share, summarised in the following equation: CRk= SSi , i=1…k where Si =sales revenue

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    Investigating the Variation between Memorizing Words AIM The aim of the study was to investigate the variation between memorizing words from organised lists and non-organised lists. INTRODUCTION The investigation was similar to the ‘Bower et al’ study (1969) of whether organisation of data facilitates memorizing it. Methods of organisation to assist in enhancing memorizing objects have been performed, by, for example, asking participants to categorise lists of objects into a meaningful

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    Functions of Sleep

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    claims that sleep enables the body to make repairs after the exertions of the day. Evidence for the role of SWS comes for the hypothesis that if SWS serves the purpose of repairing the body then physical exercise should lead to more SWS. Shapiro et al. (1981) studied the sleep patterns of long distance runners. After a 57 mile race they found that the runners slept 1.5 hours longer than normal on the 2 nights following the race. In particular, there was an especially large increase in the amount

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    Sources and their Support that the Failure of Prohibition was Inevitable In 1920, Prohibition came into effect across the United States. The making, selling and transporting of alcohol were banned. Thousands of illegal stills and millions of gallons of wine and spirits were destroyed. Prohibition also however led to vast increases in crime. In 1933, prohibition was brought to an end nationally although a few states still continued with their own ban on alcohol. However, was the failure of

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    lot at stake in this year's elections. Republicans' optimism is based on their view that they will take back the White House after an eight-year hiatus. GOP insiders believe that Americans are tired of Bill Clinton, have doubts about Vice President Al Gore and are ready for change. Republican turnout was down in 1998, which helps account for the party's poor showing in the off-year elections. And even the most loyal Republican will agree that the party's recent presidential nominees, Bob Dole and

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    the games played. Bush sought to lower taxes on Americans, much like Reagan and Kennedy. When looking at a map of the counties won by Bush in 2000, one begins to see an overwhelming majority of the country supported George Bush, not Al Gore. The counties won by Al Gore were more densely populated and were in greater need for government subsidies. The counties won by Bush wanted to keep more of their hard earned money, and not have to pay for someone else to get services that they themselves might

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    Legalization of Marijuana

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    marijuana use was brought to the attention of two former political leaders: Former President, Bill Clinton and Al Gore. When asked about his past drug use, Clinton refrained from answering. According to Bill Turque, a biographer of Al Gore, Gore spent much of his young adulthood “smoking dope and skipping through fields of clover” (Lowry 1). The irony exists in the fact that both Bill Clinton and Al Gore had previous encounters experimenting with marijuana, but somehow managed to become significant political

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    in information technology (IT) is often a matter of competitive necessity. The technological advances emerging from the integration of computing, microelectronics and telecommunications are creating significant changes in organisations (Stoner, et al 1994). The information technology revolution of the past 20 years has made information technology an integral part of any core business activity. Information technology management now contributes to all the management functions of planning, organising

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    Prescription Drug Coverage Introduction Throughout the past year of presidential campaigning, one of the top issues for both candidates has been that of whether or not there should be a prescription-drug benefit added to Medicare. Both George W. Bush and Al Gore have proposed a plan to expand Medicare to include full prescription-drug coverage for senior citizens receiving Medicare, at the expense of taxpayers. It is obvious why this issue has been such a priority for both candidates. Senior citizens vote

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    Control Processes

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    it can place orders when inventory reaches a specified level (Bartol et al 4th edition). It simply isn’t possible for managers to carry out this process in a large inventory Managerial approaches to Implementing Controls Bureaucratic control approach Bureaucratic control is the use of written rules, policies, hierarchy of authority, standardization, etc., to standardize and control employee behavior. (Bartol et al). this type of approach gives emphasis on fixed duties and narrow subt

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