The European Union
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of the governing institutions of the European Union. The European Council, Parliament and Commission are discussed in detail as are the three courts. The interrelationship between the six governing bodies are explored along with current events issues. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The European Union Ban on North American-Produced Beef and Efforts at Retaliation
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This 5 page report discusses the fact that, in 1989, the European Union (EU) implemented a ban on imported beef from animals treated with growth-promoting hormones, cutting off U.S. beef exports to the EU valued at approximately $100 million annually. Canada and the U.S. have issued lists of “retaliation” European goods that will (and in some cases already are) the targets of steeply increased import tariffs in order to gain access to the North American markets. The retaliation has created a great deal of animosity on both sides of the Atlantic. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The European Union in 2010
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This 6 page report discusses the European Union and its possible future. There are, of course, numerous critics around the world who are convinced that the entire process has only one logical outcome – disaster. Initially, both corporate and political leaders feared the creation of a “fortress” Europe. However, many are now convinced that the move toward regional integration will reduce the costs and risks of doing business, as well as furthering positive social policies. What the EU will look like in the next decade is debatable. However, this report highlights the many potentially positive outcomes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The European Union in Expansion
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A 5 page paper discussing several points of advantage and disadvantage to member nations, applicant nations and non-member nations, particularly the US. Formerly known as the European Community until 1993 when the Maastricht Treaty took effect, the European Union is a treaty-based and institutional entity that encourages and even requires political and economic cooperation among its current fifteen member nations. Changes could affect overall relations with the US, but the advantages are likely to be greater in number than any disadvantages that may arise. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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The Financial Institutions and their Influence on Eastern Europe
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This 7 page paper considers the institutions of the World bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European union and their influence on Eastern European countries, including Russia. The paper puts forward the hypothesis that the encouragement of free market capitalism in these countries has been self-serving and not necessarily in these countries best interests. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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The Greatest Challenges Facing the European Union
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This 9 page report discusses a number of the issues being dealt with by the leaders of the European Union. With an admittedly shared but still distinct history, the nations of Europe have faced and will continue to face a significant number of obstacles blocking the utopian state that some imagine as the future of Europe. New regulatory frameworks, the creation of the Euro, post-nationalism, economic and social expansion, as well as the growing sense of alienation on the part citizens of EU member-nations must all be considered as important challenges of the 21st century. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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The History and Development of the Economy of Spain
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This 8 page report discusses the economy of Spain in terms of: historical precedent; relationship with its European neighbors; its movement toward European integration; problems it faced becoming a part of the European Union; and, its current economic and diplomatic status with Europe. The report also provides a brief comparison of the economies of Spain and Germany that illustrates both Spain’s relationship to Germany and how far the nation has come in the past several decades of determination. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BWSPecon.rtf

The Problem of Immigration and the European Union
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This 10 page paper looks closely at the problems that could be faced by the European Union if immigration is to continue. The foreign policy of the Union is considered regarding immigration and asylum seekers. The perceived problems, both social and economic are also discussed. The bibliography cites 8 sources
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Why Studying Financial Management is Important in Today’s World
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A 5 page paper which discusses why studying financial management is important. The paper addresses issues involving the European Union as it involves Greece, the merging condition of the Balkan Islands, and general information pertaining to why studying financial management is useful in every field of study today.
Filename: RAgrfinan.wps

Here Comes the EURO
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This eight page paper presents an overview of the EURO which is the single currency system that eleven European countries have joined together to implement. Bibliography lists four sources.
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International Business, Consideration of the Euro and Franchising and Licensing
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This 5 page paper considers two questions. The first concerns the advantages of the Euro as a result of the single European currency. The second concerns the use of licensing and franchises in international business. The bibliography cites 4 sources for the first question and 3 for the second.
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The Euro and Its Implications for International Finance
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This 12 page report discusses the introduction of the Europe’s new Euro and its implications for the world’s financial systems. Although the Euro is undoubtedly changing the world market, for companies and investors in the United States the greatest impact will be more gradual and have its greatest impact in the future. Corporate hedging, impacts on multi-national companies, expansion and debt financing are also discussed. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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The Impact of the Euro
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This 15 page paper looks at the euro’s introduction in 1999 and possible effects it will have on the global economy. The effect on the American businessman is the focus of the paper, but sentiment in various European countries are looked at as well. The Big Mac index is explained and seen as one tool to track the path of the euro as it gives the American dollar a run for its money. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Theoretical Questions in Historical Context
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This 10 page paper is broken down into three sections, each answering questions posed by a student. Many topics are addressed with a focus on Karl Marx, his writings, and French society. Jean Paul Sartre and his ideas about historical materialism are discussed. Karl Marx's contributions, and those of other theorists are evaluated in the context of the history of France. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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18th Century Debates in the Age of Enlightenment
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This 5 page report discusses the Enlightenment and many of the ideas and issues that were regular debated by theologians, philosophers, and sociopolitical activists of the 18th century. The many opposing opinions of the age led to debate that was generally predicated on the critical independence of reason and traditional forms of authority. As a result, the ideas and philosophies developed in the Age of Enlightenment had profound and far-reaching political implications. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Differences Between Baroque & Enlightenment Periods
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A 5 page paper which examines the differences in art, architecture and humanities between the Baroque and Enlightenment periods. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Politics in the Enlightenment
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This 8 page paper explores politics during the Age of Enlightenment (the 18th C) which changed the feudal system of rule to a more centralized thoughtful government. Montesquieu, Locke, Kant, and Wollstonecraft are discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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The Development of American Political Culture
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A 5 page research paper that gives a brief synopsis of how political culture grew in the United States from the time of British settlement until the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The writer discusses the major influences on this process with particular emphasis on the role of leaders of the Enlightenment. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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This 5-page paper attempts to dispute the idea that war in England wasn't possible in 1640, but broke out two years later. This paper explores the reasons for the English Civil War, and points to the idea that religion and uncertainty over Parliamentarian rule helped drive the war on for more than two decades. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Beginnings of Christianity in Britain
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This 11 page paper looks at the way in which Christianity was established in Britain. Firstly through the Romans, and then by Pope Gregory, Saint Augustine, and Constantine. The isolation of the Celtic church and the success of the Synod of Whitby are also considered. The bibliography cites 13 sources.
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Auschwitz -Human Strength in the Face of Insurmountable Odds
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This 7 page paper looks at the results on the lives of individuals by interment in the German concentration camps such as Auschwitz. The illustrations of strength of character illustrated at this tome by both Jews and Germans who disagreed with the anti-Semitism policies. The paper argues that the greatest strength was in the many small acts, often forgotten or overlooked, of individuals both during and after the holocaust. Examples of these individuals are also included in the paper. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
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The Dachau Nazi Concentration Camp
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A 5 page paper which examines the Dachau, Germany Nazi concentration camp site from both a historical as well as contemporary perspective, and discusses what can be learned by visiting there today. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Death Of Primo Levi
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The novelist, poet and chemist Primo Levi wrote and talked about his experiences as a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland, during WW II. Levi, was found dead at the bottom of four flights of stairs at his apartment complex in Turin, Italy, in 1987. Many believe that he committed suicide and that the motive for such an act grew out of his Auschwitz experiences. This 5 page paper argues that his death was a direct result of the year he spent in the death camp, albeit forty years later. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Drowned and the Saved: The Effects of Violence on Language
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A 5 page discussion of the impact that violence has on our language. Uses the book, The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi to describe the effects that violence inflicted by the Nazis in the Jewish concentration camps had on Levi and on the language of the time. Emphasizes the continuing moral degradation of our language and points out that the term 'Musselmanner', which became Auschwitz slang for those close to death from starvation and privation in the concentration camps means more than just the physical appearance, it means the loss of will. Concludes that the mass production of Musselmanner, the moral and ethical starvation we are experiencing on an ever-increasing basis, has resulted in the destruction of life and language.
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Victor Frankl and “Man’s Search for Meaning”
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A 5 page paper which discusses Victor Frankl’s book “Man’s Search for Meaning” and examines the question “For Frankl, is the human search for meaning necessarily a religious search?” The argument is presented that, no, it is not necessarily a religious search. This is in light of the fact that Frankl’s book is nothing but an illustration of many individuals’ ability to survive in the worst imaginable circumstances. Each individual within the concentration camp dealt with his own search in a completely different way. Bibliography lists no additional sources.
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The Influence of Geography on Regional Economies
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This 7 page paper looks at the way the geography of an area can effect that areas economy, moreover it is argued that it cannot fail to influence the regions economy. An example is used to demonstrate this point, the north of England and the location of coal mines has greatly influenced this region and that influence continues now, despite the fact most coal mines have now been closed and the industry has suffered a sharp decline. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEcoaluk.wps

Finland, Germany, the US and the USSR
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A 14 page research paper that examines the unusual role that Finland played during WWII. The writer argues that since the principle opponent of Finland throughout the war was the Soviet Union and its expansionist tendencies, Finland can be seen as the first casualty of the Cold War. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Political History: Ambiguities
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6 pages in length. The writer discusses historical ambiguities as they relate to civil rights, World War II and the rise and fall of the Cold War. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Malaga / War and Pre-War History Of A City In Spain
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A 10 page paper discussing the effects of the Spanish Civil War on this idyllic Iberian city on the Mediterranean coast. Malaga is an ancient city dating from the time of the Phoenicians; before that, it had been inhabited by even the earliest manifestations of modern man, the Neandertals. There was little change in the vicinity of Malaga after a brief period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in which it embraced economic development and industrialization. Following that, it reverted to the agrarian nature of its history, the peace of which was only interrupted by visiting warring factions. In that respect, the Spanish Civil War offered little distinction from any other period of war that had visited the city. Bibliography lists 48 sources.
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Baudelaire and William Morris / 19th Century European Socio-Politics
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An 11 page paper that presents the works of these two writers within the political and social context of 19th century France and England. This paper demonstrates that through the social and political issues of the day, both of these authors embraced a socialist perspective, represented within their writing. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Voltaire's Letters on England
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This 5 page paper examines two of Voltaire's letters on England and takes a look at eighteenth century Europe. The Enlightenment, and Voltaire's possible motives for the writings, are discussed . Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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International Strategy; The Bosnian Conflict
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This 7 page paper considers different strategies open to countries regarding conflicts. Issues such as non-intervention, diplomacy and military action are considered and applied to the example of Bosnia. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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The Culture of the Serbs and Albanians in Bosnia
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A 5 page paper which discusses some of the cultural aspects of the Serbs and the Albanians in Bosnia. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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She Didn't Stand A Chance: Lady Di and Her Struggle With Bulimia
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This three-page-paper discusses the eating disorder bulimia. The emotional abuse that Princess Diana suffered in her marriage to Charles coupled with the stress of trying to fit into the royal family triggered the disorder that was not made public until the divorce was underway. The things that caused her to develop bulimia are discussed in detail. Bibliography lists four sources.
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British Foreign Policy / 1848 - 1871
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This is a 5 page paper that examines the theories and practices of foreign policy in Great Britain from 1848 to 1871. It actually begins with a brief look at events leading to the political atmosphere of the time specified and then delves in depth into the concept of Balance of Power and Palmerstonian principles. There are brief descriptions of Lord John Russell and Benjamin Disraeli, along with their political perspectives. It concludes by citing specific negative consequences of the above policies. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Renaissance Poetry
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The Renaissance era produced some of the world's greatest poets. The Renaissance began as a cultural movement in the fifteenth-century. Aligned with the humanist movement, the new style depended on the Greek and Roman rhetoric as examples of literary style. The poetry of the era included romance, allegory, adventure, Neoplatonic ideas, patriotism, and Protestant morality. This 10 page paper explores the poetry of Katherine Philips, Ben Jonson, Andrew Marvell, Samuel Pepys and John Donne with an emphasis on how it relates to the Renaissance period and the styles that emerged. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography
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In 5 pages the author discusses 'The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin' by Benjamin Franklin and how this work reflects the ideals of the Enlightenment in both form and context. No other sources.
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Hitler / The Assassination Attempt of July 20, 1944
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In 10 pages, the author discusses the assassination attempt of July 20, 1944 on Adolf Hitler and its affect on Germany. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Hitler: The Evidence for Genetic Predisposition
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A 15 page overview of the possibilities of genetic predetermination of Hitler’s actions. Emphasizes the possible role of Parkinson’s Disease in shaping the actions of the man. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Schumann: Nazi Doctor
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Schumann: Nazi Doctor: A 2-page summary of the career of Nazi doctor and experimenter Horst Schumann, who conducted experiments at Auschwitz. Covered are the reasons he joined the Nazis, his relationship with Hitler and Himmler, and his fate after the war. Lists 2 sources.
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Stephen J. Lee/Hitler and Nazi Germany
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A 5 page analysis of historian Stephen J. Lee's book. The writer discusses how this volume offers students an overview of the historical themes that characterize world history in the first half of the twentieth century. No additional sources cited.
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The Evolution of Hitler’s Anti-Semitism
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This 6 page report discusses how Adolf Hitler’s anti-Semitism grew in the two decades preceding World War II and how he used it to inspire the German people. By 1921, Hitler was speaking to groups that numbered in the thousands. By the time he published “Mein Kampf” (1924) membership in the Nazi party had grown to the tens of thousands. Anti-Semitism and blame laid at the door of the Jews for Germany’s problems brought eager “converts” to the party. This paper also discusses how anti-Semitism became more virulent between the publication of “Mein Kampf” and Hitler’s famous speech at the Reichstag in January of 1939. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Two Views on the French Revolution
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A 10 page research paper that analyzes two books on the causes of the French Revolution-- Bailey Stone (The Genesis of the French Revolution) and Georges Lefebvre (The Coming of the French Revolution). While these two historians disagree on particular points, they are largely in agreement the primary impetus towards revolution came from the inability of the French monarchy and its government to function. No additional sources cited.
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Beethoven the Revolutionary
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This 8 page paper discusses the reasons why historians and musicologists have both consistently labeled Beethoven as a revolutionary. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Napoleon Bonaparte: The Influences on Him and How He Influenced the World
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This 10 page paper argues that many of Napoleon's ideas are original. However, he was able to glean ideas from a number of early leaders. His family and his family circumstances entered the picture in his desire to conquer Europe. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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