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Fewer than 20% of Baby Boom women will experience a secure retirement.

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This is a splendid oral history of a time between World War I and World War II when Jewish athletes were the dominant ethnic group in professional boxing in the United States.

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First, companies that do not want to actually establish local production facilities can export directly to targeted markets or engage in turnkey operations. Second, establishing contractual relationships with foreign companies is effective when a firm does not want to operate a wholly earned subsidy.

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When, how and why do clothes become fashion Fashion is more than mere clothing. This work explores the structures and strategies which underlie fashion innovation, how fashion is perceived and the point at which clothing is accepted or rejected as fashion.

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When, how and why do clothes become fashion Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. This book explores the structures and strategies which underlie fashion innovation, how fashion is perceived and the point at which clothing is accepted or rejected as fashion.

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When Communication Became a Discipline describes how speech and journalism professors embraced the concept of communication as central to their scholarly work. It tells the story of how they transformed themselves and established an academic discipline of communication.

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This perspective on Congressional debating, derived from the theoretical work of Mikhail Bakhtin, argues against several often unvoiced assumptions: that such debating is tedious and inconsequential; that debates are inherently bipolar; and that they are "finalizable".

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Examines the new conventional wisdom about federal grants. Through documentary research and hundreds of interviews with local, state, and federal administrators and elected officials, the authors consider the implementation and operation of federal programs for education, health care, and housing in four urban areas to learn which programs worked, when, and why.

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A history of the uneasy relationship between jazz and rock through the lens of the music press.

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A history of the uneasy relationship between jazz and rock through the lens of the music press.

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Covering the entire world of business from heavy industry to the financial houses of Wall Street, this book shines a spotlight on 100 of the most infamous cases of misconduct and malfeasance in corporate history.

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Explores the warning signs and motivations for murders committed by teenagers with no history of violence. The author asserts that understanding these patterns of behaviour can lead to a less violent society in the future.

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This book provides a roadmap-based on interviews with women who have been there-on how to transition from a relationship that did not work to one that is a joyous, loving, and intimate experience with a new partner.

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An overview of the history of Israel from one of the world's leading ancient historians of this region.

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This reference provides a treatment of the laws, documents and policies relating to the difficult issues that arise at the end of life. It provides commentaries on the refusal of life-sustaining treatment and the Patient Self-Determination Act, as well as legal references and hospital policies.

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Marxist research-relevant assumptions about epistemology, methodology, and science are scrutinized along with how each of the various Marxist groups goes about conducting research in terms of contemporary social science norms.

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Large urban school systems have been the weakest link in American education, driving middle-class families into the suburbs while contributing mightily to the racial learning gap.

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This collection focuses on the art expression from the inferno of the Holocaust.

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With provision for seeing 1945 as the proper starting point for the 20th century and 1968 as the year that marked the end of the Age of Reason, this provocative study portrays the First World War as the first war of the 20th century and the Second World War as the last war of the 19th.

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This book is a comprehensive look at the results of a study, done under the auspices of Kent State University, that explored the attitudes, beliefs, and life orientation of 253 women between the ages of 25 and 45.