XM limits commercials to six minutes per hour (down from 20 minutes that some terrestrial stations offer) and has 35 channels that are completely commercial free. ... New car sales is a particularly attractive channel for XM because of constraints associated with implementing after-market SAT radio technology. ... In addition to the size of the tuner, receiver and installation costs may prohibit customers from installing SAT radio in their current vehicles. ... In addition to home use, there are other areas that would benefit from SAT radio technology. ... Fixed annual payments, totaling $...

• Word Count: 2299
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Compassion to help the underprivileged also attributed to government making the first step to take action. ... Although this has attributed to the overall growth in achieving a more diverse workplace, it is not the free ticket for minorities to enter into the workplace in any area of work. ... This ruling still provided a good opportunity to attract a diverse student body, but many minorities were not making the acceptable SAT score to enroll in the finer schools in the country. ... This special interest in diverse student body in higher education has even considered eliminating the SAT and...

• Word Count: 1980
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These may include; leaking examination questions to potential female students, giving them higher grades to improve their degree classifications or even allocating marks to female students who have not actually sat for the said paper. ... Lecturers should consider students as part of them; by guide them when they need help and advice. They should behave as their parents, as such, students will be free to trust their lecturers based on their behavior. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They were later awarded a $95,000 settlement from the Maryland State Police, as well as an agreement by the agency to keep records to help prevent discrimination (Jones 38-40). ... The attitude of certain high-ranking law enforcement officials also helps to compound the problem. ... Haggerty, who was about to announce her engagement and who had a bright future before her, was shot and killed as she sat in the car. ... Race-dependent policing retards the development of bias-free thinking; indeed, it encourages the opposite (Kennedy). ...

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The narrator plunges in the mind of Septimus and reports in free indirect discourse the thoughts and feelings of this character towards the scene. ... In this free indirect discourse the reader learns that Clarissa and Peter saw things differently, they argued often. ... In doing so, he takes on the tone and style of the respective character, and is able to express his thoughts and feelings in free indirect discourse. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Storytelling, music, and dance have all played a central role in African culture, because they help preserve history and religious and social customs. ... Through the telling of stories, folklore and fiction these slaves illustrated for other slaves an array of experiences including, pre-slavery Africa, the "middle passage" (period of time that the slaves traveled in horrible conditions in a ship to get to the new world), the underground railroad/runaway experience, working on the plantations, the hope of being freed and vindicated, and general daily hardships. ... Owens remarks, "The slave&...

• Word Count: 2002
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"Powell was not above seeking White House help when he needed personal political support, to get a bill passed, to protect his committee's jurisdiction and power, and the White House was willing to reciprocate with the volatile congressman under many circumstances" (Hamilton 404). ... He attacked racial segregation while Dawson sat silently. ... He also represents the stereotypes of New York City, such as being liberal, free, and confrontational. ...

• Word Count: 1701
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The black rights and women's rights movements of the 1960's fought against injustice and discrimination that had been suffered by minorities for years [Hud99]In response, President Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925 in 1961, creating a Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity and mandating that projects financed by federal funding would "take affirmative action" to ensure that hiring and employment practices were free of racial bias [Hud99]. ... Affirmative action is needed to attract women to underrepresented fields and to help them attain greater numbers in senior acad...

• Word Count: 1760
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"Less common elements include aluminum (Al), sulfur (S), tin (Sn), calcium (Ca), potassium (K), chlorine (Cl), copper (Cu), strontium (Sr), zinc (Zn), titanium (Ti), or silicon (Si)" and some "so-called 'lead free' ammunition may contain one or more elements including strontium (Sr), zinc (Zn), titanium (Ti), copper (Cu), antimony (Sb), aluminum (Al), or potassium (K)" (Examination of gunshot residue). ... These false positives were presented to an ignorant jury in court to help build a case against a possibly innocent person. ... Other than that, I couldn't...

• Word Count: 2081
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate