It can be approached from different perspectives and consequently defined in quite different ways. ... All the cultural distinctions of all the nationalities constitute the American culture, which is often referred to as "a melting pot", "a pot of stew" or "a salad dish". ... As members of a cultural group have had similar social and cultural experiences, the meaning of a word is shared by them all, but it may be different in certain aspects from the meaning this word has for people of other cultural groups, that is, word meaning, particularly the meaning of culturally loaded words, may vary i...

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In the beginning, people from England immigrated to America, and then other European countries followed. The American natives were treated as immigrants and forced to migrants into the western land due to Manifest Destiny in the 1860s. ... This is important because such discovery implies that the United States could use statistic to compute the optimal quota rate needed to maximize the GDP by examine immigration data from previous years. All three articles demonstrate that immigration can be used to control and expands the United States GDP. ... To his argument, Putnam points out that "Et...

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First of all, every culture varies in traditions over time. ... Wild, maniac, unsophisticated, uneducated, vulgar these are all words that come to mind when I think of prehistoric or primitive. ... Culture, after all, is associated with the changes a society goes through over time. ... As it is with all cultures around the world, the !... The most recent problem started on January 18, 2001, resulting from a plan by the UN refugee agency to move twenty thousand refugees onto !...

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From late 1990's, the Hanliu phenomenon was firstly formed from Korean dramas and extended into various mass cultures. ... Although two countries, China and Korea, are often considered culturally relatively close, the cultural values reflected in the commercials are frequently quite different. ... Cheng and Schweitzer(1996) argued that Chinese advertising was more symbolic, and that there was an assimilation of Eastern and western cultural values in commercials. ... First of all, the marketer's intention and the consumers' perceptions of branding are collected and compared...

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They became isolated in their new "home" and were deprived of support from their shared customs and culture (Do 41). Unlike other groups who immigrated at will, the first-wave Vietnamese refugees were pushed out of their home country, fleeing from fear of persecution. ... For other longtime immigrants, Little Saigon helps them communicate with their More importantly, Little Saigon attracts young Vietnamese Americans through the newly built upscale Asian Garden Mall or Phước Lộc Thọ with fresh experiences and characteristics; quite different from the prevalent American mall. ...

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I believe that God has a plan for me and that even in hard times it is only to make me stronger and that it is all planned. 2. ... So when you got paid after work you were actually being granted with more time to live and every time you bought something time was taken away from your life and they had a countdown on their wrist. ... I am so grateful to be able to have privacy and not have to be watched all the time. ... One thing I like about Canvas is the calendar and how it puts all my classes together and shows all the due dates and I believe that ties into living with high uncertainty avoi...

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The Japanese welcome businesspeople from abroad and take pride in delivering high quality products. ... Methodology I have obtained information from several libraries in my area. I have gained information from expert research in journal articles in order to support my ideas. I also used secondary information from books to illustrate all supported data. ... Later we will see how all of these cultural aspects affect business communications in Japan. ...

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