One may become involved with a pre-existing business through family owned businesses or franchises with little or no risk involved or a start up business taking a chance that the product you may be trying to introduce to the consumer may not sell well. ... The business my father started from the ground floor was a very profitable boat repair business in California. Before he decided to retire, I had the opportunity to help with the accounting. Once he decided to retire, the business was sold. The other two business I ran from home. ...

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I will look at these countries and make not only a comparison based on cultures, but also comparisons from a business perspective. ... Their scholastic goals may be to finish a secondary education, or to attend a university and start their own business. Although not as focused solely on achievement as Euro-Americans, Vietnamese do have high hopes in scholastic and business arenas. ... Business Perspective Mary Kay-Dallas, Texas- beauty products Company's mission- Mary Kay's mission is to enrich women's lives. ... Ayurveda does have a diversity and opportunity statemen...

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Starting a proprietor business has never been an easily done task for any family. ... Surrounded by our Southern amenities, a business just didn't seem imperative. ... During that time, I often wondered why my mother was so obdurate about throwing away such an opportunity. ... "But do you realize what this business could do for us? ... It was patent that the business was still on his mind. ...

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The traumatic life change was especially difficult for me for I was never given an opportunity to mourn these changes. ... My parents always entertained a controversial group of friends, which gave me the opportunity to interact with many individuals whose culture and religious beliefs were different from ours. ... Although I enjoyed the volunteer program at Cedar Sinai, it was there I discovered my true passion for law and business. ...

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If Ethan could partake in the opportunity of property buying, he could gain the partnerships, capital, and social worth that Ethan felt was his. ... Ethan persistently criticized himself for the failure of his business. Even as opportunities opened for Ethan, he still viewed himself as a failure as a businessman. ...

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He is sixty-one years old and heads a business, which supplies engine parts to the military planes. ... Joe Keller has been blinded by his obsession with keeping his secret and his business. ... His only defense of his actions is a need to keep the business going, the business which has become his whole life. He explains to his son, "I'm in business, a man is in business[] you got a process, the process don't work you're out of business[] they close you up, they tear up your contracts, what the hell's it to them? ... I believe that one could argue that Chris' feel...

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Flexibility allows an employee to move from the traditional 9 to 5 week working pattern to one where hours & location are more suitable to fit both the employee's individual circumstances, family commitments & business requirements. ... Positive work culture leading to higher productivity may enable the business to grow & support the employees" needs by introducing such schemes such as child minding services & breast -feeding facilities. ... Both men & women are supported by these laws such as Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO), enabling everyone fair & equitable access to jobs, employ...

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I would cling to my parents every opportunity I received to be with them, which was primarily on the weekends. ... Instantaneously I received a job working with the Chicago Board Options Exchange, which was inspired by my brother's career and status in business. My brother was one of several major influences in my life; he taught me the business aspects that schools do not teach. ... These opportunities gave me the chance to experience and see the world Barnes and myself in a different light. ... She emphasized the importance of a college degree in the business world and she is th...

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When I arrived, I was notified that the original owner had passed away and left the business in my name. I had absolutely no experience to run a business, but as I said earlier, all it takes is hard work and dedication. ... Maylee fought me every time she had an opportunity. ... It is important to understand that as the director of a family focused business that I make time for my family. ... All employees and volunteers leave at five except Wednesdays the office closes at three to have the opportunity to spend time with family. ...

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Felix Starro and his grandfather come to America to perform their traditional business, but his real intention is to stay in America. ... He is negligent to both his grandfather and their business as he focuses more on his desire to stay in America. ... He dares to give up the family business and his old grandfather, who enthusiastically imparts his experiences, hoping that his grandson will continue the family business, to take the freedom of a better life he think America offers. ... Felix loses his identity and family business to live under a dead person's name to be able to stay in Am...

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My mother is very proper, demanding, and is all about her business, even though she was never there to show it, she always showed how much she loved us, which is why I looked up to her so much, and is why she is one of the most important people in my life because of the role she played during my trials and tribulations. ... Without her comfort and support I probably would have been broken down and would have gave up on myself the first opportunity I had. ... When he first introduced himself to me in that chat room I thought I had connected and a few months later fell in love with a twenty-...

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Stereotypes of Literacy In today's society it seems as if everyone is given the same opportunity at receiving an education. ... My father wanted me to work in his business. A business to which I had been a witness was hard to create for my family. ... This can ultimately bring you down or make you stronger Literacy can surely liberate a society, yet not every person is given the opportunity to a higher education. ...

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Business has been slow to change and to acknowledge the new family, and for all the complaints about the women's movement as anti-family, the movement has instead followed the trend of placing the family in the forefront of addressing family issues as vital to women. ... This was accomplished on one level by preventing women from gaining the sort of education offered to men, and while this has changed to a great extent in the United States, there are still inequalities in the opportunities offered to men as opposed to women. ... Yet opening the world of business with new opportunities f...

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When presented with the opportunity to care and love her granddaughter, she welcomed her with open arms. ... Clementine saw an opportunity to ask Mysticka what troubled her and all Mysticka said was "Mind your business because nobody asked you to be in mine....

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Lena Lingard has become a successful business woman and owns her own dress shop. ... Women did not usually own their own businesses at the time and still do not own many big businesses today. ... They were not afforded the same educational opportunities as the town girls. ... In the case of Antonia, she did not need to obtain a business of her own. ...

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Willy's Useless Advice About Success Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman is a play that illustrates a family that lives in a dream world but ultimately comes into reality. Like many people of this country, as well as others, the Lomans strive to live out the American dream. Being well-liked, pop...

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Hobson's Choice Maggie's Character The play "Hobson's Choice" writen by Harold Brighouse, is all abouta family who owns a boot shop. Henry Horatio Hobson, who is father of Maggie, Vicky and Alice, is an alcoholic and spends most of his time at the pub. Vicky and Alice stay in the shop mostly...

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The opportunity for this to happen was not enough to make it a reality however. ... So while the opportunity was there for women it was not a dire necessity that they go to work in the factories. ... Under these conditions, business profits grew enormously, and the American working class became the richest in the world. ... The reason for this cooperation was that business had the economic surplus and power to pay high wages without cutting into their own profits (Rubin 33). Economically, more males had the ability and opportunity to...

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Interventions to combat the disease have mobilized families, communities, schools, businesses, and governmental agencies (Bartek, Lindeman, & Hawks, 1999). ... The evaluator is has a better opportunity to complete a thorough assessment of the family unit by using an unbiased instrument such as the Family Inventory of Life Events and Changes Scale (FILE). ... Nursing interventions supported by the Resiliency model include providing opportunities for meaningful participation, encouraging activities that promote social bonding, establishing clear and concise boundaries, communication of high expe...

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Tagalog is spoken by more than half of its populace while English is the medium of instruction in school and is widely used by the government and businesses. ... Where before their only opportunities were in the farms and canneries, they had opportunities with jobs such as tellers, secretarial work, insurance underwriting, etc. ...

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Luckily, aboard ship, men were given the opportunity to meet with a counselor that coached them on what was to happen when they returned home. ... He now has the opportunity to start his own business, while making up for the time he missed. ...

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I am very glad that I have the opportunity to better myself of by going to college. ... I am currently attending California State University, Fresno pursing in business. ... I am thankful that I have been offered opportunities to expand my knowledge. ...

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Meaning that any family members that may have previously done corporation work with in the area are now sent throughout the world to spread their business. ... As a booming pornography and prostitution business skyrocket women's place in society drops, also their status as prospective partners. ... The changes of the family have created some new opportunities for both genders. ...

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For years, he has traveled for his business so frequently that he has never had the opportunity to truly get to know his own sons. ... He never achieved the love of those he interacted with, never gained any honor, and completed his life as a failure, never gaining success in business or in life. ...

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This place, this country has all the opportunities you could ever ask for, all the dreams and goals you have for yourself, you can accomplish them here without a doubt, and with your papi believing in you, there's nothing standing in your way corazon mio." ... My mom is currently working a full-time job as a business manager in sales thanks to her associates & bachelors in accounting and business management. ...

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