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"The National Rifle Association is unique in American life. Few other civic organizations are as old or as large. None is as controversial. It is largely due to the NRA that the U.S. gun policy differs so extremely--some would say so tragically--from that of every other developed nation. But, as Frank Smyth shows, the NRA has evolved from an organization concerned above all with marksmanship--and which supported most government efforts around gun...
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"Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, an auditing of the British Secret Service "to investigate historical over-reaching." Monochrome's mission was to ferret out any hint of misconduct by any MI5 officer--and allowed Griselda Fleet and Malcolm Kyle, the two civil servants seconded to the project, unfettered access to any and all confidential information in the Service archives in order to do so. But MI5's formidable...
3) Bad blood
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When a murder suspect commits suicide after his arrest for killing a soybean farmer, Virgil Flowers uncovers a multi-generation, multi-family conspiracy involving a series of monstrous crimes.
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Kate O'Malley, a hostage negotiator, is investigating the bombing of an airplane and finds herself faced with evidence that points to FBI agent Dave Richman.
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When a Washington psychiatrist is found dead in his office, Mackenzie Smith is called in to defend one of his patients who has become a suspect. Then information emerges that links the slain shrink to a highly secret CIA mind control project. A programmed assassin strikes and kills the wildly popular frontrunner in the presidential race. As a result of the assassination, the other government agencies have become aware of the rogue CIA program. They...
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"When he opened the FBI investigation into Russia's election interference, Peter Strzok had already spent more than two decades defending the United States against foreign threats. His career in counterintelligence ended shortly thereafter, when the Trump administration used his private expression of political opinions to force him out of the Bureau in August 2018. But by that time, Strzok had seen more than enough to convince him that the commander...
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After retiring from professional football, John positioned himself to become a thriving entrepreneur, especially in the petroleum business. In less than three years, he rose to become a Congressionally Acclaimed Top Rated Minority Businessman. Nonetheless, he began noticing indifferent actions from the US Small Business Administration's certified investor who funded John's company. After denials from government officials in John's home state of Tennessee,...
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En la actualidad las relaciones entre la Unión Europea y América Latina enfrentan numerosos retos suscitados por la crisis económica mundial, la salida de Reino Unido del proceso de integración europeo y los cambios políticos en varios países latinoamericanos, entre otros factores externos.
Todo ello ha propiciado la búsqueda de alternativas que fomenten y refuercen las relaciones entre ambas regiones. Ante estos nuevos escenarios, a partir...
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En este libro se analizan las funciones productivas que se potencian en la región Caribe colombiana a partir de los impactos generados por las reformas borbónicas en la Colonia tardía y las recomendaciones que sufre la estructura económica regional placer convulsionado proceso Independencia la creación de la República. Por esta razón, esta publicación busca explicar los factores que propiciaron la aceleración, desaceleración o incluso impidieron...
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Gérer en fonction de la performance n'est pleinement réalisable que si l'on budgète aussi en fonction de la performance. Si une gestion axée sur les résultats a été implantée par l'État québécois au tournant des années 2000, et si la prise de décisions publiques semble plus influencée qu'avant par les données sur la performance, on ne peut pas dire que ces dernières ont vraiment été intégrées au processus de budgétisation.
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Le budget du Québec, pour la majorité des citoyens, reste un document un peu mystérieux: des montants astronomiques y sont mentionnés, des évaluations très précises d'actions non encore entreprises y apparaissent, des projections des revenus et des dépenses pour les années à venir y sont présentées. Tout cela suppose un travail considérable de la part des élus et des fonctionnaires sans que l'on sache vraiment ce qui est du ressort des...
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The book sheds light on how Sberbank of Russia was transformed from the old-school institution with outlived Soviet practices into a decent member of the world's financial elite and one of the richest brands on the planet. Sberbank reform was an unprecedented event in the history of Russian business. Never before such a large post-Soviet has establishment undergone such a radical and total reorganization according to western patterns. Initiator of...
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ABOUT THE BOOK"When I embraced self-awareness, I found humor in the misguided business ideas I had once entertained. Out of ignorance, I wasted time on ventures that were ill-suited to my strengths and interests. Realizing the importance of self-awareness eventually opened up opportunities I had never thought possible. I discovered my talents and passions, which I harnessed to build successful businesses. This introspection also revealed hobbies that...
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In January 2021, members from the popular subreddit R/WallStreetBets caused GameStop stock to explode. After reaching a high of four hundred and fifty dollars, Robinhood limited its users from joining in the frenzy. Billionaires cried on national television, millions poured their life savings into GameStop stock, and poor millennials became millionaires overnight. Congress turned their eyes onto Reddit user DeepFuckingValue (Keith Gill), R/WallStreetBets,...
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This book is first of its kind in adding the knowledge to the social work education. Especially to the community development workers and NGO's.It focused on the contributions of Non -Governmental organizations(NGO'S) towards social development.The book has covered the profile, policies and programmes of Non-Governmental organizations(NGO's).It emphasized on the activities of NGOs and their contributions for Development in various aspects. The book...
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Quienes esperen encontrar en estas páginas el antiperonismo por el que todos conocen a Iglesias no se sentirán defraudados. ¿Por qué deberían? Sin embargo, tendrán que lidiar con argumentos históricos y económicos que van mucho más allá de las encendidas controversias desde las bancas del Congreso o desde las columnas de prensa. A través de un estudio metódico de la historia económica argentina, de las series estadísticas sobre las variables...
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Are you a whiz with numbers? According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual income of a bookkeeper is $30,500 and, as a business owner, you could make even more. Bookkeeping involves a keen eye for detail and an obsession for organization. If you fit this description and you have been thinking about opening your own bookkeeping business, we have a book that will guide you through the process with ease, showing...
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Jose Maria Sison's writings on the youth movement are a must for a comprehensive understanding and acting on the issue in the context of the Filipino people's struggle for national freedom and democracy. Sison started the resurgence of, and led the development the youth movement in the national democratic revolution to provide the cadres for the people's war.
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The economy of any state is a single system of interconnected industries. In a market economy, an enterprise is the main economic unit, which is characterized by a certain industry affiliation and occupies a special place in the system of the national economy.The leading link of the economy, its basis is the enterprises that produce goods and services, concentrate in their property most of the social capital, determine the business activity of the...