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Museum of Hoaxes: A Collection of Pranks, Stunts, And Other Wonderful Stories Contrived for the Public from the Middle Ages to the New Millennium
A remarkable collection based on the author's popular Web site, this book is a fascinating historical tour of hundreds of documented hoaxes, many collected here for the first time. Read about the curiosities & cons of the most notorious hornswogglers & flimflam men of the 19th century; be astounded at the impostors, pretenders, & tricksters of the 20th century. The Queen of England, Jimmy Carter, the editors of The N.Y. Times -- no one is immune to the cunning of history's hoaxers. It's all here, from the origin of April Fools' Day to Nixon's final presidential bid in 1992, from the "War of the Worlds" to recent Internet hoaxes. Would these hoaxes fool you? Take the Gullibility Test & find out. Illustrations..
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Contrived Competition: Regulation and Deregulation in America
This book explains how four major firms--American Airlines, El Paso Natural Gas, AT&T, and Bank America--and their respective managements were challenged by the deregulation of markets starting in the late 1970s. The four stories illustrate the dynamic process of market restructuring and organizational adjustment, as well as the ways in which managers and regulators painfully learned to operate effectively as their economic and political environments shifted around them. .
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Legends in Time: The Contrived Senator
As the ashen clouds plague the southern most region of the young and powerful Nadorian Empire, turmoil brews throughout the known world of Men.In an age where mankind and beast alike live in parallel, an age of great civilizations and boundless adventure, something else labors against the current-something inexplicable-something ominous. Dark times will ensue, and an imperial senator will be cast into a journey he never thought probable. Through fate or through fortune, a time for protectors will come..
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Contrived Competition: Regulation and Deregulation in America. (book reviews): An article from: Southern Economic Journal
This digital document is an article from Southern Economic Journal, published by Southern Economic Association on July 1, 1995. The length of the article is 728 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Contrived Competition: Regulation and Deregulation in America. (book reviews) Author: William J. Hausman Publication:Southern Economic Journal (Refereed) Date: July 1, 1995 Publisher: Southern Economic Association Volume: v62 Issue: n1 Page: p281(2) Article Type: Book Review Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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