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CEO Exchange: Conversations in Leadership Elements, Making Sense of Matter Gerontology (New York, N.Y.) Liberty and limits New York (New York, N.Y.) South-Western introduction to business Southwestern introduction to business Taking care of business The Wide Angle Collection: Human Stories, Global Issues War on drugsFilter By Series
CEO Exchange: Conversations in Leadership Elements, Making Sense of Matter Gerontology (New York, N.Y.) Liberty and limits New York (New York, N.Y.) South-Western introduction to business Southwestern introduction to business Taking care of business The Wide Angle Collection: Human Stories, Global Issues War on drugsSummary: In this profile of the psychology of leadership, a new prisoner joins the group in lockup, a master set of the guards' keys is stolen, and the two most forceful prisoners go head-to-head in a struggle for authority. Contains harsh, inflammatory, and explicit language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In this program, various legal experts explain pretrial and trial procedures, pointing out along the way differences in juvenile proceedings. Judges and lawyers navigate the pretrial process, beginning with the establishment of probable cause and formal charging by grand jury. Indictment, pretrial release, bail, and arraignment are also discussed. Such concepts as an alibi, burden of proof, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Heredity, environment, intelligence, and family birth order all help shape the personality throughout the formative years and into adulthood. Each position in a family can influence how a child interacts with other family members and friends. This program examines the only child, the firstborn, the middle child, and the youngest child, giving insight into behaviors and attitudes that seem to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The pleasant order we see in our cosmic backyard was, ironically, carved from a chaotic cloud of gas. This program helps develop an understanding of that eons-long process and its ramifications. Studying Saturn’s rings, perhaps the brightest jewel to emerge from the ancient celestial maelstrom, the film points out echoes of early-solar-system physics in Oklahoma tornadoes and an Icelandic...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: One pioneered the built-to-order method of mail-order. The other set the standard for just-in-time delivery. Together, they have changed the way the world does business. In this program, Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Computer Corporation, and Frederick Smith, chairman, president, and CEO of FedEx Corporation, discuss their business models. In addition, MBA students and faculty from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Botswana's electric border fence was erected to keep out diseased livestock from neighboring Zimbabwe. It has also proved remarkably effective at stemming the influx of illegal immigrants fleeing economic collapse and political repression. This Wide Angle report examines this frontier flashpoint, profiling both a cattle farmer who strongly supports the fence and illegal immigrants determined to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This episode of New York: A Documentary Film details New York's enormous growth as a booming commercial center and multi-ethnic port, and the mounting tensions that set the stage for the nation's bloodiest riot. Filmmaker Ric Burns examines how New York City swelled into the nation's greatest industrial metropolis as a massive wave of German and Irish immigration turned the city into one of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: At the beginning of the 19th century, 55 elements had been discovered, and although scientists had no idea how many more they might yet find, they already had a suspicion that there was some sort of unifying pattern behind them all. This program charts the quest for order among the chemical elements by examining the contributions of Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of the Periodic Table of Elements,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This program explains what it means to "eat right," examines the special nutritional requirements of older adults, and considers food-related health concerns that can affect nutritional status later in life. In addition to detailed food and fluid guidelines for healthy living, the following are addressed: nutrient deficiencies common to the aging adult; malnutrition-related conditions such as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this Fred Friendly Seminar moderated by Harvard Law School's Charles Ogletree, panelists including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia; Professor Alan Brinkley, of Columbia University; William Webster, former director of the CIA and FBI; William Bratton, former New York City police commissioner; and others confront the contentious relationship between federal control and states' rights...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The American Repertory Theater is one the most respected and innovative dramatic institutions in the United States. Through the prism of the A.R.T., this program explores the organizational and creative challenges facing today's theater community and describes the flexibility and resilience arts groups must have to survive in today's cultural climate. F. Murray Abraham, Debra Winger, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Take a trip to historic Tombstone, Arizona, and relive Wyatt Earp's gunfight at the O.K. Corral-or watch 21st-century vigilantes scour the landscape for Mexican invaders. Modern pseudo-cowboys haunt Southwestern communities with growing frequency, and they represent one of several new trends examined in this documentary on America's immigration anxiety. Focusing on the porous U.S.-Mexico border...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: At San Ysidro, 45,000 vehicles per day enter the U.S. from Mexico. This ABC News program focuses on the high-stakes struggle between smugglers and customs officials as each group tries to outwit the other. Rudy Camacho, southwest border coordinator for the U.S. Customs Service and actor in the movie Traffic, spells out the details of interdicting the drug flow while a former drug trafficker...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Verbal attacks, death threats, duping them into signing away property, monitoring phone calls so other family members never find out what's going onin this program four women discuss the abuse they endured while living with their adult sons. Anne reveals what it's like to obtain a restraining order against her own child yet still want him to be a part of her life, and Rita wishes her son would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the Cuban missile crisis. President Kennedy speaks to the nation on America's proposed response to the construction of offensive nuclear missile sites in Cuba. "To halt this offensive buildup, a strict quarantine on all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In this program, ABC News correspondent Judy Muller reports on the quality of life along the international border between El Paso and Juarez since the implementation of NAFTA. Apart from business opportunities for Americans, employment for Mexicans, and low-priced goods for both the U.S. and Mexico, the downside of NAFTA is becoming all too apparent: worsening living conditions in Juarez and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Marian Diamond’s research indicates that given the right conditions, the brain continues to grow all during life and not just in the early years. In this program, Dr. Diamond presents a summary of her research and its practical implications in her cordial, accessible manner. Topics include research into the genetic components of Alzheimer’s disease, the exciting discoveries that the brain can...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000