Elizabeth, a U.S. American student, and Ahmad, an international student from Turkey, find that although they are of different faiths, their attitudes about the role of religion in everyday life are very much alike. This realization surprised Elizabeth but illustrates ________, a theme in intercultural relationships.

The term for many people's weekly "appointments" and quasi-social interactions with their favorite TV shows' characters is TV's social utility function

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Is there any merit to AIG's claim that some of the apparently lavish activities in which it had been engaged were "standard industry practice"?

It is difficult to cling to "usual business practices" when the act of receiving a massive federal government bailout suggests that those practices are flawed. A new business environment required new business sensibilities. In accepting the bailout, the company failed to realize that it was dealing with powerful new stakeholders, taxpayers, and politicians.