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- 1351: Cleaning Up After The Exxon Valdez Was A Mistake
- ... The shorelines were blackened by the first 24-hours of the spill. To the clean up crews this was more of a public relations problem than a geologic problem since the news media made a big deal of it. This outraged the public and the first thing that the clean up crews wanted to do was clean it and clean it fast. They made a big mistake by using high-pressure hot water cleaners. The frequently used high-pressure, hot water washing also "annihilates a lot of marine life that otherwise survive the spill," observes Alan J. Mearns of NOAA's ...
- 1352: Citizen Kane: Charles Foster Kane - Who Was He?
- ... a small, struggling newspaper, and immediately begins using it to attack Thatcher and others among America's financial elite. This displays the mystery with Kane as he wants to expand on something small into something big, but we don't know what. The next account was given by Bernstein, Kane's devoted assistant. He explains the beginnings as a newspaper czar and his takeover of the New York Enquirer, in which ... half-drunk Susan Alexander in a nightclub. She recalls her meeting and eventual affair with the married Kane and their discovery by Leland, who is led to their love nest by Kane's political rival, "Big Jim" Gettys. Until that point, Kane is heavily favored to defeat Gettys in an upcoming senatorial election, but Gettys warns that unless the publisher withdraws from the race, he'll take the story to the ...
- 1353: Bless Me Ultima-Luna Or Vaquer
- ... each others lives unless there is just cause.(33) The wind is their brother and the horse their companion.(247) Unlike the Lunas, the Vaqueros are very rowdy and love to live life as a big party. The Lunas, on the other hand, are very steady people. They do everything according to the moon. They plant their crops and care for their animals according to the moon.(90) They live their ... goddess.(90) They will not gather crops or save next years seeds unless the moon dictated.(249) They come from men who hold earth as their brother and they do the same. Tony had a big decision to make on rather he wanted to be a priest(Luna) or a Vaquero. His dad wants him to be a Vaquero and have lots of freedom. His mother wants him to become a ...
- 1354: Death of A Salesman: Willy Loman - A Tragic Hero
- ... going to ask his boss to be relocated is when the next journey into the past occurs. The point of the play during which this episode takes place is so dramatic that willy seeks a big hit of the flashback drug. Such a big hit in fact, that he is transported back to what was probably the happiest day of his life. Biff was going to play in Ebbets field in the All-Scholastic Championship game in front of ...
- 1355: The Crucible: The Witchcraft Hysteria
- ... does not give the confession and he hangs because of it. Although eventually John Proctor did add to the hysteria a little, he still helped it stop. The last person I think was played a big part in the spirit of the witch hysteria is Governor Danforth. Danforth was a big part of the actual trials and his court system was very brutal and uncivilized, in fact he said, "If you are not with the court, you are against it" which basically means in my opinion ...
- 1356: Basics Of Mutual Funds
- ... by "style". The "style" categories are Growth, Value, Blend, International and Socially Conscious. Large-cap funds are the 250 largest corporations whos corporation value exceeds $8.3 billion. These are the biggest of the big. These ones tend to charge less as far as fees with their average being at 1.15% of assets. They perform better then 80% of all domestic funds. Midcap funds are the next 750 largest corpo-rations whos corporation value is between $1.2-8.3 billion. These ones are the big companies. Small-cap funds are the remaining 4,000 firms. Their corporation value is under $1.2 billion. They are the smaller companies. These tend to charge the most for fees. The "style" category Growth ...
- 1357: Marxs Alienation
- ... she is alienated from herself and worst of all her place of relaxation has alienated her also. Office workers are also in this category. For example, if I were a office worker, working in a big branch, there would always be someone above me. There would not be a time all the workers status would be equal to eachother. We are working for someone higher than us. Once again we are ... are self employment businesses that run from people s basements which might seem like they do not alienate their workers, but in fact they do in some ways. In Marx s time, alienation was a big factor in the work force. Although I believe that it still exists today, I am reluctant to say that it is as strong as it was back then. I feel that our society has learned ...
- 1358: Walter Johnson - A Pitcher
- ... In the years when the only Yankees were the people in the north and there was an upstart franchise called the American League there was a pitcher, his name was Walter Johnson. Known as the 'big train' because of his high powered fastball which was unequaled in all of baseball Johnson was a poor Kansas farm-hand who became one of the best pitchers baseball has ever been lucky to have ... he would be drafted for the majors. He was drafted by the Washington Senators in 1907 for $9. His first year wasn't so good but in his second year he earned the name 'the big train' with an amazing won loss record. Back when Walter pitched they had no Cy Young awards or league MVP awards but if they had, Walter would have won a dozen of each. On a ...
- 1359: The Good Earth: Summary
- ... was Wang Lung's first wife who was sold to the house of Wang by her parents and then sold to Wang Lung. Her feet were not bound when she was little so she had big feet. This allowed her to be able to help out Wang Lung in the fields. She was strong and had knowledge of some things Wang Lung did not know how to do. She was helpful ... the story of Wang Lung's life. The uncle's wife had a few bad qualities about herself too. (I wondered if she gained them before or after she met her husband.) She was a big gossip and had no control over her son. She was also overweight and helped to arrange the marriage of Wang Lung to his first concubine Lotus Flower. I think Wang Lung's aunt was too ...
- 1360: Television And It's Effects on Children
- ... the difference between children who watch television excessively and those who don't. "The watchers fidget in their chairs, eye contact is less stable and their attention to stories is significantly shortened".(George Hottecker; The Big Picture pg1) Children who watch t.v find it harder to stay focused on one activity more then a child who doesn't. This can make them have problems with group activities and act out ... them to interact with other children their own age in a safe and positive way. George Hottecker mentions these examples as positive ways of changing their behaviours and that "television just numbs the brain!"(The Big Picture; Internet; George Hottecker) So what you once thought was a good idea by letting your children watch television has turned out to be a bad one. You thought that letting them watch television would ...
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