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- 381: Profiles In American Enterpris
- ... heavy competition that was involved. This competition is not only from other top brokerage firms such as Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Primerica (Smith Barney Shearson), Salomon, and Goldman Sachs, but there is also competition from big banks and securities over seas. Banks have a number of ways to compete with security firms, but the most prevalent and direct is through mutual funds. Since the late 1980 s banks have been aggressively ... and annuities; provide investment banking services for corporate, governmental and municipal clients; and operate as a futures commission merchant (CD, 1996, p.1). As you can see A.G. Ed-wards Inc. is indeed a big company and has tremendous assets. Since A.G. Edwards & Sons is the principle subsidiary, when discussing the functions of the corporation the func-tions of A.G. Edwards & Sons will mainly be discussed. A.G ... could potentially be a good investment. A.G. Edwards Inc. has done very well in the industry this year making it a record year for 1996, although much of the credit was because of the big jump in the Dow Jones average (1996 Report. 1996, p. 3). A.G. Edwards Inc. s net earnings reached an all time high and resulted in the paying of more that 100 million dollars ...
- 382: Snowboards
- ... boards have a high camber for quick edge to edge turns, while a freestyle board would have a low camber for an easier slide. Sidecut is what makes a snowboard a snowboard, instead of one big ski. The side cut is the imaginary radius of a circle that you can draw on the side of the board. It measures the difference of the length between the tip, center, and tail. A ... edges of the board. Various shapes and components are used for specific styles of riding. There are 4 main styles of riding, with specific families of boards for each: Alpine/Carving/Race, Freestyle, Freeride, and Big Mountain/Longboard. Racing, Carving, or Alpine boards (the three names are equally as common) are very distinguishable from other boards. They are usually thick (between base and top sheet), skinny, and have very low tails ... the center, and soft at the tip and tail to absorb landings. A halfpipe board would have an equally distributed flex, so that the board can contour to the curve of the pipe better. A Big Mountain or Long Board is ridden be experts who do a lot of hiking around in the backcountry of the very large mountains. They are like long, wide, Freestyle boards, so that they can ...
- 383: Creative Writing: The Drive
- ... military installation. My last assignment was to create a program for the communication division. I worked intensely on this program. Logging in around 25 hours overtime, and 3 months of work. Three days before my big presentation, that was to be given to the division head, I was informed that a commercial program had been purchased for $32,000.00! I could not believe it. I was devastated. What a bad ... that Ryder truck. Phoned my family and got a lecture on the way life deals cards and all that stuff , you know the stuff parents tells their kids when they think they are making a big mistake. Sacramento here I come. The mourning I left was a nice March day.. A nice day to start a new life in a new town. A nice March day to take a drive in ... military installation. My last assignment was to create a program for the communication division. I worked intensely on this program. Logging in around 25 hours overtime, and 3 months of work. Three days before my big presentation, that was to be given to the division head, I was informed that a commercial program had been purchased for $32,000.00! I could not believe it. I was devastated. What a ...
- 384: RAP CENORSHIP
- ... is about getting a contract with a major company, and pretty much doing what the company tells you to do. ...they inflict their taste on the people who actually make the music. To be a big success, you need a really big company behind you because really big companies can make really big distribution deals (Zappa 1988). To spread your message to the masses, you need the help of a record company to record, manufacture, and distribute your work. Although it may ...
- 385: My Antonia
- ... people were constantly revolting for their freedom. This was probably one of the reasons for the religious Shimerdas move to America, to get away from those many "hard times." "All the time she say: 'America big country; much money, much land for my boys, much husband for my girls…my mama, she want Ambrosch for be rich, with many cattle." This must have been the main factor for the move from ... papa, he cry for leave his old friends what make music with him." These quotations were the warning signs of what happened next. "Why, mam, it was simple enough; he pulled the trigger with his big toe. He layed over on his side and put the end of the barrel in his mouth, then he drew up one foot and felt for the trigger. He found it all right!" Mr. Shimerda ... people were constantly revolting for their freedom. This was probably one of the reasons for the religious Shimerdas move to America, to get away from those many "hard times." "All the time she say: 'America big country; much money, much land for my boys, much husband for my girls…my mama, she want Ambrosch for be rich, with many cattle." This must have been the main factor for the move ...
- 386: 1984 Irony
- ... the history books, the Ministry of Love discourages love, and the Ministry of Peace is actually quite violent. The final example of verbal Irony can be seen in the name of the leader of Oceania, "Big Brother." The concept of a big brother is one whom is older and wiser and helps the "littler siblings" -- this not the case with 1984's Big Brother. The Big Brother in this novel completely watches over every move a person makes keeping them controlled with fear. The next type of irony is Situation irony, which is when a character or ...
- 387: Health Care Reform
- ... Health Care that makes a more centralized social policy unlikely in the near future. There has been a necessity in the twentieth century (due in part to the Great Depression and World War II) for big government. The legislation behind Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal called for the involvement of the federal government to create a highly bureaucratic social policy. The combination of Roosevelt’s political assertiveness and society’s willingness to allow such centralization that made big government possible. The laissez-faire mentality of the twenties was seen as the cause of the depression. The federal government and the ensuing reforms were seen as a way of insuring economic security. In the ... American public’s unwillingness to sacrifice their economic security for the unfortunate. The federal government would not take a bigger role. In the eighties Ronald Reagan came into power and instilled an intense fear of big government into the American people. As Theda Skocpol says “…debt and disillusionment with the federal government were growing before the 1980s. But the republican ascendancy of that decade exploded the deficit and deliberately encouraged ...
- 388: Women in Films: User or Victim?
- ... of Evita Peron is almost like a dramatization of a romantic fiction, about the tale of a young and poor illegitimate girl, who escapes the cruelty and poverty of her hometown, and Aflees to the big city to become a movie star, fights her way to the top through succession of men, marries her country=s president, only to die at a young age of 33" (Harbinson 154). Eva was born ... rejection, and the traumatic events of her father=s funeral, when she and her family were refused entry by his legal wife, were still in Eva=s mind when she left her hometown for the big city to seek a better life. Despite her blighted childhood and early personal loss, AEvita never let herself be a victim, and instead, used her deprivations as a motivating machine. She developed a strong courage ... the ruling classes of Argentina who looked down on her family, Evita was ready to change her life. Upon arrival in Buenos Aires, Evita found out that rich and poor people do exist in the big cities. But this sight did not discourage Eva, and she went on to become a film and radio performer. Although Evita had the glamour and talent to become successful, she was also aware of ...
- 389: Business 2
- ... Gender Bias.---Receiver (Plumber) Semantic is a word that will ahve different meanings to different people. Example WordProcessing to some people that might mean type writer. To me it means Computer typing. Emotions play a big part on what kinda feed back you get when talk to someone. If a CEO, comes into a busniess meeting and starts yelling and gives everyone a real big attitude. The people who have to come up with ideas aren t going to say much. If they have an idea they will probably won t say it at all. That also falls into Attitudes ... it gives a employee someone to talk to too about personal problems. Here s some steps 1. Avoid being judgmental. 2. accept what is said. 3. Be patient. This will help a company in a big way. You want to create a climate that encourages upward communication. Have the people below at the bottom give ideas and partisapate in some meets. High Tech communication is a big part on keeping ...
- 390: Literature of Native Canadians
- ... main focus and various examples of literary prose from both cultures, will serve as the tangible proof that, to borrow a phrase from the composition, ‘What ails the Indian', is actually nothing more than a big, white, lie. Protection. Civilization. Assimilation. These words represent the ideals serving as the foundation for legislation set forth by the Canadian government, struggling to manage the problem of having people indigenous to a country, living ... east, and still there is nothing there. She goes to the west and there is a pile of snow tires. . . some televisions. . . vacuum cleaners. . . a bunch of pastel sheets . . . a humidifier. And there is a big mistake sitting on a portable gas barbeque reading a book. Big book. Department store catalogue." The conclusion of the Coyote contains the moral of the story; "But what happens to Coyote, says Coyote. That wonderful one is still flat. Some of these stories are flat, ...
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