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- 10931: Use Of Literary Elements
- ... that the subject matter of the book is one of an personal nature. The ideas in the book are presented as thoughts of Holden through out the story. These topics include the fakeness of the world, as well as the rebellion against the world that many teenagers have. Holden does not like the phonies in the world and constantly voices his opinion about it as well. The rebellion against the world in not a conscious thing that Holden does but it is apparent in the story line of the book. An ...
- 10932: Essay On Eustacia Vie Return O
- ... of her efforts to steal Wildeve from Thomasin, Hardy emphasises that social rebellion does not necessarily reflect an evil character. "This did not originate in inherent shamelessness, but in her Living too far from the world to feel the impact of public opinion" Eustacias' desire for passion rather then a settled relationship reflects her separation from the practicality of the heath wives. For Eustacia, love is an escape from the loneliness ... Even her physical appearance was in perfect tune with that of the heath. Eustacia was free of modern values such as Christian charity and selflessness. She belonged to the heaths savage past not to the world of modern heath dwellers. Emphasising her role as a classical heroine, Hardy also associates Eustacia with Greek mythology. "She had the passions and instincts which make a model goddess, that Is those which make not ... forswears compromise.But If congenial to philosophy, it is apt to be dangerous to the Commonwealth."Hardy laments the way the wild past of the heath, is slowly decaying and making way to the modern world of schools, businesses and culture. Eustacia who doesnt realise how perfectly suited she is to the heath dies a tragic death. It is as if the modern society cut off the last connection ...
- 10933: MANAGEMENT POLICY
- ... investment in product and process development, standardization, and manual versus automated information processes. Outputs: Quality, cost, lead-time, flexibility, variation, and service. Operations Managers translate that business strategy into an operation strategy of developing two new fitness-related services, which will maintain high utilization of staff and space, as substitutes for two other services that are declining in popularity. 1. Companies A and B. Two companies, both manufactures of shoelace extender ... be obvious to customers; fast service, very clean premises, and superior quality are examples. All have dependably high quality. Disney offers customer service unparalleled in its industry. Developing distinctive competencies helps retain customers and invites new business. The strategic factors that best describe competitive success for any company quality, efficiency, continuous improvement go to the heart of operations management. It needs customer- and quality centered operations management. Principle of Operations Management ... into multiple chains of customers, each focused on a product, service, or customer family; create cells, flow lines, and plants-in-a-plant. Capacity: Maintain and improve present equipment and human work before thinking about new equipment automates incrementally when process variability cannot otherwise be reduced. Processing: Cut flow time (wait time), distance, and inventory all along the chain of customers. Cut setup, changeover, get ready, and startup times. Problem ...
- 10934: Andrew Jacksons Presidency And
- ... have been more beneficial for the country. For example, he was a slave owner. He also supported the ban of anti-slavery pamphlets in the mail.2 Many actions taken by Jackson did reinforce the new Jacksonian Democracy (an increase in popular participation in government).1 He also displayed strong goals for a strengthened national government and his actions were those of a great leader. He had no affliction with vetoing ... 1832. He declared his vigorous intent to reinforce the law and was willing to seek an agreement that would eventually lower the unsatisfactory tariffs. In 1833 congress passed a comprise bill which would set a new tariff. When this new deal was accepted by all other southern states the fear of the succession of South Carolina was brought to a happy end for Jackson.4 This was not Andrew Jackson s only conflict with ...
- 10935: Development Of The Communist T
- ... rooted in the works of Marx and Engels. Without these two men the entire basis of communism and communist principles would be non-existent. --- BIBLIOGRAPHY Engels, Friedrich, Karl Marx. The Communist Manifesto. Washington Square Press; New York: 1964. Hacker, Andrew. Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology, Science. The Macmillian Company; New York: 1961. Heilbroner, Robert. Marxism, For and Against. W.W. Norton & Company; New York: 1980. Payne, Robert. Marx. Simon and Schuster; New York: 1968.
- 10936: Philosophy - Kants Universal L
- ... The initial stage of the Universal Law Formation of the Categorical Imperative requires that a maxim be universally applicable to all rational beings. M1 succeeds in passing the first stage. We can easily imagine a world in which paramedics always answer widows truthfully when queried. Therefore, this maxim is logical and everyone can abide by it without causing a logical impossibility. The next logical step is to apply the second stage ... but ended up drowning, and he was wearing a brown suit and brown loafers, then you should tell the widow that he died instantly in order to spare her feelings." We can easily imagine a world in which all paramedics lied to widows in this specific situation. That does not necessarily mean that it will pass the second test however. Even if it does pass the first test, narrowing down maxim ... everyone else. If you create a maxim about lying to widows that is specific enough to pass the first test, so can everyone else. One must ask if rational beings would really will such a world in which there would be many, many specific, but universal, laws. In order to answer this question, one must use the rational "I" for the statement "I, as a rational being would will such ...
- 10937: John D. Rockelfeller
- ... his fortune in the oil refinery business. He created a monopoly in the standard oil trust company. He gave away most of his fortune. In my opinion Rockelfeller is a captain of industry. Vanderbilt, The New York Times, Allen Nevins, and an excerpt from Rockelfeller's biography led me to this conclusion. Rockelfeller to me is a captain of industry because of his philanthropy and great success. An article from the New York Times helped swayed my decision. It gave amounts of money he had given away. One of the foundations he had given the most money to was the Rockelfeller Foundation, New York City. He gave $182,857,480.90 to it. Another foundation he gave to was the General Education Board. He contributed $129,209,167.10 to it. In his life time he gave ...
- 10938: The Holocaust
- ... One of the end results of the Final Solution was the horrible concentration and death camps of Germany, Poland, and other parts of Nazi-controlled Europe. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, people around the world were shocked by final tallies of human losses, and the people responsible were punished for their inhuman acts. The Holocaust was a dark time in the history of the 20th century. One can trace the ... shot. The first of these camps were established in the mid 1930s and were originally designed for prisoners. But, numbers of concentration and death camps grew steadily for years until nearing the end of the World War II. Quality of life in a concentration camp was substandard, to say the absolute least. Jews and other deportees were transported via railroad boxcars similar to those used for cattle. Some of these cars ... Jews gassed), and Sobibor (250,000 Jews gassed). These camps were the major centers for the slaughter of Jews and other groups (The Holocaust: An Historical Summary. Article on the Internet). In 1945, the great World War in Europe came to an end, with the Axis powers surrendering before the Allied invasion of Europe. When the concentration camps were liberated and the body counts tallied, the resulting numbers appalled people ...
- 10939: Black Civil Rights
- ... themselves in the midst of prejudice whites with no way out. When the blacks came over Jim Crow laws were incorporated. With these laws it was near impossible for blacks to rise in the white world. Booker T. Washington was the first black to rise to any prominence in this time. In the early 1900's blacks however began to fight back. In 1909 black advancement organizations began to increase all ... Klan and others brutally killing blacks. All blacks coming into N. America were being brought into a very hostile environment. The first sign of blacks becoming more equal was the blacks to fight in the World War. For the first time they were looked upon as war veterans instead of black slaves. Although progress was beginning a black man named Garvey believed that the whites would never change, because of this he started an association called "Back to Africa". At the coming of the Second World War, blacks participating in the war were being more important positions than ever before. Franklin Roosevelt was the first president to make a strong contribution to the Civil Rights movement. He had signed a ...
- 10940: Lusitania
- ... the German submarine U- 20, who had fired a single torpedo 750 yards away from the ship, later called it the most horrible sight he had ever seen. The Lusitania entered service between Liverpool and New York on September 7, 1907. Funded by the British Admiralty, the Lusitania, built by the Cunard Steamship Company, was required to double as an auxiliary cruiser in case of war. This was a secret agreement ... of shipping munitions on passenger ships. America also tended to publish the cargo manifests so that the Allies as well as the Germans would know what is being shipped. Britain found a loophole in this. New cargo added at the last minute did not go on the original manifest, thus a supplementary manifest would be submitted 4 or 5 days later. Also, due to the embargo, munitions were listed as sporting cartridges' and stamped with Not liable to explode in bulk'(Simpson 63). About a week before the voyage, the New York German community tried to run an ad warning about the trans-Atlantic voyage. But the duty officer at the State department did not approve, so no ads were placed. Later George Vierick, who ...
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