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- 1021: Pride And Prejudice (a Contemp
- ... Pride and Prejudice the noble class was sinking as the middle class rose, with the middle class seen much like a modern chain store in comparison to a classic book shop that had been in business for generations. It is in this way that Elizabeth's family is shown as a virus in aristocratic England much as the FoxBooks franchise is to proud Upper West Siders. Not only was the societal ... the Corner. In Pride and Prejudice, Darcy and Elizabeth are at first and throughout most of the book kept apart by their conflicting social ranks, just as Joe and Kathleen are kept apart by their business competition. The characters of Kralik and Klara actually help explain the two other relationships because just as they are kept apart by competition in the workplace, they keep in touch through letters without knowing who ... apparently right for each other all along, but had been kept apart on unfortunate technicalities. Although each couple may have been right for each other, they may have been kept apart by more than just business or class lines. They hurt each other's pride, which was something that could only be caused by bad manners and repaired by good ones. This idea culminates in the scene in Pride and ...
- 1022: The Purpose Of Minor Character
- ... The only thing you got in this world is what you can sell"(97). Willy believes that in order to be a success, one must be well liked; therefore, Charley explains to Willy that good business will make someone prosperous. The failure of Willy's ideals are again represented with his envious attitude towards Charley. Charley expresses this by saying, "You been jealous of me all your life, you damned fool ... order to represent the bitter reality from which the protagonist tries to escape. The reality of the situation is presented before Willy when he is fired by Howard. Howard tells Willy that "it's a business, kid, and everybody's gotta pull his own weight"(80). Howard explains to Willy that, contrary to his beliefs, the business world is a harsh environment void of compassion and preference. Howard increases the mood of the play when he reveals the desperation of Willy's situation. He tries to sell his recorder on the ...
- 1023: Iowa - An American Portrait
- ... soon began farming the land and found that one family could make a good living on eighty acres. Work was a necessity to Iowans. It gave meaning and pride to life, and farming was a business that could be passed on from generation to generation. Corn soon became the crop of choice to Iowa farmers. They found that it was more resistant to disease than the other crops they were growing ... t the only means of earning a living in Iowa. Saw and lumber mills were abundant along the upper Mississippi River, but the lumber supply being harvested was exhausted quickly, putting the mills out of business. Quaker Oats, a factory in Cedar Rapids, was a prosperous business. It employed hundreds of Iowans, as it still does today. The land of Iowa is great in size and full of life, with green pastures, wetlands, forests, and prairies. Some of the first settlers ...
- 1024: Computers in the Workplace: Are They Used Ethically?
- ... of using computers in the workplace? Information technology is replacing energy as society's main resource. Many people are concerned that too much emphasis has been put on what the computer can do to streamline business and too little on how it may be affecting the quality of our lives. For example, is it distorting the meaning of thought? That is, is it absurd and dangerous to attribute the capabilities of ... be valued more highly than what used to be called humane qualities. As a result, many people believe computers have the potential to contribute to worker dissatisfaction. Consider the potential for computer-based systems in business to be used to monitor employees. What if computers were (and some are already) programmed to check your speed, the pauses you make, the breaks you take, the rate of keying errors? Would it be ... act of piracy is not as dramatic as it sounds; in most cases, it simply means illegally copying private-domain (copyrighted) software onto blank disks. Because some of this software-from games to heavy-duty business publishing programs-is expensive, it's tempting to avoid purchasing an off-the-shelf package by accepting a friends offer to supply free copies. But, according to the Copyright Act of 1976 and the ...
- 1025: The Media
- ... sadder so that they can get sympathy for that person and then asks people to send money to help the person out. Not that that is a bad intention, but it is none of our business. I think that the media should just publish pictures, and then let you choose who you want to feed. There is also the possibility that the only reason that big news companies just need filler ... for filler, I wouldn't be too happy. It should be the tribe's leader that should have to get the tribe out of trouble in any way that he could. It is not our business to send them our money to get food for the people that got themselves into trouble, but I think it makes people feel good to donate things to needy people. I just think that the ... broken. If they would just try a little harder, then not as many people would be upset and the media would get a better reputation, but they still shouldn't bug into other people's business. They have good intentions, but it just gets them into trouble.
- 1026: The First Movie
- ... and the mom would wipe her chin. After the baby takes a few spoonfuls of her cereal, the movie ends. This first movie was received with an enthusiastic round of applause. This pioneered the movie business. From this humble beginning came movies with actual plots. Of course, they got a bit longer than this first minute and half. The movie business flourished in the twenties, but when the Great Depression came along the it suffered greatly. As the economy began to pick up, so did the movie business. New genres like horror came on the scene in the early thirties. The first horror movies were Dracula directed by Todd Browning and Frankenstein directed by James Whale. One of the most popular genres ...
- 1027: 27 Years of Influential 60 Minutes
- ... program has not only brought in the highest profit of any other show in history, but most of all their other shows combined. It comes as no surprise that other networks dived into the newsmagazine business. Some of the more notable programs to cash in on the new format for broadcasting news include Prime Time Live, 20/20, and Entertainment Tonight. Entertainment Tonight branched off into a less newsworthy, more Hollywood ... the creation of 60 Minutes. The new style of journalism that 60 Minutes incorporated went on to set a new standard for reporters everywhere. High ratings are the key to success in the television news business and 60 Minutes gave the viewing public what it craved--shocking interviews and investigations which led to the uncovering of crooks, terrorists, and swindlers. Witnessing doors being slammed in a reporter's face became customary ... headlines; comparable to reading a newspaper. But 60 Minutes became a television newsmagazine offering the reader revealing, on camera stories about happenings around the world. Viewers of the show became better informed as to actual business, political, and science practices. Howard Stringer, president of CBS Broadcast Group, says that "60 Minutes invented a new genre of television programming-the newsmagazine-and in the process had a dramatic impact on the ...
- 1028: Hamlet and King Lear: Villians
- ... letter which he holds. Edmund's deceit runs much deeper though. Edmund is a master of manipulation. Edmund's play on words is evidence of his sharp wit. Gloucester proclaims, "I pray you; frame the/business after your own wisdom." Edmund replies, "I will seek him, sir, presently, convey the/business as I shall find means, and acquaint you/withal."(Lear I, ii, 106-111) The play on the phrase "as I shall find means" carries a double meaning for the audience who hold insight into ... how he hates them so. A credulous father, and a brother noble,/whose nature is so far from doing harms/ that he suspects none; on whose foolish honesty my/practices ride easy. I see the business./ Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit./ All with me's meet that I can fashion fit.(Lear, I, ii, 192-197) Edmund's soliloquy reveals his solution to a simple ...
- 1029: Death of A Salesman: Summary
- ... his brother think of a man that Biff used to work for named Bill Oliver. Biff thinks that he will ask Mr. Oliver for a loan of ten thousand dollars so biff can began a business of his own. Biff and his brother tell Willy about there plans. Willy thinks that these two brothers together could rule the world. Willy tells Biff that Mr. Oliver always thought pretty high of him ... Biff had flunked math and was ready to complete the credit in summer school, but he did not and became a drifter. Bernard tells Willy that after Biff went to go see Willy on a business trip, he came back changed. Willy refuses to talk about what happened on the trip. Willy and Charlie talk for a little while. Charlie gives Willy fifty dollars so that he can go home to ... flashback. Biff and Happy leave the restaurant with a couple of women. Will flashback ends up tacking us back to when Biff flunked math his senior year. Willy is in a hotel room on a business trip with a woman he has been having an affair with. Biff has decided to come visit his father to talk to him about flunking the math class and ends up discovering his father' ...
- 1030: Modern Economic Theories
- ... completely necessary. The Supply Side theory, also known as Reganomics, was initiated during the Regan administration. During the 1970's, the state and local governments increased sales and excise taxes. These taxes were passed from business to business and finally to the customer, resulting in higher prices. Along with raised taxes for the middle and lower classes, this effect was compounded because there was little incentive to work if even more was going to be taxed. People were also reluctant to put money into savings accounts or stocks because the interest dividends were highly taxed. There was also too much protection of business by the government which was inefficient and this also ran up costs, and one thing the Supply Side theory was quite good at was reinforcing inflation. The two opposites of the Supply Side and ...
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