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- 1711: A Three Generation Comparison of Discipline
- ... My grandfather’s other hobby was bowling, which he decided to make a living out of. He opened up a bowling ally in Hibbing, MN, an iron range, ethnic type city. He always did good business, and is still running strong today. My grandfather retired about 15 years ago, and since then has concentrated on traveling and playing golf. For the past 30 years my grandfather and grandmother have spent their ... but I wouldn’t have the guts to say something. My mother and grandfather have the same answer but for a different reason. Their answer is simply, “I wouldn’t interfere with other people’s business.” When I asked my grandfather if he considered himself patient or short-tempered, his answer was both. He said he has become very patient in his old age, which I can see. I have never ...
- 1712: Usage of the English Language
- ... have proven to be useful; therefore, they have become commonplace. A noun used as an adjective is another usage variation. Some examples of nouns being used as adjectives are “car seat,” “radio antenna,” “bank account,” “business day,” and “college student” just to name a few. As society becomes more sophisticated, and medicine, science, and technology introduce new concepts, new words are developed as a necessity to understand those new concepts. Science ... When speaking, I tend to adjust my usage according to who I am speaking with and what the subject of the conversation is. Consequently, if I am speaking to an executive of a company regarding business, I tend to lean toward the traditionalist side of the fence. However, if I am speaking to a family member, I use very casual grammar and my traditionalist friends would gladly push me off the ...
- 1713: The Capitalist Future: A Consequence of Calvinist Annunciation
- ... on the "greedy maximization of profit in a one-shot enterprise," (14) became the rational modern capitalism, a continuous cycle involving the constant "productive investment of capital." (172) The Calvinist teachings demanded honest dealings in business, steady production and sales, and continuous savings and reinvestment which no doubt led to phenomenal business growth and success. Weber illustrates in the following quote: "When the limitation of consumption is combined with the release of acquisitive activity, the inevitable practical result is obvious: accumulation of capital through ascetic compulsion to ...
- 1714: Jonathan's Swift's Real Argument
- ... if the church, their favorite object of rebellion, was taken away, they would resort to rebelling against the government. This statement suggests that ,"deorum offensa diis curae" (offenses against the gods are the god's business). If applied to the English government, it accuses them of only punishing "blasphemers" in the interest of protecting the government. Another argument that the author counters is that upon the fall of Christianity, Protestants and ... many things for many people, none of which include spiritual fulfillment. For social butterflies, church is the perfect place to hob-knob or show off your latest outfit. For the businessman, "where more meetings for business?", "where more bargains driven of all sorts?" Finally, for the insomniac, "where so many conveniences or enticements to sleep?" These statements apply more directly than any others in the article to the high church of ...
- 1715: Mrs. Warren's Profession
- ... to continually doing it for only the purposes of greed. This is clearly shown when it is discovered by Vivie that Mrs. Warren, while definitely having enough money to live on, still engages in the business of prostitution. Describing her reasons for continuing with her profession, Mrs. Warren says, "It means a new dress every day; it means theatres every night ... it means everything you like everything you want, everything you ... to continually doing it for only the purposes of greed. This is clearly shown when it is discovered by Vivie that Mrs. Warren, while definitely having enough money to live on, still engages in the business of prostitution. Describing her reasons for continuing with her profession, Mrs. Warren says, "It means a new dress every day; it means theatres every night ... it means everything you like everything you want, everything you ...
- 1716: The Point of Point of View in Capote's "My Side of the Matter" and Cheever's "Five-Forty-Eight"
- ... to be a sense of urgency for the narrator to tell the reader "the truth": I know what is being said about me and you can take my side or theirs, that's your own business. It's my word against Eunice's and Olivia-Ann's, and it should be plain enough to anyone with two good eye which one of us has their wits about them. I just want ... starts off in the middle of a situation leaving the reader wondering what it's all about. "When Blake stepped off the elevator, he saw her…He did not approach her. She had no legitimate business with him. They had nothing to say"(p.365). This leaves the reader wanting to find out more about Blake, "her", and the reason why these two people are connected. At this point the reader ...
- 1717: Definition of Education
- ... doing underhanded illegal transactions. If we thought for ourselves that would cut into their profit and we all know that can not happen. The Savings and Loans Scandal is a perfect example of this. Big business made a mistake and then instead of dealing with it they pawned there massive losses on the American public. Education is a farce, a cruel joke that the people in power attempt to trick us ... Where does it say education is to just simply learn? It is stated nowhere. Education should be about becoming enlightened to the works of the world. I am not saying becoming a lawyer or a business person is wrong or inimical. What I am saying is being a artist or philosopher is just as advantageous. In fact art and philosophy should be made standard issue in schools. We all need to ...
- 1718: Principle of Management Course: My Experiences
- ... by chaos, complexity and contradiction. Increasingly, managers will have to deal with tumultuous work environments instead of the stable environments of the past. A metaphor used to compare the past management environment and the future business environment is: "The old environment was like sailing. The new environment is like a kayak race." The calm, secure conditions of sailing best reflect the old business and management environments. However, the new environment is best represented by the chaos and instability of a kayak race. "At any time your canoe can capsize and leave you to drown," said CEO Michael Cooper ...
- 1719: Piece of the Pie
- ... a student a more reasonable and manageable choice. By treating Division I sports like a job, the athlete's role might be made clearer. It is accepted on the professional level that sports are a business, and therefore, an athletes job. On the surface, championships seem to be the main goal for most athletic teams. However, in a move that devastated some of the most loyal fans in football, this year ... from ticket sales, television contracts, commercials, clothing and other paraphernalia is astounding. At the college level revenue often funds the university and its other athletic programs. College players, despite being part of the same exact "business" as the professionals, do not share the same recognition. They should receive money for their work, just as any other student does for any other job. It is time for the NCAA and the Division ...
- 1720: Board Schools
- ... higher group” and come to believe that they deserve certain privileges because of the high personal price they paid. The present pain for future gain thought holds true. Prep school graduates are disproportionately influential in business, banking, and law. Seventeen percent of the rare group of people who are board members of two or more major corporations graduated from one of thirteen elite prep schools. (Cookson 31) Cookson claims, “Their influence ... is that students there perform better than students at public schools. Prep schools boasted the highest SAT scores, ranging from 1000 to 1300. (Topolnicki 99) The prep schools, which by their name are in the business of preparing students for college, send virtually every student to selective colleges. Although prep schools are not teaching as diverse a group as public schools, their students clearly outperform average and disadvantaged public schools who ...
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