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- 1721: Ben & Jerrys 2
- ... employees' unmarried domestic partners. Some of the more interesting human resources programs to improve the quality of life for the employees are evaluate-your-boss polls; seven-times-salary-ratio plan; paid health club fees; Child care centers; opinion surveys; tuition reimbursement; and confidential counseling for substance abuse, marital or family problems, or other personal issues. The result of their programs indicate "in all measures of work life, Ben & Jerry's people have a more favorable view of their jobs, supervision, and company ...
- 1722: Ben & Jerrys
- ... employees' unmarried domestic partners. Some of the more interesting human resources programs to improve the quality of life for the employees are evaluate-your-boss polls; seven-times-salary-ratio plan; paid health club fees; Child care centers; opinion surveys; tuition reimbursement; and confidential counseling for substance abuse, marital or family problems, or other personal issues. The result of their programs indicate "in all measures of work life, Ben & Jerry's people have a more favorable view of their jobs, supervision, and company ...
- 1723: The Catcher In The Rye: Connection to the Title
- ... next to the curb. He was making out like he was walking a very straight line, the way kids do, and the whole time he kept singing and humming." (Page 115). Holden notes that the child's parents pay no attention to him. To Holden this child represents innocence and youth unspoiled by adult immorality. Holden wishes to serve humanity by safeguarding the innocence and purity of children, by protecting them from the evils of life. His little sister, Phoebe, asks him ... of the despair and set forth a new path in life. Holden is torn between the desire on the one hand to grow up and to "adjust" and on the other hand to stay a child, living in a world of security and innocence. He has perceived adulthood as a fallen condition characterized by evil, falsity and betrayal and so has tried to evade it by dreaming of retreating to ...
- 1724: Of Mice and Men: Insight into the Life of the Characters
- ... hard, but does not understand how strong he is. Without George, Lennie does not understand what to do. Lennie gets frightened and uses his strength to hold on to objects. Lennie is just like a child. He will do what ever George tells him to: "Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie's hand. George slapped [Lennie] in the face again and again and still Lennie held on. Through Lennie's actions we can see that Lennie is very similar to a child. Lennie's first instinct when he is scared is to hold on. Just as a little kid holds on to its mum or dad when they become frightened, Lennie holds on to objects. As of ... hung on. He shook her and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still". Lennie did not understand his strength and became frightened, and once again just like just like a little child he held on. But he ended up breaking Curley's wife neck. As a result of his actions Lennie ended up dead. Lennie had an extremely great ability to use his strength and become ...
- 1725: Of Mice and Men: Crooks
- ... Being black makes life for Crooks extremely strenuous. He lived in California as a kid and has felt the pains of racism his entire life. Although he did play with other white boys as a child, society soon casted him aside. In the novel, Crooks lives as a southern Negro lives, oppressed and outspoken. He is a very intellectual man who has "got lots of books." He "had his bunk in ... Crooks is angry at society for oppressing him so severely. Lennie is rare, because though he is a white man, he is still weaker than Crooks, and Crooks takes the opportunity to pass along some abuse, to take it out on someone else. He tells Lennie that George isn't coming back just to see a reaction. Crooks then realizes what he is doing to Lennie is what is happening to ...
- 1726: Alcohol An Issue Within Colleg
- ... as they please. College life is a new experience and the pressures that come along with it have an effect on a student s path to success. Unfortunately, alcohol is one of these pressures. Alcohol abuse is a major problem that many young men and women encounter throughout their college experience. Drinking on college campuses is a problem that affects everyone. Let s first begin by understanding what alcoholism is and ... sex; anyone can have this addiction. Is alcoholism a disease? The American Medical Association and the World Health Organization officially acknowledged alcoholism as a disease in the 1950 s. It is very apparent that alcohol abuse has major effects on major organs of the body. Ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, causes severe damage to excretory organs including the liver and kidneys. Yet the major organ affected the most by outcomes of ethanol ... Higher education, therefore, cannot have a credible policy the simple option available to secondary schools: "just say no." It is not enough for institutions of higher learning to advocate (or "teach") abstinence (51). Preventing alcohol abuse among students should be through education of the problems that come about from alcohol, not by just simply saying that drinking is wrong. Saying that it is wrong to drink before reaching the legal ...
- 1727: Anti Gun Control
- ... a few people are committing crimes with uses of guns and why completely remove them from society. Therefore, we should strenuously protect the rights of free men and likewise prosecute and punish the criminals who abuse the rights of others. The problem with gun violence is associated with the child's atmosphere. Moreover, we need to educate young children about responsibly handling guns and educate them to respect life and the life's of others. The movement of gun control exploits every celebrated act violence ...
- 1728: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Symbols
- ... the story takes place in a mental asylum is in itself a commentary on society. In the asylum, it becomes highly evident that a great deal of oppression takes place. Although a considerable amount of abuse is in the physical form, most of it manifests itself in subtle psychological torture. The abuse that specifically takes place is the suppression of individualism. One cannot help but notice the same suppression of individualism to exist in society as well. Inside the hospital, the men are expected to not only ... opportunity to choose their own pathways for intellectual, emotional or physical development. If they do attempt to act other than how they are expected to, they are punished not only by a barrage of physical abuse but psychological torture as well. In much the same way, this exists in society. Society forcefully encourages people to develop their potential only along certain accepted routes. The profession one chooses, their education, their ...
- 1729: Martin Luther King Jr And Malcolm X
- ... and rose to greatness on his own intelligence and determination. Martin Luther King was born into a family whose name in Atlanta was well established. Despite segregation, Martin Luther King's parents ensured that their child was secure and happy. Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 and was raised in a completely different atmosphere than King, an atmosphere of fear and anger where the seeds of bitterness were planted ... X and Martin Luther King's childhoods had powerful influences on the men and their speeches. Malcolm X was brought up in an atmosphere of violence. During his childhood, Malcolm X suffered not only from abuse by whites, but also from domestic violence. His father beat his mother and both of them abused their children. His mother was forced to raise eight children during the depression. After his mother had a ...
- 1730: Caffeine
- ... In an experiment done by the Harvard Medical School in 1990 say that Caffeine has no direct link to infertility either. Nor does it have an effect on a pregnant woman and/or her unborn child. In addition all of the talk that says caffeine will stunt a child's growth is just rumors. Caffeine is said not to affect children any differently then it does adults. In another article entitled Coffee may not be so bad… in Science News, November 25, 1995, the ... problems such as low birth weight, fetal abnormalities or even a miscarriage. The research also concludes that drinking less than three milligrams of coffee a day will probably not cause any problems for the unborn child.(Ingall, 26) Coffee Controversy Brews talks about the antioxidants in coffee. Takayuki Shibamoto, a professor of toxicology at UC Davis found that there were as many anti-oxidants in one cup of fresh brewed ...
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