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- 181: Sonnet 72 Shakespeare
- William Shakespeare Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer s day? a Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a And summer s lease hath all too short a date: b Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines c And often is his gold complexion dimmed, d And every fair from fair sometimes declines, c By chance, or nature s changing course, untrimmed; d But thy eternal summer shall not fade, e Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow st; f Nor shall death brag thou wander st in his shade, e When in eternal lines to ...
- 182: Dwight D Eisenhower
- Dwight’s Early Life Dwight D. Eisenhower was the third son of David and Ida Stover Eisenhower. He was born in 1890 in Denison, Texas, and named David Dwight Eisenhower, although he was known as Dwight David by many. In 1891 ... with his well thought out plan to focus on weakening Germany before assaulting the Japanese. Because of this, he was placed in command of the Allied Forces landing in North Africa in November 1942. On D-Day, 1944, he was Supreme Commander of the troops invading France. After heading many decisive victories for the U.S., Eisenhower accepted Germany’s surrender on May 7, 1945. He returned home a national hero. ...
- 183: Great Depression
- ... of the unequal distribution of wealth between the rich and the middle-class. Henry Ford reported a personal income of $14 million in the same year that the average personal income was $750. By present day standards, where the average yearly income in the U.S. is around $18,500, Mr. Ford would be earning over $345 million a year! This maldistribution of income between the rich and the middle class ... allowed one to "telescope the future into the present", as the President's Committee on Social Trends noted5. This strategy created artificial demand for products which people could not ordinarily afford. It put off the day of reckoning, but it made the downfall worse when it came. By overlooking the future and living for the here and now, when "the future" arrived, there was little to buy that hadn't already ... free" fuel additives for cars. In addition, "tourist homes" (hotels and motels) opened up everywhere. With such a wealthy upper-class many luxury hotels were needed. In 1924 alone, hotels such as the Mayflower (Washington D.C.), the Parker House (Boston), The Palmer House (Chicago), and the Peabody (Memphis) opened their doors8. Lastly, and possibly most importantly, the construction industry benefited tremendously from the automobile. With the growing number of ...
- 184: Creative Writing: An Unforgivable Choice
- ... t have dragged you with. It wasn't supposed to take so long -I swear” Lucinda excused. “Well I should have got enough presents now, I have almost spent all my pocketmoney in just one day! I better go home now.” “Can I come?” Jason asked. Lucinda said that he could, but only for a peace of bread. Outside the door Lucinda stopped. “Bzzz -be quiet” Lucinda whispered. “We have discussed ... 17 years old now, has temperament, is negro and has curly hair and his number is 2206786587. And I just want you to find him.” “We'll see what we can do, have a nice day.” “Dot dot dot dot dot.” “Was that a job!!?” “Sure was, -make an effort!” “I'll try!” The detective hacked in on the file that contained UK's inhabitants secret informations just to check that ... received the money and showed her into The detective's office. The detective told her that she couldn't tell anybody were she had got the informations from. June Promised at got the information. Next day she went to the address she'd got from the agency. Very unexpected Lucinda thought that Jason had stolen her parents from her and over the years Jason had begun hating his mother for ...
- 185: Computer Software Piracy and it's Impact on the International Economy
- ... a computer via modem from one's own system) into computers of software companies and steal the software or "pay off" employees of software companies. The software they receive is almost always less then one day old and is often referred to as a "zero day ware." "The Internet is an incredible international electronic information system providing millions with access to education, entertainment. and business resources, as well as promoting new forms of personal communication, including e-mail and on-line ... property, but have generally achieved marginal success in reducing losses to piracy. Works Cited "China and Russia Again Named 'One Copy Countries' by the SPA in special 301 Report." Software Publishers Association. Press Release. Washington D.C. 20 Feb 1996. URL: http://www.spa.org/gvmt/spa301.htm. "China Takes Software Piracy Clampdown Inland." Bloomberg Forum. 1995. News and Observer. URL: http://www.nando.net/new...fo/080785/info518_5. ...
- 186: The Catcher in the Rye Summary and Analysis
- The Catcher in the Rye Summary and Analysis Introduction The Catcher in the Rye is an American novel written by J.D. Salenger, and is about a dysfunctional teenager named Holden Caulfield. Holden spends most of the book roaming the streets of New Yourk City. Holden suffers from mental depression and is on a course toward a ... The Catcher in the Rye is narrated by Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year-old boy recuperating in a rest home from a nervous breakdown, some time in 1950. Holden tells the story of his last day at a school called Pencey Prep, and of the situations leading to his psychological meltdown. As the story starts we find that Holden has been expelled from Pencey for academic failure, and is on his ... his former English teacher, Mr. Antolini. When Mr. Antolini begins making homosexual passes toward him, Holden leaves his apartment, and spends the rest of the night on a bench in Grand Central Station. The next day Holden experiences the worst phase of his nervous breakdown. He wanders the streets, looking at children and talking to Allie. He tries to leave New York forever and hitchhike west, but when Phoebe insists ...
- 187: The Town of El Dorado Springs
- ... research projects, sometimes for me, is an agonizing problem that eventually turns into an enlightening experience; what was to be my American Humanities research project was just such an experience. I had preliminarily thought I'd look into cultural myths. While researching myths, I ran across El Dorado Springs, MO., under the category of geographical myths, in the library computer. I thought how interesting while also wondering why. The book listed ... paranoid, it was unusual for someone to invite a total stranger to stay at their house.) We arranged a weekend that was available for both of us. I would go down on Friday during the day to get a start on my research, and then meet her when she arrived after 4:00. She suggested I visit the historical museum and the library, which was located in the municipal building in ... his wife Corniela, and Hightower's brother were led to the spring as a stopover area on their way to Eureka Springs, Arkansas for his wife's health. They had planned to remain only a day or two to rest before resuming their journey south. It was the water from the spring, at the campsite, that seemed to rejuvenate Mrs. Hightower. Instead of moving on as planned, they remained for ...
- 188: TQM In An Accounting Environment
- ... problem The accounting office is located in Holland, Ohio. This facility controls all the financial related tasks within the Northwest Ohio district. The department involved are the General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Billing, C.O.D., and Information Services. This facility is located approximately three miles away form the main United Parcel Service hub location in Maumee. The accounting function employs approximately 150 to 160 non-union employees and runs continuously, 24 hours a day, six days a week. The accounting department is highly structured and mechanistic. All employees report to a supervisor, who reports to a manager. There are three managers within this office. They consist of a Office ... and a Information Services Manager. These three managers in turn report to the Controller, who is only responsible to the District Manager and the regional personnel. There is a high level of standardization in the day to day activities with this group. The jobs that are completed do however, require the employees to be specialized in certain areas. All rules and procedures are formalized, and the power and decision making ...
- 189: Attica
- ... and Latino. Working conditions in Attica State Prison were unbearable, prisoners were political, poor and maltreated. Hygienic conditions were very bad and medical care was practically non-existent. Prisoners average pay was 40 cents a day for manufacturing mattresses, shoes and license plates, prisoners never saw a lawyer, were prevented from defending themselves, were isolated, raped, harassed and murdered. They decided to go on strike April 9, 1971, which is considered a direct defiance against the authority of the state. September 9, 1971, 1,500 men in cell block D took over Attica Prison, taking prison guards as hostages. All Black, Latino and White prisoners had united. By the uprising they were trying to force the state to address to their demands. They had a ... at the trial how state troopers and guards forced naked inmates to run over broken glass past a gauntlet of correction officers swinging nightsticks. Of hostages found dead, two apparently had been killed before the day of the riot and one of them castrated. Nine prisoners were taken to area hospitals for surgery and others were injured, some so serious they probably did not survive. On June 6, 1997, a ...
- 190: Creative Writing: The Search
- ... was my childhood dream to be the one who gets the bad guy. My fiftieth birthday was in just three months. I had a wife and three children, still do, and the same job I'd had since my graduation from Quantico. We were living just outside Portland. My oldest son, John jr., was in his third year at Washington. The twins were high school seniors at this time and my ... floor. I swore to myself to let Carolyn know about that. I walked into John's empty room, knowing he owned some ties. It was just as he had left it, I guess, because I'd never really gone in his room. I picked the red one he wore in his graduation pictures and slipped it over my head. I stepped into the bathroom, combed back my whitening hair, and left ... R. Franklin'. He was from the Boise office. "Must be real important for him to come all the way out here." Steve Menschke was my oldest friend at the office, and a fine agent. I'd known him since our days at Quantico. “An hour's flight out here, even in that thing.” He went on while I began to read the dossier. At quarter till nine, I called a ...
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