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- 3801: The Condition Of Postmodernity
- ... yield to the speedier methods of flexible accumulation, there was a corresponding shift in architecture. The functional universalism of high modernism gave way to new forms of particularism. As examples, Harvey cites garish monuments to personal power such as the Trump Tower, or to the active marketing of cultural difference at the Baltimore City Fair which was used to make that city more attractive to outside investors. Harvey's second more ... replicants" in Blade Runner represent the ultimate in short-term, highly skilled and flexible labor power is insightful as are his comments on the role of images in maintaining a tenuous link to history and personal identity in Los Angeles in the year 2019, at a time when the chaos of flexible accumulation seems to have been driven to absurd extremes. While less insightful than his discussion of Blade Runner, Harvey ...
- 3802: Bach, Johann Sebastian
- ... lessons with him. This turned into a four-month leave, causing trouble with Bach's employers when he returned. Not only had his presence been missed for four consecutive months, but he had come back writing in an advanced and unusual style that wasn't exactly what was required. It was great music but it was just a little ahead of its time. So Bach moved on to the job in ... the full orchestra and so on. Today Bach is known all over the world as one of the greatest composers ever to have lived, producing what has been described as 'pure' music. His skill at writing for the keyboard instruments and for choirs also has had a significant effect on all composers who followed him, even to today. He was admired by his generation as an outstanding harpsichordist, organist, and expert ...
- 3803: One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich: Summary
- ... uses his intelligence to make his life easier so he can save up more energy to face the work load. He and the members of the 104th group manage to survive because of Ivan's personal attention to himself and his care about the others. More importantly, Ivan survives because his intelligence, his spirit, his deception and careful teamwork. Ivan has to be smarter than the guards in the camp, so ... for making spoons. Teach me how to cast them." (Solzhenitsyn, Pg.53). By teamwork, they save up more energy and get works done easily. Ivan survives his life in the prison camp because of his personal attention to things such as his food and his care about the others when he works as a team member. He is also smarter than the guards and the other prisoners so that he does ...
- 3804: A Comparison Of Typewriters Vs
- ... to Paez (1985, 55): A familiar keyboard, which requires fewer keystrokes and has a simpler, less code-intensive user interface, makes the Transition to a high-end typewriter much easier than the Transition to a personal computer with the same functions. Typewriter Flexibility An electronic typewriter can perform some functions computers cannot, but a personal computer (PC) cannot be used a mere typewriter (nor should it be). Perhaps that is why one large survey found that 85% of secretaries who use PC's also use typewriters. Using microchip technology, sophisticated ...
- 3805: “A Doll’s House”: The Theme Of Individual vs. Society
- ... her own, without other people trying to help her. Society dictated at the time that she listen to her husband and obey. Borrowing money from Krogstad was not only a disobedience to society, but a personal freedom. A personal freedom that she had craved for all of her life. Torvald just about is what society expects of him. Torvald runs his household with an iron fist. He is this way most likely because he ...
- 3806: The Diary Of Anne Frank
- ... her way in captivity. Anne was an immensely gifted writer and a person of great sensitivity. She shows her depth through emotions as well as by absolving the feeling of others and communicating them through writing. Anne\\'s true personality is brought to life on every page and allows the reader to feel as though they actually know her. Whether enthralled in the heights of ecstasy over her budding fascination with ... Van Dann, another teen hiding in the \\"annex\\", or drowning in the depths of despair over her life in hiding, Anne would always confide her private thoughts and interest in her diary. Anne\\'s vivid writing allows the reader to experience second hand what it was like to be a teenage Jewish girl confined to an inside world with little resources except necessities to survive. The detail in which her story ...
- 3807: Cole's View From Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts and Whitman's Leaves of Grass: Ways The Artist Portrays Themselves To The Viewer
- ... the world through their own eyes? Should they give thanks to nature for their own experiences? As seen, Cole and Whitman both have different ways of presenting themselves to their viewers. Cole in the more personal sense and Whitman in a more general sense. Whitman tries hard to relate to each reader individually. He doesn’t present himself as an author. Cole on the hand, paints himself as a painter along with his tools. Cole gets very personal and even labels his portfolio T.Cole. Cole and Whitman also have different ways of posing questions to their audience. Whitman in a more direct manner and Cole in a more oblique way. Cole leaves ...
- 3808: John F. Kennedy In Vietnam
- ... training. All this made the US look imperialist as if we were in control, which was not so yet. The civil rights movement created the climate for protest. As of January 1962, the total military personal in South Vietnam reached a total of 2,646. During this strenuous time for JFK the Cuban Missile Crisis occurs in October, 1962. The Laos negotiation and the Cuban Missile Crisis raised strong doubts about Kennedy’s leadership ability. At the end of 1962 total military personal in South Vietnam reaches heights of 11,300 people. President Kennedy's did a television interviews on Vietnam September 2 and 9, 1963 on CBS. President Kennedy was asked about what he thinks about Vietnam ...
- 3809: Smart House
- ... to local utility rate structures, size of home, insulation, lifestyle, etc. Secondly, it is an easily operating system. Home owners can control their SMART HOUSE System using a menu driven control panel, touch-tone phone, personal computer, remote control or programmable wall switch. All SMART HOUSE controls are designed to be simple and easy to use. Because smart houses are independence, they can help people with disabilities maintain an active life ... to local utility rate structures, size of home, insulation, lifestyle, etc. Secondly, it is an easily operating system. Home owners can control their SMART HOUSE System using a menu driven control panel, touch-tone phone, personal computer, remote control or programmable wall switch. All SMART HOUSE controls are designed to be simple and easy to use. Because smart houses are independence, they can help people with disabilities maintain an active life ...
- 3810: “The Need for Entertainment at the Woman’s Expense”
- ... is counted on to be the brains of the operation in tracking down Dracula. She is intellectually very smart in that she remembers all of the train schedules and picks up the style of shorthand writing very quickly, for it is a new style of writing to that time. The Mina that is portrayed in the movie is portrayed as a smart woman, but is more vulnerable to Dracula. Mina and Jonathan cannot be married until he returns back from his ...
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