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- 3911: Biography of Ogden Nash
- ... with well educated parents. Microsoft Encarta 95 said that his parents names were Edmund Strudwick Nash and Mattie Nash. During his childhood years, Nash was educated at several private schools. At these schools, he enjoyed writing his own comical and dramatic free verse poems. After graduating out of grammar school, Nash moved on to one of the best private high schools in the east: St. George's in Newport, Rhode Island ... such as Happy Days (1933), The Bad Parent's Garden of Verse (1936), and I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938), Nash retired from his job at Doubleday to focus all of his time on writing free verse. He went on to write many poems, all being free verse. Some were serious, but most of them were humorous. Other examples of his collections include: Good Intentions (1942), Versus (1949), Family Reunion ...
- 3912: The Bogus Logic Of The Beak Of
- ... sociology. I find it even more remarkable that a book which such nonsense as the above passage could win a nonfiction Pulitzer Prize. One of the three panelists which made the final selection is a writing teacher at a well-known technical university. Would he accept such stuff if one of his students wrote that in a paper? One of the other panelists is an editor of a well-known high ... first I thought the author just thought all his readers were dense. But I get the impression he really believes this stuff! One person I shared this with simply passed it off because Weiner was writing for a "popular audience." Logic is not important for the mass of people? Is science the new priesthood which the "laity" must trust blindly? The aristocracy to which the serfs owe total allegiance? "Natural Selection ...
- 3913: Mind over Matter
- ... have. To aid this, the community of the temple comes into play heavily. It is easier to meditate and deny oneself the riches of secular life if you struggle beside others. While Buddhism advocates a personal struggle toward enlightenment, humans are gregarious beings at heart and so normally work better in the presence of brethren. Along with one's fellow monks, the abbot and preceptor's help guide and direct the ... is not very conducive to an American lifestyle. I give a lot of credit to the founders of the Zen Mountain Center in San Francisco, creating a microcosm which can support the solitude necessary for personal growth is a daunting task. From my limited venture into the life of a Buddhist, I learned that controlling one's mind and then harnessing this power to delve out truths and desires from oneself ...
- 3914: Purchasing A Small Business
- ... of the deal and probable success in managing the business after closing There's no sense spending time, effort, and money on a target located in the wrong place." (Tuller, 12) Along with this, the personal strife of having to travel a great distance to get to work can be very frustrating. So, be sure that the location of your potential business is profitable in every way. One the greatest minds ... close the deal. The documents generally needed for proper closure are: a buy/sell agreement, an earn out agreement, a promissory note terms and conditions agreement, title search and title insurance, lease agreements, employment contracts, personal guarantees, and an equity agreement with the lender. These documents are dealt with and an announcement should be made to the employees, customers, and vendors of the change in ownership. "There is a mood of ...
- 3915: Brave New World
- ... recovered from most of the infection and could some-what see. Huxley resumed his studies at Oxford, and accomplished a degree in 1916. At first Huxley tried to be journalist. But in 1921, he began writing poetry and short stories. There after, he began writing essays and novels. He received the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in the year 1959. His most famous book, "Brave New World", was published in 1932 ...
- 3916: B.F Skinner's Waldo Two: Positive Change In World Through Manipulation of Behavior
- ... Positive Change In World Through Manipulation of Behavior B.F. Skinner, in his novel Walden Two, presents many arguments about how he foresees a positive change in the world through manipulation of behavior on the personal level. Sigmund Freud, in his works, specifically Civilization and Its Discontents, presents his view of human nature and what is innately problematic about it. Both Freud and Skinner agree that human behavior is the result ... a much different concept of human existence. He, too, says that people are "formed" out of experiences and pre-existent conditions. However, Freud believes that the biggest factor in shaping human behavior is much more personal and internal. Since everyone experiences things differently, he claims, it is impossible to shape everyone so that some utopian society will form, as in Skinner's case. Freud recognizes on one level that there is ...
- 3917: Paul Bernardo
- ... year old high school student. This girl perfectly fit the description of Pauls ideal in being naive and unsophisticated. Over the three and one half years Paul was with her he used her like his personal sex toy. Throughout the entire relationship he convinced her that what they were doing was acceptable behavior. An example of his acceptable behavior was wrapping a piece of twine around her neck while he sodomized ... she couldn't go wrong. Karla was just the type of women Bernardo desired. She was good-looking, had a great body was naive and trusting, someone he could control, dominate and use as his personal sex toy. There sex life fired into action and the two were constantly searching for new adventures. The pair began having anal sex with Paul pulling a electrical cord around her own neck while his ...
- 3918: Monopoly And Microsoft
- ... programs, databases, and reference works. Microsoft programs run on a great percentage of all the computers in the world. We rely upon them to sort, send, and receive information in school, business, and even our personal lives. The Microsoft Network provides online content, and its Internet Explorer browser battled Netscape's for market share. It also provides free e-mail and other services. The fact is inevitable; our lives have ... and PC manufactures. Because of the ease of accessibility and quality of software and support, developers were soon creating applications solely for use with Microsoft products. In essence, Microsoft set the standard for all PC (personal computer) based applications. This contributed to the position in the market Microsoft now holds. Now, Microsoft holds approximately 90% of the OS market with no close substitute. Barriers to entry prevent possible competitors from entering ...
- 3919: Corruption In Famous Last Word
- ... must always remember what it is we want .and that some of us must fall before we can have it," (263) he says, openly admitting he is prepared to let others fall for his own personal gain. He wants Schellenberg to join forces with him. Von Ribbentrop says to Schellenberg, " I think you and I might do very well together whatever it is you re trying to do alone. So many ... realizes Hitler has the power in which he wants so he plans to kill him and take advantage of the situation. In conclusion, von Ribbentrop searches for ways to bring others down for his own personal gain. Benito Mussolini was a very important character in World War II who was both feared and admired. Findley writes of him, "What had been a shared ideal became a single man; a god." (160 ...
- 3920: Othello 2
- ... a higher social class attitude. Iago anger at being passed for rank by Cassio is evident from the beginning of the play Despise me, if I do not. Three great ones of the city, In personal suit to make me his lieutenant, Off-capp d to him: and, by the faith of man, I know my price, I am worth no worse a place: But he, as loving his own pride ... him that folly and green minds look after: a pestilent complete knave;. (Pg. 673) Iago cares not for the goodness and love in Cassio. He only cares to destroy and use him for his own personal revenge. Finally Iago greatest treachery comes from his hatred of Othello. He suspects Othello of sleeping with his wife. Iago greatest anger however comes from Othello passing him up for a promotion. For this Iago ...
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