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- 521: 401(k) Plans
- ... by a certain percent. Here is where the problem comes in. Though some companies match contributors either with cash or with a direct credit to the plan, other companies match with corporate stock. According to Richard Sasanow, a former assistant of public communications at Ernst and Young, "many experts consider this to be one of the riskiest investments for a 401 (k)-but may be worth it if you think your ... up to the court to decide what is in the best interest of the people and have every company and employee abide by those precedents. It seems that is the only fair way. Bibliography Sasanow, Richard. The 401 (k) Book. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996. Davenport, Jim. The State. May, 1995
- 522: Benedict Arnold
- ... among the very few. (Macks 118) So, Benedict Arnold was sent on a infernal 500 mile march to Maine by Washington also known as "The Rock". (Macks 72, 118) There, he met up with General Richard Montgomery. (Macks 72) The relentless Benedict Arnold and only about fifty percent of his original soldiers made it to the St. Lawrence River where they met up with General Montgomery. (Macks 72) Their plan was ... The first men to arrive at the St. Lawrence River in Quebec were only a week and a half late, even with the extra miles added on. (M. Flynn) Montreal ended up surrendering to General Richard Montgomery on November 13th. (M. Flynn) Montgomery had replaced Schuyler for an unknown reason. (M. Flynn) The British were completely aware of Arnold’s plan to attack Quebec once again. (M. Flynn) Arnold had written ...
- 523: The Evolution Of Professional
- ... Schultz) of being a fake, David did not take Stossels words in appreciation he clapped stossel over the ears so hard that Stossel believed that his hearing had been permanently damaged. In another case, comedian Richard Belzer challenged the Hulkster, Hulk Hogan, Hollywood Hulk Hogan, or Terri Bolla (whichever name you want to call him) to place him in a headlock. Terri took the challenge and placed a headlock on the comedian. The headlock was accomplished with so much force that the circulation of the blood to the brain was cut off. When Terri released Richard he fell unconscious to the floor. Now I tell you how can you say that wrestling is not a sport and that wrestlers are not real athletes. In order to become a wrestler a person ...
- 524: Biography of William Shakespeare
- ... Shrew", and "The Two Gentlemen of Verone". Three plays which are in the category of tragedy are "Romeo and Juliet", "Titus Andronicus", and "Julius Caesar". In the category of history, three plays are "Henry V", "Richard II", and "Richard III".
- 525: Stephen Leasock's "Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich": Satire
- ... Satire Jonathan Swift has suggested that "Satire is a sort of Glass, wherein Beholders do generally discover every body's Face their own; which is the chief reason...that so few are offended with it." Richard Garnett suggests that, "Without humour, satire is invictive; without literary form, [and] it is mere clownish jeering." (Encyclopaedia Britannica 14th ed. vol. 20 p. 5). Whereas Swift's statement suggests that people are not offended ... yet maintains its moral undertone. Satire's primary use is to expose. If no one was offended or embarrassed by it then the work and the humour is an end in itself. Works Cited Garnett, Richard. Encyclopedia Brtannica, 14th ed. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 1959. Leacock, Stephen. Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1989. Works Consulted Allen and Stephens. Satire, Theory and Practice. ed. Allen and ...
- 526: Wright's Black Boy: Intolerance
- Wright's Black Boy: Intolerance Black Boy (1845), created by Richard Wright with his soul and written as his shadow, is a subtly actualized chronicle of an adolescent's coming of age in the United States accompanying by a clear-cut denunciation of the Southern racial ... the humanistic affirmations of such a conclusion that Black Boy was written as a scripture of one's coming of age as well as a seized inform against the Southern prejudice, it is unmistakable that Richard Wright composed this novel as a work of stunning imagination and mythic power with said reassuring reasons. Interdependent, as well as interrelated syllogism, sets my hindmost justified revelation that foresees no other echo, if an ...
- 527: Bay Of Pigs
- ... president. Upon his election, he was informed of the Cuban crisis and after being presented with the facts, he approved the invasion. Many plans for the invasion were recognized, but the best one came from Richard Bissel. He describes his plan in a book entitled, CIA. "The plan that was finally accepted was a more complex and larger version of the operation seven years earlier in Guatemala. A force of Cuban ... the CIA inspector general, wrote a report. He is said to be one of the harshest critiques of the invasion (Nelson, Craig 1). Kirkpatrick laid most of the blame directly on the CIA. Allen Dulles, Richard Bissell, and others resented the report and said that he had betrayed the CIA (Goode, Stephen 83). The 150-page report was finally released after sitting in the CIA director’s safe for over thirty ...
- 528: Biography of Benjamin Franklin
- ... became governor of New Jersey. He worked as a printer from 1730-1748 and was successful. He became the official printer of Pennsylvania, then New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. During this time, he published “Poor Richard's Almanack”. It was a very popular book that had the weather forecasts for the year as well as jokes and proverbs. He published it under the name of Richard Saunders. Franklin continued to study things such as science and foreign languages. He organized a debate club that became known as the American Philosophical Society. As a result of this club, Franklin started the first ...
- 529: 27 Years Of Influential 60 Min
- ... the 60 Minutes principle and created gossip, and shocking video segments. Still other shows, including the interview programs, borrowed from 60 Minutes' method of grilling the interviewee. Dan Rather once (in an interview with President Nixon during his downfall) riled up Nixon enough to prompt the question "Are you running for something?" And Rather shot back, "No, sir, Mr. President. Are you?" Tough reporting, taped evidence of scams, and in-depth stories of current events are essentially ...
- 530: Mark Twain and the Lost Manuscript of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- ... was the “ raftman's passage” which also appears in Twain's Life on the Mississippi. Other small changes, such as Jim belonging to the widow Douglas instead of Ms. Watson, make the novel very different. Richard Snow, an editor for the publication American Heritage, states that the small changes “freshen the reader's appreciation for Twain's Classic” (Snow, 102). Mark Twain's wife's handwriting can also be seen in ... Some say it gives readers insight into the author, but others complain that it only offers ‘two levels of textual reality'.” Los Angeles Times 9 April 1996, Home ed.: Life and Style pg. 1. Snow, Richard F. “The Missing Huck and Jim.” American Heritage Jul.- Aug. 1996: 102. “Twain, Mark.” Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. 1994. “The Twain Shall Meet.” Online. Random House. Internet. 23 Oct. 1996 Available: http://www.randomhouse.com ...
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