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- 1031: Financial Instability
- ... designed to curb international financial instability and its repugnant ramifications. CONTENDING VIEWS AND POLICY PROPOSALS Three main policies have been introduced to curb international financial instability. A global transaction tax, which is a tax on short term financial investments, a target zone approach, where nations exchange rates would be allowed to fluctuate within a specific band and a supranational or regional institution aimed at coordinating global financial reform. Proposed by economists ... and Nobel Laureate James Tobin in 1978, a global transaction tax (STT) would act to “throw some sand in the well greased wheels of the global financial markets.” The STT is predicted to slow the short term financial excursions into other currencies, yet at the same time it would have a lighter impact on trade and long-term investments with higher percentage yields. Speculators, now carrying the burden of a tax ... revaluation of asset values that will produce the most accurate price signals on which to base long- term resource allocations. They say that a STT would be detrimental to less developed countries so reliant on short term investment. Another highly noted policy aimed at curbing international financial instability is the adoption of a targeted exchange rate system. A sort of “ hybrid” regime, target zones allows currencies to fluctuate within predetermined ...
- 1032: In the Zoo: Caesar and the Bear
- In the Zoo: Caesar and the Bear Jean Stafford's "In the Zoo" is a short story that cleverly uses animals to further develop the human characters. Each human character in the short story has his/her own personality likeness bestowed upon an animal. The human characters are complex and well drawn out, each having an individual personality niche in the social environment they inhabit. Though the author ... how animals are used throughout the novel to mold the reader's understanding of the human character they correspond to. One of the strongest illustrated characters in this story is Mrs. Placer, or "Gran" for short. The first description we hear of Gran comes from an unidentified person who glorifies her as a woman of "Christian goodness" (p. 1452). In this first paragraph the reader learns that Gran has had ...
- 1033: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
- ... chemical to turn him back into his real self and is stuck living as Hyde. In despair, he kills himself right before Utterson and Poole break down the lab door. Compared to the other werewolf stories, Dr. Jekyll could transform himself anytime he needed by using the potion. In other similar stories, the werewolf needs a full moon for transformation. Another comparison to look at is that at the end of the story it was Dr. Jekyll who died instead of Edward Hyde. In most original werewolf stories it is the transformation person who dies instead of the primary character. Dr. Jekyll also took his own life because he didn’t like what was happening to him. In other werewolf stories someone ...
- 1034: Harrison Bergeon Vs. 1984
- ... at all. Harrison Bergeron apparently had everyone equalized through handicapping all those with extraordinary abilities. The classes were the same as they are in modern America, only with handicaps. Human Nature was repressed in both stories. It is human nature to express one s talents in some way. In 1984, any kind of personal expression was thoughtcrime, and would cause the guilty individual to be taken to the ministry of love ... beautiful were forced to wear masks. No one was able to display any kind of talent even if they wanted to do so. Society had almost the same roles for men and women in both stories. In 1984, men and women were both treated the same, as mindless members of the party. They both had the same jobs and duties, and they both had the same rules. In Harrison Bergeron, men ... problem, but at the same time, they ironically removed justice when they stopped people from expressing their natural talents. Both 1984, and Harrison Bergeron use these ideas in the same ways. The backgrounds of the stories are very different but the concepts are the same. Both express a negative Utopia as a warning for the future. If the government becomes the sole source of all information for the public, society ...
- 1035: A Guide To Indoor Air Quality
- ... that can reduce the level of indoor air pollution in your own home. Because so many Americans spend a lot of time in offices with mechanical heating, cooling, and ventilation systems, there is also a short section on the causes of poor air quality in offices and what you can do if you suspect that your office may have a problem. A glossary and a list of organizations where you can ... exposure or, possibly, years later. Immediate effects may show up after a single exposure or repeated exposures. These include irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, headaches, dizziness, and fatigue. Such immediate effects are usually short term and treatable. Sometimes the treatment is simply eliminating the person's exposure to the source of the pollution, if it can be identified. Symptoms of some diseases, including asthma, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and humidifier fever ... to indoor air pollutants. Further research is needed to better understand which health effects occur after exposure to the average pollutant concentrations found in homes and which occur from the higher concentrations that occur for short periods of time. The health effects associated with some indoor air pollutants are summarized in the chart in the middle of this booklet titled Reference Guide to Major Indoor Air Pollutants in the Home. ...
- 1036: Women As News Anchors
- ... on print journalism. There was material about the first women in broadcasting in the 1950's and how they were hired and fired. Television News Anchors had very helpful information, in that there were individual stories from anchorwomen telling of their experiences. This provided stories about the women who have succeeded within the field--why and how. There was a round table discussion conducted by The New Mother Jones magazine with television newswomen Linda Ellerbee, Marion Goldin, Ann Rubenstein, and ... re hired, I would say, probably more because of the way they look and their image than because of their background. A man with a very strong journalism background and a man who has broken stories...can get away with a little bit of homeliness. Men aren't supposed to be attractive. Women have a tougher time (Gelfman 1976, p. 53). Our society pins importance upon women's looks. They ...
- 1037: Marcus Aurelius
- ... Aurelius also believed that the fear of death was useless, and that is was ignorant to fear something that one has never experienced before. He considered death only one step of a cycle. Life was short, only a moment in the history of all that has been and all that will be. A person is born, lives a short while, dies, and becomes ashes. Since life is so short, it is important to appreciate what time a person does have, whether it is ten years, or one hundred. In the end, we all die, so it is of little importance how long we ...
- 1038: The Openings Of The Time Machi
- ... Golding wrote the story, during the Cold War era. It was written after the Second World War. The times, in which wells and Golding lived in, reflected on what was written in each of their stories. Wells lived in a time of peace and stability, as there hadn t been a major war for 30 years, which was in 1865. This had an impact on what Wells wrote about in his ... to man. These characters were Jack and Roger. Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Jack and Roger also represent Hitler, who was an evil man obsessed with dictatorship and power. In both stories the opening descriptions are made to sound like paradise by the writers. This is the description of the island (Golding), and the land of the Eloi (H.G. Wells). Both writers use good descriptions to ... of forest was savage with smoke and flame . Beneath the dark canopy of leaves and smoke the fire laid hold on the forest and began to gnaw . The action also becomes more threatening in both stories. In the Time Machine the Time Traveller actually comes face to face with some of the Morlocks. While I stood in the dark a hand touched mine, lank fingers came feeling over my face. ...
- 1039: Hills Like White Elephants, Ye
- ... everybody s concept of love is different. However, in order to achieve a good relationship, people must have a well balanced power structure in their relationship, and good understanding and communication between them. In the stories, The Yellow Wallpaper, Hills Like White Elephants, and A Doll s House, one could see the lopsided relationship between the males and females. In these stories the males predominates the females, and the characters seem to lack understanding, and communication toward another, which causes problems in their relationships. The communication going on between the man and girl in the story, Hills ... ever had serious talks and understood each other. They needed to get into a relationship where nothing was covered up, and deal with the ugly unwanted sides of another by communication. In all of these stories one could see the relationships where men were in control, and women were the followers. All of the relationships had problems and the cause was the lack of love, and communication. They could have ...
- 1040: The Grotesque in Flannery O’Connor
- ... from the disease which finally killed her. She was educated in parochial Catholic schools where she learned the basics of literature and grammar. O’Connor began writing at the young age of ten, and her stories were frequently published. Her most prevalent themes include comic violence, the question of redemption, displacement, and religion. Flannery O’Connor’s overriding religious views and perspectives on life were illustrated through the abnormal characters and grotesque figures in her stories, particularly in “Good Country People,” “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” and “The Life You Save May Be Your Own.” Flannery O’Connor often used grotesque images in her writings to portray the fundamental ... you got left the best way you can- by killing somebody or burning down his house or doing some other meanness to him. No pleasure but meanness. (O’Connor 28) Most people who read her stories would agree that “O’Connor is undeniably a tough writer, and looking through her work the reader must strain to find a healthy family, a loving couple, or a pleasant child” (Mitchell 1). She ...
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