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- 8531: A Farewell to Arms
- ... reader? Will I ever finish them all? What will I do if I tire of reading?] When I finished FTA I was of course stunned by the death of Catherine and the baby and Henry's sudden solitude. "What happens now?" I felt, as I so often do when I finish a book that I want to go on forever. This is infinitely more difficult with a book that has no ... topic for my class presentation that I know many people see that the unfairness of life and the insignificance of our free will are apparently the most important themes in the book, but I don't agree. I also don't agree that it is a war story or a love story. Exactly what it is, though, is not clear to me. Can't art exist without being anything? "There isn't always an explanation ...
- 8532: Kurt Vonneguts Who Am I This T
- Growing up we learn the importance of many different things. Of all these things, we have learned that being accepted into society, forming friendships, and loving someone are very important to us. In Kurt Vonnegut s short story, Who Am I This Time? , we see through the experiences of Helene Shaw that by shutting ourselves off from others around us we can miss out on some of the most important things ... us, one of these is being accepted by our society. We all hate to be the outsider or the new kid, because we feel alone and secluded . In Who Am I This Time? , Helene Shaw s job kept her moving to a different town every eight weeks. She became very cold to her surroundings in order to ease the transition from place to place, thus easing the sense of not belonging ... to hold important in our lives, is loving someone. In the story, Helen Shaw shut herself off from others so much that when she did meet someone nice she would feel as if she couldn t touch that person, no matter how hard she tried. The only people she had ever allowed herself to love were in dreams or movies. Once she joined the play in North Crawford, she emerged ...
- 8533: Dave And Busters Inc
- ... among Americans to be diverted in ever more imaginative ways -- through high-thrill parks, virtual reality arcades, and theme restaurants, plays right into the hands of Dave Corriveau and Buster Corley, co-founders and CEO’s of Dave and Busters. The duo’s 50,000 square foot complexes include pool hall, an eye popping, cutting edge midway arcade, a formal restaurant, a casual diner, a sports bar and a nightclub rolled into one sprawling complex. In business since 1990, this is a high energy, highly efficient operation that’s comparable to a Vegas extravaganza. As a matter of fact there are even “for fun” cashless blackjack tables, with fake $10,000 chips. Pricey, but not outrageous, and you get value for your money. ...
- 8534: Internet Junkies
- ... named "the Internet" which is everywhere, but nowhere. The world in which you hear a lot about, but never see. The place which is quickly becoming our world, not just their playground. In some people's opinions, individuals like the one mentioned above are becoming all too common in today's society. Everywhere you turn, someone is selling something new and great about the net. They preach of peace, glee, economic prosperity and over all, wonderfully great times to come, all a result of this "Information ... legitimate, not just cyber-babble designed to get you to fork over some cash. You cannot help but be caught in what people are calling the biggest thing to hit communications since Alexander Graham Bell's little invention. The telephone eliminated the age old distance barrier and made the whole country seem smaller. With transatlantic cables and satellites, the advent of television and CNN, and now the Internet, the world ...
- 8535: Kiss The Hype
- ... hype? Hype is defined as promotional publicity of an extravagant or contrived kind. It is used to lure the consumer to a certain product or an event of some kind. The competition for the consumer's attention is intense and even desperate at times. Throughout the 1970's, there was a vast machinery of hype surrounding the music industry. Some of what came out of it was original and imaginative, but some was deceptive and outrageous. Whatever it was, it was all aimed ... school teacher in New York City. With guitarist Paul Stanley, he formed a band called Wicked Lester that played in small clubs and bars around New York. That band quickly failed. "Wicked Lester just wasn't the deadly rock n' roll assault squad they had always wanted" (Kitts 12). But Simmons and Stanley felt they could and would become stars. They invested in some large equipment and decided to start ...
- 8536: John F. Kennedy Vs. Lynden B.
- By: Joe Badussi E-mail: Belgiancte@aol.com The question I am about to answer can not be answered in brief. To fully comprehend the similarities and differences between John F. Kennedy’s “New Frontier” and Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” you must understand their intentions first. John F. Kennedy was not an ordinary President. He was one with a certain “charisma”, as some put it. He was very blunt and knew how to ... we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend or oppose any foe in order to assure the survival and success of liberty. This we pledge and more.” Soon Kennedy’s speech would be put to the test. The debate over communism or democracy was still going on. The Cold War had not yet ended. During his presidency Kennedy was determined to lower unemployment by ...
- 8537: Creative Writing: The Crash
- Creative Writing: The Crash ........ as Jesse stumbled down the stairs, he could hear the weeping and he knew that something had gone wrong. He cried out, "what's going on?" "Jesse this is officer Potter, and he would like to talk to you," wept his grandmother. "What's the problem officer?" mumbled Jesse half asleep, rubbing his eyes. "Well, Jesse I don't know how to tell you this, but this morning on I-43 your dad was in a very terrible accident. He was hit by a semi truck heading south on the interstate. And when ...
- 8538: Regulating Big Companies
- ... American commonwealth near the Philippines. The workers are described as predominantly young women from China, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Thailand, that often work twelve hours a day and seven days a week. They sometimes don't receive pay if they fall behind on their quotas. These workers often live seven to a room in barracks that are surrounded by inward-facing barbed wire. The lawsuits maintain that some companies forced pregnant ... that the defendants associated in a criminal enterprise that involved a pattern of illegal acts like involuntary servitude, and show that they received substantial benefits from them. I feel that this kind of activity can't take place in the world. I don't feel that it is right to take advantage of the less fortunate. There have been other cases like this over the past several years, but nothing seems to be working in stopping this activity. ...
- 8539: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- ... Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a grouping of defects that may occur in infants born to women who drink alcohol during pregnancy. Michael Dorris states that FAS is a birth defect caused by a woman’s consumption of alcohol while she is pregnant. This drinking results in cognitive and behavioral problems which can be very debilitating, causing life long disability. Signs of FAS include low birth weight and an abnormally small ... once alcohol has done the damage there is no recovery. According to the writer, an experimental study was done among alcoholic male rats, and the observation showed evident of how alcohol may damage the rat’s sperm. Therefore, it should be acknowledged that males’ alcohol consumption is also a risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcome. To help prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects the father of the unborn child must ... for the obvious reason that they are the people who will detect and treat Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome babies. The next group we should target is the educators, and teach the country’s educators the when, where, what, why, and how to handle a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Fetal Alcohol Effects person. Educators in our elementary and high schools should be able to educate our children on ...
- 8540: Only The Heart
- ... Vietnam during the war and when communism started to come into action. And it had terrible affects on the people living there. They had to adapt or escape. The Vo family choose to escape. Toan s father had been taken by the military police because he was involved with the Vietnamese army. Toan, linh and Phuong were the children in the two families they had to learn quickly what was an acceptable thing to say and what was not. It was hard for them because they didn't know why they couldn t act in a certain way nor do a certain thing. These children just had to rely on their parents until they got older. They left because the war had brought communism; they were scared ...
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