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- 4041: War Of The Roses
- Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding is a novel that is identical to a soap opera. This book deals with everything from treachery to lust to deceit. He writes about a man and woman’s love for one another ...
- 4042: World Art
- The Great Ages When we think of history we don’t often think of art. We don’t realize how the history of art can help us learn more about the people, the cultures, and the belief systems ...
- 4043: Click Vs Brick: An Exploration Of Mp3 File Sharing And Onlin
- ... the purchase: it’s a case of try before you buy. These findings, however, are contradicted by the most recent industry sales figures produced by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. In their 2001 world sales report they affirmed that global sales fell by 5% in value since 2000. This is attributed to new technologies assisting an increase in illegal downloading and CD copying. “Piracy has grown alarmingly in the ... made by the RIAA and their supporters are correct. The industry is struggling to make profits, and sales of all recording formats, including compact disks for the first time, fell according to the IFPI 2001 world sales figures. The Musicians’ Perspective Musicians are another group who are currently contesting the practices of the major record labels; this does not necessarily mean that they agree with the consumer side arguments. The industry is essentially an oligopoly, as five global entertainment conglomerates dominate sales and distribution all over the world. These companies have a notoriously unethical reputation and a turbulent relationship with the artists they promote. The American rock star Courtney Love is currently in the midst of a legal battle with her record ...
- 4044: College Education
- College Education is Essential A college education is necessary in today's world. Education has been around for thousands of years and college education is one of the most important of them all. College education will prepare one with the understanding to be able to deal in today ... college level one will have more potential to find a better job and with a higher salary. Even though some people think college education is not essential; businesses, organizations, companies,and professionals in today's world demand it for the competitiveness and problems in today's economy.Education has been around for thousands of years. What is Education? Education is the knowledge or skills developed by the learning process and instruction ... a school system was developed to teach the people. As more questions got complicated the everyday person was then expected to at least have an elementary education, and then a high school education. As the world got more competitive, more businesses arose, cities develop, and more advanced technologies born; a college education was necessary to survive in today's environment and economy.College education will prepare the individual to be ...
- 4045: Coca Cola And Its Evolution
- ... and its Evolution The Coca-Cola company started out as an insignificant one man business and over the last one hundred and ten years it has grown into one of the largest companies in the world. The first operator of the company was Dr. John Pemberton and the current operator is Roberto Goizueta. Without societies help, Coca-Cola could not have become over a 50 billion dollar business. Coca-Cola was ... available through vending machine in 1929. He started advertising on the radio in the 1930's and on the television in 1950. Currently Coca-Cola is advertised on over five hundred TV channels around the world. In 1931, Woodruff introduced the Coke Santa as a Christmas promotion and since then, it has been a Christmas Tradition. Candler also introduced the twelve ounce Coke can in 1960. The Coca-Cola contour bottle ... of Coca-Cola, and many other elements(Oliver 131). The debut was accompanied by an advertising campaign that revived the Coca-Cola theme song of the early 1970's, "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke"(CokeMANIA). The change to the world's best selling soft drink was heard by 81 percent of the United States population within twenty-four hours of the announcement. Within a week of ...
- 4046: Homers Vision Of The Duality O
- The Illiad is a poem which takes place in the tenth year of a war between the Trojans and the Achains. Most of the poem talks about the battles taking place within that specific time period of war. Does Homer portray these events as a glorification or condemnation of war? Well, he does sort of both. It can be cosidered the greatest of ironies. It is at one time both glorious an heinous. On the one hand, war brings out one's great courage ...
- 4047: A Separate Peace - The Role Of Minor Characters
- ... the end. If it wasn’t for Brinker, Finny would have still been alive. Minor characters also add plot and volume to the story and keep it alive. For example Leper’s going to the war. When Leper goes to the war, it is brought as a surprise. This is because Leper is not expected to be a war going type of guy. Leper is a quiet, non athletic guy, making him not a very ideal war person. Brinker would have been expected to be the first to enlist in the war because ...
- 4048: Crime And Punishment
- ... for her family. Sofia is the one with the answer: Go at once, this instant, stand at the cross-roads, first bow down and kiss the earth you have desecrated, then bow to the whole world, to the four corners of the earth, and say aloud to all the world: "I have done murder." (V, 4) Raskolnikov will not go because for him authority is another representation of amorality, no better than himself. They do not care about his soul or his remorse. They want ... is merely sent to Siberia. She follows him with the offer and the example of her Christian love, fulfilling her words and actively loving, hoping that his transgression will not push him away from the world back into his own interior world in which nobody else has a place. Opposite to Sonya is what "humanists" do, what the "extraordinary" men do. Their idea becomes more than the actual humanity, more ...
- 4049: Crying Of Lot 49
- ... of apprehension to The Crying of Lot 49: that of the characters in the book, whose perception is limited to the text, and that of the reader, who has the ability to look at the world from outside of it. A recurring theme in the novel is the phenomenon of chaos, also called entropy. Both the reader and Oedipa have the same problems of facing the chaos around them. Through various methods, Pynchon imposes a fictional world of chaos on the world of the reader, a world already full of confusions. As readers, we are faced with the same uncertainty and complication of the mystery that the characters are involved in. As the mysteries unfold, an ...
- 4050: A Scope Of Microsoft
- ... way of life. The goal was to integrate computers into people’s everyday lives. The company started out in Gates’ garage with primitive technology and unlimited aspiration. Today the company has grown to be the world’s number one software developer and manufacturer. The company offers a very diverse line of products ranging from home user applications to high tech business software. Microsoft develops and manufactures a full line of games, web publishing, and most importantly, it’s number one piece of software, Windows 2000 and ever-popular Office 2000. The world basically runs on Microsoft software. The software is shipped with 70% of the world’s computers giving Microsoft a total of over 19 billion dollars in revenues for 1999. Microsoft has recently emerged in the world of Internet Service Providers (ISP’s) to become a competitor of the ...
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