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- 5471: Catcher in the Rye: Holden and Reznor
- ... Holden and Reznor Holden Caufield is a person with many mixed feelings. His happiness was left, but not forgotten in the past, and he suffers terribly because he cannot adjust to these changes to his world and also to himself. In the strong sense, looking back at the lost sense of reality that he still hangs on to, relieves him of all the troubles he has at the present time. He ... feels, the drunk, sick, child in danger of catching pneumonia easily relates to the dying, beaten young man that Reznor feels he has become. For both Holden and Reznor, adjustment to the changes in the world is a difficult task not only physically but emotionally. Holden hates himself because he fears that he is changing: he has grayed out hair, he tries going into clubs, he smokes, he is too drinks ... copper has begun to rust away its purity. Holden and Reznor are two people that are stuck between the truth about the past and the present. They both suffer because of the terrible changes the world has adapted to and they suffer from the changes they also undergo, that the world has lost its sense of happiness, and they both have to adjust to this new, bigger, lonely world. They ...
- 5472: Administrative Decision Making
- ... of all ages." A new distribution center for Galyan's opened in 1997. Intimate Brands: Victoria's Secret: stores, bath and fragrances Victoria's Secret Stores are the most dominant, intimate apparel stores in the world, presently selling more lingerie than industry competitors Vanity Fair and Maidenform. The stores were redecorated in the early 1990s in a "Victorian Parlor" style. Victoria's Secret bath and fragrance products are an increasingly important ... end 1997. Victoria's Secret Catalogue: Since its purchase by The Limited, Inc. in 1982, the catalogue has steadily increased its operations. Now Victoria's Secret Catalogue is the dominant catalogue for lingerie in the world. The Limited, Inc. spent $10.7 million in 1994 to purchase a telemarketing center in Ohio on Victoria's Secret catalogue operations expansion. The division has three successful specialty catalogues: Swim, Country, and City. A ... a natural market atmosphere and sell a variety of personal care products. There were 921 B&B Woks stores as of year-end 1997. Support Businesses: Mast Industries: Mast Industries, Inc. is one of the world's leading international contract manufacturers, importers and distributors of apparel for men, women and children. Product lines range from sportswear and ready-to-wear to lingerie. Mast delivers over 100 million garments a year ...
- 5473: Euro Heralds New Era
- Euro Heralds New Era 11 nations merged currencies to create the euro. Europe’s leaders say that the unified currancy will promote bussiness, underpin unity and strengthen their role in world affairs. Officially at midnight on New Year’s Eve the euro became the common currency of Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Ireland and Luxembourg. This event is hailed as a ... side national currencies on pay checks, phone bills and bank statements. The United States dollar will now have a strong competator in the currency market. The euro-zone will be a powerful player in the world maket with its 20% of world economic output and 18% of world trade. “The euro becomes the strong arm of the strongest economic region of the world,” Austrian Chancellor Viktor Klima said in Vienna. “From Lisbon to Helsinki, from Paris ...
- 5474: The History of Walmart
- ... to deliver big-city discounting to small-town America. Sam's Roots From humble, hard-working roots, Sam Walton built Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. into the largest, fastest-growing, and most profitable retailer in the world. A child of the Depression, Sam always worked hard. He would milk the cows, and by the age of eight, he started selling magazine subscriptions. When he turned 12, Sam took on a paper route ... 054 stores, sales of over $104 billion, is in operation in all 50 states and it's still growing. In an average week, approximately 60,000,000 customers will shop at Wal-Mart throughout the world. In the United States, on average, every man, woman and child spends 5360 annually there as well. In his autobiography "Sam Walton, Made in America: My Story," Sam shares with us, "If you believe in ... it represents the kind of grassroots common sense that many entrepreneurs readily acknowledge-but too seldom heed. (People have a knack for making business more complicated than it needs to be.) What Walton showed the world, but especially the retailing world, was that success was rooted in a mindfulness of a few basic principles. These principles consisted of constantly being mindful of; customer service and satisfaction, always take advantage of ...
- 5475: Internet For Newbies
- Approximately 30 million people world-wide use the Internet and on-line services daily. The Net is growing exponentially in all areas, and a rapidly increasing number of people are finding themselves working and playing on the Internet. The people ... Internet itself is the word "net" with the prefix "inter-" added to it. Another interesting example is the word "hypertext," which is used to describe the format of one area of the Internet, the WWW (World Wide Web). The WWW is made up of millions of pages of text with "hotlinks" that allow the user to jump to another page with different information on it. "Hypertext," derived by adding the prefix ... does. American English Net jargon is somewhat internationally prevalent. Many terms used on the multi-lingual, yet English dominated Internet are borrowed from language to language. The words "Internet" and "cyberspace" are used around the world, as is evident when one is cruising the Net and encounters a piece of writing entirely written in Norwegian or Russian. The only words an English-speaker easily recognizes are those internationally understood items ...
- 5476: The North American Free Trade Agreement
- ... American Free Trade Agreement In January 1994 the United States, Mexico and Canada entered into the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and created the largest free trade sector and the richest market in the world. Over 410 million consumers are able to take advantage of the benefits of this treaty (de Blij, Muller 186). In 1995 Chile was added to the treaty and will become a full-fledged member early in the next century. The North American Free Trade Agreement is unique because the treaty not only created the largest free trade zone in the world but also outlined economic policies, which set the standard for many other treaties and addressed other issues such as environment and working conditions. In order to better understand NAFTA, the most important goals of the ... were established and have 'standardized' the quality of all trade items as well as provided the environmental support to "clean-up" any environmental "hot spots". The last major goal of the treaty was to foster world trade and set the example for trade cooperation in the world environment and encourage other countries to establish more free trade areas. There are many economic incentives for all the treaty members to include ...
- 5477: Patrick Henry's Speech
- ... states, “Sir we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming” (90). Patrick Henry and the rest of the congress have no other choice but to argue or war. Patrick Henry says, “Shall we try argument”(90)? Henry addresses the congress with the choice of argument with the British; the congress does not refuse because they are tired themselves of dealing with the British ... it, sir, we must fight”(90). Patrick Henry is not willing to let the British ministry get by so easily. Patrick Henry has made many reasonable requests to change the mind setting of having a war but the British just do not want to change. Patrick Henry knows that if there is a war he will not have a good chance in beating it, but he still is self confident that he can win the war with the British ministry. Henry says, “The war is inevitable—and let ...
- 5478: Heart Of Darkness 11
- ... this central subject parallels a corresponding incapacity in Conrad. The vast, abstract darkness that he envisions is too complex and overwhelming to be reduced to a clear or explicit truth. Instead, the truths of the world that Conrad creates in Heart of Darkness are, like those of the real world, necessarily messy, suggestive, irrational, and general. In a sense, it is trying to explain the unexplainable brings Marlow to the Congo in the first place. Like a knight searching for adventure, Marlow was drawn to ... and Kurtz dies in the same manner in which he had first come alive for Marlow, in a word. "The horror!", he cries, as he sums up all the dark knowledge and insights into the world that he had acquired, "The horror!". By his presence next to Kurtz during his final moment of understanding, Marlow becomes the heir to Kurtz's dark legacy. It is obvious from his zombie-like ...
- 5479: The Bank of Montreal
- The Bank of Montreal Today in the world, banks have become a part of everybody lives. The bank can help us with out personal and financial problems. Without them, our lives feel insecure, and without them, there can be a lot of difficulties ... Competitiveness, p.38.) Therefore, the branch system of the Bank of Montreal totaled six hundred and seventeen services outlets by 1925. (Canadian Banks And Global Competitiveness, p.44.) The Bank of Montreal had their business world wide since the founding in 1817. The bank has grown to have ten hundred and one billion in U.S. in assets, and over thirty two thousand employees in Canada, the United States, and all over the world. (http://www.bmo.com) During 1866, Edwin H. King, one of the director of the Bank of Montreal went to England and he extended the international research of the bank into India and China ...
- 5480: Canada's Foreign Trade
- ... to generate employment and increase the wealth of its economy. Many other countries rely upon the products with which Canada supplies to them through trade. China, a communist country, with the largest population in the world, relies heavily on Canadian food products to feed its enormous population. If Canada were to suddenly sever trade with China, not only would Canada lose a large portion of revenue generated from that trade, but ... given to set up a democracy which is sensitive to human rights issues. By eliminating trade with all countries that give their citizens little or no human rights it is hoped to eventually develop a world where all humans have the freedom to enjoy human rights while living under democratic rule. Every country in the world has been in violation of human rights at one time or another in its history. If Canada felt that it has a moral obligation to put sanctions against oppressive countries then it would, in ...
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