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  • Paul Rand: Father of Modern Graphic Design

    Paul Rand: Father of Modern Graphic Design

    When Paul Rand died at age 82, his career had spanned six decades and numerous chapters of design history. His efforts to elevate graphic design from craft to profession began as early as 1932, when he was still in his teens. By the early 1940s, he had influenced the practice of advertising, book, magazine, and package design. By the late 1940s, he had developed a design language based purely on form where once only style

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    Essay Length: 1,658 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Anna
  • The Good Earth

    The Good Earth

    The overriding theme of the novel, “The Good Earth”, by Pearl S. Buck, is the nourishing power of the land. The book takes place during the early 1900s in China. The main character, Wang Lung who starts out as a poor farmer, has an intimate relationship with the earth because he produces his harvest through his own labor. Wang Lung and his wife O-lan have many children and together cultivate a bountiful and profitable

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    Essay Length: 1,099 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Nietzsche and Marx Foresee Modern Alienation

    Nietzsche and Marx Foresee Modern Alienation

    Nietzsche And Marx Foresee Modern Alienation Beyond typical philosophers solely focused on acquiring knowledge, Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche were equally dedicated to actualizing their vision of a better society and way of life. Before our present state of modernism, Nietzsche and Marx were already prophesizing our societal flaws based on past wrongs done to humanity. The Spanish Inquisition, the African Slave Trade, and the Holocaust are all clear testaments to the detrimental effect that

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    Essay Length: 596 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Mike
  • Good Songs

    Good Songs

    1st Bass - Slam Me Down 4 Strings - Into The Night Aeon - Masterpiece Of Emotion Afterburn - Fratty Boy Airscape - L'esperanza (Dj Tiesto remix) Airwave - Alone In The Dark Airwave - Another Dimension Airwave - Escape From Nowhere Airwave - Innerspace Airwave - Save Me Airwave - Venus Of My Dreams Alex Bartlett - Amnesia (Flutlich Vs Shokk mix) Alibi - Eternity (Innercity mix) Altitude - Altitude (Shokk remix) Amara -

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    Essay Length: 2,334 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Yan
  • How Does Golding Present the Theme of Good Versus Evil in the Novel “lord of the Flies”?

    How Does Golding Present the Theme of Good Versus Evil in the Novel “lord of the Flies”?

    How does Golding present the theme of good versus evil in the novel “Lord of the Flies”? William Golding’s novel “Lord of the Flies” is at first impression a dramatic adventure story about a group of boys stranded on an island, whilst being evacuated from a war-torn world. However to the perceptive reader a more meaningful level of Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” emerges. The novel is designed as an allegory; to a get a

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    Essay Length: 3,012 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Jack
  • I Drove a Perfectly Good Car to a Bus

    I Drove a Perfectly Good Car to a Bus

    There seems to be a stigma surrounding “the people on the bus”. Everybody knows that public transportation is the chariot of the lower class; Right? When you picture the passengers on the bus your image is probably composed largely of undesirables. I am not sure where this general consensus stems from, but even my own mother turned a few shades of purple at the thought of me riding the bus. Nevertheless I set out determined

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    Essay Length: 753 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Top
  • The Good and Bad of Telecommuting

    The Good and Bad of Telecommuting

    The good and bad of telecommuting Telecommuting may be the movement of the future, which will allow more people to work away from the office. Many people see telecommuting as a way to be close to home or allow them to be connected to their organization while working abroad. While telecommuting might work for some people, telecommuting is not for everyone. There are many disadvantages; as well advantages to telecommuting which most people do not

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • What Makes a Good Teacher

    What Makes a Good Teacher

    There are many things which make a teacher great and they all can't be defined.However i've always considered several of them essential.In my opinion a good teacher is someonewho first of all creates interest in studying,doesn't underestimate the children,has equal expectations of siccess from everyone and last but not least likes his job. A good teavher always has a sense of purpose.He chooses very carefully the teaching programme and adjusts it to the needs of

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    Essay Length: 353 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Good as Gold

    Good as Gold

    Remember the Poky Little Puppy? There's something about the slow-moving puppy's quandary that seems to appeal to everyone who read the Little Golden Books as a child. We've all been there: late to some event and scolded by our mothers for it. The story has a near-universal appeal that seems not to have abated since the book was first published in 1942--first by Simon & Schuster and now by Random House, which is also the

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    Essay Length: 504 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Bred
  • Being a Good Citizen

    Being a Good Citizen

    Does good citizenship necessitate following the laws despite some kind of injustice within them? Are good citizens obliged to blindly follow the government policies? It follows then, what is good citizenship? Henry David Thoreau provides an adequate definition of good citizenship within his essay, Civil Disobedience; Thoreau discusses certain characteristics of a good citizen. Examples of Thoreau's definition exist in both the ancient and contemporary culture. Sophocles describes Antigone as a good citizen by Thoreau's

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • Modern Hygiene for the Modern Woman

    Modern Hygiene for the Modern Woman

    Modern Hygiene for the Modern Woman The Golden Era and the Roaring Twenties are two well-known names for the 1920s. Following World War I, there was an economic boom, the art scene was making waves, fashion evolved, and women were going into the workforce. Many family members lost the head of the household, which forced women to get jobs and provide for the families. In 1928, The Kotex Company released an advertisement in a magazine

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    Essay Length: 316 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Anna
  • Latinomics, Good or Bad?

    Latinomics, Good or Bad?

    Latinomics, Good or Bad? By Paula England What are the effects of the Latino and Hispanic population on the economics of Kentucky? According to Olsen if the Hispanic population were a city, it would be the third-largest and fastest growing city in the state. The U. S. Census Bureau reports that the Hispanic population of Kentucky was 21,984 in 1990 and almost 60,000 in the year of 2000. These figures do not take into account

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    Essay Length: 1,208 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Are Human Beings Good or Bad

    Are Human Beings Good or Bad

    Are Human beings Good or Bad Are human beings born to be good? Or are we naturally born to be evil? Everyone was born good, but as we are growing up we get influenced by the society or the environment around us. Things we see and do everyday changed us from good to evil. In the society we are living today; crimes are happening everywhere. To those immature, they think those criminals are their hero,

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    Essay Length: 469 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Jon
  • Ergonomics in Modern Planning and Design

    Ergonomics in Modern Planning and Design

    Ergonomics, human engineering or human factors engineering is the science of creating products or designing machines which maximize safety, comfort or efficiency of people who use them. People who work with ergonomics apply general principles of industrial engineering, psychology, anthropometrics, which is the science of human measurement, and even biomechanics to adapt certain designs of products or workplaces to peoples constitution, strengths and limitations. This science also takes into consideration peoples reactions and the amount

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Edward
  • Satire in Catch-22 and Good as Gold

    Satire in Catch-22 and Good as Gold

    Satire in Catch-22 and Good as Gold Joseph Heller who is perhaps one of the most famous writers of the 20th century writes on some emotional issues such as war. He does not deal with these issues in the normal fashion instead he criticizes them and the institutions that help carry these things out. Heller in fact goes beyond criticizing he satirizes. Throughout his two major novels Catch-22 and Good as Gold he satirizes almost

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    Essay Length: 2,547 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Edward
  • Good Governance and Sustainable Human Development

    Good Governance and Sustainable Human Development

    GOOD GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been at the forefront of the growing international consensus that good governance and sustainable human development are indivisible. And we believe that developing the capacity for good governance can be - and should be - the primary way to eliminate poverty. Notions of good governance and the link between governance and sustainable human development vary greatly, however, both in academic literature and

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    Essay Length: 3,323 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Max
  • Era of Good Feelings

    Era of Good Feelings

    The Era of Good Feelings was one in which the federalist dissolved thus leaving only one party; the republicans which left no room for party politics, this resulted into nationalism which was emphasized not only with that of Madison’s letter but also the Star Spangled Banner, the Bonus Bill, the Monroe Doctrine, The Court Decisions of John Marshall and most importantly National Spirit through the U.S. After the win of James Monroe a Virginian

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Crime and Punishment: How Does Hammurabi’s Code Translate into Modern Society?

    Crime and Punishment: How Does Hammurabi’s Code Translate into Modern Society?

    Crime and Punishment: How does Hammurabi’s Code translate into modern society? In order to understand crime, it’s factors, and it’s transcendence through time, we must first realize the source of aggression. At some point during human history, man turned on himself and began attacking others within his species, whether it was a result of a territorial, sexual, or other type of conflict. However, these acts of wrongdoing did not become crimes until they were violating

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    Essay Length: 1,850 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Vika
  • Good Example Is the Best Sermon

    Good Example Is the Best Sermon

    "Good example is the best sermon." -Benjamin Franklin Too often we hear of people telling us the right thing to do, yet they do not abide by the sermons that they tell us. However, there are those few special people in our life that we look up to. We look up to them because they not only teach us the right way to live our lives, but they also provide us with a good example.

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    Essay Length: 485 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Vika
  • Good Essay Om Fiction

    Good Essay Om Fiction

    Freud Will is impulsive due to ego and superego functioning/ has a weak superegoWill is motivated by unconscious feelings of abandonment and love (by parents/guardians) so he doesn't go with Skylar to CAAdult characteristics of phallic fixation:- sabatoges relationship with skylar- doesn't strive for success in challenging or powerful careerDevelopment:- oedipal desires "resulted" in abandonment by parents (his feelings for his mom caused his experiences)- unable to resolve oedipal complex- continues to struggle with guilty

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    Essay Length: 577 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Mike
  • Living the Good Life: Herodotus V. Epicurus

    Living the Good Life: Herodotus V. Epicurus

    What is considered a good life? Herodotus and Epicurus presents readers there depiction of a good life in their works, Persian Wars and “Letter to a Friend,” respectively. The ideas of a good life presented by Herodotus in Persian Wars and by Epicurus in “Letter to a Friend” both share identical aspects of a good life, but at the same time both works are distinct from one another. One similarity between the two writers’ idea

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    Essay Length: 883 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Modern Political Thoery and Liberalism

    Modern Political Thoery and Liberalism

    The subject given for this paper was to “assess the alienation from liberalism found in modern and contemporary political theory.” To be honest, I don’t see a correlation with alienating liberalism and modern political thought through the time line of political theory in the 18th and19th century and through the 20th century. So, for this paper, I will prove the opposite. I will show, in my opinion, how the rise of liberalism has kept

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    Essay Length: 1,046 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Exports of Goods and Services

    Exports of Goods and Services

    The exports of goods and services consist of transactions in goods and services (sales, barter, gifts or grants) from residents to non-residents. Growth of goods and service exports shouldn't be considered as a goal, but as an instrument to contribute to the achievement of broader economics and social development, especially in developing countries. All countries export goods and services to an extent its a nessicity for countries because the exportation is the more profitable aspect

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    Essay Length: 257 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Victor
  • Good Sport - Leading Change

    Good Sport - Leading Change

    Running Head: Leading Change Leading Change Kristin Conlin University of Phoenix Good Sport is manufacturing company based in Coral Springs, FL. Good Sport specializes in fitness equipment and provides organizations such as hospitals, clubs and homes with options such as steppers, treadmills, bikes and rowers to enhance a healthy lifestyle. Good Sport operates in a hierarchical based structure with Founder and CEO Jason Poole overseeing the operations. Jason started the company 15 years ago and

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Bred
  • Biopsychosocial Approach to Modern Health and Illness

    Biopsychosocial Approach to Modern Health and Illness

    Biopsychosocial Approach to Modern Health and Illness Health is traditionally equated to the absence of disease. A lack of a fundamental pathology was thought to define one's health as good, whereas biologically driven pathogens and conditions would render an individual with poor health and the label "diseased". However, such a narrow scope on health limited our understanding of wellbeing, let down our treatments efforts, and perhaps more importantly, suppressed prevention measures. Many institutions and medical

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    Essay Length: 498 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Edward

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