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  • The Relationship Between Modernity and the First World War

    The Relationship Between Modernity and the First World War

    The First World War, also known as the Great War of 1914-1918, is not an event that manifested overnight; it was the result of ever growing tension among European nations. This conflict was brought about by factors such as, nationalism, militarism, and the Alliance system. An upheaval such as the First World War was witness to the emergence of the glorification of war, struggle, despair, destruction and immense loss of life. The First World War

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Jon
  • A Murky Outlook for Luxury Goods

    A Murky Outlook for Luxury Goods

    Sales of luxury goods appear to be snapping back after an awful final quarter of 2001, but analysts and consultants who follow the sector warn that several factors cloud the outlook for growth in the coming months and years. . Short-term worries include the recession in Japan and the coincident devaluation of the yen. Further out, concerns exist about the effectiveness of various distribution channels and the risk of brand saturation in the marketplace. .

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Yan
  • Look Good or Die Tryin

    Look Good or Die Tryin

    In modern American culture looking sexy is not just a battle that takes place in high schools and college campuses, it is a lifelong struggle. People everywhere are looking for ways to speed up the weight loss process; many have found tragically that it is not worth the risk. I’m sure all of us have been tempted at one time or another to supplement our diets with an over the counter herbal weight loss supplement.

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    Essay Length: 486 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: David
  • Democracy, Good or Bad?

    Democracy, Good or Bad?

    "Democracy is the worst form of government except all others that have been tried," was said by Winston Churchill. This is an interesting statement that I partly agree with. Before agreeing or not, one must decide what exactly makes a "good" or "bad" government. The actual role of the government is very debatable, however in general all governments provide some degree of security, infrastructure, and organization of the State and is upheld by the social

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Bred
  • Frankenstein, the Modern Prometheus

    Frankenstein, the Modern Prometheus

    In past and present, society has always put an emphasis on external appearance as opposed to inner personality. As a result, social classes are formed, such as upper and lower, wherein members of each class must uphold the norms defined by the prestige of the class. Upper classes are deemed to be perfect, as they contain the wealthy and the beautiful. This class distinction is heightened in Gothic literature where emotions and the persona of

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Mike
  • Human Nature: Are People Good or Bad?

    Human Nature: Are People Good or Bad?

    HUMAN NATURE: ARE PEOPLE GOOD OR BAD? From the time when humanity was able to believe in it, Utopia has existed as a mere word, thought or principle. It is a place that is hoped for, and is also a society that was and is apparently deemed to be possible, or is it? The Mirriam-Webster’s dictionary defines it as “an imaginary and indefinitely remote place of ideal perfection in laws, government and social conditions.” It

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    Essay Length: 502 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Bred
  • Being Homeless After a Good Life

    Being Homeless After a Good Life

    Homeless Biography Nicole Isenberg September 27, 2005 Being Homeless After a Good Life I talked to a gentleman that I met as I was walking through the park one day. He began to tell me his story, I sat down and I listened to the events that caused him to be homeless. He started out with the fact that in the previous year of his life he had a good paying job with a wonderful

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Good Sports Generic Benchmarking

    Good Sports Generic Benchmarking

    Introduction Leadership role and tactics at the different level of the management ladder is being addressed in Good Sports (GS), a Florida based manufacturer of fitness equipment. To grab new market share and expand the company GS introduced new equipment called the XtendSport, interactive holistic exercise machine. The challenge for the management team is to get approval of the new product from different groups in the company and market it successfully. The simulation presented the

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

    Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

    Throughout the book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, the story is conveyed from a first person’s point of view, mainly from the perspective of the narrator. The story is about the narrator’s journey when he observes and learns a great deal of things about residents in Savannah and their ways of life. The movie, on the other hand, is somewhat inaccurate. Though it is long, approximately about three hours, it leaves many

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    Essay Length: 579 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Modern Technology

    Advantages and Disadvantages of Modern Technology

    Advantages and disadvantages of modern technology. Technology can be defined as science applied to practical purposes. Nowadays, when the rapidness of development and research is so impressive, it is easy to think about the advantages of modern technology. Nevertheless some people argue that science can destroy mankind. It is also obvious that we are close on an era where technology is limited only by our imagination. Therefore the most frequently asked question is: Does technology

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Inbetweens of Hacking

    The Good, the Bad, and the Inbetweens of Hacking

    The Good, The Bad, and The Inbetweens of Hacking “During a three-day period in February 2000, some of the most high-profile sites on the World Wide Web were temporarily knocked out of service.”(Issues and Controversy) This quote is one of the many that show the down side to hacking. A hacker is a person who takes pleasure in understanding the internal workings of a systems. This does not necessarily classify hackers as bad. There are

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Artur
  • The Parable of the Good Samaritan

    The Parable of the Good Samaritan

    The Parable of the Good Samaritan The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) differs from most other parables because it is so simple, yet so concrete that a child can understand its basic point. However, it is also an insightful and memorable exposition of practical moral principles. Many religious and secular people understand that the parable shows its effectiveness and its simplicity and depth. Unlike other parables, each figure in the story does not

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • Coal - the Good

    Coal - the Good

    Coal- The Good A large source of revenue for much of the Northeast, coal has been mined for profit since the beginning of the 1800s. Coal, which is composed mostly of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, is a naturally occurring, untreated, combustible rock. Coal is a fossil fuel, much like petroleum, oil shale and natural gas, which is derived from ancient plants that are buried in the Earth’s crust. So how exactly does coal go from

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Age of Modernism

    Age of Modernism

    Intro In the late nineteenth and twentieth century there was a departure from the traditional art forms. Rather than represent what is real, artists were presenting abstractions. Technological innovations influenced the arts. Artists represented electric light in paintings with images of light in buildings. With the development of the camera, photography became a fine art. Industrialism During the early years of the twentieth century, America went through a period of social and economic change. The

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Jack
  • Is Globalization Good for Bangladesh?

    Is Globalization Good for Bangladesh?

    Is globalization good for Bangladesh? Mohammad Salah Uddin Moon British Columbia, Canada e-mail: tusarboy@hotmail.com One night I was chatting on-line in a Yahoo chat room at home in Bangladesh. Suddenly my grandfather came into my room and asked me, “What are you doing now? Its 3 o’clock in the morning, go to sleep.” I told him, “I can’t go to bed now … I am chatting… please don’t be angry with me.” He surprisingly asked

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Janna
  • Good Cop Bad Cop

    Good Cop Bad Cop

    Book Review Good Cop, Bad Cop written by Milton Heumann and Lance Cassak offers much in depth reading into the history and debate of racial profiling. Each author brings to the table an educated history with Heumann being Chair of the Department of Political Science at Rutgers University and Cassak is a lawyer with the Office of Thrift Supervision of the U. S. Department of Treasury. Both Heumann and Cassak reveal key information about racial

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Anna
  • While Hassan Is the Good Guy or the Kite Runner, Amir Is the Hero" Discuss.

    While Hassan Is the Good Guy or the Kite Runner, Amir Is the Hero" Discuss.

    Kite Runner. Brief essay. "While Hassan is the good guy or the kite runner, Amir is the hero" Discuss. Amir and Hassan seem to have a "best friend" relationship. Hassan is the loyal and protecting servant who would die for Amir, he is very proud and doesn't let his religion get in the way of his happy lifestyle. Amir on the other hand, takes into account that Hassan is a Hazara and shuns him because

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • The Good Earth - the Conflicts of Wang Lung That Are Influenced by Setting

    The Good Earth - the Conflicts of Wang Lung That Are Influenced by Setting

    The Conflicts of Wang Lung that are Influenced by Setting Have you every wonder how farmers were like in the past? Farmers depended heavily on the ground to produce crops. With their crops, they sold it to try and make a small profit. Toiling hard, back breaking labor on the land describes how Wang Lung, the protagonist in The Good Earth, spent most of his time until he started finding a way out of poverty.

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Top
  • The Good Earth

    The Good Earth

    In the novel, The Good Earth, written by Pearl S. Buck, Wang Lung proves himself to be a successful person. Wang Lung starts out as a poor peasant, but overcomes starvation, droughts, and bandit tribes to prosper and become wealthy enough to live in the former great House of Hwang. Wang Lung achieved fame from everyone around him. At the beginning of the novel, Wang Lung wasn’t well-known. Everyone thought of him as a

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    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: David
  • Nafta - Good or Evil?

    Nafta - Good or Evil?

    N A F T A: Good or evil? It was the year 1992. Three presidents from three different countries of North America decided to give birth to a new organization. Inspired maybe by the success of the European Union and by the benefits of free trade are, Mexico, USA, and Canada decided to create an organization called the North American Free Trade Association. The purpose of the organization was clear, to promote free trade

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Victor
  • Blending Good and Evil in the Master and Margarita

    Blending Good and Evil in the Master and Margarita

    In Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, Woland has created some kind of partnership with Yeshua Ha-Nozri. He explains to Matthu Levi, a mere mortal, that he is misunderstood by fools. Woland is simply an alternate interpretation of the Devil. During his short conversation with Matthu Levi he asks him what good deeds are they able to do if there is no evil to right. “You spoke the words as though you did not recognize the

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Vika
  • Is Democracy a Basic Social Good?

    Is Democracy a Basic Social Good?

    It is a word with no real definition, but rather a word that can be interpreted differently to each individual who uses it. This word is democracy, and it can instill a sense of liberty, freedom, and patriotism at least for many Americans. Realistically, it is a way of life which has a sense of altruism to it; it is for the overall good of a people. In many ways it can be a

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    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Steve
  • Modern Technologies

    Modern Technologies

    Modern Technologies How did I ever survive living in an archaic world without modern technology? I remember the days of physically moving your body up from the couch over to the TV to change the channel. A time when there were few television networks, all of which were local by the way, would sign off by airing a taped recording of the American flag proudly waving while the Star Spangled Banner played in the background.

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: regina
  • Lottery Is Good

    Lottery Is Good

    State lotteries have been around for awhile to help build up state revenue. In such things as scratch off instant tickets or daily number drawings. To some these things are evil, but to some others who's lives aren't the greatest, it's a shimmer of hope that most people don't have. Now the thing about the lottery is a lot of people don't win, but those few that do could be put into a nice situation

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: regina
  • The Science of Doing Good; Creating Crucibles of Moral Character

    The Science of Doing Good; Creating Crucibles of Moral Character

    “The Science of Doing Good; Creating Crucibles of Moral Character” Theme: Education is one-step in equality for all in the 1800s in promoting a stable, morally conscience and educated society tuition free for all starting in the Northern states. Thesis: In this essay, Mr. Mintz goes through the history of free education and the steps that the Northern states such as New York took in cleaning up the state from the morally corrupt and, to

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Steve