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  • The Dynamics of Power and Politics Within Organizations

    The Dynamics of Power and Politics Within Organizations

    The Dynamics of Power and Politics within Organizations The vast majority of organizations are not democracies. There is usually a hierarchical structure of differing levels of management and subordinates; otherwise known as those with power and those without. As history can attest to, wherever there is power there are politics. While there are some similarities and some differences between the two, in reality they tend to operate intermingling so often that they really become part

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Anna
  • Dbq: Does the Government Have the Constitutional Power to Suspend the Constitution During a Time of Crisis?

    Dbq: Does the Government Have the Constitutional Power to Suspend the Constitution During a Time of Crisis?

    “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety,” says Benjamin Franklin in Historical Review of 19. Others tend to say just the opposite of what Ben Franklin quoted. With that being said, a key question comes up for discussion: Does the government have the Constitutional power to suspend the Constitution during a time of crisis? Certain documents were brought up for discussion that deal with

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Janna
  • To Defy Power Which Seems Omnipotent

    To Defy Power Which Seems Omnipotent

    To Defy Power Which Seems Omnipotent God is dead; but considering the state that the species Man is in, there will perhaps be caves … in which his shadow will be shown. This was written in 1882 by Friedrich Nietzsche, who took a lot of inspiration from Dostoyevsky. In the “Grand Inquisitor” portion of The Brothers Karamazov there is discussion of where the Catholic Church is going, why it is going there, and where this

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Edward
  • Should Australia Use Nuclear Power or Not?

    Should Australia Use Nuclear Power or Not?

    Good morning everyone, I am ……., speaking to you concerning the topic of whether Australia should use Nuclear Power or not. The problem we are facing is that global warming is increasing, which is very dangerous for our behalf. We are the main cause of global warming, as the ozone layer is deteriorating, but I feel that there are other ways to help it rather than using Nuclear Energy. Let’s face it, global warming

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Victor
  • Girls Next Door-Mormon Book

    Girls Next Door-Mormon Book

    My book was about six teenage girls who are all in college or just starting. The first girl I met in the book was Treena, a 19 year old girl with brown hair, brown eyes, and not very much money. Treena’s friend, Kassidy, a girl who is also 19 years old, has blond hair, blue eyes, and too much money. It starts with the two girls driving from California to BYU Idaho; on the way

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    Submitted: April 25, 2010 By: Max
  • Book Report - Tell Them I Didn’t Cry

    Book Report - Tell Them I Didn’t Cry

    Jackie Spinner is the staff writer for the Washington Post, where she has been a reporter since May 1995. This is her first book. “Tell Them I didn't Cry” is a deeply personal story of Jackie Spinner's “joy, loss, and survival in Iraq.” The book is a personal account of the more than nine months that she spent in Iraq as a reporter. She went to Iraq for a brief visit in January 2004, while

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    Submitted: April 26, 2010 By: July
  • The Message of the Book of Ecclesiastes as It Relates to Personal Values and Ethics

    The Message of the Book of Ecclesiastes as It Relates to Personal Values and Ethics

    The book of Ecclesiastes conveys a clear message that life without a proper relationship with God leads to an unfulfilled life. The wisdom contained in the book of Ecclesiastes could easily be overlooked or discounted by modern Christians. Without a deeper study of the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes you would not gain the wisdom for life that is being imparted, it would merely seem an angry and depressed writing. Because of this course study

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    Submitted: April 26, 2010 By: regina
  • Politics and Power by Robert Kagen

    Politics and Power by Robert Kagen

    Book Review: Robert Kagan Paradise and Power- America and Europe in the New World Order. Robert Kagan’s book ‘Paradise and Power’ was a break through in writing concerning the new world order, which has especially developed during and after the Cold War. In the first part of this review, I shall endeavour to summarise the book, focusing on the difference between America and Europe’s worldview’s, and the historical reasoning behind the readjusting of the power

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    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Power of Oil

    Power of Oil

    The Power of Oil With the conflict that is going on in Iraq currently, also known as the second Persian Gulf War, it is important to know the background of what is going on. The media that most people see in magazines and television today is usually filtered and presented from a strong one sided point of view, therefore leading to false or corrupt information. The world is currently dependent on oil and the majority

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    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: David
  • Philippe Gross’s Book the Tao of Photography: Seeing Beyond Seeing

    Philippe Gross’s Book the Tao of Photography: Seeing Beyond Seeing

    In Philippe Gross’s book “The Tao of photography: seeing beyond seeing” Gross emphasizes, through his photography and other more well known photographers works, the Taoist philosophy and wisdom. I found this books message not only creative ,but both inspirational and instructional. He couples photographic works with informational text to help more deeply understand his philosophy. Gross emphasizes creativity and heightened awareness rather than formal techniques. Straying away from formal techniques is something that I feel

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: David
  • The Notebook - Opinion Essay: Book Vs. Movie

    The Notebook - Opinion Essay: Book Vs. Movie

    The Notebook Author: Nicholas Sparks & Director: Nick Cassavetes The first time I saw the preview to The Notebook, I was already intrigued and had my heart set on seeing this film. Now, to be quite honest I am not a reader, but for some reason I had a gut feeling that this book would be worth my time, before watching the movie. After I purchased the novel, I sat down and finished it in

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Top
  • Hundred Years War - Book Review

    Hundred Years War - Book Review

    Desmond Seward. The Hundred Years War: The English and France, 1337-1453. New York: Atheneum, 1978. Hundred Years War I would recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn the story behind The Hundred Years War. Desmond Seward did a decent job of describing the various leaders. He characterized each one and described their stories. The descriptions of battles were clear, without going too deeply into military tactics which was good for me. It presented

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: July
  • A Golden Age - Book Review

    A Golden Age - Book Review

    Synopsis As Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she may be forgiven for feeling happy. Today she will throw a party for her son and daughter. In the garden of the house she has built, her roses are blooming; her children are almost grown up; and beyond their doorstep, the city is buzzing with excitement after recent elections. Change is in the air. But none of the guests at Rehana's party can foresee what will

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Janna
  • Race and Community

    Race and Community

    Race and My Community 1 All of my experiences and opinions on cultural diversity are derived from living my entire life in Bourbonnais, Illinois which is a culturally diverse town with approximately 30,000 residents. According to the U.S. Census Bureau my community is made up of about 50% Caucasian, 41% African-American 0.27% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, and 1.90% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latinos of any race makes up 9.25%

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • Why Did the Nazi’s Came to Power in Germany?

    Why Did the Nazi’s Came to Power in Germany?

    # #HISTORY assignment Why did the Nazi's came into power in Germany? To answer this question it is meaningful to give an overview of German history and related topics since the end of the First World War in 1918. This will bring forth the reasons why the Nazi Party came into power. In 1918, under the strain of war, shortages, power cuts, inflation anti-war feelings and an influenza virus, Germany descended into chaos. After the

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Max
  • Race Issues

    Race Issues

    As African Americans fled the city, new dangers sometimes appeared. Mary Parrish later reported that as the group of refugees she was with "had traveled many miles into the country and were turning to find our way to Claremore," they were warned to stay clear of a nearby town, where whites were "treating our people awfully mean as they passed through".1 Similar stories have persisted for decades. Whites detained fleeing African Americans as well as

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Anna
  • Response to the Power Elite in Retrospect

    Response to the Power Elite in Retrospect

    Response to “The Power Elite in Retrospect” Alan Wolfe, in his article “The Power Elite in Retrospect” recaps and of responds to the key points brought up in C. Wright Mills’ article “The Power Elite”. He then evaluates and discusses whether the points Mills brought up in his article can be applied to America today. Wolfe first responds to why Americans were as complacent as they were at the time “The Power Elite” was published

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Book 3 Summary of Metamorphosis

    Book 3 Summary of Metamorphosis

    Cadmus was sent out by his father, king of Sidon, to find his sister, Europa. Their father was so distraught over his daughter's kidnapping that he threatened Cadmus with exile if he didn't find her. Cadmus, knowing that he could never trace where Jove had taken the girl, went to the oracle of Apollo and asked where he should make his new home. The god told him that he would meet a cow that

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    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: Jack
  • Reading Someone like a Book

    Reading Someone like a Book

    How to Read a Person Like a Book Summary CH 1: Aquiring the skills for reading gestures - Life situations offer the best tests for the interpretation of gestures - Gesture clusters: are the groups of nonverbal communications associated with different attitudes. In addition to viewing individual gestures we present the myriad of attitudes expressed by not one gesture, but a series of related ones. - Gesture clusters can occur at the same time (locking

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    Submitted: May 2, 2010 By: July
  • Shalley Drine Book Report

    Shalley Drine Book Report

    Shalley Drine Book Report English March 2,2006 I read the book Proof by David Auburn; it was about a young girl named Catherine who spent her years caring for her father and mastering mathematics and science. I choose this book because I love to do mathematics and to learn about the world of science. I can also relate a lot to Catherine, because my mother has a mental illness, just like Catherine’s Brilliant, but crazy

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    Submitted: May 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • In What Ways and to What Extent Did the Aims and Policies of the Great Powers in the Vienna Settlement Shape Europe Until 1852?

    In What Ways and to What Extent Did the Aims and Policies of the Great Powers in the Vienna Settlement Shape Europe Until 1852?

    The Congress of Vienna attempted to set Europe straight following the disruption caused by French Revolution and the subsequent Napoleonic imperialism within Europe itself. All European powers of any considerable size were invited to participate, including "defeated" France. Mercurial French statesman Talleyrand, priest, revolutionary, official under Napoleon, and in all regards a powerful representative of the French nation, was given a serious role at the Congress. Austrian minister Prince Clemens von Metternich played the key

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    Submitted: May 3, 2010 By: Top
  • Power to the Little People

    Power to the Little People

    Power to the ‘Little’ People “The nature of their content and control helps to shape the character and direction of American culture as a whole.” Robert Sklar points out in his book that since the beginning, U.S. films have developed a mass entertainment for the working class. With the invention of the moving picture, to dramatic productions, and then slapstick comedies, changes were happening everywhere in the first half of the 20th century and movies

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    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Proverbs - Book Review

    Proverbs - Book Review

    Proverbs is a book about wisdom. It focuses on certain family issue that people have to face and gives advice on what to do. Proverbs also focuses on community and threat. My favorite part of Proverbs would have to be chapter thirty-one. It is talking about the wife being of noble character. When I read this chapter I got an idea on how a wife should be, but when we went over it in class

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    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Steve
  • Book Report Red Badge of Courage

    Book Report Red Badge of Courage

    Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage, executes the theme of Traditional versus realistic conceptions of courage through Henry Fleming. Henry is the protagonist as well as the narrator. In the beginning Henry aspires to enlist in the army all in hopes of gaining self recognition. He is not motivated by unselfish heroism but by fear, cowardice, and egotism. Through the pre battles, wounded soldiers, and the last battle he learns the true meaning of

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    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Vika
  • Vietnam-Perkasie: A Combat Marine Memoir Book Review

    Vietnam-Perkasie: A Combat Marine Memoir Book Review

    Vietnam-Perkasie: A combat marine memoir Book Review W.D. Ehrhart's Vietnam-Perkasie: A combat marine memoir is a baffling detailed first-hand account of the war America loves to forget, from the perspective of a youthful U.S. combat marine. Ehrhart's memoir intends to unveil the real frustrations and moral confusions a U.S. soldier in Vietnam experienced fighting in a horrifically violent and costly war with disturbingly ambiguous objectives; using lucid details and powerful descriptions of the relationships with

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    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: owen