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  • Williams & Miller: Twentieth Century Abc's

    Williams & Miller: Twentieth Century Abc's

    Williams & Miller: Twentieth Century ABC’s The ABC’s of the twentieth century stand for more than just a lifestyle; it is a concept that drives Americans to either their success or downfall. Even though the ABC’s are mentioned in this essay as a concept of the twentieth century, it is clear that this concept still resides in American lives today. The “American life and its relationship to the business world and capitalism” was such a

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    Essay Length: 2,037 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Bred
  • What Makes Businesses Fail in the 21st Century

    What Makes Businesses Fail in the 21st Century

    What Makes Businesses Fail in the 21st Century Warren Parker Charleston Southern University Business 650 Dr. Breland Business Failures Given the tremendous amount of literature available, the availability of education/training, the technology sources, the research methods and modern management principles, why are there still so many failures of major businesses now at the start of the 21st century? When I read this question, it makes me think of small businesses in the major business category,

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    Essay Length: 1,112 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Turn of the Screw

    Turn of the Screw

    Summary: A young governess who is in charge of two orphaned children called Miles and Flora at the country house of Bly narrates the story. She has gained the post through the children’s uncle to whom she feels attraction and under the terms that she take all responsibility for Miles, Flora and the whole household. Although initially she feels comfortable with the pleasant children and Mrs Grose the housekeeper, she begins to sense a distinct

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    Essay Length: 2,825 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Man of the Century

    The Man of the Century

    Throughout the 20th century, there have been many influential Europeans. Though not one can compare to Karol Wojtyla also known as Pope John Paul II. With such a vast impact on the world, it is almost impossible to fit his accomplishments into just one and one half pages. He affected the world with his love, leadership, and forgiveness. First, John Paul II affected the world with his unconditional love. He was the most traveled pope

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    Essay Length: 450 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Monika
  • Victory at Saratoga Marks a Turning Point in the War of Independence

    Victory at Saratoga Marks a Turning Point in the War of Independence

    17th October 1777, an overwhelming victory of the American force over British. General John Burgoyne, who is the general of the British side, and his army have surrendered and give an end to this two-week long battle in Saratoga, New York. “We are not going to lose any inch of our land to the British!” said General Horatio Gates, who is the general of the American army. Although the American army had fought a

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    Essay Length: 324 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century

    Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century

    Critical Reflection “ Uplifting the Race” Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century Uplifting the Race is a rather confusing yet stimulating study that goes over the rising idea and interests in the evolution of "racial uplift" ideology from the turn and through the twentieth century. In the first part of the book, Gaines analyzes the black elite obsession with racial uplift ideology and the tensions it produced among black intellectuals. Gaines

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Jessica
  • 16 Century History

    16 Century History

    Joseph His.152 12/3/06 Textbook Assignment, Chapter 28: ( Define) 1.Iron Curtain: Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West. (p.658) 2.Cold War (1945-1991) The ideological struggle between communist (Soviet Union) and capitalism (United States) for world influence. The Soviet Union and the United States came to the brink of actual war during the Cuban missile crisis but never attacked one another. The Cold War came to

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Wal-Mart: A Template for 21st Century Capitalism?

    Wal-Mart: A Template for 21st Century Capitalism?

    Working at Wal-Mart Wal-Mart defends its low wage/low benefit personnel policy by arguing that it employs workers who are marginal to the income stream required by most American families. Only seven percent of the company’s hourly “associates” try to support a family with children on a single Wal-Mart income. The company therefore seeks out school-age youth, retirees, people with two jobs, and those willing or forced to work part-time. The managerial culture at Wal-Mart, if

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    Essay Length: 1,078 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Women in the 19th Century

    Women in the 19th Century

    Women in the late 19th century, except in the few western states where they could vote, were denied much of a role in the governing process. Nonetheless, educated the middle-class women saw themselves as a morally uplifting force and went on to be reformers. Jane Addams opened the social settlement of Hull House in 1889. It offered an array of services to help the poor deal with slum housing, disease, crowding, jobless, infant mortality, and

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    Essay Length: 545 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Jessica
  • 19th Century Women

    19th Century Women

    19th century women The term being stoned took a whole different meaning in the 19th century. Not only were terms different but the attitudes were as well. Data that formulated by some of the leading experts was all believed to be true. One of the more interesting topics was women's beauty. Women have different definitions for what was or wasn't beautiful. But, during the 19th century, there wasn't a lot of data to choose from.

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    Essay Length: 1,318 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Victor
  • The French Gov. Rejection of Popular American Music in the 2nd Half of the 20th Century

    The French Gov. Rejection of Popular American Music in the 2nd Half of the 20th Century

    Introduction The primary focus is the French governmental rejection of popular American music, as well as other components of American culture, in the second half of the twentieth century, derived from France's foreign policy with the USA, and it~ culture. What was interesting were the steps that the French took to protect their culture from what they saw, and continue to see, as the imminent destruction at the hands of popular American culture. Why does

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    Essay Length: 1,362 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Vika
  • Affirmative Action Discrimination Has Turned the Tables in the U.S

    Affirmative Action Discrimination Has Turned the Tables in the U.S

    Abstract Affirmative action in theory and in thought is intended to promote the welfare of this country's minorities by supporting the idea that individuals are equal and should not be judged by race or sex. In situations like job and university applications, we should consider minorities to be as feasible a choice for hire as their white counterparts. Affirmative Action tries to give minorities that have been at a disadvantage their whole life, an advantage

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Steve
  • Farmers of the Late Nineteenth Century

    Farmers of the Late Nineteenth Century

    Farmers of the Late Nineteenth Century The period between 1880 and 1900 was a boom time for American Politics. The country was finally free of the threat of war, and many of its citizens were living comfortably. However, as these two decades went by, the American farmer found it harder and harder to live comfortably. Crops such as cotton and wheat, once the sustenance of the agriculture industry, were selling at prices so low that

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    Essay Length: 1,226 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Most Influential Person in the 20th Century

    The Most Influential Person in the 20th Century

    Given what we know from history or personal experience, one must acknowledge that an influential person has to be someone with an extraordinary vision, someone that has made an impact on the world. Influence can be defined in a myriad of ways. I define "influence" in terms of direct change in the concrete circumstances of individual lives. It would be hard to identify anyone whose influence has been both more widespread and more beneficial than

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    Essay Length: 388 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Bred
  • Nineteeth Century Rise

    Nineteeth Century Rise

    In the nineteenth century the rise of the corporations transformed everything for the worst of things during this time period. The companies started being monopolized by big business giants the two main ones were John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie. The companies that maid this big transformation were standard oil company and Carnegie steel. Three major parts of this time period were the standard oil company, Carnegie steel, and the homestead strike. In 1870’s, the

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Top
  • Analyse the Dramatic Uses of the Chorus in Greek Tragedy; in What Ways Do Traces of the Choric Function Occur in Twentieth-Century Drama?

    Analyse the Dramatic Uses of the Chorus in Greek Tragedy; in What Ways Do Traces of the Choric Function Occur in Twentieth-Century Drama?

    The full influence of Greek tragedy upon our modern theatre is incomprehensible, with the mainstays of theatrical convention largely demonstrating roots within Greek tragedy. The choric function is just one of these conventions. This essay hopes to explore various uses of the Chorus within Greek tragedies by Aeschylus and Sophocles, and then to analyse how traits of a Greek Chorus, and the choric function can be found within 20th Century Theatre. The Chorus in

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    Essay Length: 580 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Monika
  • 19th Century Heroines

    19th Century Heroines

    ‘The Nineteenth Century English Novel offers us strong, independent heroines, but ultimately has them conform to socially acceptable feminine roles’. Do you agree with this statement? By definition, a heroine is a woman who would typically encompass the qualities of nobility, courage, independence and strength. Nineteenth century English women would have struggled to accomplish any of these particular acts of heroism within their social environment as ultimately, their roles within civilisation saw them becoming a

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    Essay Length: 1,322 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Emancipations of Slaves and Women in the Early Nineteenth Century

    Emancipations of Slaves and Women in the Early Nineteenth Century

    In three decades prior to the outbreak of Civil War, the Northern United States abounded with movements yearning for social transformation. The two most important movements, the ones that struck deeply at the foundations of American society, that ones that were so influential that they indeed provided the historical background to the two immense issues that Americans continue to debate and struggle with, were the crusades for the abolition of slavery and the equality of

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    Essay Length: 1,202 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Internet Technology: Biggest Technological Change in the 20th Century

    Internet Technology: Biggest Technological Change in the 20th Century

    The internet technology has become one of the most important forms of technology there is. It has come a long way from a research project funded by the American Department of Defense called ARPAnet, designed as a back-up system that could withstand a nuclear attack: if a bomb fell on part of it, the rest should keep working. One could never imagine a world without the internet, where information is just within your fingers. You

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Edward
  • Turning Points in Hamlet

    Turning Points in Hamlet

    There are three possible turning points in Hamlet: the players’ scene when Claudius’ guilt concerning the murder of King Hamlet is confirmed; the prayer scene when Hamlet forgoes the opportunity to kill Claudius; and the closet scene where Hamlet first takes action, but kills Polonius inadvertently. In the players’ scene, the ghost’s story is proved to be true, allowing Hamlet to avenge his father’s murder. In the prayer scene, Hamlet misses a perfect opportunity to

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Mike
  • Condition of African-Americans in the Late Nineteenth Century

    Condition of African-Americans in the Late Nineteenth Century

    Examine the condition of African-Americans in the late nineteenth century and explain why the Thirteenth Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Fifteenth Amendment, which were enacted to aid the new freedmen, actually did little. In the late nineteenth century after the civil war the U.S. was over, there were about 4 million people that were once slaves that were now set free. The big question for President Lincoln and the presidents that followed was what

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Odyssey-21st Century

    Odyssey-21st Century

    In telling The Odyssey, Homer clearly stated the importance of the Greek culture and values. Obedience to the Divine world, and respect for all classes of people were two of many portrayed by the characters throughout the epic. Those values practiced by the Greeks hundreds of years ago still have an affect on everyday life for us here in the 21st century. Religious patronage is still going strong, but what differentiates us from the Greeks

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    Essay Length: 574 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: July
  • Managerial Skills in the 21st Century

    Managerial Skills in the 21st Century

    Managers in the 21st Century Managers nowadays do not actually do what a manager really should do back in the eighties. Changes that occurred in the new economy, the increasing use of technology in business, and the effects of globalisation towards business world have led management into a whole new dimension. New managers are expected to be able to manage on an international scale, act strategically, utilize technology, establish values, and of course, act responsibly

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    Essay Length: 1,993 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Roman Imperial Army of the First and Second Centuries Ad

    The Roman Imperial Army of the First and Second Centuries Ad

    For over five hundred years the Romans Empire flourished, conquered and then controlled much of (what was to them) the known world. There are two main reasons they were able to do this. One reason was the policy of “Romanization" that encouraged those that were conquered to become part of the empire, even providing various ways for them to become Roman citizens. The second reason was military force that did the actual conquering that

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    Essay Length: 1,732 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Tommy
  • The Influence of Longinus on 18th Century Criticism.

    The Influence of Longinus on 18th Century Criticism.

    The Influence of Longinus on 18th Century Criticism. In An Essay of Dramatic Poesy by John Dryden he talks about William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. Shakespeare had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All of the images of nature were still present to him and as readers we are able to more than see it, we feel it too. He learned things naturally, and did not need books specifically. Shakespeare is sometimes flat and dull

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Anna

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