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  • How to Be a Ceo in the Information Age

    How to Be a Ceo in the Information Age

    The authors describe seven types of CEOs, their behaviors and attitudes toward IT, and explain why all but one are decidedly unfit to lead companies in the Information Age. Only the "believer CEO" is ready to play a constructive role in his or her company’s use of information technology. Believers understand that IT enables strategic advantage and demonstrate such beliefs in their daily actions. Believers are involved in IT decision making and are proactive in

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    Essay Length: 404 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: July
  • Age of Beauty? or Two?

    Age of Beauty? or Two?

    An Age of Beauty? Or Two? Imagine this. There’s a war going on and you are on the front lines. You stand at attention and are expected to use your gun the second any enemy crosses that line. Enemies could strike at any minute, while all you can do is wait. After being away from home for a year, you return to flags waving and community praise. Your friends want to go out and celebrate

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    Essay Length: 312 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 17, 2010 By: Vika
  • Religious Reform in the Middle Ages

    Religious Reform in the Middle Ages

    Religious Reformation in the Middle Ages Throughout the middle ages, religion underwent much criticism and controversy. In a time where Catholicism reigned as the sole religion, ideas arose that opposed this strict faith. These ideas spawned the Protestant reform and changed religion throughout Europe. It not only changed religious practices and the path to God, but also initiated political repercussions. These results were all in search of an answer to the question to which everyone

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    Essay Length: 536 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 18, 2010 By: Andrew
  • The Monk - a Rebellious offspring of the Age of Reason

    The Monk - a Rebellious offspring of the Age of Reason

    The Monk: A Rebellious Offspring of the Age of Reason Understanding the Gothic novel can be accomplished by obtaining a familiarity of the Augustan point of view, which helps to develop a reference point for comparing and contrasting the origin of Gothic literature. The thinking that was being questioned by the Gothic novel was Augustanism; and without some understanding of Augustan principles and their role in eighteenth-century thought it is difficult to understand the purposes

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    Essay Length: 631 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 20, 2010 By: regina
  • The End of "the Age of Reason"

    The End of "the Age of Reason"

    The end of “The Age of Reason” In the late 18th century, America was coming to a standstill in religious belief, by the 1790’s an estimated 10% of the non-Indian population of America were members of a formal church. Before and after the American Revolution, works of literature like Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”, and Benjamin Franklin’s “The Way to Wealth” began to form a national train of thought among the early Americans. These views were

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    Essay Length: 745 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Mike
  • Disease in the Middle Ages

    Disease in the Middle Ages

    Disease in the Middle Ages There were more than 13 different diseases and illnesses ranging from rashes and boils to Leprosy and the Plague in the lifetime of the middle ages. As more people came into communities the more the diseases formed and spread around. Also these were part of an everyday life for men and women in that time period. Usually when people think of the Middle Ages they automatically think of the Plague,

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    Essay Length: 265 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Edward
  • Against Lowering Drinking Age

    Against Lowering Drinking Age

    The consumption of alcoholic beverages is a privilege not a right. The legal drinking age in the United States is twenty-one, and I believe that this is a fair age. There are so many statistics that show drinking to be bad to begin with, but there are many more statistics that show why the drinking age of twenty-one should not be lowered. Teenagers do not show enough responsibility when drinking, and it would do everyone

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    Essay Length: 626 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Victor
  • Through Rose Colored Glasses: How the Victorian Age Shifted the Focus of Hamlet

    Through Rose Colored Glasses: How the Victorian Age Shifted the Focus of Hamlet

    19th century critic William Hazlitt praised Hamlet by saying that, "The whole play is an exact transcript of what might be supposed to have taken pace at the court of Denmark, at the remote period of the time fixed upon." (Hazlitt 164-169) Though it is clearly a testament to the realism of Shakespeare's tragedy, there is something strange and confusing in Hazlitt's analysis. To put it plainly, Hamlet is most definitely not a realistic play.

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    Essay Length: 1,428 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Edward
  • Computer Security in an Information Age

    Computer Security in an Information Age

    Computer Security in the Information Age Ronald T. Hill Cameron University Computer Security in the Information Age Computers; they are a part of or in millions of homes; they are an intricate part of just about every if not all successful businesses, the government, and the military. Computers have become common place in today’s society and the lives of the people who live in it. They have crossed every national, racial, cultural, educational, and

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    Essay Length: 2,408 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Max
  • The Agamemnon: Family Feud for the Ages

    The Agamemnon: Family Feud for the Ages

    The House of Atreus is one of the finest examples of uncontrollable fate in all of ancient literature. The lineage of Atreus is steeped in the spilling of family blood starting with Tantalus and continuing with Agamemnon. However it is Atreus who is responsible for the curse on the family, since he was the one who tricked Thyestes into eating his children. It was this one event that caused the continuation of family bloodshed

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    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Jack
  • Aging and Productivity Among Economists

    Aging and Productivity Among Economists

    Abstract--Economists' productivity over their careers and as measured by publication in leading journals declines very sharply with age. There is no difference by age in the probability that an article submitted to a leading journal will be accepted. Rates of declining productivity are no greater among the very top publishers than among others, and the probability of acceptance is increasingly related to the author's quality rather than the author's age. It is well known that

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    Essay Length: 2,079 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Kevin
  • The Legal Drinking Age

    The Legal Drinking Age

    The Legal Drinking Age How is that an eighteen year old male or female is allowed to get married, vote, go to war, drive a car, and assume full responsibility for whatever crime they have endured, yet he or she is not allowed to consume alcohol? The drinking age has been questionable since prohibition in the early nineteen hundreds into the nineteen twenties. Some feel that the drinking age should be lowered to eighteen years

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    Essay Length: 407 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 26, 2010 By: David
  • A New Age of Discrimination

    A New Age of Discrimination

    A New Age of Discrimination Many upcoming high school graduates have aspirations of continuing his or her education at a major university. In order to become accepted into a college of one’s choice, he or she must dedicate time and efforts to obtain the grades required. People have been taught that through hard work and dedication comes the reward of a better future. Although this seems to be the ideal and just situation, our

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    Essay Length: 1,177 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Jon
  • The Crucible - the Dark Age of Puritarian Society

    The Crucible - the Dark Age of Puritarian Society

    The play begins with the initial reports of witchcraft and witchcraft-related afflictions, like in the cases of Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam. It sets the stage for the build up of the plot, which delves deeper into the Salem Witch Trials that resulted in numerous convictions and executions of Salem residents. What is interesting about The Crucible is the development of the "love" or lust of Abigail Williams for John Proctor, which took place prior

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    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • Aargument Paper Should Student Be Given the Right to Dropout at Any Age?

    Aargument Paper Should Student Be Given the Right to Dropout at Any Age?

    Today students of the United States have the option of legally dropping out of school at the age sixteen. Dropping out is the route of leaving school or an educational program prematurely. This process is interpreted in several ways; to give up and lacking hope or to depart and pursue a means of living an individual believes will profit their well being. Today studies show numerous statistics concerning the future for those who choose

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Victor
  • Implementing a Successful Virtual Workforce

    Implementing a Successful Virtual Workforce

    Implementing a Successful Virtual Workforce MGT 651 November 21, 2007 Ramkumar Kuzhipully Sitting at home in a flannel robe and fuzzy slippers, drinking coffee with the dog lying at one’s feet is the dream of many workers, and it’s happening more and more all the time. The advent of teamwork is nothing new, but cyberspace is providing a forum for the workplace that is revolutionary in bringing teams together. Technologically-connected people are the basis for

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Janna
  • Manorialism (mid-Evil Ages)

    Manorialism (mid-Evil Ages)

    Rome did not, contrary to common belief, suddenly collapse - it had been doing so for quite some time, accelerated by the invasion of the teutonic tribes - but from a commonly accepted standpoint Rome collapsed in 476 AD. In its collapse, almost all of the eastern [Western] empire fell along with any attempt to restore it, while some of the elements from the western empire never really faded. The structure of tribes that took

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    Essay Length: 1,990 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: David
  • The Drinking Age in America

    The Drinking Age in America

    The drinking age in America Unsupervised, underage drinking has become an epidemic throughout the world, but in the in America more than anywhere else. Even the president’s 19 year old daughter has been arrested for underage drinking. America has the highest legalized drinking age in the world. In fact, only four countries in the world have a legalized drinking age over 18. When we turn 18 in America we are supposed to be adults, but

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    Essay Length: 673 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Diversification Has Changed Managerial Interaction with the Workforce

    Diversification Has Changed Managerial Interaction with the Workforce

    DIVERSIFICATION HAS CHANGED MANAGERIAL INTERACTION WITH THE WORKFORCE Abstract The diversification of the American Workforce has changed the way managers interact with employees. This diversification is due to tighter labor markets, increased immigration, and women entering the workforce. Cultural factors, not present before, have caused managers to develop new methods of tasking, motivating, and educating these diverse employees. Essentially these new methods have been a change in interpersonal behavior, the way a manager acts and

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    Essay Length: 1,861 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Artur
  • Why the Legal Drinking Age Should Be Lowered to Eighteen

    Why the Legal Drinking Age Should Be Lowered to Eighteen

    Why The Legal Drinking Age Should Be Lowered To Eighteen In the United States, it is illegal to consume alcohol until the age of twenty-one. At the age of 18 people are considered adults. “The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen-years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age (Amendment 26, Section 1 of the Constitution).

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    Essay Length: 1,984 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Age of Innocence: A Time Left Behind

    The Age of Innocence: A Time Left Behind

    In Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence we are taken back to an era of the wealthy New York elite. The elite and rich were the people who ran the city, the people who decided what was wrong and what was right, and if you were not a wealthy and known person in New York City, then you were nobody. Only the richest and most elite were allowed to be apart of the close nit

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    Essay Length: 998 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Janna
  • Age Discrimination

    Age Discrimination

    A former manager of a securities brokerage firm, who alleged he was demoted because of his age and fired when he complained, was awarded $765,000 in damages by arbitrators.26 Another example of a suit filed for age discrimination includes the case of a 16-employee machine shop in a Western state. According to the firm's owner, one of its employees-a man approaching retirement age-volunteered in front of witnesses to be laid off if layoffs became necessary.

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    Essay Length: 311 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Feudal Ages in Japan and Europe

    The Feudal Ages in Japan and Europe

    The Feudal Ages in Japan and Europe In the past, feudalism has been used successfully as a political system for governing a country. Two of the largest and most well known Feudal Ages have been that of Europe (1150-1600) and Japan (800-1350). Although both civilizations were quite similar during these periods of time, Japan's civilization clearly is superior in many ways. When compared, the role of religion, the weaponry and armor, and the warrior codes

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    Essay Length: 1,070 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Age of Indusrtialism

    Age of Indusrtialism

    The time period that we are calling the Age of Industrialization occurred in the 1700s and 1800s. During this time period, innovations and changes occurred in agriculture, technology, and communication. The first advancements began in Great Britain and soon they spread throughout the world. The rural areas of Great Britain transformed between 1760 and 1830. The farmers were accustomed to a daily routine. Their activities revolved around farming. The farmers used traditional methods that were

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    Essay Length: 1,080 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: David
  • Age Discrimination in the Workplace

    Age Discrimination in the Workplace

    AGE DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE Harold had been with the company going on forty-five years. There was no doubt that his contributions over the past few decades helped the once intimate business flourish into an international corporation. As his sixty-fifth birthday rolled around, Harold was greeted with a staff party and a mandatory retirement notice that was effective two weeks from that date. Harold was stunned, inasmuch as he had no intentions whatsoever to

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    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Jon

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