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  • Political Science Article

    Political Science Article

    October 30, 2006 Government Article Review #2 Political Opportunity for Women Summary: With mid term elections in November the focus has turned to women’s participation in politics. This article focuses on some specific women who have laid a path for others to follow; As well as given predictions for the future of women’s participation. Ferraro who ran for vice president back in 1984 is surprised to see that no other women have followed in her

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    Essay Length: 588 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Jon
  • Summary of "value/evaluation" by Barbara Hernstein Smith

    Summary of "value/evaluation" by Barbara Hernstein Smith

    Summary of “Value/Evaluation” In her essay “Value/Evaluation,” Barbara Herrnstein Smith reflects upon the shifting nature of the evaluation process, and what exactly the meaning of “value” is. She begins by pointing out that the dispute on the value of something occurs whenever any social activity becomes the focal point of a discussion. However, Smith points out, the perspective on value and evaluation has changed dramatically, and is still a topic of debate. These new perspectives

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    Essay Length: 1,289 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Chapter 42 - 44 of Genesis Summary

    Chapter 42 - 44 of Genesis Summary

    Chapter 42 Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt and tells his sons to retrieve it in order to survive, all except the youngest of brothers so he doesn’t act in mischievous ways. They meet their brother Joseph yet do not know his identity while Joseph knows theirs. Joseph sets them up to be condemned as spies in order to see his youngest brother to seek the truth from him and sends Judah to

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    Essay Length: 292 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Yan
  • Economic Articles

    Economic Articles

    1) A Risk Of Id Theft Fraud alerts for credit cards are being suggested for students in Long Island University, due to identity theft. About 25,000 to 30,000 were given letters stating that the tax forms mailed to them were in "defective mailers." Adhesive was missing on one side of the envelope, which lead to half the 1098-T "Tuition Statement" being destroyed by U.S. Postal Service processing machinery. The 1098_T contains the student's name, address

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    Essay Length: 1,848 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Story Summary of Brave New World

    Story Summary of Brave New World

    Brave New World opens in the Central London Hatching and Conditioning Center, where the Director of the Hatchery and Henry Foster are giving a tour to a group of boys. The boys learn about the Bokanovsky Process, which allows the Hatchery to produce thousands of nearly identical human embryos. During the gestation period the embryos travel in bottles along a conveyor belt through a large factory building, and are conditioned to belong to one

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    Essay Length: 1,044 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Twelve Years a Slave Summary

    Twelve Years a Slave Summary

    Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup, (Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 19), 252 pgs. There have been many accounts published in regards to the Civil War with the view point of Northerners or Southern plantation owners. Twelve Years a Slave, an autobiography, gives readers a different perspective in the fact it is written from a view of a freed man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The author Solomon Northup gives us

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    Essay Length: 417 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • Executive Summary

    Executive Summary

    I. Purpose: To monitor the progress of a department and make changes when necessary for the benefit of the organization II. Control Mechanisms used for effectiveness A. Acorn Paper- Budget control is a mechanism that is used at Acorn paper. This is necessary to service our customers better. Some of the ways that Acorn Paper uses this control to its benefit is by watching the inventory levels, placing rules for employees so that customer’s orders

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    Essay Length: 605 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Steve
  • Eco 360 Week one Chapter Summary

    Eco 360 Week one Chapter Summary

    Chapter One Chapter one consisted on defining economies and how economies affect as a whole. Coordination problems that an economy may face are what to produce, how to produce, and for whom. It also explained an economy’s cost/benefit framework which consist of sunk and opportunity costs. Sunk costs are costs that cannot be regained and opportunity costs is a planned or market economy. For example, every decision consists of an opportunity cost; time, money, raw

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: July
  • A Catcher in the Rye - Summary

    A Catcher in the Rye - Summary

    A Catcher In The Rye - Summary The Catcher in the Rye is narrated by Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year-old boy recuperating in a rest home from a nervous breakdown, some time in 1950. Holden tells the story of his last day at a school called Pencey Prep, and of his subsequent psychological meltdown in New York City. Holden has been expelled from Pencey for academic failure, and after an unpleasant evening with his self-satisfied

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Summary of a Trip to Europe

    Summary of a Trip to Europe

    Summary of Trip If given ten thousand dollars, I would travel to Europe and visit the sights that capture my imagination and hope. These are places of inspiration and courage. I would visit the towns, fields, and beaches of World War Two battles. I would visit the places that my grand father went before me in 1942. I would go to the are where Gen. Patton marched his troops. And finally I would go the

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Janna
  • Article: Patient-Physician Communication: Why and How

    Article: Patient-Physician Communication: Why and How

    Article: Patient-Physician Communication: Why and How. Patient-physician communication is an integral part of clinical practice. Patients who understand their doctors are more likely to acknowledge health problems, understand their treatment options, modify their behavior accordingly, and follow their medication schedules. These efforts to improve and measure communication skills are timely, as the barriers (e.g. foreign language, mental state, etc.) to effective communication between patients and physicians are growing. During the typical 15 or 20 minute

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    Essay Length: 357 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Article Review of Shapes of Early Sculptured Crosses of Ireland

    Article Review of Shapes of Early Sculptured Crosses of Ireland

    The article by Robert Stevick focuses on the crosses that were constructed during the early middle ages of Ireland. He starts off by writing about how these Irish High Crosses are easily recognizable and have not been analyzed in depth. He goes on to talk about the different shapes of these crosses starting with the shapes of stone crosses (3). He deconstructs these crosses so that each element can be pointed out and explains how

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    Essay Length: 671 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Summary of a Midsummer Nights Dream

    Summary of a Midsummer Nights Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream takes place in Athens. Theseus, the Duke of Athens, is planning his marriage with Hippolyta, and as a result he is a planning a large festival. Egeus enters, followed by his daughter Hermia, her beloved Lysander, and her suitor Demetrius. Egeus tells Theseus that Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius, wanting instead to marry Lysander. He asks for the right to punish Hermia with death if she refuses to obey. Theseus agrees

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    Essay Length: 883 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Yan
  • Summary

    Summary

    In the excerpt, Landscape in the Classic Hollywood Western, Stanley Solomon, a professor film studies at Iona College, N.Y. talks about the Western genre and its subgenres that have taken over the film industry. The Western genre is known mainly as a location that even has the ability to suggest a plot and characterization. In these films, the rural areas where the action takes place are generally lightly populated, except when cavalries converge on a

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Jon
  • Preparing for College and Life Summary

    Preparing for College and Life Summary

    In "Preparing for College and Life," published in Swimming World, author Dan Callahan points out the advantages of prep school and the great experiences you will have. Callahan gives an example right away about a swimmer getting out of bed at 6:00 a.m. and getting ready for practice. It shows that it isn't easy to be a part of a team. It takes hard work, dedication, and the willingness to get out of bed in

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Bred
  • Quick Summary of Farewell to Manzanar

    Quick Summary of Farewell to Manzanar

    The most important characters are Jeanne’s family and her friend Radine. Jeanne thinks Radine is the perfect girl and envies her. Her brothers are Kiyo, Woodrow also known as Woody and Bill. Her’s sisters are Eleanor and Shig. The most important of all of them are mama and papa. The most important minor character in Farewell to Manzanar is George Ko Wakatsuki, Jeanne’s father. He is the most important because he is the head of

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    Essay Length: 355 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: July
  • Macbeth Summary

    Macbeth Summary

    MACBETH The play begins with a dark scene in Scotland where the three witches appear and make their decisions on meeting again. In Act I Scene two, at the military camp of King Duncan’s, Captain gives the news that brave Macbeth gained a victory against the traitorous Thane of Cawdor, Macdonald and The King of Norway. King Duncan, filled with great joy, decides to make Macbeth his new Thane of Cawdor and want the

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    Essay Length: 691 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: David
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    With the birth of the Articles of Confederation, ultimately came the birth of economic, social, and political instability. The new loosely organized confederation proved very early on its lack of effectiveness in several aspects. Congress, the government's chief agency at the time, often proved its weakness in dealing with matters such as foreign affairs and land disputes. While many suggest that this was a model confederation, the troubled times of 1781 to 1789 truly called

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    Essay Length: 497 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • Articles of Confederatoin

    Articles of Confederatoin

    Following the end of the Revolutionary War, the newly independent United States was in massive disarray as debts required payment and national policies needed to be established. The solution to these problems resulted in first governing document of our country, the Articles of Confederation. From 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation established an effective government by unifying the country and providing the United States with an organized governmental body in a time immediately following

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Bred
  • Summary of Behavioral Genetics

    Summary of Behavioral Genetics

    Behavioral Genetics Behavioral Genetics is a new field of study. The purpose of Behavioral Genetics is to investigate the affects of genetics and environment on individual human behavior. Behavioral Genetics is a quite complex field of study and the path towards the understanding the relation of genetics and environment to individual human behavior is a long and difficult one. There are instances that support the theory that behavior has a biological basis. Behavior is often

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    Submitted: April 4, 2010 By: Monika
  • Business Summary and Brief History

    Business Summary and Brief History

    Business summary and Brief History In 1850, Henry Wells formed American Express along side the partnership of a few other competitors of the day. The delivery services company primarily worked in the eastern portion of the United States. When Wells suggested that the company extend west to California, the other executives declined. Henry Wells then partnered with William Fargo to form Wells Fargo and Co. American Express continued with its pony express deliveries and had

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    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Effectiveness of Articles of Confederation

    Effectiveness of Articles of Confederation

    Adam Delora DBQ “From 1781 to 1789, the Articles of Confederation provided the United States with an effective Government”. This statement is invalid on the premise that “an unregulated global economy dominated by corporations that recognize money as their only value is inherently unstable, egregiously unequal, destructive of markets, democracy, and life, and is impoverishing humanity in real terms even as it enriches a few in financial terms.” 1 John Dickenson’s original drafted model of

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    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Tasha
  • William Cronon’s Article "the Trouble with Wilderness, Or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature"

    William Cronon’s Article "the Trouble with Wilderness, Or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature"

    In chapter eight we have another article from William Cronon, titled, “The Trouble with Wilderness, or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature.” In this article, Cronon boisterously accentuates his views on the present day definition of wilderness. He argues that prior to the 18th century wilderness was in fact a desolate and satanic habitant in which people should want nothing to do with (216). That disposition was drastically modified during the 18th century when wilderness

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    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: Edward
  • Scarlet Letter: Plot Summary

    Scarlet Letter: Plot Summary

    Hester Prynne is the main character of this novel. She is a young married woman whose husband was presumed lost at sea on the journey to the New World many years before the heart of the story begins. She a secret forbidden relationship with Arthur Dimmesdale, the highly regarded town minister, and becomes pregnant with a daughter, whom she names Pearl. She is then publicly condemned and forced to wear the scarlet letter "A" on

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    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: Anna
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    Soon after the Revolutionary War in America, a new government was started when the Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress. The Articles set up a democratic government that gave the States the power to make their own laws and to enforce them. However, the Articles were ineffective and failed to provide a strong government. During this critical period in the history of the United States, pandemonium and anarchy were growing due to:

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    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: July