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  • Tess of the D’urbervilles-Summary of Part I

    Tess of the D’urbervilles-Summary of Part I

    Tess of the d’Urbervilles Chapter I The scene begins with a middle-aged peddler, named John Durbeyfield. Making his way home, the man encounters Parson Tringham, who claims to have studied history. The Parson tells Durbeyfield that he is of noble lineage, the d’Urberville family, and his family has prospered for many generations until recently. Tringham tells his him however that this heritage comes from such a long period of time ago that it is

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    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Victor
  • Double Jeopardy Summary

    Double Jeopardy Summary

    In the movie, Double Jeopardy, Libby Parsons, played by Ashley Judd, and her husband Nick, Bruce Greenwood, go out on a weekend sailboat trip. During the night, Libby wakes up finding herself alone and covered in blood. As she gets up to search for her husband, all she finds is more blood all over the boat and a bloody knife on deck. As the investigation is underway, Libby is charged with her husband's murder. It

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    Essay Length: 554 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • Summary of Chapter 3, Worldy Philosophers

    Summary of Chapter 3, Worldy Philosophers

    Chapter 3 of the book, "Worldly Philosophers" is mainly focused on Adam Smith and the "world" he belonged in. It starts off with the talk of a new vision, a remarkable vision that was formulated by no other than the Father of Modern Economics, Dr. Adam Smith. The talk of his vision was followed not only by a short biography of the renowned economist but of also brief narratives of his "absences of mind". Adam

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Edward
  • Slaughterhouse 5 Plot Summary

    Slaughterhouse 5 Plot Summary

    A disoriented and ill-trained American soldier named Billy Pilgrim is captured by German soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge. Trained as a Chaplain's assistant, he arrives in Belgium just as his unit is overwhelmed by the Germans. There is not enough time to issue him with combat gear. He and other prisoners are sent far from the front to live in a makeshift prison, a disused slaughterhouse in the city of Dresden. During air

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    Essay Length: 844 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: regina
  • Relationship Acceptanc Article Summary

    Relationship Acceptanc Article Summary

    Adams, 1 Acceptance in romantic relationships: The Frequency and Acceptability of Partner Behavior Inventory Daniel Adams TR 9:30-10:45 General Psychology Instructor Linda Gibbons March 27, 2007 Adams, 2 Abstract Despite the recent emphasis on acceptance in romantic relationships, no validated measure of relationship acceptance presently exists. To fill this gap, the 20-item Frequency and Acceptability of Partner Behavior Inventory (FAPBI; A. Christensen & N. S. Jacobson, 1997) was created to assess separately the acceptability and

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    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Mike
  • Fallacy Summary and Application Paper

    Fallacy Summary and Application Paper

    Fallacy Summary and Application Paper In the workplace, disagreement and arguments can be common. Part of management is the ability to listen to both sides and make the right decisions. Knowing the use of fallacies can help to separate fact from opinion. Fallacies are used to help sway opinion or judgment to one side. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy defines Fallacy as a kind of error in reasoning. (Dowden,2004) Some times a fallacy is not

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Jack
  • 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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    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
  • 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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    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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    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
  • 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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    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
  • Utopia

    Utopia

    Utopia (from Greek: οὐ no, and τόπος, place, i.e. "no place" or "place that does not exist") is a fictional island near the coast of the Atlantic Ocean written about by Sir Thomas More as the fictional character Raphael Hythloday (translated from the Greek as "knowing in trifles") recounts his experiences in his travels to the fictional island with a perfect social, legal, and political system. It may be used pejoratively, to refer to a

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Tommy
  • 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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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: David
  • 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
  • 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
  • Summary of the Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority

    Summary of the Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority

    In The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority, Ronald Takaki questions whether or not Asian Americans can really be called a model minority. He states that throughout history the media has described Asians Americans as a race that excels in educational institutions and in the business world. As a result of this wrong assumption, African Americans look inferior or lazy in comparison to Asian Americans. This is because many people see African Americans as another minority

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    Submitted: April 8, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Learning Disabilities Summary

    Learning Disabilities Summary

    Summary: Students with learning disabilities have always been present in our school settings. Unfortunately for many, many years it was an "invisible condition" that was not supported by educators and parents. No doubt little was known about why a child had a reading disability, now known as being dyslexic; or a writing disability now labeled dysgraphic. Many children even suffered from dyscalculia, a math disability. But think about the many years of frustration and embarrassment

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    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: David

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