March 2018 Normalization of Donald Trump Began in “1984” Propaganda is “the information or ideas spread by an organized group or government to influence people’s opinions‚ especially by not giving all the facts or by secretly emphasizing only one way of looking at the facts” (Cambridge Dictionary). The following propaganda techniques are common: slogans‚ testimonial‚ bandwagon‚ name calling‚ glittering generalities‚ etc. George Orwell’s “1984” illustrates the protagonist Winston Smith’s fight with
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Bulletin of Science‚ Technology & Society http://bst.sagepub.com/ The Bhopal Disaster of 1984 Roli Varma and Daya R. Varma Bulletin of Science Technology & Society 2005 25: 37 DOI: 10.1177/0270467604273822 The online version of this article can be found at: http://bst.sagepub.com/content/25/1/37 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: National Association for Science‚ Technology & Society Additional services and information for Bulletin of Science‚ Technology &
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613 Chapter 3: Harnischfeger Case 1. Identify all the accounting policy changes and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984. Estimate‚ as accurately as possible‚ the effect of these on the company’s 1984 reported profits. Harnischfeger made the following accounting policy changes and accounting estimates during the year 1984. There was a change in the recognition of some types of sales. This resulted in a change in sales calculation. Harnischfeger incorporated products
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“The bleak setting of ‘1984’ reflects the bleak lives of the characters.” Discuss. There is no doubt that the setting of ‘1984’ is bleak – it just simply cannot get any more miserable and dreary. The entire concept of ‘Big Brother’‚ the reeking smell of “boiled cabbage and old rag mats” and the totalitarianism of the Party‚ almost forces the whole of Oceania into bleakness. In fact‚ the only characters who seem to be unaffected are the proles and Julia. Julia’s youthful personality and apathetic
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Isolation Winston lives in a world where everything is done in worship of Big Brother. All thoughts‚ feelings‚ and accomplishments are given and credited to Big Brother. However‚ the people of the Party are left with little and they dedicate their lives to Big Brother creating a lonely existence for themselves. Winston Smith does not want to be alone; he wishes to be able to share his thoughts and opinions with someone. Through rhythm‚ figurative language‚ and imagery George Orwell creates a
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Many of the predictions made by George Orwell in his book 1984 in relation to "Big Brother" surveillance‚ corruption of language and control of history have already come about to a great extent in Communist countries and to some extent in the West. The powers of security police in Western countries to intercept mail and tap phones have often been extended‚ police agencies keep numerous files on law-abiding citizens‚ and more and more public officials have the right to enter private homes without
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role of cash flow information in discriminating between bankrupt and non-bankrupt companies remains a contentious issue. In a number of literature reviews on bankruptcy prediction (e.g. Zavgren‚ 1983; Jones‚ 1987; Neill et al. 1991; Watson‚ 1996) the common view is that cash flow information does not contain significant incremental information content over accrual information in discriminating between bankrupt and non-bankrupt firms. (Divesh S. Sharma‚ Senior Lecturer‚ School of Accounting‚ Banking
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THE ELEMENTS OF A CASH FLOW PROJECTION A capital budgeting decision is characterized by costs and benefits (cash flows) that are spread out over several time periods. This leads to a requirement that the time value of money be considered in order to evaluate the alternatives correctly. Although in actual practice we must consider risk as well as time value‚ to situations in which the costs and benefits (in terms of cash) are known with certainty. There are sufficient difficulties in just taking
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Corporate Tax Levies Learning Objectives After studying this chapter‚ the student should be able to: 1. Calculate the corporation’s alternative minimum tax liability (if any). 2. Determine whether a corporation is a personal holding company (PHC). 3. Calculate the corporation’s PHC tax. 4. Determine whether a corporation is liable for the accumulated earnings tax. 5. Calculate the amount of the corporation’s accumulated earnings tax.
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Golden country “Presumably she could be trusted to find a safe place. In general you could not assume that you were much safer in the country than in London. There were no telescreens‚ of course‚ but there was always the danger of concealed microphones by which your voice might be picked up and recognized; besides‚ it was not easy to make a journey by yourself without attracting attention” An old‚ close-bitten pasture‚ with a footpath wandering across it and a molehill here and there. In
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