’s controversial commercial or Snoop Dogg ’s latest drug related arrest. At one point in time people knew what was really going on in the world. It seems that the new infatuation with the popular and the scandalous has dumbed down our society. We ’ve been dumbed down enough to know that we have a problem and instead of trying to solve it we instead make fun of ourselves with reality game shows where our obvious lack of knowledge is a form of entertainment. Instead of being ashamed of not knowing
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but at significantly lower fares. It stimulated a rapid growth of passenger traffic across the Irish Sea‚ much of it diverted from the sea ferries. On the London-Dublin route‚ where traffic had been stagnant for three years‚ passenger numbers more or less doubled in the next three years in response to the low fares introduced by Ryanair and to the lower fares forced on Aer Lingus and British Airways. But Ryanair was not profitable. Its unit costs‚ though lower than those of Aer Lingus‚ were not low
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Breaking Down Constructs: The Path from Resistance to Reconciliation What is the purpose of a border? Is it more than a line that separates two things? In an interview‚ American-Canadian author Thomas King explains how “borders are these very artificial and subjective barriers that we throw up around our lives in all sort of ways. National borders are just indicative of the kinds of borders we build around ourselves” (qtd. In Andrews‚ 172). His short story Borders documents the journey of a Blackfoot
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Year of the Hangman Essay Year of the Hangman differs immensely from what actually happened in real history. While history remains unaltered until 1777‚ that’s when it all changes. At the Battle of Trenton‚ the British commander heeds warnings of an American attack‚ and fights them off that night. The militiamen who enlisted in the Colonial Army during 1776 refuse to reenlist again after the difficult winter at Valley Forge. A number of small events change the course of the war in England’s favor
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Challenge the Boss or Stand Down THOMAS set predictable problems that he failed to forestall. Instead of further poisoning his relationship with his boss by seeking to “expose” him‚ Tom should now start to repair the damage he’s done to both his professional relationships and his career prospects. Tom’s first mistake was in neglecting to consider that he was not his boss’s choice for the position of senior marketing specialist. From the outset he should have recognized the significance of that initial
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Life in 2050 Within the next 40 years‚ most people believe‚ the world will get the bulk of its energy from sources other than oil. Computers will converse like people. Cancer will be cured‚ and artificial limbs will outperform natural ones. Astronauts will land on Mars‚ and ordinary people will travel in space. There are all sorts of expectations for all kinds of fields and we know one thing for sure‚ that there will be some changes. There are changes that won’t matter as much‚ but there are
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The Ups and Downs of Scientific Progress If you were asked what the goal of science and research is‚ you would most likely respond that they exist for the benefit of the human population. However‚ this is not‚ and was not always the case. Taking a closer look at the history of science‚ particularly from the 1950s on‚ revels that things have not always been all well and good. It cannot be denied that the world of modern science is an ever-evolving realm that has experienced significant change over
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Services • Vladimir Martinenko • Sign out › Magazine May 2011 Subscribe or activate your subscription to read the full article • Buy Reprint • Idea in Brief HBR.org > May 2011 HBR Case Study: Challenge the Boss or Stand Down? by W. Earl Sasser A rising-star executive calculates his response to a hypercritical superior. HBR’s fictionalized case studies present dilemmas faced by leaders in real companies and offer solutions from experts. This one is based on the HBS Case
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The Teenage Years Growing up is a hard process‚ especially for those who are experiencing their adolescent years. Everyone who has gone through this process agrees that these years have been some of the most awkward and strangest years of their lives; the ‘teen years’ is a period of time in which the majority of people tend to have rebellious and irresponsible behavior‚ where it’s easy to feel isolated and where everything bad that happens is the “end of the world”. Teenagers seem to hate everything
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The Ups and Downs of Phillip Pirrup “The poor‚ I am told‚ are kind to each other but that is because they have nothing to lose‚’ he said. ’The rich cannot afford to be.” ― M.R.C. Kasasian‚ The Mangle Street Murders This quote perfectly explains how different relationships and perspectives are within different social classes. In Great Expectations Charles Dickens‚ main character‚ Pip‚ is an orphan summoned by a wealthy woman to be a playmate of her daughter. Soon after meeting the girl‚ Estella‚ he
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