characteristics were stripped from the ranks of public figures‚ the ranks would be perilously thinned.” Jerrold M. Post (1993‚ p. 99). “The big danger is one of hubris. There ’s a tendency…to think you ’re invulnerable. You ’re not just king of the mountain‚ you ’ve mastered the mountain. That can often lead to mistakes of excessive pride.” David R. Gergen (Bumiller‚ 2004). “I ’m an
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The history of prisons is documented in the book "Are Prisons Obsolete?" Angela Davis specializes in jail discrimination and criminal justice. Davis debates the social issues surrounding prisons. According to her‚ when a person is homeless‚ prison frequently ends up being their only option for housing. Angela Davis wants us to understand that jail does not result in the “reformation of inmates”. Prisons do not consistently make money by abusing their inmates. In order to improve the situation of
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People don’t need to even study literature in school or become authors as a job to be able to have an impact on the way that literature portrays difficulties in life. One of such is Lucille Clifton who was born in 1936. This was during the time of the Civil Rights Movement along with the woman suffrage movement. While she went to college and went on to work as a clerk and as a literature assistant‚ she never studied writing in college. But she
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In August of 1945 nuclear weapons were exploded upon the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Following these atomic bombings‚ Japan surrendered. But were the atomic bombings necessary to save Allied lives and end Japan’s threat to world peace while avoiding a deadly invasion of the Japanese mainland? The following account summarizes the events that led to Japan’s surrender in World War II and then considers other means of achieving Japan’s surrender. The second half of this article‚ which
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The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was both tragic and unnecessary. This explosion caused over 150‚000 civilian deaths. The United States used this bomb as a way to how superiority to Japan and the Soviets‚ but they took it too far. For one‚ it was way overfunded. The United States were also uneducated about its full power. When they dropped the bomb‚ even they were unsure of the full destruction the bomb was capable of. Doing this to innocent civilians that were not even a part of the war gave
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Provoked by the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7‚ 1941‚ The United States retaliated while putting an end to the war in 1945. During this year in early August‚ the US dropped two atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ two major and important Japanese cities. Ever since those events during World War II‚ the Unites States has been praised and criticized for the act. While the act itself was inhumane‚ the US was justified for dropping at least one of the deadly atomic bombs. One way that the
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What makes a man‚ a man? In the First Part Last‚ the author‚ Angela Johnson‚ gives examples on what it takes to be a man. There are also plenty of symbols that helps you make connections from the beginning of the story to the end of the story. First off‚ the basketball symbolizes and represents childhood. When Bobby’s friends wanted to play basketball with him‚ he went and forgot Feather behind. The ball shows how Bobby was being irresponsible and childish. After he came back home for
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forward velocity of 60 m/s. The oscilloscope record of the deceleration is shown. Determine the approximate velocity of the particle at t = 9 s. [answer: -58 m/s] 2. A car can decelerate at 0.8 ‘g’ on a certain road. Find the total emergency stopping distance measured from the point where the driver first sights the danger for a speed of 100 km/hr. The time taken for the driver to identify the hazard‚ decide on a course of action‚ and apply the brakes is 0.75 s. [Answer: 70 m] 3. An underground train
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Positioning H&M (Hennes & Mauritz AB) is the world second largest retail-clothing company. It was founded in 1947 in Sweden. In recent years‚ it has expanded rapidly‚ about 3‚000 branch stores existing over 50 countries which include in Asia‚ Europe and America. As a “fast fashion” clothing company‚ H&M’s business concept is offering latest popular design and good quality at the best price. The H&M Group offers fashion from the H&M‚ COS‚ Monki‚ Weekday‚ Cheap Monday‚ & Other Stories and H&M Home brands
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ANSOFF MATRIX To analyse the marketing strategies of H&M we are using the Ansoff Matrix. It is a tool that helps businesses decides their product and market growth strategy (Jobber and Fahy‚ 2003). Ansoff matrix consists of product development (Selling new products to existing customers)‚ market penetration (Selling more of the same to the same types of people)‚ market development (Selling the existing products to new types of consumer) and diversification (Selling new products to new consumer)
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