" as restructuring folks say--is ominous almost beyond contemplation. And yet the evidence points‚ with increasing certitude‚ to bankruptcy. Rick Wagoner‚ GM’s 53-year-old chairman and CEO‚ may say‚ as he did in a January interview with FORTUNE in his aerie of an office high above the Detroit River‚ "I know that things will turn around." But he cannot know that. He may not‚ deep down‚ even believe it himself. Bankruptcy isn’t going to occur next week. But down the road--say‚ past 2006 --its probability
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Jaxi Woods-Smith Mrs. Brown English Period 1 September 26th‚ 2012 The Outsiders By S.E. Hinton “Dally risked his life for us‚ to keep Johnny out of trouble.” (Pg. 117.) This is a quote from S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders‚ a novel about two social groups‚ the Greasers and the Socs‚ and how the war between them cost three lives. The book is in the perspective of Ponyboy Curtis‚ a sensitive Greaser who is put in the middle of the social conflict when he friend Johnny kills a Soc in self-defense
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Plain deliberate contemplated murder is dwarfed in magnitude by comparison with the crime you have committed. In committing the act of murder‚ the criminal kills only his victim…in your case‚ I believe your conduct in putting into the hands of the Russians the A-bomb years before our best scientists predicted Russia would perfect the bomb has already caused‚ in my opinion‚ the communist aggression in Korea‚ with the
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Established with Adam and Eve‚ still surviving‚ marriage is the oldest institution known. Often the climax of most romantic movies and stories‚ whether it may be ‘Pride and Prejudice’ or ‘Dil Wale Dulhaniya Ley Jaein Gey’‚ marriage has a universal appeal. It continues to be the most intimate social network‚ providing the strongest and most frequent opportunity for social and emotional support. Though‚ over the years‚ marriage appears to be tarnished with high divorce rates‚ discontentment and infidelity
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Blackfish SeaWorld is considered one of the most magical places on earth. With majestic animals that aren’t seen in everyday life‚ come alive to please thousands of people a day. While we believe these animals are happy and enjoy the attention‚ Blackfish has given us reasons not to believe the false advertisement. While comparing these animals to the wild‚ we see that they are not as free as they should be and deserve to live in their natural habitat. One of the animals that the film focuses on
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Shakespeare was credited for plays that he did not write‚ but that does not change the everlasting impact Shakespearean works have had on the world. Shakespeare is like Santa Claus. He is real up to a certain point. Though Saint Nicholas did give presents to his neighbors‚ he does not travel all over the world to deliver presents to billions of children. Over time‚ the truth about him becomes faded and he starts becoming a more fictional character. Shakespeare was credited for work he may not have written
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Eugenics‚ meaning “well born” is a term coined and a field created by Francis Galton‚ a British scientist. In 1869‚ Galton constructed pedigrees of leading English families using biographical information from obituaries and other sources and concluded that superior intelligence and abilities were inherited with an efficiency of 20%. From this research Galton theorized that if the fittest members of society were to have more children then humanity could be improved. In the early 1900s the eugenics
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In Star Wars‚ Luke is the Jedi master prophesied to save the universe‚ but until the enemy murdered his family‚ he was a just a boy working on his uncle’s farm; Apocalypto’s Jaguar Paw was living an idyllic life as a hunter until slave runners decimated his entire village‚ after which he outruns and kills the entire group of battle hardened warriors. The hero must "respond to mortal threats directed at their weaknesses" (O’Brien
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super-human that showed loyalty to his king. Undaunted‚ sitting astride
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he was a slave himself and he knows how sad it is to be isolated and have nothing good to do other than work. Although a woman taught him to read and write and it wasn’t too bad for him‚ as he got older it got worst and he just wanted to be his own man and do his own things. Many people believed it wasn’t right for black people to be slaves‚ but it was just the way it is. And if someone can’t make a difference than he was‚ speaking out about what he dreamt it would be like and if one day he could be
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