As governor‚ Miller campaigned to establish a state lottery. He succeeded in getting laws passed that restricted lottery proceeds to fund pre-kindergarten programs‚ capital and technology enhancements for Georgia schools‚ and most innovative of all‚ the HOPE Scholarship program. HOPE scholarships provide full tuition at any state college or university to any Georgia resident who graduates from high school with at least a B average. In 1992 voters passed the lottery‚ and the programs that the lottery
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Individuality versus Conformity in Miller ’s The Crucible The theocratic town of Salem‚ in the late 1600s‚ not only advocated conformity but stifled individuality. The play‚ The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ illustrates the conflict between conformity and individuality. Salem‚ a town dependent on the unity and participation‚ understandably teaches people from a young age to recognize the needs of the community as greater than the needs of an individual. As any unit needs something to hold it all together
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Malcolm James McCormick (born January 19‚ 1992)‚[1] better known by his stage name Mac Miller‚ is an American rapper from Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. He is also a noted record producer under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman. He is signed to Pittsburgh based Rostrum Records‚ and released his debut album Blue Slide Park‚ on November 8‚ 2011‚ which debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 despite being released completely independently. His second studio album Watching Movies with the Sound Off was released
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were held to hang people suspected of witchcraft. Arthur Miller researched these trials and wrote “The Crucible.” Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” began with a group of girls‚led by Abigail Williams‚getting caught dancing naked in the forest‚ presumably performing witchcraft. The townspeople were all in paranoia and convicting women of witchcraft‚one of the convicted women is Elizabeth Proctor‚the wife of the protagonist John Proctor.Arthur Miller shows how fear can lead to blame through the wavering
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Section 1: Problem Statement When Mike Volkema‚ CEO of Herman Miller‚ abruptly attempted to appoint Gary Van Spronsen to executive vice president of offer development and marketing‚ Volkema was hesitant to get involved. Since 1992‚ Van Spronsen had worked feverishly to build a leader in the office furniture industry in the Herman Miller subsidiary SQA. Not only did Van Spronsen create the traction that prompted better customer service‚ a tailored product line and design process‚ but he also transformed
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a character who is ready to lay down his life‚ if need be‚ to secure one thing-his sense of personal dignity. Miller stipulates that “tragedy enlightens-and it must‚ in that it points the heroic finger at the enemy of man ’s freedom” (Miller). That “thrust for freedom is the quality in tragedy which exalts” (Miller). Lastly‚ “the possibility of victory must be there in tragedy” (Miller)‚ thus making the ultimate fall more devastating. The characters of Parris and Danforth illustrate the moral
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Caroline Reilly Mr Bosley English 8 May 8‚ 2012 Glenn Miller Glenn Miller was born on a farm in Iowa on March 1‚ 1901. He is remembered today not only for the beloved music he produced and for his influence on the evolution and success of swing music‚ but also for his patriotic devotion in time of war. He is remembered for songs such as "In the Mood‚" "A String of Pearls‚" "Little Brown Jug" and "Moonlight Serenade.” He is also famous for his Army Air Force Band that
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In Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ not much was received‚ except for the revenge of a heart broken girl. I didn’t find this play intriguing like most plays I have read before. If you want to watch a girl throw a tantrum over a guy and get rid of her rivals‚ then I recommend watching Mean Girls or befriend a high school queen bee‚ instead of reading The Crucible. Not much is offered to you other than blame and the act of revenge‚ which was lacked as well. In fact‚ the witch hysteria played a minor
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The world at the present is always the inspiration of a work. This idea is manifested in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. He incorporates the political drama of the era into the play about the Salem Witch Trials. Therefore‚ The Crucible is a mirror image of the McCarthyism that occurred during the 1950s. This fact is reflected through the various connections in characters‚ themes. First‚ there are characters in the play which represent the actual people involved and affected by the McCarthy era.
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performed well against various indexes in the years leading up to 2005. Value Trust takes S&P 500 as its benchmark index‚ which it has outperformed for the last 14 years. Prior to 2005‚ Value Trust had an average annual total return of 14.6%‚ which was 3.67% higher than S&P 500’s average annual returns. From exhibits 1 and 5 we can see that the return was much higher for Value Trust (15.04%) compared to the S&P 500 (9.48%) over a ten year period. The NAV was consistently increasing from 1994 to 2000
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