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    about to list reasons of why he chose to go to college. The seven lines state that if he didn’t go to college‚ his father said he would break his son’s jaw. The audience is not expecting that the narrator’s only reason to go to college is because he doesn’t want his father to break his jaw. Most people usually have several reasons to go to college‚ whilst the narrator has only one which is a very different reason from others. The speaker’s father most likely means what he has said. Parents want their

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    sympathize with Bernard Ebbers conviction. His defense team argued that the trial judge wrongly instructed the jury that it could convict Mr. Ebbers on the basis that he engaged in “conscious avoidance” of the fraud at WorldCom. It is evident that Ebbers took a blind eye to any consideration to analyze the good stuff from the bad stuff in this situation. He failed to calculate the considerations of utility and as a result he is paying the consequences through a substantial decrease in his quality of life

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    Why don’t they revolt against class division? The answer lies in the state power and domination which is based on the twin themes of coercion and violence. Gramsci argues that state coercive power and consent or ideology is located within civil society

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    The Transportation Revolution began in the early 1800’s as an effort to dramatically improve transportation in America. The Transportation Revolution included greatly improved roads‚ the development of canals‚ and the invention of the steamboat and railroad. In 1800‚ there were only 23 cities with over 100‚000 citizens by 1900 there were 135 cities with over 100‚000 citizens. There were several types of cities: cities that focused on the textile industry‚ cities that produced whiskey and hemp‚ and

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    Why did Negroponte do what he did? Why was this necessary?  The idea of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) was born in 1999‚ as Professor Nicholas Negroponte was visiting a Cambodian rural village school previously established by him and his wife. By letting children play with some Panasonic “Toughbook” laptops‚ Negroponte experienced the power of change that could be brought about by laptops. He was impressed by how “it changed their lives in several ways‚ improving self-esteem and empowerment and fulfilling

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    Accounting Fraud at WorldCom 1) What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to “cook the books?” After the rapid evolution of the telecommunication industry in the 1990s‚ WorldCom shifted its strategy to focus on building revenues and acquiring capacity sufficient to handle expected growth. Their biggest goal was to be the No. 1 stock on Wall Street rather than capturing the market share. As a result‚ their Expense-to-Revenue (E/R) Ratio was their measurement for their main objective

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    Concepts a. (i.) According to FASB Statement of Concepts No. 6‚ paragraph 25‚ assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by a particular entity as a result of past transactions or events. They represent probable future economic benefits controlled by the enterprise. According to FASB Statement of Concepts No 6‚ paragraph 80‚ expenses are outflows or other using up of assets or incurrences of liabilities (or a combination of both) during a period from delivering or producing

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    seem to be other instances where the accounting treatment envelope was pushed just a bit too far. In the case of Enron‚ David B. Duncan‚ the former Andersen partner in charge of the Enron audit who was the government’s chief witness in the trial against Arthur Andersen‚ stood behind the decisions that resulted in the widespread use of off-balance sheet financing in the reporting of certain partnership transactions. (3) Certainly he carried out the breadth of the related accounting pronouncements to

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    Why was it so difficult to establish a stable parliamentary democracy in Italy in the 40 years after unification? After the merger of Italy‚ several complications that stirred the fresh nation‚ who had to deal with a series of troubles that invariably affected the poorer Italians‚ especially in the south while disallowing the power in Rome to fully consolidate. Italy had to face a series of social‚ economic and reform issues as well as dealing with the poverty and unceasing emigration that took

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    Skills needed to be successful at work In today world‚ there is no question that one who wants to be successful at work need not only major knowledge but also skills. Those get one through all the obstacle placed in one’s path and pave the way for great achievements at work. When it comes to needed skills‚ I think that there are three important skills such as communication‚ cooperation and self- instruction skill. One of the reason why I choose the communication skill is that it helps us avoid

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