The theme is Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth is more than just one man’s struggle to rise to economic success. She portrays and focuses on the feminism and depiction of Chinese women probably during or before the Xinhai revolution. The appearance of Railroads suggests the novel took place after 1908‚ which is when the lines of shanghai to the north were constructed‚ relatively connecting southern and northern China. This allowed an escape for farmers like Wang‚ who had to move to the city with his
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In the Value Trust case‚ Mr. Bill Miller is Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Legg Mason Capital Management‚ a subsidiary of Legg Mason‚ Inc. He was a co-portfolio manager of the Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust and portfolio manager of the Legg Mason Capital Management Opportunity Trust. From October 1981 through June 1985‚ Miller served as the Director of Research for Legg Mason‚ where he co-managed (with Ernie Kiehne) the Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust since its inception
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This case goes back to the year the 2005. Value Trust was an $11.2 billion mutual fund in the middle of that year and had outperformed for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index for 14 consecutive years. The fund was managed by William H. Miller III. During those 14 years‚ the fund experienced an average annual return of 14.6%. This return outperformed the S & P 500 by 3.67% per year. Morningstar claimed the Value Trust mutual fund fell behind the S & P 500 in 32 12-month periods out of 152
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Trust is the reliance of strength‚ surety of a person. I trust my mother and I tell her everything that happens to me‚ either good or bad she will always help me and tell me the right thing to do. Some people find it difficult to trust someone while others could trust people fast. Without trust there is no friendship‚ and if the is no friendship‚ there is no love. For me‚ I have a difficult time trusting someone‚ it takes me so long to tell if that person will not betray me. The play "Othello"
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CREDIT CARD SALES SYSTEM The main entities of a Credit Card Sales System are: 1. Customer 2. Orders 3. Order Details 4. Bank 5. Retailer The main relationships among entities of a credit card sales System are: 1. Customer places an order. 2. Order contains order details. 3. An Order detail has a product. 4. Bank completes the payment. The main assumptions in a Credit Card Sale System are: 1. The Customer and the Retailer have an account in the same
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English Assignment In this image‚ Othello and Desdemona are sharing a passionate moment of love after being re-united in Cyprus. Both are wearing white garments; a symbol of purity‚ and framed in a black background. Othello’s white uniform contrasts with the colour of his skin accentuating his smiling feature‚ strength and regal stature. In the darkness behind them is the watching figure of Iago who is smirking. Othello calls her “My soul’s joy” which describes the depth of his love that Desdemona
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in Health and Social Care‚ Children and Young People (Also see additional guidance notes for individual units) Unit 4222-304 Principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. Assignment – Short Answer Questions LO 1 1.1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in your work role. Duty of care is defined as ‘legal obligation to take reasonable care to avoid causing damage’. Duty of care in my role at work includes
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Trusts and Estates Medilin Spring 2006 Intro and Intestacy 1) Power to Transmit property at death- Dead hand Control a) Estate and gift taxes as method of restriction i) redistributes some wealth and attempts to break up accumulations of large wealth ii) gift tax prevents the use of inter vivos transfers to get around inheritance restrictions iii) spousal deduction- can give as much as want to spouse during life and at death iv) charitable deduction- also allowed to
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Unit two: Principles of providing administrative services Assessment You should use this file to complete your Assessment. The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document‚ either onto your computer or a disk Then work through your Assessment‚ remembering to save your work regularly When you’ve finished‚ print out a copy to keep for reference Then‚ go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My Study area – make sure it is clearly marked with
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1. How well has Value Trust performed in recent years? In making that assessment‚ what benchmark(s) are you using? How do you measure investment performance? What does good performance mean to you? Value trust had outperformed its benchmark index‚ the Standard & poor 500 Index for 14 years in a row; am average annual total return of 14.6 percent‚ which surpassed the S&P 500 by 3.67% per year. Value trust had earned a cumulative return of more than 830% over the previous 14 years‚ more
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