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    Tire City

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    Current Financial Health of Tire City Inc. Tire City‚ Inc. has been generating a stable profit during the period of 1993-1995. Sales income increased on average of 20% every year. Consistent profit margin of 5% and ROA of 12-13% have also contributed to the strong profitability of the company for the past three years. Along with the company’s growth in profitability‚ fixed asset turnover increased from 8.56 in 1993 to 8.93 in 1994‚ and to 9.65 in 1995‚ which facilitated the company to improve

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    City Of God

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    City of God: Editing and Mise-en-scene The first scene in City of God starts with an extreme close-up of someone sharpening a knife on a black rock. The camera “flickers” or cuts back and forth from a black screen to the knife repeatedly. This makes it hard to see the knife but easier to hear the diegetic sound of the blade running across the rock. At this point (30 seconds into the film) the audience does not know why the blade is being sharpened. As the scene develops further‚ cross-cutting and

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    City Of God

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    poster of a movie that won countless awards and is 21st in the list of top rated movies. City of God‚ is an unforgettable movie about the survival of two boys who take different path in live while growing up in brutal favelas of Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil. The movie is based on a novel of same name by Paulo Lins‚ who grew up there‚ left it and spends eight years writing the book. Cidade de Deus translated as City of God is favela where poor people. A favela is defined from Portuguese as slum established

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    Vatican City

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    Vatican City is a self-governing country inside of Rome. It is a city-state that is its own country. It is also the smallest country in terms of population and area. The pope functions as the head of state in Vatican City‚ but he actually has no real power. The population of Vatican city is 900; this seemingly low number is due to the lack of private residence. The Swiss guard and the pope himself are the only people who live in the city. When we visited Vatican City we saw many of the world’s greatest

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    City of God

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    Brazil‚ 1960’s‚ City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970’s: Li’l Zé has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bené is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years‚ and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980’s: Things

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    Mad City

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    Mad City” arrives with the last thing a movie about journalism needs--last year’s news. It’s about the media feeding frenzy that erupts when a museum guard takes hostages. A TV newsman is one of them‚ the news channels carry the story around the clock‚ the museum is ringed with cops and cameras‚ and we get lots of scenes showing the vanity and hypocrisy of anchormen. This is not news. It’s time to admit the obvious: The public enjoys sensational journalism‚ and the media are only giving them what

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    Sex and the City

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    Sex and the City When television shows first came about‚ sex was a subject that was hardly ever brought up. Shows would not even make the viewer come to the idea that the shows characters had sex. Today‚ television shows rarely go one episode without showing some kind of sexual act. Sex plays a major role in television. Many people believe that sex sells and the more sex there is the higher the ratings along with more viewers. One television show that changed women around the country and the way

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    City and Urbanization

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    Urbanization is a socio-economic process by which an increasing proportion of the population of an area becomes concentrated into the towns and cities. The term is also defined as the level of population concentration in urban areas. The process of urbanization increases both the number and size of towns and cities. Urbanization is the most significant phenomenon of the 20th century which has almost affected all aspects of the national life in India. Being the second most populous country in the

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    The City of Dreams

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    The City of Dream Bright lights‚ massive crowds of people‚ a whole new perspective of life was all I could think about as I tossed and turned‚ unable to sleep. Anxiety and nervousness flooded my body‚ like water rushing into city streets after a hurricane. Maybe it was the fear of the unknown‚ but it was a good feeling. A feeling of anticipation; it was the night before my trip to New York and I was ready to experience the “City of Dreams” for myself. Ready to accomplish my goals

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    @ballerina_breahn @ballerina_breahn Cell City News Cell City News This story can fit 75-125 words. Your headline is an important part of the newsletter and should be considered carefully. In a few words‚ it should accurately represent the contents of the story and draw readers into the story. Develop the headline before you write the story. This way‚ the headline will help you keep the story focused. Examples of possible headlines include Product Wins Industry Award‚ New Product Can Save

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