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    men‚ which were lost in the high seas. The story was named "The Lifeboat Case"‚ regarding the tragic and life-changing decision that was made in extreme circumstance. Four seamen‚ Thomas Dudley‚ Edward Stephens‚ Brooks and seventeen year old Richard Parker were in high seas and due to the storm that hit them very bad‚ they had to put themselves into an open boat. They did not have any supply of water and food‚ except 1 lb. tin of turnips. On the fourth day of this journey‚ they caught a small turtle

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    The Wizard of Oz is most identified as a fantasy genre where many conventions and attributes are met during the proganist‚ Dorothy’s journey through a mystical and colorful world of talking creatures. In the film‚ one of the major themes is how Dorothy appreciates her family and people who play the fantasy creatures in the film. The Wizard of Oz (1939) was created by great people which made the film appealing to viewers. Contextual Information The movie‚ The Wizard of Oz (1939) was made in

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    over and over again. I love this movie more than words can say. It was one of the first movies I loved as a child. The movie was so colorful and the songs I can remember till this day. I do have some favorite parts of the movie like when Dorothy gets trapped inside the cyclone and sees the witch for the first time. When I was little that part always used to scare me. Her dog Toto was the cutest dog I ever seen. As the movie goes on it goes from black and white to color. I actually

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    Not only was she a famous actress‚ but she also had other accomplishments. Dorothy Dandridge stared in many phenomenal films. She was and still is‚ most known for being the first black actress to be nominated for an academy award. She had many struggles on the road to getting there‚ and sadly her life was taken at a very young age before she could do more. Her family life was rough but she got through‚ and thanks to her mom‚ got a magnificent career that took off. She was born in Cleveland

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    Suitors‚ John Williams Waterhouse uses the wife Penelope to show that she still believes her husband is alive and going to come home‚ Dorothy Parker uses the same scene to show that Odysseus wife is loyal and waiting for him. Dorothy Parker also explains how Penelope is actually the hero for having to deal with the suitors and her husband being away.Dorothy Parker was best known for her wisecracks and her sarcasm in a bunch of her work. She showed the role women played in the past‚ by the way Penelope

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    Dorothy Dix

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    Dorothea Dix     In 1812 a 10 year old was given the responsibility of raising herself and her two younger brothers‚ this overwhelming task was in conjunction with the care-taking of her mentally ill mother and alcoholic father.  Looking back on her life‚ the events of that fateful winter day visit in 1841‚ shaped her passion and future endeavours. The suffering of the insane inmates at the East Cambridge Jail‚ changed her forever.  In retrospect‚ this sudden flash (heart wrenching visit) was

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    When I was a child‚ my favorite movie was The Wizard of Oz. Out of all of Dorothy’s friends‚ the Cowardly Lion was probably my least favorite. He had gone to ask the Wizard for courage and I didn’t understand why. Others wanted tangible items such as a brain or a heart and yet he wanted courage. I had thought of courage as something that you just dug down and found within yourself when you needed it not something not just a material thing that was necessary to live like a brain or a heart. Courage

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    Ma Parker Essay

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    Ma Parker is a strong woman who has suffered throughout her life.  She is a woman who has a good nature. Ma Parker realises the sorrows of her life and tries to find a place to cry.  That would be the very first time she was going to cry once she believed she only would be a strong woman if she had never cried. The Life of Ma Parker’s protagonist cannot stand all the pain she is feeling. As she cries‚ she leaves all her strength behind. It represents the moment she realises she must permit the overflow

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    COMANCHE INDIANS The Comanches‚ exceptional horsemen who dominated the Southern Plains‚ played a prominent role in Texas frontier history throughout much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Anthropological evidence indicates that they were originally a mountain tribe‚ a branch of the Northern Shoshones‚ who roamed the Great Basin region of the western United States as crudely equipped hunters and gatherers. Both cultural and linguistic similarities confirm the Comanches’ Shoshone origins

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    Mary Parker Follett

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    In this essay I will explain Mary Parker Follett’s main contributions to management thought and practice. For the purposes of this assignment I have selected three. Her work on organisations as operating communities. Her belief that a manager’s job is to help people in the organisation work together. Finally her theory on groups as a mechanism through which individuals can combine their talents for the greater good. Then I will define classical management theory and practice. Then I will establish

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