alleging that Mike Demoulas had diverted assets from the jointly-owned family company‚ Demoulas Super Markets‚ to ones controlled by him and his children‚ including Market Basket. After an eighty-four-day bench trial‚ judge Maria Lopez found in favor of the plaintiffs. Lopez awarded George’s family about $206 million for dividends on stock that had been improperly diverted and 50.5% of the company. She also ordered that all of the assets of Market Basket and the other companies controlled by Mike Demoulas
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there is alternative method of conversation and confrontation that can take place. The Internet opens up all sorts of new possibilities and systems for communication. Suddenly‚ physical presence is no longer necessary‚ and you no longer have to connect with someone on a physical‚ or even mental basis. Long distance communication‚ without even opening your mouth is possible with instant messaging: a direct conversation between 2 people. This new method of conversation allows certain confrontational
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I was on the train and I overheard these two older ladies having a conversation in Spanish. At the next stop‚ one of the ladies got off and I took the time to familiarize myself. I learned that her name was Roberta. Luckily‚ she understood and spoke English‚ so I explained that it was an assignment for school. She agreed and I began by introducing myself and asking for her name and how she was. She replied that she was good and she asked me and I responded the same way. I asked her about her day
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not done in the presence of both the client and I‚ but was conducted on the phone. This phone conversation was and still is a serious issue that needed to be talked about with the client. The client’s need to activate her medical insurance is important‚ and I needed her decision on when to visit the welfare office in a timely manner to take care of her current situation. I handled the phone conversation the best way I can‚ by trying to persuade the client to visit the welfare office within the week
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Conversations between two people can show the many different aspects of their character. In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet‚” Romeo and Benvolio have a conversation which in turn‚ reveals each of their facets. Shakespeare uses diction and tone to show Benvolio’s facets as caring and understanding. Throughout the conversation‚ Benvolio seems to try to reason with and understand Romeo’s feelings. “Tell me in sadness‚ who is that you love?” (1.1.200). This quote shows that Benvolio wants to better
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Yolen enlightens and inspires responders through the use of structure‚ language and other techniques. The novel Briar Rose by Jane Yolen is a heart wrenching story of sleeping beauty intertwined with the horrors of the Jewish Holocaust. The structure of the novel is altered in a way to interweave three stories including Gemma’s Briar Rose fairy tale‚ Becca’s quest and Josef’s story. The use of language techniques explores the idea of the characters as it gives an understanding of their circumstances
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End of life conversations are very important when it comes to an individual’s heath care and medical decisions. It is crucial to encourage patients and their families to have discussions on end of life care prior to any illness or medical crisis (Excelsior College‚ 2014). Having this type of conversation with patients and families prior to any illness or medical crisis can ensure that the patient’s medical wishes are known. Advanced directives are the best way to guarantee that a patient’s wishes
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Father Mike Pfleger is well-known‚ call to action‚ Caucasian priest.What makes him any different than other Caucasian priests that people know and praise? Father Mike grew up two miles from Marquette Park in Ashburn‚ Virginia in a mostly Caucasian neighborhood. As a child‚ he was disciplined and learned what his calling was quick. He was taught unconditional love‚ how to speak his mind and to never use degrading terms. As a child‚ his younger sister was bullied because she had a cognitive disability
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In the article “The Flight from Conversation‚” Sherry Turkle makes a point that technology has negatively changed people in their ways of interacting with each other. She states that people have lost the skills for interacting face to face because they prefer to text or email each other. In the text‚ the author spends over fifteen years studying people and asking them about their lives. She also found that cell phones change what people do and who they are. They change what people do because nowadays
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Francis Ford Coppola is an emblematic face for the American auteur. To illustrate this point‚ the main characters in The Conversation and Apocalypse Now serve as perfect models for Coppola’s placement within the first and second phases of the New Hollywood Cinema (NHC) and for highlighting his auteur qualities in creating relatable characters who undergo significant psychological trauma‚ and fully submerge the audience in their psyche. The viewer becomes aware not only of being a spectator in a
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