Now‚ the VOA Special English program‚ AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) We present the short story "The Lady‚ or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. (MUSIC) STORYTELLER: Long ago‚ in the very olden time‚ there lived a powerful king. Some of his ideas were progressive. But others caused people to suffer. One of the king’s ideas was a public arena as an agent of poetic justice. Crime was punished‚ or innocence was decided‚ by the result of chance. When a person
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Alstyne‚ R. W. V. (1949). THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY. Current History‚ 16‚ 321-326. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.vortex3.uco.edu. Richard W. Van Alstyne is the author of this article but he also went but the name Richard Warner. Warner has his PHD in history from Stanford University and was a professor for seventeen years at Chico State University and taught for twenty years at the University of Southern California. The warrants presented in this article are that in order to be at peace
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Software Reliability Engineering: A Roadmap Michael R. Lyu Michael R. Lyu received the Ph.D. in computer science from University of California‚ Los Angeles in 1988. He is a Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory‚ Bellcore‚ and Bell Labs; and taught at the University of Iowa. He has participated in more than 30 industrial projects‚ published over 250 papers‚ and helped to develop many commercial
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Business Sustainability Assessment Worksheet: California R&D Use this worksheet to conduct a sustainability audit of Riordan Manufacturing‚ a virtual plastic injection molding company. Fill in all necessary information. Production stages that do not occur at this plant are marked as N/A. Section 1: General Information Company: Riordan Manufacturing‚ San Jose‚ California Products: Assorted plastic products and testing new product designs and production Section 2: Production For each
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Critically acclaimed author Stephen R. Brown in his work titled “Scurvy: How a Surgeon‚ a Mariner and a Gentleman solved the greatest medical mystery of the age of sail.” Brown offers his readers a factual and historically accurate account of life at sea during the age of sail; however‚ one could easily mistake parts of this book for a work of fiction. Brown achieves this rare balance by employing techniques normally reserved for a work of fiction. By paying particular attention to the underlying
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power that is used to cause evil things. Magic is an art that can be learned but never taught‚ another explanation given by encyclopedia about magic is‚ it has something to do with superstition. In the book entitled Medicine‚ Magic and Religion by W H R Rivers‚ magic is defined as
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Over the last few decades our world has seen a migration or a swift transition‚ if you will‚ from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy. The book‚ The Great Transition‚ by Lester R. Brown‚ is an account of that very change our world has seen with respect to the global energy revolution. The book details the shift in philosophy different countries have embraced over the years‚ going from the conventional oil‚ nuclear power and coal to the less conventional and more exciting renewable energies
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Management Challenge: Floors ‘R’ World Case 0.1 Question 1: The application of the three change management theories (The Individual Perspective School‚ the Group Dynamics School‚ the Open Systems School) for the Floors ‘R’ World case and the evaluation of the different alternative strategies the organization’s management could employ to drive change and motivate employees. Question 2: Which of the three schools discussed in Question 1 best explains the situation at Floors ‘R’ World? What would be this
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Life of Pi Vs. The Catcher in the Rye -A Comparative Essay All literature contains a purpose behind it—an underlying message that the author is trying to convey. As a result of this‚ most novels typically tend to focus on several specific areas‚ leaving other areas less explored. Setting‚ main character‚ and conflict are arguably the three most important elements of a novel. Novels such as Life of Pi by Yann Martel and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger demonstrate the
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2.5.2 Effect of Board Independence on C.S.R. Board independence refers to a corporate board with majority of outside directors. It is believed that board dominated by outside or independence directors are more vigilant in monitoring behaviour and decision making of the company (Finegold et al.‚ 2007). The reason is that shareholders` interest could be well protected by outside directors than the inside directors. Outside directors bring in more skills and knowledge to the company which increases
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