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    Insuring the Prosperity of Our Nation: In the Home and with our Youth “If we are to reach real peace in this world… we shall have to begin with children” (Mahatma Gandhi). Mahatma Gandhi and Julia Castillo‚ both argue that in order for real change to happen we must start to instill good values and morals into the younger generation. Castillo‚ author of “The Obligation”‚ states that it is our obligation to reach out to those in need to have a better future for all. She believes that everyone has

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    pleasant one. Our everyday lives are punctured with graphic images of sex‚ violence and apathy. Unfortunately‚ people tend to ignore the holes in the social fabric all around them. As Bukowski wrote the poems that were compiled into Betting on the Muse‚ he realized this‚ and incorporated it into his poetry. In his narrative works he creates a living‚ breathing world. He tends to concentrate on the low points of life‚ though. The world is a dark one‚ where personal rotting begins with an all-too-early

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    Ellen Olenska as a Mythological Muse in The Age of Innocence Long ago in ancient Greece‚ mythology was used to explain our world‚ our lives‚ and most importantly‚ our interpersonal relationships. Still today Greek mythology is infused into the literature of almost every influential and lasting author‚ one of the more effective authors being Edith Wharton‚ author of The Age of Innocence. The relationship between Newland Archer and Madame Ellen Olenska‚ two protagonists in Wharton ’s novel‚ is

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    Julia Misno Ambivalence

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    at the end of the month. We may love indulging on junk food‚ but hate the dreadful feeling afterwards. We may desire an attribute about someone‚ such as their empathy‚ but dislike their bad temper‚ and this is how the term “ambivalence” emerges. Julia Serrano introduces us to the term “ambivalence” in her book” Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive”. Per Serrano‚ ambivalence is when we simultaneously hold both positive and negative feelings about something. Ambivalence often

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    Adulthood Roger was still rodeoing in his early twenties. He had other jobs like working in the oil field for his best friend’s family company and he said this was the hardest work that he had ever done. He quit rodeoing when he married and had his first son that in 1967. He decided to open a restaurant called Roger’s Burgers it was a great success. By the way he still is one of the most amazing cooks we know. Years later he decided to look for gold in the Idaho Springs area because Roger had a neighbor

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    author‚ Julia Alvarez has achieved in doing so‚ in her book‚ “In the Time of The Butterflies.” Julia Alvarez introduces this idea of how fiction is her way of understanding history when attempting to recreate the story of the Mirabal sisters. When Julia Alvarez creates her novel‚ she says‚ “I wanted to immerse my readers in an epoch in the life of the Dominican Republic that I believe can only finally be understood by fiction‚ only finally be redeemed by the imagination”(p324). As Julia Alvarez states

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    When Marcela is introduced in the story she is waiting for mayor Romero and to be questioned about her role in the revolution. In the story she says‚ “They brought me to this jail in the capital not to long before our leadership fell. They almost always bring me to this room so Mayor Romero can interrogate me” (6). While she is waiting for Mayor Romero flashback occurs and readers learn about what impacted her to fight for injustices. In the flashback‚ Marcela was at a sandy place doing social work

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    Mrs. Julia Steel is a patient I have had the pleasure of meeting with recently.  As discussed during the appointment‚ Mrs. Steel is a 72 year old retired‚ married woman.  Collectively‚ Mrs. Steel’s family history includes the following information: one son at the age of 40 who is being treated for high blood pressure‚ father’s record showed background of heart disease and deceased at the age of 90 due to a brain aneurysm‚ mother’s record provided extensive history with heart disease and deceased

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    October of 1970 Julia Childs and published mastering the art of French cooking‚ volume 2 with co-author Simone Beck. With becoming such a culinary notable Julia made many regular appearances on the ABC’s Good Morning America show. In addition to being a regular with good Morning America Julia also stared in her own television programs throughout the 1970s into the 1990s. Julia stared in the culinary series The French Chef‚ which aired in color. The first season was given a description of being‚ “a

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    Case study: The Muse/TransStar and Southwest Airlines BATNA Case Overview Transtar was struggling amid the 1982 traffic controllers’ strike. By the end of 1984‚ they were looking for a merger to keep it afloat. In 1985‚ Southwest Airlines acquired the company and a series of complex negotiations between Southwest Airlines and Transtar instigated. An agreement on combined master seniority list is reached in the last negotiation between pilot groups. Nonetheless‚ Transtar Pilots Association (TPA)

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