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    Case 16-2: The Cable Guys

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    Case 16-2 The Cable Guys Case Summary CoAx company manufacture and sell coaxial and fiber-optical cable. In transaction 1‚ CoAx sold 1000 feet of 18 American wire gauge coaxial cable to CableCo. In transaction 2‚ they sold 1500 feet of fiber-optical cable to TeleCo. CoAx transaction with CableCo is complexed because the ownership is transferred to CableCo immediately‚ however‚ the product is undeliverable due to CableCo’s warehouse being incomplete. Accordingly‚ there is a written agreement between

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    Was Aaron Burr a Bad Guy?

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    nation’s history: the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr which ended in the death of the former. When we look at the facts‚ we see that Hamilton did not have any malicious intent of killing Burr‚ making Burr seem like the “bad guy.” However‚ was Aaron Burr really a bad guy‚ or has his reputation just been skewed by outlying factors and common misconceptions? Alexander Hamilton is portrayed as a martyr while Aaron Burr is seen as a villain for killing him. While Hamilton did write that he

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    Be Happy For What You Have “The necklace” by Guy De Maupassant is a short story about being thankful for what you have. In the story a woman named Mme. Loisel feels very disconsolate because she does not have the luxuries or stature of high society. When Mme. Loisel gets the chance to go to a grand ball she buys a nice dress and borrows a diamond necklace. When Mme. Loisel loses the necklace they spend ten years paying it off. By the end of the story‚ Mme. Loisel learns to be happy for what she

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    The film titled‚ Enron‚ the Smartest Guys in the Room‚ is a phenomenal examination of an organization that in all likelihood started out to perform ethically but‚ after a modification in design and moral decision-making‚ it evolved into an organization based upon greed and performance no matter what cost. Ironically‚ the motto of this company was‚ “ask why” however this is perhaps the sole question that many employees are now asking themselves and should have routinely asked in the years

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    gender is socially constructed. For example‚ in the movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Andie bets that she can lose a guy by acting needy while Benjamin bets that he can win any girl’s heart. This movie gives misleading messages to an audience of young adult women into believing that there has to be a certain way in how they should behave. By examining the presentation of gender in the scenes from the movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days‚ this essay will explore how the media impacts gender messages

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    In the story The Necklace by “Guy de Maupassant”‚ Mathilda‚ the main character throughout the story‚ remains static from start to finish. Her materialistic desire combined with her love for attention is still evident after years of hardship and struggle. She [suffers] immensely due to the fact that she cannot have everything she [desires]. The poverty she faces contradicts her expectation that she deserves “all the refinements and luxuries of life” (1). These thoughts consume her and the objects

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    Penetrante‚ Karen Anne O. Creative Writing ABE 3-1 Prof. Belen De Asis Lasting Love By Guy De Maupassant (A Review) “A man can fall in love only once in his entire life because the other emotions are just product of forced attraction.” -Albert Einstein The short story entitled Lasting Love by Guy De Maupassant is a reflection of unrequited love. It also argued if the strong passion among people called “love” can only happen once in a lifetime. The first idea was about

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    Hayley Hughes Professor Fowler English 1102 9 February 2013 Short Story Essay Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” uses a diamond necklace to symbolize two different things. The first thing the necklace represents is that deceiving others will lead to one’s downfall. The necklace also symbolizes how the effects of greed can change a person. In the story‚ the reader sees the main character’s personal growth from beginning to end due to losing a diamond necklace. Mathilde Loisel’s

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    difference between perception and reality was defined as the act of understanding in contrast to the act of being real. Reality could be tricky; most of us including myself depending on scenarios of our lives tend to give in to ideas which are not applicable to reality as a whole. The best example of this is written in the short story “All Over” by Guy de Maupassant. In which his main character Lormerin is very self conscious and narcissistic also Lise de Vance‚ a former old love plays a big role in

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    Happiness will endlessly be bound by the pressure to choose. Having the choice to either compromise or pursue joy in our lives‚ is what makes being happy more fulfilling. For some‚ compromising their happiness is a way to please other people or the idea of their future. In his short story “Home Place”‚ Guy Vanderhaeghe explores this topic and more‚ as we go through a fathers responsibility in fostering happiness in his son. The short story examines Gil and his son Ronald‚ who rushes through marriage

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