In the short story "The Celestial Railroad" Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays his views of the Ultimate questions one‚ four and five. "The Celestial Railroad" was written in 1843 as a part of Hawthorne’s book of short stories "Mosses from an Old Manse". "The Celestial Railroad" is based on John Bunyan’s "Pilgrim’s Progress"‚ only now a railroad has been built between the Celestial City and the city of Destruction providing a "faster" way to the Celestial City while bypassing the cross. Through the story
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Case: Donner Company EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Donner Company is a manufacturer of printed circuit boards. They need to address several issues in their supply chain operations to improve their service level because net income in the month of September has drastically decreased. Before September‚ growth was steadily increasing every month. They found that the major problems include unpredictable bottlenecks in manufacturing‚ lower than expected productivity and lower than expected quality
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information about the Underground Railroad in that state‚ and well-known abolitionists from that state or region. The book contained many narratives of slaves escaping north. Some of the most popular narratives were John Brown‚ Eliza Harris‚ Frederick Douglass‚ Harriet Tubman‚ and Solomon Northup. In addition to the narratives of escaped slaves‚ the book also had information about Underground Railroad routes‚
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390 Ga. 638 SOUTH EASTERN REPORTER‚ 2d SERIES 282 Ga.App. 229 BECKS v. PIERCE. tained in automobile accident with intoxicated bar patron in the absence of evidence that bar owner knew that patron was going to drive home. West’s Ga.Code Ann. § 51–1– 40(b). No. A06A1149. Court of Appeals of Georgia. Nov. 2‚ 2006. Certiorari Denied Feb. 5‚ 2007. Background: Motorist brought action against bar owner under Dram Shop Act for injuries she sustained in automobile accident with
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Meritor Sav. Bank v. Vinson‚ 477 US 57 (1986) Facts: After being terminated a female bank employee filed an action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ 42 U.S.C.S. §2000e et seq.‚ claiming that she had been sexually harassed by her male supervisor. The US Supreme Court ruled that if the actions of the supervisor were unwelcome‚ than the respondent had a claim for sexual harassment on the basis of a hostile work environment‚ even if the sexual acts were voluntary. Issues: (1) Whether
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SYPNOSIS: A bitter tension between the jets‚ a self-styled “American” street gang‚ and the Sharks‚ a group of young Puerto Ricans opens the scene. The leader of the jets‚ Riff swears to drive the Sharks‚ led by Bernardo‚ from the streets. Riff determines to challenge Bernardo that night at a dance in the gym‚ and prevails upon his old friend and the co-founder of the Jets‚ Tony‚ to help him. Tony has been growing away from the gang‚ and feels the stirrings of other emotions but reluctantly agrees
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ZHENG v. LIBERTY APPAREL COMPANY INC 88 91 998 103 Ling Nan ZHENG‚ Ren Zhu Yang‚ Yun Zhen Huang‚ Wen Qin Lin‚ Sai Bing Wang‚ Ye Biao Yang‚ Cui Zhen Lin‚ Rong Yun Zheng‚ Hui Fang Lin‚ Xiu Ying Zheng‚ Jin Ping Lin‚ Hui Ming Dong‚ Yu Bing Luo‚ Sau Chi Kwok‚ Sai Xian Tang‚ Yi Zhen Lin‚ Rui Fang Zhang‚ Mei Juan Yu‚ Mei Ying Li‚ Qin Fang Qiu‚ Yi Mei Lin‚ Mei Zhu Dong‚ Fung Lam‚ Xiu Zhu Ye‚ Sing Kei Lam‚ and Xue Jin Lin‚ Plaintiffs-Appellants‚ v. LIBERTY APPAREL COMPANY INC.‚ Albert Nigri‚ and Hagai Laniado
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Ford Pinto Case Brief There was strong competition for Ford in the American small-car market from Volkswagen and several Japanese companies in the 1960’s. To fight the competition‚ Ford rushed its newest car the Pinto into production in much less time than it usually required to develop a car. The regular time to produce an automobile is 43 months; Ford took 25 months. Before production however‚ Ford engineers discovered a major flaw in the cars design. In nearly all rear-end crash test collisions
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West was due to the completion of the Trans-Adlantic Railroad‚ of which was completed in 1869. The railroad created a new leash of exsistance in American‚ how the once baron‚ urban land‚ now to be industrialized and inhabited by all those who seek a new life. The Railroad however spelt disaster for the Native American Indian Tribes‚ whose lives were to be devastated by the Railroad’s arrival‚ and pushed to the boundaries of extinction. The railroad provided a cheaper and faster mode of transportation
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of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC G.R. No. L-19650 September 29‚ 1966 CALTEX (PHILIPPINES)‚ INC.‚ petitioner-appellee‚ vs. ENRICO PALOMAR‚ in his capacity as THE POSTMASTER GENERAL‚ respondent-appellant. Office of the Solicitor General for respondent and appellant. Ross‚ Selph and Carrascoso for petitioner and appellee. CASTRO‚ J.: In the year 1960 the Caltex (Philippines) Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Caltex) conceived and laid the groundwork for a promotional
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