Beyond the brutalities that all slaves endured‚ females suffered the additional anguish of sexual exploitation and the deprivation of motherhood. In “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚” Harriet Jacobs focuses on racial subjugation but also gives voice to a different kind of captivity that men impose on women regardless of color. This form of bondage is not only exacted from women by men‚ but also accepted and perpetuated by women themselves. Jacobs’ narrative gives a true account of the unique
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How does Thomas present regret in “Tears”? Written in January early 1915‚ Thomas was housebound due a badly sprained ankle and used the time to contemplate his future prospects. Regret is a prominent feature throughout “Tears” as the emotion was stimulated by his perceived failings in life: he was conscious he was yet to enlist to fight for his beloved country even though many of fellow “countrymen” had recently died in the Battle of Ypres; he was concerned with his inability to express emotions
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The Wallace Group; Laurence J. Stybel | | | Case 2 The Wallace Group‚ Inc. I. CASE ABSTRACT Harold Wallace‚ founder‚ serves as Chairman and President of the Wallace Group. He owns 45 percent of the outstanding stock. The company consists of three operating groups?Electronics‚ Plastics‚ and Chemicals‚ which generate sales of $70 million. Mr. Wallace continues direct operational control over the Electronics Group. Several years ago‚ Wallace and the Board embarked on a strategy
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satisfaction as a criterion of system effectiveness. 1. Introduction The main aim of an information retrieval (IR) system is to satisfy the need of its users. Lancaster (1979; 1981) suggests that an IR system can be evaluated according to three criteria: (i) the suitability of a system in terms of the specific IR tasks for which it will be used; (ii) the system‟s task performance efficiency and (iii) the extent to which the system satisfies the information needs of its users. Therefore user satisfaction
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Nellie how the nurses had responded: For crying the nurses beat me with a broom-handle and jumped on me‚ injuring me internally‚ so that I shall never get over it. Then they tied my hands and feet‚ and‚ throwing a sheet over my head‚ twisted it tightly around my throat‚ so I could not scream‚ and thus put me in a bathtub filled with cold water. They held me under until I gave up every hope and became senseless. At other times they took hold of my ears and beat my head on the floor and against the wall
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Dawn call to prayer sounded from the mosque in the morning has made me wake up earlier today. I go to the bathroom to shower and prepare for morning prayers at the mosque. At that time my mother was busy preparing breakfast for our family. Today I am very happy because today is the day promised by my parents to take me to an interesting place in Kuala Kubu Bharu. I ask if there are interesting places in Kuala Kubu Bharu but I’m just waiting to go there. After breakfast‚
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this statement is? Answer: - Larry Johnston strongly believe in Ed Foreman’s program‚ and Johnston see how effective Foreman’s program‚ that’s why Johnston comments “Positive attitude is the single biggest thing that can change a business”. I think discussion should focus on the relationship between attitude and behavior and explore other approaches such as self-perception theory. 3. If you were Johnston‚ what would you do to evaluate the effectiveness of your $10-million investment in
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Distance I watched as the little boy struggled his way on to the sport apparatus‚ a green-covered book lay silently on my lap; just unpacked‚ new and fresh like the air of the ordinary dawn as any other day. Many were there. Children bobbled around the field‚ footballs nearly as tall as the chubby little figures rolled and rolled‚ trundling to every possible corner. A green canvas smeared with black‚ brown‚ yellow and white. I gazed. He was beautiful; his brown hair of curls and waves
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On last week clinical‚ I saw how a wound management meeting goes. The nurses were communicating with each other and everyone was giving their opinions about the new equipment they would be using. They discussed the benefits of it and how it would be set up. It was interesting for me to see. I learned about other types of wound that I did not know before like the mucosal membrane injury and how to tell all the different wounds apart. While on the floor with the nurses‚ I saw how they do their
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Richard Sharpstein "He’s doing better than when they first brought him to the hospital‚" said Donald Walker‚ who identified himself as a friend of Taylor’s mother‚ in a telephone interview Monday night. "He’s unconscious‚ but he’s somewhat responsive‚ I guess you could say that. When the doctor asked him to squeeze his hand‚ he did it." Taylor‚ 24‚ confronted one or more intruders early Monday morning at the bedroom door of the house he shares with his fiancee and 18-month-old daughter‚ and was shot
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