If you’re a high school senior trying to seduce the admissions officer reading your application essay‚ this may not strike you as the ideal opening line. But Shanti Kumar‚ a senior at the Bronx High School of Science‚ went ahead anyway when the university prompted her to react in writing to the idea of “Princeton in the nation’s service and in the service of all nations.” Back in January‚ when I asked high school seniors to send in college application essays about money‚ class‚ working and the
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Reconstruction and the West Reconstruction and the West The post-Civil War South has been called the “New South.” In what ways did it succeed in reinventing itself? In what ways did it fail? The south’s reconstruction failed for many reasons in my opinion. First off many states rejected the 13th Amendment. Furthermore‚ many of the southern states had no intentions of giving Blacks any type of true freedoms. Many states tried to make the African Americans as property-less as possible. They were
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West Indies Yacht Club Resort: When Cultures Collide Jeffrey P. Shay University of Montana In early December 1994‚ Patrick Dowd‚ a 30-year-old management consultant‚ stared out his office window at the snowy Ithaca‚ New York‚ landscape. Dowd reflected on his recent phone conversation with Jim Johnson‚ general manager of the 95-room West Indies Yacht Club Resort (WIYCR)‚ located in the British Virgin Islands. Johnson sounded desperate to pull the resort out of its apparent tailspin and noted
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Dorothy Dandridge was one of the most phenomenal performers I have ever seen! It is an honor to watch her put her talent to work. Her singing is angelic‚ her dancing is inspiring‚ and her acting is perfection in its raw form. Writing this report about her is not just a task‚ but an honor. Dorothy Jean Dandridge was born in Cleveland Ohio ’s City Hospital on November 9‚ 1922. Her mother was a hopeful actress named Ruby Dandridge. Ruby had walked out on Dorothy ’s father‚ Cyrus‚ five months previous
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In The Journey to the West‚ Pilgrim and the woodcutter seem to be similar where they both feel that they have a purpose in life. However‚ their situations are different from one another. For instance‚ Pilgrim tries to better himself by seeking the immortals‚ as well as‚ gaining eternal youth. He is full of passion‚ desire‚ and excitement‚ which has lead him to have no worrisome thoughts. He has nothing holding him back from the tasks that he wishes to accomplish. Unlike the Pilgrim‚ the woodcutter
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Mary C Negron Professor Murphy HCA-410 October 30‚ 2011 1. What were the strategic reasons behind West Florida Regional Medical Center’s (WFRMC’S) decision to invest heavily in TQM? When looking at the decision to invest heavily into total quality management (TQM)‚ was the intense competition between WFRMC and the other two hospitals within the area of Pensacola in 1992‚ Sacred Heart and Baptist Hospitals. The 130 doctors practicing at the Medical Center Clinic and its satellite clinics admitted
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Good Advice Is Rarer than Rubies by Salman Rushdie Brief summary One Tuesday morning‚ the beautiful Miss Rehana leaves a bus in front of the British Consulate somewhere in Pakistan. Her parents are dead‚and her fiancé‚who lives in Bradford and who she has not seen since she was nine years old‚has sent for her‚and she has come to apply for a visa to immigrate to Britain. She is immediately accosted (D.: jmd.ansprechen) by the advice expert Muhammad Ali‚who is so attracted to the beautiful young
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In many of Chopin’s short stories‚ ironies are a regular and are typically expected. Chopin uses different types of ironies throughout her essays to create an atmosphere full of surprises and creativity‚ causing her short stories to be unpredictable and can cause the ending of the story to be unforeseeable. In arguably one of her most known short stories‚ “The Story of an Hour‚” Chopin uses many different examples and types of irony that add color and a sense of uncertainty in the story. One could
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In the face of death‚ Sister Dorothy Stang trusted God with her life. Sister Dorothy was a sister who dedicated her life to serving the people in Brazil. In Brazil‚ she worked to help poor communities and farmers build villages and ultimately a more promising future. Risking her life everyday‚ Sister Dorothy did her missionary work until she was martyred on February 12‚ 2005. Although her death was surely untimely‚ Sister Dorothy’s life and her story showed her best qualities and can even influence
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inequality‚ violence and a social uprising‚ Dorothy Day was able to pursue these radical causes with her objective to transform society through her spirit and faith in God. In her autobiography‚ The Long Loneliness‚ she explains her life endeavors through three different timeframes; her time of “Searching‚” her time of “Natural Happiness‚” and a time where she believed that “Love is the Measure.” In the first section of the reading‚ we discover how Dorothy finds meaning during her first twenty five
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