The ‘American dream’ is a term coined by James Truslow in his 1932 book Epic of America‚ but it is a concept as old as America itself: anything is possible if only the individual is willing to work hard. The dream draws immigrants to our shores and borders every year and keeps millions of Americans content in the idea that their toiling will pave the way to success for them and for their children. However‚ for every rags-to-riches story‚ there are thousands of other hard-working people who cannot
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American writings have portrayed numerous ideologies of what it means to be an American and these ideals have transcended throughout time and can clearly be depicted by the major influential literary aspirants from each century. The one thing that remains the same is that it has always been a struggle to forge a truly "American" identity given the fact that our nation is one of immigrants. These early works reached the level of literature‚ as in the robust and perhaps truthful account of his adventures
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What does truth mean? Truth can mean many different things‚ to different people. I believe‚ that truth is what people accept as being correct when it can not be proven factually. "It is a relationship that holds that holds between a proposition and the corresponding fact"(Truth[Inernet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]). "According to‚ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language‚ truth is conformity to knowledge‚ fact‚ actuality‚ or logic." There are three major competing theories of truth
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Case Study 12.31 and 12.32 This paper addresses the solutions to Case Study 12.31 and 12.32 in the textbook authored by David Marshall‚ Wayne McManus‚ and Daniel Viele “Accounting; What the numbers mean.” Both case studies bring about a better understanding of operating and financial leverage. This discussion includes the return on investment‚ return on equity‚ contribution margin‚ and break-even point. All these terms associate with the two types of leverage. The exertion of a force that
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The definition of humanity‚ by the dictionary‚ is human nature or the condition of being human. How is one to understand what “being human” is if there is nothing said on how to do so? Does the condition of being human mean to be civilized? Educated? Being able to communicate? Does it mean to be powerful? Most people would say that these are definitely qualities a human being must possess‚ but they seem to forget about the meaningful qualities one should possess. There are qualities that people are
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The theme our group has chosen is acceptance. The virtue of acceptance means we accept ourselves and others just the way we are. It means to love and welcome everyone just like Jesus Christ. There is nothing wrong in being different because we’re all perfect. God created all of us and He makes no mistakes. An accepting person is happy with who he/she is‚ treats everybody equally‚ and is non-judgmental. This is especially important in today’s society because we face so much discrimination. Discrimination
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What is an American? The definition of who an American is‚ or what an American is varies from person to person. Perspectives about this subject can turn controversial because what one’s opinion about who and what an American is may be completely different than another’s. The bottom line is that America is a nation filled with a diversity of cultures. Regardless of what other people may suggest that an American is‚ I think that someone who has migrated to the United States and has lived here half
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Q1. What is the "relevant" cost of manufacturing a Challenger bike? Q4. Can you estimate the incremental return on investment for the Challenger deal? It is difficult to estimate the incremental return on investment for the Challenger deal due to insufficient information. It would be difficult to predict return due to the uncertainty of customer retention with the implementation of this deal. Q5. What are the major cash flow implications of the Challenger deal? Cash flow is a difficult
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Lastly‚ being an American mean to be a nonconformist with a rational mind. Basically this means‚ people should not be conformed to what they have‚ and always think of improving their life. constantly‚ rational people start emerging in the enlightenment because a lot of people need to improve their life. Furthermore‚ there was a nonconformist and with a great rational mind that change the path of early America; additionally‚ he was an nonconformist with a great rational thinking mind his name was
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In his book What is Intelligence?‚ James Flynn outlines four paradoxes he associates with the Flynn effect—the intelligence paradox‚ the mental retardation paradox‚ the identical twins paradox‚ and the factor analysis paradox. But seen in the light of both neuronal intelligence and environmental intelligence‚ it becomes apparent that what Flynn is describing are not really paradoxes at all. Instead‚ what Flynn is describing are unjustified conflations of neuronal intelligence and environmental intelligence
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