“The Unknown Citizen” and “Warren Pryor” are similar in that they both make sacrifices. “The Unknown Citizen” is about a man who sacrifices everything to fit in and “Warren Pryor” is about a man who sacrifices his happiness for his family. When people make too many sacrifices‚ they lose their individuality and turn into a statistic. The ultimate sacrifice is giving up what you love. Warren Pryor is a hardworking farm boy who is fascinated and devoted to the farm and that kind of life. Whereas‚ in
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tends to develop some of his own. Even as a young boy Warren was fascinated not only with numbers but also money. This fascination was demonstrated by early business ventures such as his gum stand in which he sold Chiclets to passersby on his family’s sidewalk or the lemonade stand set up on the busier street near his friend’s house. Later on it would lead to his pinball machine business with Donald Danly. With all of these ventures Warren was his own boss. He enjoyed working and he enjoyed money
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UV0016 Version 2.5 WARREN E. BUFFETT‚ 2005 On May 24‚ 2005‚ Warren E. Buffett‚ the chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‚ announced that MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company‚ a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway‚ would acquire the electric utility PacifiCorp. In Buffett’s largest deal since 1998‚ and the second largest of his entire career‚ MidAmerican would purchase PacifiCorp from its parent‚ Scottish Power plc‚ for $5.1 billion in cash and $4.3 billion in
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Fundamentals of Accounting: Managerial verses Financial Accounting Fundamentals of Accounting acct122 Fundamentals of Accounting: Managerial verses Financial Accounting What has the organization in its focus; futuristic planning‚ financial control‚ and data based decision making affecting its reports and suggestions; and an emphasis on relevance and timeliness in its decision making (2012)? The answer to this question is managerial accounting. According to J. W. Jones (2013)‚ a retired
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The Life and Literary Works of Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (August 30th 1797- February 1st 1851) was born in London England and was an editor‚ dramatist‚ essayist‚ and novelist best known for her novel Frankenstein (1818). Her father‚ William Godwin‚ was a political philosopher‚ and her mother‚ Mary WallStonecraft‚ was a philosopher and feminist. Mary Shelley’s mother died when she was 11 days old due to complications from child birth. Although Mary received little formal education
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Mary Rowlandson was a devote puritan who was captured by Native Americans‚ along with her children and other settlers. “The Sovereignty and Goodness of God” was the narrative she wrote after her release from captivity. This account is a combination of Rowlandson’s true story‚ as well as a form of propaganda. The goal was to deter colonist from going to live with the Natives while encouraging people to return to the church. From my interpretation of Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative‚ I believe it is indeed
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In her poem “Here Follow Some Verses…”‚ Bradstreet talks about the events in which her house burned down. One of the topics that she stops herself from diving into is her mourning over the loss of her personal possessions. This topic resurfaces twice in the poem and both times Bradstreet stops herself as if talking about it is a sin. The first time when she stops herself from morning is within the lines 14-20. Bradstreet writes‚ “I blest His name that gave and took‚ that laid my goods now in the
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This Be the Verse by Philip Larkin They fuck you up‚ your mum and dad. They may not mean to‚ but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra‚ just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats‚ Who half the time were sloppy-stern And half at one another’s throats. Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can‚ And
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Mary Ainsworth a Prominent Woman of Psychology PSY/310 October 30‚ 2010 Mary Ainsworth a Prominent Woman of Psychology Mary D. Salter- Ainsworth was born in Glendale‚ Ohio in December of 1913. Her parents were both academics at Dickenson College. Her father majored in history‚ while Mary’s mother focused on teaching and nursing. According to her biography‚ Mary and her two sisters grew up in a very “close-knit family” (Ainsworth‚ 1983). The importance of education was definitely impressed
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Anne Frank talks about how she is becoming a young woman‚ how she envisions herself as a grown woman‚ how different she is from the old Anne and how she views her mother differently now that she is more mature and older various times throughout her diary. The people that have read this book can confer that she is changing from a immature girl to a mature young woman unlike most people her age in her time period. Anne says that “Now I look back at that Anne as an amusing‚ but very superficial girl
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