whatever was necessary to consolidate power to their position. These rulers would not show remorse if it meant increasing their own power over others as they would create laws and decrees to punish the poor and increase the wealth of the wealthy. In Kindred‚ similar to the king‚ Rufus is faced with multiple opportunities to do the right thing; however‚ he decides to do whatever is necessary to gain more power and dominance over the slaves. Rufus’ refusal to take the ethical high ground and decision to
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Butler Lumber Company Background: Butler Lumber Company was founded in 1981‚ in a large city in the Pacific Northwest. Typical products of the company included plywood‚ moldings‚ and sash and door products. After a rapid growth in its business during recent years‚ the company in the spring of 1991 anticipated a further substantial increase in sales. Despite good profits the company experienced a shortage in cash and found it necessary to increase its bank borrowings. Issues: • Butler Lumber
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One of the most important quotes Judith Butler uses in her writing is seen in‚ Imitation and Gender Subordination. Judith Butler explores the ideas that gender is about a performance one must do and how gender has become an imitation of what others deem as acceptable behavior. She also explores that idea of why gender is important for a society and states‚ “Drag constitutes the mundane way in which genders are appropriated‚ theatricalized‚ worn‚ and done; it implies that all gendering is a kind of
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The Singing Butler “Nati! There you are.” He rushed over to where she was seated on the ground on the BACKSHORE of the Spanish beach‚ and he joined her. Her stilettos lay there‚ partly covered by the sand‚ where she had kicked them off and left them. She appeared to have been there staring out in to the sea for a while. Wearing a long‚ scarlet gown with a HEMLINE just below her ankles‚ matching gloves‚ and her silky‚ chestnut hair elegantly pulled up‚ Natalia looked exceptionally beautiful. But by
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struggle the African-American culture faced. Daniels did this by properly identifying his target audience‚ defining the message he wanted to convey to his audience‚ and in turn‚ compiling an all-star cast to complete his vision for the movie. “’The Butler’ offers a powerful cinematic corrective to past failures and‚ in many instances‚ is revelatory in its deft treatment of America’s racial
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experiment in a mall Cafe called Butler Chocolate‚ with a purpose of finding a way to help shoppers become happier. By giving each customer a piece of Butler ’s chocolate‚ the Cafe hoped to increase the number of smiling faces at the mall. Early findings have shown the importance of the research with shoppers averaging a happiness rating of 4/10 to begin‚ rising dramatically to an average of 5.6 after a Butler’s chocolate sample - a 16% increase in happiness. (Butler ’s Chocolates 2014) Our group found
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oriental mysticism. He changed from suggestive‚ beautiful lyricism to tragic bitterness. (Yeats 1‚ 1). His early work tended towards romantic lushness and fantasy like quality‚ and eventually moved on to a more modern style (Yeats 2‚ 1). William Butler Yeats was very devoted to writing. Early on in his career he studied William Blake’s poem and Emanuel Swedenborg’s writings and visionaries. In eighteen eighty-eight‚ "Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry" was published‚ which was a study he
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In Bodies that Matter‚ Butler uses drag as an example of potential subversion to traditional gender performativity‚ stating: “Drag is subversive to the extent that it reflects on the imitative structure by which hegemonic gender is itself produced and disputes heterosexuality’s claim on naturalness and originality.” According to Butler‚ drag is one of many ways to resist the power structures that regulate gender identities‚ mainly through the ridiculing of normative cultural and social expressions
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Introduction Butler Capital Partners (Butler) is an investment fund founded in 1990. Butler closed its first private equity fund‚ European Strategic Fund‚ in 1991. This first fund was mainly focusing on small family owned enterprises and on divisions of larger companies. Mainly of his first success he closed in 1998 his second fund‚ Private Equity II‚ and Butler became one of the largest independent funds in France. With his second fund he would focus on investments in France on a larger scale
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evolutionarily programed for survival. One of the primary tools of survival is adaptation. If the situation one finds oneself in is irreparably difficult‚ dangerous‚ or deadly‚ adapting to the situation is the only way one can hope to survive. In Octavia Butler’s short story‚ “Amnesty‚” the world has been dramatically and irrevocably changed. Humanity has been invaded by an alien life
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