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    Seeing the monkeys in the painting Exotic Landscapes and what are they trying to achieve acting like slaves‚ it enforces the belief of dehumanization and how the public is viewed from the government in 1984. While Winston is eating and talking to one of his friends named Syme‚ he begins to describe his lunch stating‚ “Onto each dumped swiftly the regulation lunch—metal pannikin of pinkish-gray stew‚ a hunk of bread‚ a cube of cheese‚ a mug of milkless Victory Coffee‚ and one saccharine tablet.”

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    Enrons Fall

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    Enrons Fall Kenneth Lay – CEO Auditors – Arthur Anderson Jeffrey Skilling – Consultant‚ Hired as a young consultant‚ as due to deregulation‚ Enron incurred massive debts. Jeffrey skilling was hired to come up with innovative new ideas. His revolutionary idea for Enron was to ‘create a gas bank in which Enron would buy gas from a network of suppliers and sell to a network of consumers‚ contractually guaranteeing both the supply and the price‚ charging fees for the transactions and assuming the

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    Bismarck's Fall

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    Bismarck’s Fall Threats to Bismarck’s Position * Late 1880s were a difficult period for Bismarck * William I was in his eighties and his advancing years cast a shadow over Bismarck’s plans. If he died‚ Crown Prince Frederick‚ a man of liberal views who was married to the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria‚ would ascend the throne. * It seemed likely that he would dismiss Bismarck and appoint a liberal chancellor. This would be welcome to the Reichstag where a majority was no longer in

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    The Fall of Enron

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    Case: The Fall of Enron Enron was so admired prior until 2000; they grew to a powerful company. In 1985‚ Internorth acquired Houston Natural Gas to form HNG/Internorth‚ a natural gas pipeline company. This company was renamed to Enron. At the time of Enron’s creation‚ the U.S. gas market was in the middle of deregulation. In 1985‚ rules were established that allowed gas users to realize the cost savings by purchasing gas at spot prices and separately contracting with pipeline firms for delivery

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    Cited: Beinart‚ Peter. The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris. New York: Harper‚ 2010. Print.

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    criticised on his use of many descriptions and lack of dialogue. However‚ the use of this descriptive device has served its purpose thoroughly. The aim of this essay is to explore descriptions of landscape in one of his short stories found in this collection‚ “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”‚ thus proving how landscape is important to create atmosphere‚ transmit emotions‚ and reflect the characters’ personalities.

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    The Fall of the City

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    The Fall of the City Alden Nowlan O utside‚ rain fell with such violence that great‚ pulsating sheets of water seemed to hang suspended between earth and sky. Squatting in the attic‚ Teddy watched raindrops roll like beads of quicksilver down the glass of the high‚ diamond-shaped window‚ and listened to the muted banjo twanging on the roof. Blinking‚ he shifted his position and transferred his attention to the things that lay around him on the floor. In the centre of the room stood a fort

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    Assignment 3: Comparison and Contrast Essay Two Women Find Themselves Alone‚ At Ends With Themselves In the short stories “To Room Nineteen” by Doris Lessing and “Death By Landscape” by Margaret Atwood‚ two women find themselves isolated from the world and the people around them. This paper will compare and contrast each story to show that although both female protagonists are isolated by their circumstances‚ their individual responses to their circumstances are very different. In

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    Fall of Enron

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    Q1- Who were the key stakeholders involved in‚ or affected by the collapse of Enron? How and to what degree were they hurt or helped by the actions of Enron management? Ans- The key stakeholders affected by the collapse of Enron were its employees and retirees. Stakeholders and mutual funds investors lost $ 70billion market value. Banks were also affected by the meltdown of the company. They included big banks like J P Morgan Chase and Citigroup. Not only the stakeholder and bondholder lose out

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    The Fall of Enron

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    1 Why did the external auditors and the board fail to detect the company’s true economic condition? For external auditors‚ the failures could be largely attributed to the lack of independence between external auditors and Enron and the existence of conflicts of interest. From 1993‚ Enron started to outsource its internal audit functions to Anderson. Besides‚ conflicts of interest gets aggravated when the cross-selling of consulting services by auditors increases a lot. And consulting fees to auditors

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