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    Progressive Era Questions 1. The progressive movement is considered by some the origin of which social/political ideology? Liberalism 2. Progressives believed that government should protect the people and promote the social welfare of people through which means? Legislation 3. It was an important social issue concerning equality that the Progressives advocated? Women’s Suffrage 4. List five issues that defined the Progressive Movement: a.

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    Top down Leadership versus Bottom up Leadership Top down leadership has in many ways been the cultural gnome in terms of leadership styles for probably the longest time in history Likert termed it Exploitive authoritative. “In this style‚ the leader has a low concern for people and uses such methods as threats and other fear-based methods to achieve conformance. Communication is almost entirely downwards and the psychologically distant concerns of people are ignored.” (Likert‚ 1969) Top down leadership

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    In his essay “Solution to the Jewish Question” Theodore Herzl puts forward the thesis that a political solution‚ in the form of the creation of a Jewish national state‚ is necessary to resolve what he deems the “Jewish Question (Herzl‚ pg. 424).” Herzl elaborates on a prominent phenomena that prompts  our attention‚ in which he dubs the profound barbarism of our day‚ mainly known as anti-Semitism. Herzl believes that the Jewish question still exists today and to think otherwise is obscene. Persecution

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    Theodore Brown has seen the light. There is no other way to describe his conversion to the kind of metaphorical thinking he describes in Making Truth: Metaphor in Science. Joining his new sect‚ however‚ requires philosophical commitments that many readers may be unwilling to make. Few scientists will be surprised by Brown’s thesis that metaphors are rampant in science. Astrophysicists have described the distribution of mass in the universe as foamlike; chemists still ascribe orbitals to atoms

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    September 10‚ 2009 case 1-428-849 Jaipur Rugs: Connecting Rural India to Global Markets Introduction The Jaipur Rugs case explores how a company can benefit the poor by connecting them with global markets. Jaipur Rugs makes this connection by building and orchestrating a global supply chain on a massive scale—one focused on developing human capability and skills at the grassroots level‚ providing steady incomes for rural men and women in the most depressed parts of India and connecting them

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    Literary Analysis - “My Papa’s Waltz” Theodore Roethke wrote many poems about his father‚ “My Papa’s Waltz” is one particular poem that is still the source of much debate‚ both in college classrooms and among established literary critics. Initially‚ the poem appears to be a young boys fond recollection of a dance with a tipsy‚ but loving father. Many who read it strongly disagree‚ and feel that the tone is much more severe‚ and alludes to a drunken and abusive father. To clarify this argument

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    My Papas Waltz‚ written by Theodore Roethke writes a poem about his childhood‚ and his drunk father who he never seemed to have a problem with‚ until he saw his father was harming him in a sense. The first stanza was talking about how he could smell his fathers breath‚ the smell of whisky‚ but he still danced on. The second stanza was still about them dancing and going on just messing around. The third stanza then starts to go away from the innocence and talk about the violence that was happening

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    My Papa’s Waltz The poem my papa’s waltz my Theodore Roethke is a famous 20th century American poet. His poems are typically woven with lots of imagery and have intricate rhyme schemes. This poem is about a young boys intimate relationship with his father. I think the poet is the speaker of the poem and he’s sharing his own experience with the readers through his poem. The first stanza is all about how his drunken father has just returned home after a long hard day of work. He is in the mood

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    In “My Papa’s Waltz’ by Theodore Roethke‚ the speaker’s tone towards his father is one that is loving and admiring. This is seen in the word choice of the speaker when interacting with his father. The loving tone of the speaker is seen through his experience with his father. This is exhibited through the pleasure the speaker takes in dancing with his father. When describing his dance with his father‚ the speaker says‚ “We romped until the pans slid from the kitchen shelf” (Roethke 5-6). The speaker

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    Theodore Roethke’s poem‚” My Papa’s Waltz” is one that can be interpreted in two ways. For some they say that the boy is enjoying the dance with his father‚ others say he does not. Neither interpretation can be definitively correct because that decision is solely up to the reader. It is up to that individual reader to weigh every aspect of the story and come to their own conclusion on what it all meant. The stance for this essay will be that‚ “My Papa’s Waltz” has a negative connotation because

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