Summary of “Thank You for Smoking” The movie “Thank You for Smoking” is primarily about the job and actions of the main character‚ Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart). Nick Nelson is a lobbyist‚ the vice president and spokesperson of The Academy of Tobacco Studies. His job is to acknowledge people of the research and findings about the effects of cigarettes. The company is financed mainly by tobacco companies and they claim to have found no defective linkage between smoking and major diseases. But what
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Thank You for arguing chapter notes Ch.2-Set your goal 1) The goal is to change your audience’s mood‚ mind‚ or willingness 2) An argument should be focused on winning over an audience rather than beating them 3) Decide what you want at the end of the argument Ch.3-Control the Tense 1) Future tense is the best in an argument 2) A good strategy is to switch tenses in an argument depending on the situation 3) Changing the tense can sometimes result in a smaller conflict with a simpler solution
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Should Moms Stay at Home? Matt Sayar‚ Austin Foggs‚ Jackie Doughty‚ Dimitri Scott‚ Luke Hobbs Hobbs For the yes side of the argument‚ writer of the article from Time Magazine “The Case for Staying Home”‚ Claudia Wallis‚ says more and more women are choosing to stay at home. This article published on March 22‚ 2004 claims the ever increasing workload women are facing at work and home is forcing them not to just prioritize but to kick one to the curb. Wallis claims when this question arises most
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Devin Palmer Summer Reading Project Thank You For Arguing Introduction * Point 1 * Point 2 * Point 3 * Point 4 * Point 5 Offense * Control the tense * Blame is past * “The rhetoric of the past deals with issues of justice.” – page 29 * “Rhetoric threatens punishment” – page 30 * Values is present * “The rhetoric of the present handles praise and condemnation‚ separating the good from the bad.” – page 29 * “The present
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Skill-based pay refers to a pay system in which pay increases are linked to the number or depth of skills an employee acquires and applies and it is a means of developing broader and deeper skills among the workforce. Such increases are in addition to‚ and not in lieu of‚ general pay increases employees may receive. The pay increases are usually tied to three types of skills: • horizontal skills‚ which involve a broadening of skills in terms of the range of tasks • vertical skills‚ which
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economic failure if they do not have enough money for their retirement years. Your retirement is supposed to be when you get to enjoy life and be free from working. You should not have to stress over money especially after working your whole life. Women have a longer lifespan than men and therefore need a larger savings. Not only will the close of the pay gap benefit
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Running head: LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS OF CEO PAY Leadership and Ethics of CEO Pay Chief Executive Officer pay in the United States has risen dramatically. In the past three decades the salary of a CEO has risen significantly beyond what can be explained by variables such as firm‚ size‚ performance‚ and industry classification (Bebchuk & Grinstein‚ 2005). According to research‚ the CEO pay at the nation’s top 500 largest companies averages about $10.9 million a
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eliminate “salary secrecy” within workplaces by banning “pay gag clauses” and ensuring that existing “gag clauses” are unenforceable. “Gag clauses” are contractual clauses which prohibit employees from discussing their pay with colleagues‚ effectively decreasing the pay transparency within the firm. Consequently‚ employees who do choose to discuss their pay‚ despite these gag clauses‚ may be subject to disciplinary
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Critical Analysis: Thank you Ma’m ‘Thank you Ma’m’ is a short story written by a male African-American writer‚ Langston Hughes‚ around 1930’s where the racism was a big issue in the U.S. society. The story talks about an unexpected meeting between Mrs. Luella Jones Bates Washington Jones‚ a tough and independent black lady‚ and Roger‚ a little poor kid who tries to snatch Mrs. Jones purse. However‚ he fails and gets caught by Mrs. Jones‚ but instead of dragging him to a police‚ she takes him
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“Eres la luz de mis ojos.” Since I’ve been little‚ my mom tells me‚ “You are the light of my eyes.” My mom is the type of mother who sacrifices her life to take care of me and my older brothers at a very young age. She is the type of mother who convinces us to strive for greatness. She is the type of mother who would take a bullet for the ones she truly loves. Yet she is like no other mother‚ and I wish I could ease the physical pain she feels every day. My mother suffers from fibromyalgia. It is
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