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    Fitzgerald not only condemns the American Dream but sets the death and downfall of the American Dream as the primary theme of the novel. Throughout the novel Fitzgerald deliberately makes all characters with money appear to be unhappy‚ dysfunctional‚ snobbish‚ and immoral‚ thus contradicting the stereotyped idea of the American Dream. The American Dream that includes a happy family‚ living together‚ having lots of money and living happily ever after. The unhappiness of the wealthy class is portrayed

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    The History of Swag

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    surfaces now is‚ how? Seemingly the annual military budget has always depended upon swag to a certain extent‚ but now more that ever. What it all comes down to is money. Capitalists love swag. Political Factors Politics was once a game featuring competitors from elite classes. Contrasting the numerous political activists campaigning for the interests of swag can be like looking at pre and post war views of swag. In the words of award winning journalist Elijah Skank ’A

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    Matt Paradowski 35 Dumb Things People Say Dr. Cullen has been referred to as being the best there is at simplifying the complex issues of diversity in an entertaining and educational manner (MauraCullen.com). As expressed on Dr. Cullen’s website‚ she has been capturing the minds and hearts of people with dynamic seminars and speaking engagements in the United States‚ Canada and Australia. She is considered one of

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    The Forum des Femmes Rwandaises Parlementaires (FFRP) started in 1996 with the purpose to contribute to building a gender sensitive society. The Forum has 87 members among them 56 women‚ ten of which are women senators and 27 men from both chambers. When it was first formed it was exclusively a forum for women legislators but men partisans have joined since 2008 (FFRP‚ 2016). In 2005‚ the Forum produced a strategic plan whose key action focus was “the adoption of gender-sensitive laws‚ through stages

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    TIPS FOR GRE READING COMPREHENSION SECTIONS  You will have two to four reading comprehension passages‚ with a total of six to ten questions. Reading comprehension questions generally don’t appear until about questions eight to twelve.  GRE reading comprehension is unlike any other reading you do. Therefore‚ you should not approach it in the way you approach other reading.  ETS passages are poorly written‚ but not on purpose. Don’t look for hidden meanings in the grammatical and stylistic errors

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    Cripple

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    Cripple In the essay “cripple” (1992)‚ Nancy Mairs‚ implies that the word cripple is the better suited word for her because it does not hide the fact of what she really is and because handicapped or disabled is just a nicer way of saying cripple. Mairs made it clear that she wanted to be called crippled and not handicapped and/or disabled‚ it made her feel undeveloped and insecure. Mairs said society is no readier to accept crippledness than to accept death‚ war‚ sex‚ sweat‚ or wrinkles‚ in order

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    Elevator Pitch: 3M Corporation have a history of succeeding through a culture of innovation along with leveraging existing core technologies. 3M management demonstrates existence of different divisions as independent businesses with their individual units of operations. In addition‚ the cross divisional support between various units like sharing personnel resources‚ distribution channels‚ 3M provided multiple possibilities for innovation. In such an encouraging corporate culture‚ should Optical Systems

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    Nancy Mairs: Cripple

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    It is easy to look at an individual with a physical or mental disability and subconsciously devalue his or her existence. To express sympathy‚ society believes that it can justify its behavior by classifying these individuals with euphemisms such as “differently abled”. Nancy Mairs‚ however‚ is proud to be called a “cripple” as she demonstrates with her use of comparison and contrast‚ blunt diction‚ and confident tone‚ all of which explain why she truly believes that she falls under the “crippled”

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    A euphemism is defined as a non-harmful phrase or word used to substitute another word or phrase that is seen as‚ in some way‚ unpleasant. These words and phrases‚ though created with the best possible intentions‚ are slowly causing the English language to decay. For example‚ penitentiaries used to be led by a warden. In an effort to seem politically correct‚ penitentiaries‚ prisons and jails have been renamed to the‚ allegedly less controversial‚ title of “correctional facility” or “detention facility

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    Multiple sclerosis has conquered the lives of many of its victims‚ one of which includes Nancy Mairs. However‚ Mairs writes an essay describing her experience with the disease and how it has not affected her negatively‚ as society assumes about the disease’s effects. Mairs does not write her essay to make her audience feel pity for her disease‚ yet writes to allow people to be more accepting of the disease and of people that have it. She incorporates the word “cripple” to describe the strength MS

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