Risk 1: Global warming -- our technology is killing our environment. 2: Possible network-wide failure because of a computer virus or malfuntion (like Y2K‚ except real). 3: Nuclear warfare and fallout -- our technology would‚ in theory‚ allow us to destroy the world as we know it. This is not a good thing‚ even if it helps us win wars. Also in that category: weapons of mass destruction‚ bioweapons‚ and so on (the fact that there is a "so on" is scary in and of itself). 4: Religious conflicts
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Weighing the Risks of Medications There are remedies for any symptoms nowadays. Patients can be prescribed a variety of medications to cure or treat any given illness. Although many great results stem from ground-breaking innovations in the pharmaceutical industry; those innovations often come with harmful side-effects. Many people have stated that some prescription medications are unsafe and need more stringent regulations. They claim that some drugs are highly addictive and potentially deadly.
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short positions in equity stakes in 3 Japanese companies. The third one is that GM has a financing exposure‚ which includes a completion of $500 million Yen-dominated bonds issuing. The three kinds of exposures above make GM face a foreign currency risk and can influence the GM’s cash flow in the future. 2. How important is GM’s competitive exposure to the Yen? GM’s competitive exposure to the Yen is very significant because of the reasons below: As we have read from the case‚ we know that
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without any further insight would not grasp the idea of the story. With understanding of the characterization and allegory used in it‚ one can find this story ’s true meaning and they can take into their mind lots of new ideas from reading it. This is because comprehension of these two elements allow deeper insight into the real meaning of the story. An important element in "Young Goodman Brown" is characterization. One who reads this story can clearly see the drastic difference between Goodman Brown
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In the short story‚ “A & P” John Updike uses characterization and irony to portray Sammy‚ the main character‚ as a young individual who struggles with morality and lust. Women dressed in inappropriate clothing causes Sammy’s morals to shift and ultimately leads him to quit his job. The author‚ John Updike‚ uses characterization to expose Sammy’s true character. Sammy is baffled that the store manager‚ Lengel‚ would embarrass the girls in front of everyone. In their defense he stands up to Lengel
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In Cold Blood: Characterization of Hickock and Smith Open up a copy of In Cold Blood by Truman Capote and you will find an array of beautiful and poetic language that makes this novel nothing short of a masterpiece. Effective characterization is a key element; and it is through the use of diction and syntax that Capote characterizes Dick Hickock and Perry Smith in such a way that the latter is given the greater amount sympathy than the former. His purpose in doing so is to provide a strong case
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In his short story “Victory Lap”‚ George Saunders used characterization to draw attention to how some people find it easier to cover up reality instead of facing it. He first emphasizes on that covering things up habit near the beginning of the story when Alison Pope’s imagination bring her to recreate a situation where a hunter kills a deer. Alison then asks the hunter to‚ “lay her out in a field of clover‚ with roses strewn about her.” With that particular act of putting flowers around the body
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Throughout literature we comprehend direct and indirect characterization. In the novel‚ “A Gravestone Made of Wheat‚” Olaf Torvik is a stand out character. Olaf‚ throughout the story directly and indirectly presents himself as a very persistent‚ dedicated and impatient man. “We will bury Inge here on the farm as we planned‚”(Weaver‚9). This is an example of direct characterization as Olaf basically tells us through his words that he is a very determined man to get what he believes is right. When
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Michael Heifetz 10/29/11 Act 1 Characterization Throughout act one of The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller uses many forms of characterization to present Abigail as a sly‚ lying girl‚ who tries to wheedle her way into getting the outcome that she wants by any means necessary. One way he does this is through Abigail’s words throughout act one. When Parris is asking Abigail about why she was fired from Elizabeth Proctor’s service Abigail said‚ “[she] hates me‚ uncle‚ she must… [she is]
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For example‚ Odell and Commander identify some risk factors for homelessness among people with psychotic disorders as they recruited them from mental services. According to their research about psychotic disorders‚ the data from interviews and medical records showed High rates of severe mental illness amongst single homeless populations have been consistently reported in the literature. The reasons for this disturbing finding arise‚ at least in part‚ from structural features in our society are
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