In Clare Sears “Electric Brilliancy: Cross-Dressing Law and Freak Show Displays in Nineteenth Century San Francisco” She explains the cross-dressing laws that were placed in San Francisco in 1863. It was mid-way through the civil war that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a local law against cross-dressing that prohibited people from dressing like the opposite sex. From 1861 to 1900‚ twenty one states passed the cross-dressing law. The penalties placed for committing cross-dressing was
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SEARS‚ ROEBUCK‚ AND CO.: THE AUTO CENTER SCANDAL Sears‚ Roebuck‚ and Co. began in the late 1800s as a mail-order company that sold farm supplies and other consumer items. Its first retail store opened in the mid-1920s. Responding to changes in American society‚ such as the move from farms to factories and the presence of the automobile in many homes‚ hundreds of retail stores opened over the years. The company expanded rapidly‚ and eventually it diversified to include other businesses: insurance
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Topic: Alan Sears‚ Retooling the Mind Factory: Education in a Lean State Abstract One of the neo-liberal reform agenda is the “lean state”. The lean concept involves every aspect of social changes. This paper will begin discussing the effects of lean state in education reform. Then‚ it will expand any dramatic changes according to neo-liberal agenda. These changes require to be built upon the most efficient production system the lean production. As a result‚ the education reform will have a certain
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Going Home Again Driving past the large rectangular sign proclaiming Welcome to Shea Town‚ Home of the Wolverines‚ Population 9‚325‚ my heart-inured to most everything-bumped in my chest. I began to sweat‚ despite the early-November chill that penetrated my shirt and sweater I was wearing. I could not believe how many different emotions where going through me. Going home again after 15 years was not going to be as easy as I had thought. In just one glimpse‚ all my emotions where pulsing through
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Changes‚ Changes‚ and More Changes Hudson County Community College isn’t a perfect school‚ but there are a lot of things that they have room to improve on. I honestly don’t have many complaints about this school‚ I feel alright about it‚ I am not impressed but I am also not outraged by anything. Even though I don’t have many complaints about this school it doesn’t mean that I don’t feel that they have things that they should improve on. The biggest problem I have with this school is the service
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"There is nothing permanent in life except change‚" said philosopher Heraclitus. Others have called change or variety as ’the spice of life’. So‚ changes (shuffle or reshuffle) in the government from time to time should come as no surprise to anyone‚ though changes in the political arena are often viewed with suspicion. Change is in the very nature of being. Every new day is different from the previous day. Body metabolism is one such process as also growth of trees and revolving of planets. Tides
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Sears‚ Roebuck and Co. Vs. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc Problem: Don Edwards‚ a recent MBA graduate has been asked to analyze the financial performance of Sears and Wal-Mart. Although Wal-Mart is the industry powerhouse‚ its 20% return on equity (ROE) lags behind that of Sears’ 22%. Analysis: Wal-Mart operates fewer stores than Sears but is ahead in terms of total selling area by a ratio of 3.4:1. Between 1995 and 1997‚ Sears’ retail store revenue per selling square foot was not only lower
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such a competitive industry as retail business‚ the failure of Sears Domestic was mainly caused by the shortage of resouces and capabilities as well as tactics definition and execution rather than strategy itself. Since Sears Domestic has a non-competitive cost structure in comparison with its key competitors (e.g. Walmart‚ Target‚ Home Depot‚ etc.) ‚ it is wiser to pursue differentiation strategy than low-cost strategy. In addition‚ Sears need more focus on customer segments to compete. Therefore‚
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Changes Each person experiences certain things‚ even the most simplest and innocent‚ that enlighten him or her or bring about a revelation. At one point in each of our lives we will or already have had one such meaningful incident. In Annie Dillard’s short essay “Dumbstruck‚” she recounts an experience just like that. Dillard’s experience jolts her‚ bringing to life an awareness of the harshness and inevitability that things happen‚ things are not permanent in this life. We first learn of her love
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“Change involves a choice to alter one’s view of others and their world” Change is inevitable‚ it can not just simply be ceased however as individuals‚ we are given the choice on what we make of it and how we allow it to alter our view of others and the world around us. The choice made on how the world is seen and how its occupants are as well can have a significant impact on someone’s life and shape the type of person that this individual becomes. As evident in the following texts‚ Enter Without
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