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    Janis Ian Research Paper

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    autobiography is named Janis Ian‚ who was a white girl that grew up among black people in New Jersey. She was one of seven white girls in her whole school and therefore there were a lot of opinions about the racial differences and angry narrow-minded parents‚ who would interfere in their children’s lives and choices about love. Janis Ian was a famous song writer and she was born in 1951 in New York‚ but lived in New Jersey through her childhood. In this essay I will focus on how Janis Ian uses her music

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    Janis Groupthink

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    Janis’ concept of Groupthink Janis’ (1972) concept of Groupthink sets out symptoms and characteristics that can occur within cohesive groups. This behaviour can have significant negative influences on the decision making process within the group. Janis further classifies six main symptoms which can be found in groups suffering from Groupthink. The story of ‘The Bay of Pigs’‚ and the case study of the pharmaceutical industry‚ will help us to illustrate differences between the characteristics

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    Seventeen Traditions

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    Textual Analysis: The Seventeen Traditions Ralph Nader’s Seventeen Traditions‚ published in 2007 is a short and slim 150 page novel. Nader was born and raised in Winsted‚ Connecticut and is an American political activist‚ author‚ lawyer‚ and lecturer. Nader reflects on the seventeen traditions that shaped his life as a child of Lebanese immigrants‚ growing up in a small town. The traditions reveal the importance of social values and the role families play as the transporter of those values which

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    Janis Groupthink

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    Lester Janis (26 May 1918 - 15 November 1990) was a research psychologist at Yale University and most famous for his theory of "groupthink" which described the systematic errors made by groups when taking collective decisions(Wikipedia).Janis described “groupthink” as “a mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group.When the members’ striving for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action”(Janis‚1972‚p

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    Seventeen Syllables

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    there are a lot of diverging traditions but no family. Due to the characters’ individual attachments to different traditions and cultures‚ it created a gap in their family dynamic. Hisaye Yamamoto‚ who is the daughter of immigrant parents‚ wrote Seventeen Syllables as a look into the gap resulting from having different assimilations to culture. Tome’s continued practice of haiku showed her deep attachment to her Japanese roots and tradition‚ one that she didn’t share with her husband and Rosie. Moving

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    Ian Somerhalder

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    Salvatore on the hit show The Vampire Diaries‚ but that role is portrayed by a completely different person. Damon Salvatore the mean‚ bad‚ and sarcastic vampire is nothing like the real Ian Somerhalder. Ian Somerhalder is an amazing actor who has made it a long way from a cute boy from a small town in Louisiana. Ian Somerhalder was born on December 8‚ 1978. He was born and raised in a small southern town named Covington‚ Louisiana. Like any other family‚ both his parents had jobs and he had a good

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    family members‚ friends‚ colleagues‚ partners‚ and even mentors in our own work field. They are the ones who shine light on the raw magnificent qualities of ourselves without directly intending too. The two minor characters within the books Learning Seventeen by Brooke Carter and Gabrielle Prendergast’s Pinch Me both play important roles to the main characters in terms of lifting them up‚ and shining a light on their special qualities ultimately changing their lives for the better. The minor character

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    iAN MCDONALD

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    COURSE: DEPT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMME: M.A ENGLISH LITERATURE (PART TIME) SESSION: 2011/2012 SEMINER TOPIC: TO WHAT EXTENT THE IAN MCDONALD’S THE HUMMING BIRD TREE REFLECT WEST INDIAN IDENTITY ISSUES. Introduction The western Indian literature has gradually gained prominence over the years. What we have today is corpus experiences of a group of people known as the west Indians which comprises of a group of island such as Trindad and Tobago‚ Jamaica‚ Antigua

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    Ian Somerhalder

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    Somerhalder was born and raised in Covington‚ Louisiana‚ the son of Edna‚ a massage therapist‚ and Robert Somerhalder‚ an independent building contractor. He attended St. Paul’s‚ a private Catholic school in Covington. He embarked on a modeling career from age 10 to 13‚ and by the age of 17 he decided to go into acting In the summer of 2000‚ Somerhalder starred in the short-lived WB series Young Americans‚ a spin-off of Dawson’s Creek. He played Hamilton Fleming‚ the son of the dean of a prestigious

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    Ian Wilmut

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    Ian Wilmut‚ (born July 7‚ 1944) is an English embryologist. An embryologist studies the development of an embryo from the fertilization of the ovum to the fetus stage. Currently he is director of the Medical Research Council Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was granted an OBE in 1999 for services to embryo development. Wilmut worked as a farm hand on weekends during school‚ which inspired him to study Agriculture at the University of Nottingham. He chose to study

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