BANK OF AMERICA’S MASTERNET SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY IN RISK ASSESSMENT By Jeffery G. Szilagyi Abstract In 1982‚ Bank of America initiated the development of the Master Net trust accounting system. After $78 million in losses on the project‚ the bank announced in 1988 that its trust business was being given to a subsidiary because it could no longer handle the operational requirements. MasterNet quickly became known within the information system industry as a classic case of a system that had fallen
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In his novel The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald used the colors green‚ white‚ and yellow for symbolism-representing money‚ innocence‚ and corruption respectively. The use of symbolic color occurs throughout the novel‚ helping give a better understanding and description of characterization and setting. In literature‚ green is often used to symbolize money‚ envy‚ and in Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby’s love for Daisy Buchanan. Fitzgerald most often used green to represent old money. This is a factor in Jay
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THE TITLE can be centered around the relationship of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. As stated by Joann Morse in her afterword to the novel‚ Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth move past the roles fixed for them to become full human beings with insight and understanding rather than flat figures of pride and prejudice . Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy do still experience some pride and some prejudice ‚ but unlike others‚ they are able to overcome that with some insight and understanding. ELIZABETH is described
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The Chanupa pipe might not sound too familiar but its shape has created the mold that most of today’s smoking pipes take after. The Chanupa pipe is a very sacred utensil to the cultures that use it. It’s most common use is for conveying prayers to the “creator”. The pipe itself isn’t just one piece‚ its multiple pieces added on to each other. Each of these pieces hold a different symbolic meaning‚ finding these symbolic details would be very hard to members not included in a specific culture because
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The course of the Montgomery Bus boycott was made up of various significant events. It all began with Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the Montgomery Bus on the afternoon of December 1st 1955. She was taken to jail‚ fingerprinted and was allowed to use the phone. This is when Rosa Parks made contact with the Black civil rights leaders and when they began to take action on there plan to boycott Montgomery busses. This was the beginning of the protest against segregation. The protest began
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Griffen Juckniewitz Mr. Murray‚ p. 8 History 9 22 April‚ 2016 Operation Torch World War II lasted from 1939 to 1945. The two sides of the war were the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers. The United States‚ Soviet Union‚ Great Britain‚ and Japan made up the Allied Powers. Franklin Roosevelt‚ Joseph Stalin‚ and Winston Churchill were at the helm of these countries. The Axis Powers were led by Adolf Hitler of Germany‚ Emperor Hirohito of Japan‚ and Benito Mussolini of Italy. This Alliance was sparked
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The seven years war is a very historical event for many reasons‚ and should be studied at schools around the world. The seven years war was basically the first world war. In the early 1750s‚ French explorers claimed what they called new France. Although the French already had a huge amount of land they still expanded into the Ohio River valley. The Seven Year’s War had many land changes between Britain‚ France‚ Spain‚ and the natives in North America. French colonist started to move farther and
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The Disputation of Barcelona in 1263 is not a commonly known event to most people in this day and age‚ but back in the Medieval Ages it is widely known incident. The Latin Account of the Barcelona Disputation is the main Christian document used to follow the events of the Disputation and my primary source I will be analyzing for this essay. The account states that the Disputation took place in Barcelona on July 20th‚ 1263 and had many spectators including King James‚ barons‚ prelates‚ religious and
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The Great Significance of Studies of Stylistics and Rhetoric LIYao Abstract: Stylistics is a scientific study of style. It is a new branch of linguistics. Rhetoric is the art or science of the communication in words. In general‚ stylistics is a discipline that studies the ways in which language is used; it is a discipline that studies the styles of language in use. However‚ rhetoric is the scientific study of how language could be employed expressively and effectively in modern times. Studying
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Unit 9 Final Project SS230-01‚ Historical Significance and Leadership of Sojourner Truth. Philip P. Conty Sunday‚ April 28‚ 2013 Kaplan University Prof. Christopher Powers Historical Significance and Leadership of Sojourner Truth. Since the early twentieth Century‚ Sojourner Truth has been rated by a number of studies as among the prominent African Americans who have contributed to the rich history of the United States. Indeed‚ volumes of scholarly journals (Caroll‚ 1985; Redding‚ 1971)
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