‘Wall Street’ flawed‚ but don’t sell Gekko short “They love that quality of take no prisoners ... if I have one more person‚ it’s so depressing and sad‚ they come up to me and say‚ you know‚ you’re the reason that I got into Wall Street ... that’s a‚ that’s a sad commentary.” —Michael Douglas There is a fabulous irony to “Wall Street” that perhaps can’t be adequately explained. The movie is an unequivocal denunciation of Wall Street excess but remains the preeminent film of those
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DEVELOPING AN ONLINE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS MODEL: LONG DISTANCE MEETS THE LONG TAIL BY GEORGE SYLVIE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN MARCH 24‚ 2008 AUSTIN‚ TEXAS 1 ABSTRACT Developing an Online Newspaper Business Model: Long Distance Meets the Long Tail This literature review cum strategic proposal connects two concepts – Chyi and Sylvie’s notion of long-distance online newspaper audiences and Anderson’s long-tail statistical Internet economic
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I INTRODUCTON Street racing has long been identified as a threat to civil society with significant social and economic impact. Street racing threatens the lives of other road users and causes unnecessary nuisance to the public. There are several ways to prevent teenagers from being involved in illegal racing are parents need to play their role‚ organizing campaigns and talks‚ and creating legal racing area. II BODY A. One ways to prevent teenagers from being involved in illegal racing are parents
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Written assignment Green Street Hooligans 1) Write a short summary of the movie. (200 words) Having been unjustly expelled from Harvard‚ when a stash of cocaine is found in his possession‚ journalism-student Matt moves to London‚ to live with his sister Shannon‚ her husband Steve and their only child. Upon arrival‚ Matt is quickly introduced to Steve’s pompous and cocksure younger brother Pete. Though Pete is reluctant to be acquainted with Matt (initially)‚ he eventually gives in after a huge
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A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger‚ a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams‚ resulting in their real death in reality. Nightmare on Elm Street 10 genre is horror he’s centralized looking down not facing the audience or giving eye contact gives a feeling of unease to the PTA as we don ’t know who the person or creature is so it causes ambiguity in the audience ’s eyes. Binary oppositions of dark and light so could
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Sociological Essay: Movie Analysis‚ “Wall Street” The movie “Wall Street” is a classic movie and one of my personal favorites. It’s a fictional story with real world implications. The movie is about an up and coming junior stockbroker named Bud Fox who I doing whatever it takes to get to the top and make big money‚ like his hero and eventual mentor‚ Gordon Gekko. Gekko is a legendary player on Wall Street who’s values and intentions are never clear to anyone but himself‚ and he is always looking
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on page 70 Summary – unquestionable affects here and abroad‚ link to winners and losers ideas Outline the nature of supermarket power on the high street and beyond. Power is a term used to denote influence and control or dominance (Allen 2009‚ p59)‚ in terms of supermarkets this power extends beyond their influence over British high streets and into foreign countries‚ In this essay I will be describing how this power has a range of both positive effects and examining the various arguments
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review of the film Wall Street (Stone and Weiser). It examines ethical dilemmas Bud Fox faced and what made him vulnerable to crossing the ethical line‚ as well as what factors led to Fox ’s attempt to repair the ethical breach. It examines Gordon Gecko ’s thoughts on a person ’s vulnerability to making an ethical breach and how this related to Bud Fox. Finally‚ it will take a look at factors in the film that relate to the Enron and WorldCom cases. The film "Wall Street" is about Bud Fox‚ an ambitious
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Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane is a short novel about a young girl and the people in her life. Despite its brevity‚ this book displays many significant themes that its author intertwines in the story plot. Such themes are determinism‚ hypocrisy‚ false morality‚ self-deception‚ and appearance verses reality.<br><br>Maggie’s mother‚ Mrs. Johnson‚ is a symbol of hypocrisy in the story. She lost her husband‚ and had to raise her children by herself in poverty. She drinks to heal her pain
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Smythson of Bond Street is a British luxury leather goods and personalized stationery brand. It is a synonym of exclusivity‚ discreet good taste‚ elegance‚ and British heritage. It was founded in 1887 in London and ever since‚ the brand has received clients such as the Queen Victoria‚ the Royal Family‚ Grace Kelly‚ and Madonna. Besides that‚ Smythson is positioned as the “British Hermès” according to its current CEO Andy Janowski; whom along with the new Design Director Rory O’ Honlon wants to consolidate
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