Wannabees‚ (Bradford 2004) which is a guide for parents with adolescent daughters that is based around the life experiences of author Rosalind Wiseman‚ (Winfrey 2007) Mean Girls highlights many of the same sociological principles that are seen in The Meaning of Meanness: Popularity‚ Competition‚ and Conflict among Junior High School Girls by Don E. Merten. The film depicts a clique of four popular females‚ who rule the social world that exists in their American high school‚ much like the “dirty dozen”
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Empowerment in New Zealand firms: insights from two cases Empowerment in New Zealand firms Amelia C. Smith Department of Management‚ University of Canterbury‚ Christchurch New Zealand and 69 V. Suchitra Mouly Department of Management‚ University of Canterbury‚ Christchurch‚ New Zealand Introduction The growing popularity of programmes aimed at empowering employees through changes in work practices has been well-documented in the management literature (Conger and Kanungo‚ 1988;
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There is no universally accepted definition of art. Although commonly used to describe something of beauty‚ or a skill which produces an aesthetic result‚ there is no clear line in principle between (say) a unique piece of handmade sculpture‚ and a mass-produced but visually attractive item. We might say that art requires thought - some kind of creative impulse - but this raises more questions: for example‚ how much thought is required? If someone flings paint at a canvas‚ hoping by this action to
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IDIOMS |Group of words with a meaning of its own that is different from the meanings of each individual word in the group (for example‚ | |‘It’s raining cats and dogs’ means ‘It’s raining heavily’ and kick the bucket means ‘to die’); also a style of expression in | |writing‚ speech‚ or music that is typical of a particular period‚ place‚ or person (for example‚ ‘a piece of music composed in | |the modern idiom’).
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Journal Article‚ The Meanings of Citizenship Kerber is discussing the constant evolution of citizenship. During the article she highlights four main points. She discusses Attentive & Multinational Citizenship‚ Braided Citizenship‚ Borders & Immigrants and Postnational Citizenship. My goal is to provide an inept assessment and my thoughts and understanding in regards to Kerber’s article. CAMOUFLAGED CITIZENSHIP Kerber begins her first point by discussing the attentiveness meaning of citizenship
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The Meaning of Beauty Man vs. Woman From the beginning we are taught that God created man‚ and from man he created woman. It’s funny how different a man’s thoughts can be compared to a woman’s‚ considering the woman was created from the man. Their views on beauty‚ amongst other things‚ prove to be a perfect example of this. Centuries ago the Greeks saw “[B]eauty as a virtue: A kind of excellence” (Sontag 117). While this is still a shared view between men and women today‚ they share different
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not portray‚ because my thoughts were that leadership was a group of people who stand up for the things that they believe. After an extensive study on the meaning of leadership‚ I have come to find that there is no way to specifically define the meaning of leadership‚ but there are ways to grasp a better understanding of what the aggregate meanings entail. The big questions that we are faced with are these; how is leadership approached in life‚ when is it practiced and needed‚ and who are some leaders
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Weeknd is a song that at first may seem shallow and meaningless but actually has a lot of underlying themes‚ the artist Abel Tesfaye even has stated that “the song isn’t as shallow as what it may appear to be”. Although he never says what the deeper meanings are he hints at some when talking about writing the song. In an interview he claims he came up with the concept for the song while in Marilyn Monroe’s childhood bedroom. Her old house had been turned into a recording studio. He also states it was
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not so recent findings in brief along with my own interpretations with regards to what is actually the true number of "The Beast"‚the number which should have been revealed in the New Testament’s Book of Revelations and my personal theories on it’s meanings/representations. I speak of the number which is in fact recorded as being the oldest and original number of the Satanic Current which is 616. Ok so now we have to change thousands of sermons‚millions of bibles and remake a shit load of movies
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William Somerset Maugham. Stylistic pecularities. Maugham became a witty satirist of the post-colonial world and wrote over thirty plays‚ mainly light satiric comedies. At one time he had four dramas running simultaneously; only Bernard Shaw has had more plays on at the same time in London. The British Library holds many of Maugham’s published plays‚ and the Library’s Lord Chamberlain’s collection contains a considerable number of typescripts. Though Maugham doesn’t denounce the contemprorary
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