door was locked. Its locked I yelled as I leaned against an old metal pole that probably once held a flag. Then clunk clunk creak {pause} the metal pole had been pushed down by the weight I had placed on it and the door had opened. As I entered the house I thought it was the end of me for I stood atop an endless void. Correction I stood in the center of a void looking down into a never-ending drop. Wait a second. There was something wrong here and it wasn’t the fact that I felt like I was going to
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PLANNING DOCUMENT FORM Negotiation: Role: Seller What issues are most important to you? (list in order of importance) 1. Keep houses intact 2. Commercial uses only if tasteful as Grouse´s proposal 3. Avoid bad press 4. Generate good press 5. Maximize sale price What is your BATNA? Reservation Price? Target? BATNA: $ 13 million for 100% of Downtown´s shares or proportional with a minimum of 70% of its shares while commercial uses tasteful as Grouse´s proposal Reservation
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I] was quite beyond most of us‚” writes George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) in the preface to his extraordinary Heartbreak House‚ one of the playwright’s most important pieces. The play is the featured work this year at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake‚ Ontario‚ celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2011. Written and set immediately prior to the First World War‚ Heartbreak House is a quasi-Chekhovian dark comedy about a society on the edge of a precipice. Shaw delayed the production until the war’s
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Nationalism is the love for one’s country and the willingness to defend it. Wars‚ though harmful‚ faster a spirit of unitary among the people. The moment there is a threat to the nation from an enemy‚ the patriotic feelings of the people are aroused. Nationalism inspires the people for the noble deeds. A social reformer‚ an ideal statesman are all patriots in the true sense of the term. Nationalist rejoice in the glory of their country. It nurtures fellow feeling and brotherhood among the people
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Insubordination or Unclear Loyalties?* Abstract Ellen‚ the program director of Omega House‚ a hospice‚ was wondering how to deal with the new development officer‚ George. He reported to her and was also part of a cross program task force on fundraising within the Social Action Consortium (SAC)‚ the umbrella organization for a variety of service agencies located in the Midwest. Ellen was accustomed to working in a team and found George’s communicative approach disconcerting. She was puzzled
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Playing with it can be dangerous‚ and at times can also prove fatal to those unfortunate enough to find themselves in its path. Our next-door neighbours were lucky in that nobody was injured‚ but the same thing cannot be said about their beloved house. Although it’s been ten years now‚ I can still remember the whole thing as if it were yesterday‚ and each time‚ the thought of that terrifying episode makes my blood run cold. It was a hot stuffy summer night when it all took place. Back then air-conditioners
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The Supernatural as a Means of Protagonist Empowerment in Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel and The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende IB A1 English HL World Literature Comparative Essay Word Count: 1496 Keri-Anne Murray Candidate #: 003072-058 World Literature Comparative Essay 1 In Like Water for Chocolate and The House of the Spirits‚ respective authors Laura Esquivel and Isabel Allende use a connection with the supernatural to empower the protagonists in three
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intriguing‚ spirit-lifting extraordinary exploration of two cultures in uneasy coexistence... A wonderful aspect of Fadiman’s book is her evenhanded‚ detailed presentation of these disparate cultures and divergent views-not with cool‚ dispassionate fairness but rather with a warm‚ involved interest that seems and embraces both sides of the issue...Superb‚ informal cultural anthropology-eye-opening‚ readable‚ utterly engaging” (Horn). 4. “Anne Fadiman’s phenomenal first book‚ The Spirit Catches You
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stresses an individual’s dignity and worth and capacity for self-realization through reason. Humanism is not just about males or just about females; its about humans living as one. In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House‚ humanism is shown through every single word and every single detail. A Doll’s House centers on humanism because it demonstrates the search for identity‚ living up to societal standards‚ and believing that men and women are equal. Throughout the entire play‚ each character searches for their
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A character study of Junior. Arnold Spirit Junior – is a main character of the story of Sherman Alexie The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The character‚ which the author introduces us to‚ is most probably built up on his true experiences of growing up on the Spokane Indian reservation in Wellpinit. Junior is a fourteen- year old teenager‚ who is a naturally born artist‚ a talented‚ hysterically funny and open- minded‚ smart‚ brave young man‚ yet super unsecured. Having been born with
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