In this article‚ U.S. Saving and Investment: Forty Years of Decline by Alan Cole he explains the value in saving and investing as a nation. He explains that savings has a long lasting value for the future rather than just spending it all right away. In investing he also explains‚ it is that save income spent in purchasing buildings and/or machinery to produce goods‚ which will result in an income return in the future. Also‚ he describes that America has become less dedicated in saving and investing
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The meaning of the word “think” by itself brings about controversy and debate between psychologist and philosophers. Which is why answering the question “can machines think?” is almost impossible. This paper discusses Alan Turing’s philosophy on the subject as well as modifications to his Turing Test for general intelligence. The Turing Test proves that a machine is intelligent but fails to demonstrate that a machine is not intelligent. Therefore‚ a series of test that analysis different forms of
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People were afraid of going to war and the effects it could have on our country. In Alan Rohan’s How Much Did The Vietnam War Cost? he states “Among all the wars the United States had fought‚ Vietnam War is ranked 4th in casualties just below the Civil War and the two World Wars. Out of 2‚594‚000 personnel who served in Vietnam‚ there
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A Cream Cracker Under The Settee is a dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett in 1987 for television‚ as part of his Talking Heads series for the BBC. In A Cream Cracker Under the Settee Alan Bennett has addressed the issue of elderly people in our society and how they are treated by others. It revolves 75-year old Doris on an ordinary day in her house. The play begins after her fall from the buffet and her reflecting on the events that led up to it. The reason the writer uses a monologue is
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Topic: Alan Sears‚ Retooling the Mind Factory: Education in a Lean State Abstract One of the neo-liberal reform agenda is the “lean state”. The lean concept involves every aspect of social changes. This paper will begin discussing the effects of lean state in education reform. Then‚ it will expand any dramatic changes according to neo-liberal agenda. These changes require to be built upon the most efficient production system the lean production. As a result‚ the education reform will have a certain
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why they were effective. All excellent novels have an important and significant beginning that helps set the story in motion. The beginning of each book in the thought provoking novel‚ Cry‚ the Beloved country – a Story of Comfort in Desolation by Alan Paton is such a one. Paton skilfully uses the literary technique of setting to help us understand an important idea‚ the idea of segregated cultures. Poetic writing‚ parallel structures and direct pronouns are techniques further used to emphasise the
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Alan Ball’s play “five women wearing the same dress” by is a realistic tragic-comedy. It is said to have its setting in Knoxville‚ Tennessee. It takes place during a newly married couple’s over-perfected wedding reception. Five odd bridesmaids found themselves hiding together in an upstairs bedroom‚ trying to escape the wedding reception. The bridesmaid realized that despite their differences‚ they all have so much in common with each other‚ including their dislike for the bride. Alan’s play has
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According to famous author and Holocaust survivor Alan Grantz‚ “I shook with helpless and rage‚ but also with fear. This was what fighting back earned you. More abuse. More death. Half a dozen of Jews would be murdered today because one man refused to die without a fight.” Adolf Hitler and his Nazis set up concentration camps to further imprison his control over the Jews. Concentration camps had two types of camps‚ death camps and work camps where they were either enslaved and worked under devastating
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Testimony of Dr. Alan Greenspan Committee of Government Oversight and Reform October 23‚ 2008 Word Count: 1‚133 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: Thank you for this opportunity to testify before you this morning. We are in the midst of a once-in-a century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures. You‚ importantly‚ represent those on whose behalf economic policy is made‚ those who are feeling the brunt of the crisis in their workplaces
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FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS – Alan Ball Pg 22-25 Georgeanne: (Looking in mirror) God. Look at me. I am totally pathetic. I just don’t want to be alone. Is that too much to ask? I mean‚ I still believe in marriage. I do. (Trisha laughs ruefully.) You don’t? Trisha: To be perfectly honest with you‚ Georgeanne‚ I think any woman who chooses marriage in this day and age is out of her fucking mind. G: Don’t you believe in love? T: I certainly believe in consideration. And respect
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