GOLDMAN SACHS RECOMMENDED READING LIST Written by Current or Former Goldman Sachs Employees • The Five Great Myths About China and The World by Jonathan Anderson and Fred Hu; PPP Company • Exploring General Equilibrium by Fischer Black; MIT Press; 1995 • Business Cycles and Equilibrium by Fischer Black; Blackwell Publishers; 1991 • Managing Currency Risk by Fischer Black; Association for Investment Management & Research; 1989 • Old Girls’ Network: Insider Advice for Women Building Businesses
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Act I: The first act of the play begins in the upstairs bedroom of Reverend Samuel Parris’ home. He is kneeling in prayer at the side of his bedridden daughter‚ Betty‚ when the curtain open. Reverend Parris’ slave from Barbados‚ Tituba‚ enters the room‚ concerned about Betty’s well being‚ but Parris makes her leave. Reverend Parris’ niece‚ Abigail Williams‚ then enters the room‚ along with Susanna Walcott. Susanna tells Reverend Parris that Dr. Griggs was unable to find a cure for Betty’s illness
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Ashton Schaefer English 11 11/27/12 Crucible essay Between February 1692 and may 1693 there were a series of hangings because of people accused of witchcraft in Salem Massachusetts. I think Abigail is the guiltiest person in the Crucible because she had an affair with John Proctor and tried to kill his wife. Abigail convinced a lot of people that witchcraft was real or intimidated them into going along with it. She also convinced the girls and herself to send many to their deaths.
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He was shot twice‚ once in the back of the neck‚ which also critically injured Connally‚ and once on the side of the head. The shooter was an ex-marine named Lee Harvey Oswald. After the shooting‚ Lyndon B. Johnson‚ now the president‚ issued the Warren Commission to look into the assassination of Kennedy. With much investigation and the collection of evidence from witnesses‚ the commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of John F. Kennedy‚ and they were correct
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A Crucible for Everyone Everybody makes mistakes in their lives‚ but how they react to them‚ and how others respond‚ exposes who they really are. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ the Puritan citizens of Salem are caught in a perilous storm of terror and accusations of witchcraft. The sins and choices of other characters in the play fuel the fire of injustice and cost the lives of many. There are two tested characters who played large roles in the outbreak of witchcraft accusations; they
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In Arthur Miller’s Crucible individuals take advantage of others in order to satisfy their needs. In the Crucible‚ Manipulation and lies changes the perception of society. In the crucible‚ Arthur Miller shows how power causes individuals to have evil thoughts hence being a risk though protecting their reputation. Abigail lies in order to portray herself as an innocent victim. Abigail uses Hale to expose those involved with the devil. “I don’t compact with no devil! I want to open myself‚ I want
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1.What were the possible synergies and forces propelling the merger between P&G and Gillette—as well as the history of other takeover attempts for Gillette? Both P & G and Gillette were established in the early 1900’s and served similar purposes. Gillette and P & G are both strong‚ stable companies and could make an even stronger company. One of the propellers causing the companies to merge was that Gillette sold to men while P & G focused on women in the industry. These companies sell similar
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every American. It is not certain why Kennedy was murdered‚ or who actually murdered him. Speculations as to who murdered the president first lead to Lee Harvey Oswald. The Warren Commission‚ appointed by president Lyndon B. Johnson was established to determine who killed JFK and why. In the eyes of many Americans‚ the Warren Commission failed to come to an accurate conclusion. The biggest slip up that the Commission made was disregarding key eyewitness reports that they considered to be incompatible
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support his arguments on how important it is to have culturally diverse group in tasks. He used mostly logical ways to appeals his idea throughout the paragraphs by stating some logical statement and also providing charts of research. First of all‚ Warren E. Watson is a man who study and research in University of North Texas to write this article about how effective it is to have cultural diverse group in many different tasks. He also worked with other professional people in other university to come
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As many investors now say‚ it is getting harder to find value in choosing stocks and acquiring companies particularly successful ones. This is why in 2001 Warren Buffet said “We need elephants to make significant gains now-and they are hard to find” This is very similar to today’s valuations of companies that are now back to all-time highs so it is more difficult to find intrinsic value in a company. As Mr. Buffet many times has said there needs to be intricsic value when investing which he defines
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