The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision Making Roy Y.J. Chua Xi Zou Working Paper 10-034 Copyright © 2009 by Roy Y.J. Chua and Xi Zou Working papers are in draft form. This working paper is distributed for purposes of comment and discussion only. It may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. Copies of working papers are available from the author. Running Head: Effects of Luxury Goods The Devil Wears Prada? Effects
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University 1 Introduction For several centuries English has been well known for its many cases of conversion‚ for instance it is used very frequently by Shakespeare‚ almost as a stylistic device of his. And to this day it has remained a prominent feature of the language. The standard definition of conversion (Bauer 1988: 90-2; Spencer 1991: 20) is a change in word-class without any alteration in form‚ i.e. zero-derivation (Cruse 1986: 132f.). Take for example the following
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Poetic Devices 1. Alliteration- The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Ex: She sells sea shells by the sea shore. 2. Assonance- The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds. Ex: The blue moon rose too soon. 3. Enjambment- The continuation of a sentence from one line to the next line. When you are reading poetry‚ do not stop at the end of a line. Read through until you hit punctuation that tells you to stop. Ex: “The setting sun/ slithers into
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Office-Politics lessons from "The Devil Wears Prada" Think you have the world’s worst boss? How does your boss measure up against the Boss-from-Hell? By Franke James‚ MFA The Devil Wears Prada will no doubt fuel some hot‚ haute water-cooler chat. Based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger‚ the film is a wickedly funny tale about working for a boss who is a tyrant (rumor has it that the book was inspired by Weisberger’s stint at Vogue Magazine working for Anna Wintour). Meryl Streep stars as
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IN THE IMAGE OF GOD •“ GOD CREATED MAN in HIS OWN IMAGE‚ in THE IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED HIM‚ MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM” Gen. 1: 27 HUMAN DIGNITY • “ Man is the only CREATURE on earth that GOD has willed for its own sake‚” and he alone is called to share‚ by knowledge and love‚ in GOD’s own life. It was for this end that he was created‚ and this is the fundamental reason for his dignity… From his conception‚ he is destined for eternal beatitude. GS 12 ‚ 24 EQUALITY‚ DIFFERENCE AND
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IMAGE PROCESSING – IDENTIFCATION OF DEAD CHICKEN TO PREVENT DISEASE G.YUVARAJ‚ Ph: 9159970702 SRI SAKTHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY‚ COIMBATORE-641062 Email:yuvarajdoit@gmail.com ABSTRACT: Our paper tries to completely automate the poultry process by continuously monitoring the chickens in the poultry and by the application of image processing‚ identify the dead chicken using a camera and inform the appropriate person so that the
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Bequest of Alice K. Bache authorized The Mask. Alice K. Bache was a 1903-1977 collector throughout New York‚ NY‚ Washington‚ CT‚ and New Orleans‚ LA who preserved ancient art that of Cycladic‚ Pre-Columbian‚ Mexican‚ Asian and Peruvian works. She also began endowing her art collection to the Metropolitan Museum of art in 1967. As a part of her recent donation‚ she granted The Mask in which is now perched there. This work of art is a rustically‚ handcrafted stone mask sculpture made of hard‚ semiprecious
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21st century. Media images contribute to the socialization of young people across a board range of areas‚ particularly those in which the viewer has relatively limited real-world experience (Huston et al.‚ 1992). Nowadays‚ most of the people will get their information through the mass media that they can get if easily which are from the internet‚ electronic devises‚ for an example television and mobile phones‚ books and magazines or newspaper. With all of these mass media‚ we could know what is happening
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Body Image Rashanda Joe PSYC 231 Liberty University This assignment the writer had to pick a commercial or advertisement that appealed to adolescents. The commercial that was chosen was a Calvin Kline Jeans commercial. It can be found at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=kZz03icMzdE. The commercial is showing some models men and women dressed in Calvin Kline undergarments and jeans dancing and showing off how great they look in the Calvin Kline products. The
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UNIQLO casual wear in HK Introduction UNIQLO Co. Ltd‚ is a Japanese casual wear designing and manufacturing and retailers. In Japan‚ UNIQLO is the leading clothing retail chain in terms of both sales and profits. After its global expansion in 2005‚ the company has now operating in Hong Kong‚ China‚ Taiwan‚ United Kingdom‚ South Korea‚ France‚ Singapore and United States with over 2700 stores worldwide. This casual wear giant rank in No. 4 in global retailers with over 11.21 Billion USD sales
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