Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Holmes saw the legal obligation as a prediction that sanctions were likely to be visited upon someone not following a course of conduct. Accordingly‚ Holmes saw a contractual obligation as the obligation to pay damages in case of breach. But doesn’t this put the cart before the horse? He inspired the American realist movement with a jurisprudential theory based on the need to ‘think things‚ not words’. The examination of facts must dominate legal investigation. The object
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Phillips 66 Since reporting its latest results on January 29 this year‚ shares of Phillips 66 have rallied 7%. In fact‚ its shares are up approximately 5% since year-to-date‚ due to persistent low oil price that kept improving refining margins for midstream & downstream companies. Last year‚ the crack spreads (profit from a barrel of oil) were strong except in the fourth-quarter that witnessed larger inventory builds. This is due to the fact that the steep decline in the crude oil price had a negative
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Wendell Berry is the author of the nonfiction books What Are People For?; Standing on Earth; Sex‚ Economy‚ Freedom‚ and Community; Another Turn of the Crank; Life Is a Miracle; Citizenship Papers; and most recently‚ The Way of Ignorance. Not only is he an American novelist‚ but he is also a poet‚ environmental activist‚ cultural critic‚ and a farmer. He believes that he good life includes sustainable agriculture‚ appropriate technologies‚ healthy rural communities‚ connection to place‚ the pleasures
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4. Data‚ Methodology and Results As mentioned‚ the derivation of Phillips Curve requires the estimation of three variables i.e inflation‚ output gap and expected inflation. In order to estimate the expected augmented(Expectations Augmented) Phillips Curve‚ this study covers observations from time period 1961 to 2015 for both countries US and India. The equation of Expected Augmented Phillips Curve(Expectations Augmented Phillips Curve) is ∏t = ∏et + β(Y-Yn) + et where‚ ∏t = inflation at the time
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The Story of Sherrie Phillips I have read the opening chapter of Boundaries which is a narrative of a woman who is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Here are some things I learned through Sherrie Phillips. You Cannot be Everywhere at Once It is clear Sherrie has one heck of a life. With her workload from her job‚ and her lack of connection with her family‚ she is understandably overwhelmed. Sherrie feels extremely lonely with seemingly no one in her corner to turn to. Certainly‚ we are called
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elderly. The Vietnam War started in 1954 and ended in 1973 which is the setting of the book. The war is completely relevant to the book as that is all the book is about. Phillip Caputo was in the Marine Corps to prove something to his parents. He wanted to do something that his family would most likely go against. Phillip Caputo was in the war‚ he was on the battlefield and he was on the frontlines during the war. The book depicts the terrible things that went on such as the many deaths he had
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Phillip Clarke is International and IT Director. Prior to his appointment he held a number of roles in store operations‚ commercial and marketing. He is a Non-executive Director of Whitbread PLC. He was responsible for technological part of the Tesco.com. Structure and management style of the organization is flexible‚ flat and power is decentralized‚ everyone has the right to speak and the voices of the employees are heard. Focusing on their long term strategies has helped them to continue to grow
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For my first article I chose the Wendell Berry “The Pleasure of Eating”. When Barry says “eating is an agricultural act...Most eaters...are no longer aware that this is true. They think of food as an agricultural product‚ perhaps‚ but they do not think of themselves as participants in agriculture. They think of themselves as "consumers."” I agree. Until I read the article‚ I thought the same way. Even though I knew that‚ me buy the food I do‚ it funds the farmers‚ I never thought about how I was
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greater and graver problem: the centralization of our economy‚ the gathering of the productive property and power into fewer and fewer hands‚ and the consequent destruction‚ everywhere‚ of the local economies of household‚ neighborhood‚ and community" Wendell Berry believe that’s the economy is to blame for our waste and pollution. Berry talks about a man living in the country side of Kentucky. He goes to talk on to say how the Kentucky River gets polluted by factories‚ and how other things such
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Year 9-4 N.REES ENGLISH DEADLY‚UNNA? Phillip Gwyne Do TWO of the following essay topics. Each essay must be developed in paragraphs and use textual evidence. Each should be 600 to 700 words in length. 1. ‘Phillip Gwyne’s Deadly Unna shows how sport can bring a divided community together.’ Argue the truth or fallacy of this quote in relation to the novel. 2. ‘It is the power and integrity of Blacky‚ the narrator of Deadly Unna?‚ that makes it such a persuasive novel.’ Examine
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