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    Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is about a boy named Pip who travels to London to become a gentleman. Pip is in his sister’s custody because both of their parents died. Pip grows up abused by his sister and confides in Joe Gargery‚ his sister’s husband. He often visits the graveyard where his parents are buried‚ when he is forced to help a convict. Pip is later invited to Miss Havisham’s house and meets Estella and falls in love with her. After knowing Miss Havisham for a while Pip receives an

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    For me‚ when I think of the 1950s fashion I visualize the traditional poodle skirt‚ white crew socks and black and white saddle shoes. In the 50’s‚ times were changing. This was the era when television was gaining immense popularity . Television brought the fashion world into Americans living rooms‚ with show like‚ Leave it to Beaver‚ Ossie and Harriet‚ and debatably most famous “I love Lucy.” These shows had television moms who had style. First lets start with the hair. There were many different

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    [pic] Druga gimnazija‚ Sarajevo IB Diploma Programme Extended essay Business and Management Standard Level TOPIC : Human Resource Management Research question What motivational methods “Bosnalijek” might apply to increase employees’ motivation and improve performance? Word count: 3546 Supervisor : Dzenana Rustempasic Candidate name: Adna Hodzic Candidate number: 001258-015 Sarajevo‚ December 2009. TABLE OF CONTENTS |Title page

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    Humanistic Psychology‚ 38‚ 36-70. Elms‚ A. (1994). Uncovering lives: The uneasy alliance of biography and psychology. New York: Oxford University Press. Foner‚ E. (1994). Slavery and freedom in nineteenth-century America. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Green‚ S. (2006). Karen Horney: A psychobiographical study. Unpublished master’s treatise‚ Rhodes University‚ Grahamstown‚ South Africa. Herrmann‚ D. (2007). Helen Keller: A life. Chicago: University Press. Howe‚ M. (1997). Beyond psychobiography: Toward more

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    In Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚” two couples discuss their opinions on the definition of love over a bottle of gin. Nobody is ever able to come to a conclusion about what love is‚ but the main character‚ Mel‚ shares stories that demonstrate what he thinks it is. As Mel becomes increasingly drunk‚ his definitions and anecdotes become more convoluted. By looking at the short story through the Psychoanalytic Criticism‚ the reader can understand how Mel contributes to

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    Methods used by the civil rights movement in the 1950s The methods that were used in by the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s were largely based around lobbying‚ protests and boycotting. The African American residing in the United States found these things effective and professional among their community‚ and together they worked towards changing laws‚ legislations and above all the constitution of the USA. Mass protesting was popular and one form of protesting that made a phenomenal part

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    When most people think of the 1950s in America they think of a fantasy life. People always say stuff like “I wish I was born lived in the 50s” or “Why can’t things still be like they were in the 50s?”. In reality‚ how much change and diversity was actually happening? Many historians often debate over whether the 1950s was really a time where America was coming together or falling apart. Some historians believe America was conforming and everyone was “the perfect family”; that life was perfect. Other

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    Introduction: In this literature‚ "What really makes factories flexible?" the writer brought out the topic for factory flexibility‚ which defines as a production facility organized to respond to customer orders quickly in order to provide a full and varied range of operations or services‚ across many product lines with very short changeover times and may introduce new products of similar range fairly easy. For example‚ most modern automobile plants are designed as flexible factories to build various

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    Pop art is a movement that first emerged in Britain in the Mid 1950s and later went on the United States in the late 1950s. Pop art appears on many of the things we use to such as comic strips‚ magazine ads‚ and supermarket products. Pop art was shaped by early artists Eduardo Paolozzi‚ Richard Hamilton‚ Robert Rauschenberg‚ and Jasper Johns. The creation of pop art helped to modernize the society we live in today. Pop art is an extension and repudiation of dadaism. (Wikipedia) Andy Warhol

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    History 1950s Conformity Following World War II America saw an extreme decade of both conformity and nonconformity. A strong post-war economy meant there was money to spend. Settling down‚ raising a family‚ and owning a home were the established goals of the American dream. Many tried to attain the ideal family depicted on TV shows such as Leave It to Beaver and Father Knows Best. Deviating from this popular culture was the "Beat Generation." The post-war economic boom of the 1950s in the U

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