Chronicle Review October 3‚ 2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at Stanford
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Scene 1: "You want a tale‚ sweet lady and gentleman? Indeed I have told many tales‚ one more than a thousand‚ since that time when I first let young men tell me‚ myself‚ tales of a red rose‚ two smooth lily buds‚ and four silky‚ supple‚ deadly entwining snakes. It was my mother’s mother‚ the black-eyed dancer‚ the often-embraced‚ who in the end -- wrinkled like a winter apple and crouching beneath the mercy of the veil -- took upon herself to teach me the art of story-telling. Her own mother’s mother
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Industry’s Costs and Sales B.W. Strayer University Abstract The 2008 economic crisis negatively impacted the U.S. domestic automobile industry. GM‚ Chrysler and Ford reported annual operating costs and sales revenues that mimicked the movement of the overall economy from 2005-2010. Until 2009‚ all three companies displayed a downward trend in operating costs and sales revenues. These two aspects of automobile manufacturers are directly related to one another. As sales levels
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“You Got To Do What You Got To Do‚ To Get Where You Got to Get” In Ralph Ellison’s story “Battle Royal”‚ Ralph’s dying grandfather gives his son advice on how to advance in life as a black person‚ in the United States. Ralph’s grandfather said‚ “I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses‚ undermine ‘em with grins‚ agree ‘em to death…”(1042). Basically‚ by being really nice to white people‚ he could gain favor and possibly be rewarded for his obedience. Ralph‚ took his grandfathers advice‚ and was eventually
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essay‚ “In Praise of Margins”‚ the author talks about his childhood life and how he had “margins” where he and his friends would do things and nothing would matter because they wouldn’t care. “Marginal” thought is valuable because it allows adults to use their imagination. His purpose is to try new activities without shame; it’s the spur of the moment that defines margin. I think his view about marginal activity is comprehensive and relatable. When we think of margins‚ we think of the extra space
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progressed‚ I have become more focused on results. At this moment‚ I have learned that I value others opinions on topics‚ but not so much as what they think about me. If If I can make something happen in a productive manner that is for the good of all‚ I have no problem doing it even if it destroys some of the relations that I currently have.
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Task 2.1 and 2.2 How you plan to collect data on customers‚ competitors and the market environment and why you think this will be useful. How do you propose to use this market research to understand the behaviour of customers‚ competitors and the market environment? Market research is a crucial factor to do for any organisation in order to make their business successful. In the case of STUDENTAL‚ it is a new product from Sainsbury’s. Therefore‚ Sainsbury’s have to do all the market research on
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Health is Wealth” is very much true. One must try hard to remain healthy ‚if we are healthy ‚we can easily fight with other problems of life. people do many different things to remain healthy .some go for healthy diet‚ other recommended exercise‚ and rest thinks health awareness is important ‚after all “Prevention is better than cure.” A healthy diet is very necessary to remain healthy. People must take care of their diet. Everybody should read the ingredients before buying
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Discussion board http://www.slideshare.net/PA302/hius-221-discussion-board-forums-1-4-15142038 Chapter 8 1 What event on August 24‚ 1814 was a British attempt at retaliation for the destruction of the Canadian capital at York? Burning of Washington‚ DC 2 What battle of the war of 1812 made Andrew Jackson a national hero? The Battle Of New Orleans 3 The Capture of what fort on Lake Champlain gave the patriots control of the northern approach to the colonies and needed artillery
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