Several students have told me that the film V for Vendetta is “just like” 1984. Since I’m always interested in resources that might make Orwell’s important warning clear to younger people‚ growing up as they are in a world that is so shaped by Newspeak and Doublethink–now referred to as “political correctness”–that his message is hard for them to hear‚ I watched the film. It was similar‚ in the sense that in both stories humanity is being oppressed by a totalitarian regime. Still‚ it was the differences
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Bose: Products: SoundLink® Color Bluetooth® speaker SoundLink® Mini Bluetooth® speaker SoundLink® Bluetooth® speaker III SoundLink® Bluetooth speaker III – New NFL Collection Prices: $129.95 $199.95 $299.95 $349.95 Place: Car Manufacturers Government (Defense Department) Local Distributors Electronic stores Specialty stores Appliance stores Promotions: They package their products to make it hard to comparison shop. Consider the Wave Radio again – not quite a boombox
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budget. How would you cut spending? December 1‚ 2013 How would you help to bring the National debt down? Each year the government spends countless amounts of money on things that could ultimately be put toward the debt we owe. The estimated amount of debt as of now is about $17‚237‚634‚587‚000. Some ways that you could reduce government spending is mandate a policy that would take $10 yearly for every person in a house hold. Another would be to cut out all the useless
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Feminism Has Only Just Begun Levy‚ Ariel. "Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture." Reading Pop Culture: A Portable Anthology. Ed. Jeff Osbourne. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2013. 158-161. Print. In Ariel Levy’s article "Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture‚" she describes how raunch culture is a blow to more traditional feminist ideals. She describes how culture is changing and women are wearing less and less clothing. She also describes how she thinks this is damaging feminism. When Levy asked
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website has achieved such high levels of success and growth in such a short period of time‚ due to the fact that they are different from all other sites. Everyone has become accustomed to a world where nothing is free. Human beings are used to to having to pay for anything they receive. Most people are even leery of the fact of receiving something for free. The common question behind something being given away for free is “what’s the catch?” The same is true for websites. As consumers‚ we are
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Abacus Inc. has asked you price a 5 year bullet bond issue for them‚ with Price‚ Yield to Maturity and Modified Duration. There are no comparable existing issues in the secondary market either by Abacus or a competitor and so you will need to price the issue from scratch. You have the following set of US Treasury bond data and consultations with your Bank Equity Analyst and Debt Analyst suggest that a Z-spread for Abacus of 200 bps over Treasuries and a coupon rate of 6.5% should be appropriate
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Three Competitors. When looking for competitors of hotels‚ there are many different things to consider‚ like price‚ amenities‚ the history of the hotel‚ star rating‚ and more. I mainly focused on price amenities and the history of the hotels. To start The Grand Hotel was the cheapest of the all the hotels which is nice if you are trying to save a few dollars but still stay in a very nice place. The Grand Hotel was anywhere from 130-190 a night. The Depot was the second cheapest at a price that can
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3. Price and Supply Inflation Trend 3.1. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based annual inflation rate that had earlier shown rising trend since the FY 2005/06 and attained highest point of 12.6 percent in the FY 2008/09 has come down in the last two fiscal years. Although‚ inflation rate had stood below 5.0 percent for about half a decade prior to the FY 2005/06. Both the internal and external causes have influenced the rise in inflation rate in the past few years. Frequent closures‚ strikes
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“Why Did You Cut Me?” Preparing Coaching Education Students for the team Selection By Jamal Williams June 03‚ 2010 Article: #3- (Volume 81‚ Iss. 9) Author(s): Lynn E. Couturier Title: “Why Did You Cut Me?” Preparing Coaching Education Students for the Team Selection Source: Journal of physical Education Recreation & Dance Month: Nov/Dec 2009 Pages: 39‚ 40‚ 41‚ 42 Main Idea: The purpose in this article is to provide coaching educators with a means of preparing their prospective coaches
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Hopkins v. Price Waterhouse (1987) case. In this particular case‚ a female employee of a management firm filed a claim of sex discrimination against her employer. The plaintiff alleged that she was denied partnership with the company for acting “too masculine.” The employer reportedly informed the plaintiff that she may receive reconsideration the following year and she should focus on “walking‚ talking‚ and dressing more feminine” to progress her chances of becoming a partner (Hopkins v. Price Waterhouse
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