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Comparing The Good And The Les
Number of Words: 621 / Number of Pages: 3
... if we are willing to give something up in order to benefit others. At first glance this may seem like a decision between good (charity) and evil (selfishness). At a closer examination, however, we can see that in both cases one or the other party is at a financial loss. Help the starving children in India! Save the rainforest! What is it that makes us compelled to harm our checkbook? Guilt? Perhaps. It’s most likely the belief that we can help a world problem by sending our money to a greedy corporation that will keep half of it for itself: a classic no-win situation.
What about a decisi ...
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Doing Business Ion Germany
Number of Words: 2029 / Number of Pages: 8
... Making the Initial Contact
Banks play a powerful role in the German business world. Since it is always useful to have a referral you may want to ask your international bank to arrange an introduction. However, in contrast with more relationship-focused business cultures such as Japan, Korea, Brazil or Saudi Arabia, making direct contact is also a viable option in Germany.
Send a letter in good business German along with basic information about your company and the purpose of the meeting. Request an appointment with two to three weeks' advance notice. If you are making a 'cold' approach ...
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Academic Discourse Vs. Popular
Number of Words: 961 / Number of Pages: 4
... if any was used to draw a reader in.
When first picking up the material, I noticed that even the covers of the books differed in extreme ways. For an academic discourse community I used a journal entitled American Psychologist and noted right away the cover, a very dull, navy-blue cover with semi-bold gothic type print reading "American Psychologist" across the top. At the bottom right side in smaller print, line-by-line it reads: "Volume 43, number 12; December 1988: Published monthly by: The American Psychological Association." For the popular discourse community I used URB, a popular magazin ...
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Sex In Society
Number of Words: 2081 / Number of Pages: 8
... As English Canadians began to develop an identity in 19th century society, they mirrored the "ideals" for women of the Victorian period: gentility, weakness, ignorance and submissiveness. (Zaremba, 1974, p. i ) These individual roles, as described by Oneill and Leone in Male/Female Roles: Opposing Viewpoints as the relationship of a man or woman to society on the basis of gender, became essential in shaping male and female attitudes towards one another. Over the past twenty years remarkable changes in these traditional male and female roles have been witnessed. The subsequent impact on me ...
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Italy 2
Number of Words: 629 / Number of Pages: 3
... city in Italy, was the center of the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago. Florence was the home of many artist of the Renaissance, a period of great achievements in the arts. Venice, with its intricate canal system, attracts tourists from all over the world.
Italians take great pride in the quality of their cooking. They traditionally eat their meals at midday. Large meals usually consist of a pasta course, followed by a main course of meat or fish. Sometimes a course of antipasto (appetizers) is served before the pasta. Antipasto usually consists of a variety of cold meat and vegetables, such as prosciutto ...
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Madagascar: The Exotic Island
Number of Words: 464 / Number of Pages: 2
... now has a savannah-steppe vegetation with a few forests in the west and evergreen forests on the eastern edge of the central plateau. An interesting climate for such a unique place.
The animals there are also different and the likes of which not found anywhere else; not even in Africa. 50 species of lemurs inhabit the island, as well as 800 different types of butterflies. Though near the once-dubbed "Dark Continent", the species and vegitation seem to have remnants of Eastern India, proof perhaps that the island is a breakaway of the decidedly larger continent of Asia.
The peoples of the large isl ...
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Spanish Labor Systems And Indi
Number of Words: 2173 / Number of Pages: 8
... prove
otherwise. Through letters, personal stories, and other
documents these books present accounts that tell about the
labor system used in this area. They tell of the Spanish
labor systems such as the encomiendos and later
rapartamientos and how these operations were run. In
discussing the Labor system that existed during the time of
Spanish rule it is important to understand what labor
systems that were used, why the Spanish used them, how they
justified using indigenous people in such a way, how the
indigenous as well as black slaves were treated in these
systems, and the ef ...
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Death And Bereavement
Number of Words: 3668 / Number of Pages: 14
... shock of white hair. While he knew who I was, he was somewhat confused as he kept referring to me by my mother's name. Although, he did not appear to be in pain, he had recently suffered a massive heart attack and was not expected to last much longer. My mother's childhood home was filled with relatives and family friends, but for me it was a strange atmosphere. I had not previously met many of my relatives and it had been several years since my mother had been home. People were constantly stopping by with food dishes and there was always a pot of tea brewing. The local priest was also a constan ...
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Izzy Saves The Olympics
Number of Words: 564 / Number of Pages: 3
... and hasn't been seen in over two years. And he
was just a few feet away from me!
He started to talk with one of the many aliens that came out with him.
The alien, whom he called Zork, took out a big roll of paper from the back
of his head. It was some plans! Professor Weirdo was planning to suck all
of the Olympic spirit out of the people of Torch and the people of the
whole rest of the world! I couldn't let that happen.
When he wasn't looking, I ran inside his ship. There was a big shinny
metel thing in the back. It was the Super Sucker! I had to do something
fast so he couldn't use it! T ...
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I.Q Test
Number of Words: 445 / Number of Pages: 2
... psychology of perception, it is clear that a person’s environment has a
great deal to do with their cognitive abilities. Is the light
flickering? Is the paint on the walls an unsettling shade? Is the
temperature too hot or too cold? Is the chair uncomfortable? Or in the
worst case, do they have an illness that day? To test a person’s mind,
it is necessary to utilize their body in the process. If everyone’s
body is placed in different conditions duri ...
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