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Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness

In five pages this paper analyzes the androgyny of this novel in a consideration of modern society and the correlation of gender a...

John Demos, Joseph Plumb Martin and Wartime Experience

one stroke" (Demos 29). Williams and his five children make it to Montreal alive. Once they arrive in Montreal, the Indians begin ...

The Healing Properties of Native American Tradition

individuals, individuals who arrived from that continent we refer to as the "Old World". The precise determination of exactly who...

Information Management

since the computer revolution; this has facilitated improved levels of communication and access to information with an increasing ...

Northrup on History

This 4 page paper discusses David Northrup’s idea that history should be considered as comprising two periods, before and after ...

MoMA Exhibits

space" spread over several buildings (About MoMA - Museum history, 2007). One of these, the "Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Educatio...

Native American Influences on Modern American Culture

also being reflected in modern culture with the search for a spiritual connection with the earth, which is a value being adopted a...

Baumol's Sales Revenue Maximization Model

a separation of management control and ownership, giving management an agency relationship which incorporates some level of freedo...

Hannibal Lecter as Hero

a woman-suit out of women (using their skin)-the ultimate in objectification" (Vorndam). Lecter is initially contemptuous of Starl...

Buddhism and Its Relevance to Modern Society

(Alisimo, 2007). When this freedom is finally attained, the practitioner has reached Nirvana (Alisimo, 2007). Mahayana Buddhism u...

Renault: "The Persian Boy"

man with a dreadful face. Its center was red and empty; blood streamed from it into his mouth and beard ... both shoulders dripped...

Architectural Similarities and Differences in Kuala Lampur and Dubai

that people could better escape the somewhat inhospitable environment as they moved from building to building. Their time outside...

The Golden Age: The Political Concepts of Islam by Ira Lapidus and The Community in Islamic History by Hamilton A.R Gibb

custodians of the true Islam. This, it is argued, reflect in the way that the states have evolved today and the different models t...

How Some Competitive Advantages Endure in New Industries

manufactured products, firms will reverse engineer the products in order to find ways around the patents, and in some cases, as se...

Roman and Modern Architecture

Roman architecture also used the arch extensively, as well as semicircular or oval structures, such as theaters and arenas ("Ancie...

"Gawain and the Greek Knight"/"Wife of Bath's Tale"

face" (lines 444-445)("Sir Gawain" 229). The head then warns Gawain not to forget their agreement, which is that Gawain will submi...

Modern Parable

in a box or in the homeless shelter, and begged for loose change. Starving, with no hope, he reasoned that the lowest paid worker ...

Bureaucracy: Trends for the Future

It might indeed be contended that in particular situations bureaucracies are often more efficient than non-bureaucracies. While t...

Ports; the Impact of Changing Ship Technology

of many countries. However with the emergence of the mega ships the way this takes place will not be the same. Today there are shi...

Sociological Theory, Contemporary Culture, and Technology

the need to separate religion from science, to synthesize the basic principles of the various branches of the sciences into one in...

Structure in Music

the element of chance, such as the chance imperfections that are seen in a finely produced piece of paper, such as one having a wa...

Ironic Repetitions from the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras

he is trying to bring democracy to the region. An example of this futility taken from French history can be found in the history o...

Assessing Divisional Performance

and a high growth rate is an unknown quantity, the final result is not known and as such this is referred to as a questions mark, ...

LEADERSHIP IN THE MODERN ORGANIZATION

level to be decision-makers. The theory behind a flatter organization is that this is the type of organization better able to resp...

ISSUES IN JUDAISM

This 4-page paper answers questions pertaining to topics such as the Jewish Sabbath, ethical considerations faced by Jonah and Abr...

History of Wedding Dresses

weddings resembled pagan festivals and most of then involved the celebration of spring (important planting season for these agricu...

Approaches to Property Portfolio Management

property may be classified as a different type of property (Hoesli and MacGregor, 2000). Therefore, there may also be a category o...

Volkswagen and Ford in Foreign Markets

in Japan. Only when it became clear that the Taurus simply would not sell in Japan did Ford learn the reason. The Taurus would n...

Living by Stories: Modern and Aboriginal

difficult time creating a cohesive worldview. Because of this the aboriginal people often had to struggle with ways in which to un...

Richard Branson, Percy Barnevik and David Simon; Leadership Roles

a key role, and fits in with the idea put forward by Zaleznik (1977) where leaders will have followers and Kotter (1990) argues th...