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in any term constitutes a counter offer (McKendrick, 2000). This also kills the initial offer. Another case that may be sited is t...

be a direct benefit, such as manufacturing the goods themselves, as seen with companies such as Dyson who have developed and paten...

as Sullivan takes things a step further. He looks at males in three neighborhoods, thus enhancing the possibilities for an expanse...

everyday encounters African Americans often demean themselves in the choices they make in regard to their communication style. Th...

artistic and mathematical minds. Or it could indicate that architecture has its share of frauds like every other field of industry...

In eleven pages English law is referred to in this case study of social services gaining a care order for the children ages two an...

of money. Gradgrind is mortified, his familys reputation is destroyed and he realizes (though it has come at great cost) that his ...

128). This individual clearly is quite capable, and sensitive to the nuances of language. Fu and Townsend (1998) quote ano...

the historical record to present well-documented evidence that Native Americans did indeed have not only an opinion but an express...

faith primarily in their thane and in "wyrd," which is a pagan reference to fate or destiny, according to Abrams, et al (1968). ...

away. He stands as a man of a higher social class who has integrity. His mother, however, represents all that is bad in the upper ...

and understood in many different ways. We are not only given one perspective but two that work together in different and powerful ...

to the English, it was felt perhaps, by many other less powerful classes, that also learning the language and adhering to the Brit...

If this were an acceptance this would have to be an "unqualified expression of assent to the terms proposed by the offerer" (McKen...

it is to be presumed. And, in the end, if the goal of the creators of the dictionary is to present an accurate picture and depicti...

doing things that are developmentally inappropriate with students because they are trying to get through a certain amount of mater...

"N" word, which incidentally does appear in the dictionary. To an extent, there is a mystique about urban culture and a true emb...

not known, although the effects still influence the way we use language nowadays. It was a huge change in the way that English vow...

investigation that Dr. Weiss found Catherine, a patient who "started to channel wisdom Weiss believed to be from beyond the scope ...

supremacy of white, native-born citizens" (Diamond, 1996, p. 154). Because so many people speak English and it is the primary lan...

be a way of discreetly getting his message across while solidifying his professional literary reputation.5 His greatest satirical...

leans on her heavily for advice and help in maintaining the farm after her fathers death. In fact, Ruby helps Ada take care of her...

impoverished class lacked proper legal or parliamentary representation. It was a bitter indictment against a system dominated by ...

dialect and Black English depending on the social situation. Because the authors mother patterned this, by the time Gilyard was ol...

of the novel and are mentioned because of their value in understanding the conflict between Pip and Estella. Chapter 1 Dicke...

different legal systems in operation (Barker and Padfield, 1996). Therefore, law at this stage was fragmented and diverse. ...

as an anecdote in this article is one located in a "corner" of Iowa (2001). The author explains that "urban school districts oft...

in that language, and the world was well on its way toward the development of dictionaries as we know them today. In 1603, Robert...

Aristotle. The sky is of course something that perhaps is significant in esoteric matters. After all, the sky is quite provocativ...

will come to being able to communicate effectively" (Gassin, 1990, 437). Like Adams, Gassin (1990) also believed that the achieve...