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Russian Mafia

and also by enforcing contracts during a time when the state apparatus was "too weak and corrupt to do so" (Sokolov 68). Since the...

Job Satisfaction In The Transformed Organization

is one aspect of work that virtually everyone experiences at one time or another; that such pressure can elevate to harmful levels...

Discrimination Of Women In Law Enforcement

so as to ensure women pass. The discriminatory nature of this approach to officer training has long fueled the debate over whethe...

Cases in Australian Tort Law

The main aim of tort law is to provide a route to gain relief for damages received and costs incurred, at the same time as acting ...

Demography Of Aging: Impact Upon Life, Job And Society

both generations; their lives by having to virtually give up themselves and their interests, passions or aspirations just to have ...

Crime And Youth: How Family Relations Contribute To The Development

Aggressive behavior would not be such a concern in children if it were a natural occurrence for them to outgrow the tendency; howe...

Planned Change With Specific Outcomes

who had a strong corporate culture grew at a rate of 6.3 percent compared to a negative growth factor of -7.8 percent for companie...

Urban Sprawl: Impact On Air Quality And Waterway Pollution

area beaches - not the least of which include Pacific Palisades - have been left to fight for their health for far too long to be ...

Was Young King Tut Killed

When King Tut's mummified corpse was x-rayed, there was a strange black section on the base of his skull that the doctor said coul...

Twenty First Century and the Competitive Advantage Model of Michael Porter

In five pages this report examines 1990's The Competitive Advantage of Nations written by Harvard Business School Professor Michae...

The Rise And Fall of the Great Powers Economic Change And Military Conflict From 1500 to 2000 by Paul Kennedy

imperialism; such aspects as the advent of railroads could not help but have a pronounced effect upon the progression of modernity...

Is Okwonko a Sympathetic Character in Things Fall Apart?

In five pages the character of Okonkwo is analyzed in terms of whether or not he can be regarded as sympathetic and also assesses ...

Historical Analysis of Edward Gibbons' 'The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire,' Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War,' and Tacitus' 'The Annals'

In ten pages three ancient historical texts are analyzed in terms of author's approach to history, the representation of the past,...

Symbolic Motifs and Gothic Imagery of 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

In six pages this paper discusses how supernatural, dualism, and death motifs are emphasized through Gothic imagery in this famous...

Melancholia in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and Edgar Allan Poe's 'Fall of the House of Usher'

In five pages this paper compares these stories' similarities in terms of how melancholia or depression is featured in each. Five...

Gender Issues in 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and 'Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

Ushers ultimate fall. "[The house had] an atmosphere which had no affinity with the air of heaven, but which had reeked up from t...

Comparative Analysis of Spiritual Quest in 'The Walls Do Not Fall' by H.D. and 'The Waste Land' by T.S. Eliot

In nine pages these works are contrasted and compared in terms of the shared theme of a spiritual quest. Seven sources are cited ...

The Dead Who Refuse to Die in The Hunter Gracchus by Franz Kafka and 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

(Silverman, 76). In a surprisingly large number of Poes stories, the revenant theme is coupled with some sense of a double -- two...

Change vs. Tradition in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Okonkwo relished in the traditions which consolidated his power within the village and reinforced his identity. The supreme test ...

Setting in 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Raven' and 'The Oval Portrait' by Edgar Allan Poe

tales. While "The Oval Portrait" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are distinctive in setting they share certain simil...

Comparison of David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars, James Goodman's Stories of Scottsboro, and Thomas Bell's Out of This Furnace

that strongly influenced human perceptions, judicial justice and dictated socioeconomic status. As the texts of Thomas Bells Out ...

Analysis of Symbolism in Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'Masque of the Red Death,' and 'The Tell Tale Heart'

significant loss. Examining the examples of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher,...

Nationalizing Banks; The Fall out of the Credit Crunch

the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes" (Caprio, 2004). This is a view that appears...