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COBRA and What It Means to the Economy

The role of public and private entities in health care is not a new debate. This paper details the Consolidated Omnibus Resolution...

Great Minds Discuss Life's Meaning and Purpose

In five pages this paper examines how life's meaning and purpose are viewed by such great thinkers as Albert Camus, Friedrich Niet...

'Leaf By Niggle,' Tree and Leaf by J.R.R. Tolkien, and Language Meaning

In five pages this paper examines the meaning of the language used in this story and novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. Four sources are ci...

Life's Meaning in 'Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka and 'Ivan Ilyich' by Leo Tolstoy

In 4 pages this paper examines how life's meaning is conveyed through physical and spiritual changes in a contrasting of these two...

Life, Meaning, and Meursault in Alfred Camus' The Stranger

In six pages this paper assesses whether or not Camus' character Meursault lived a meaningful life with criteria contained within ...

Meaning, Free Verse, and Poetry

In five pages this paper discusses expressionist poetry and the importance of tone or meaning of the author in Philip Booth's 'Nar...

Vertical Integration as a Means of Expansion: the Case of BMD

The writer discusses the case of BMD, a lumber yard company, which attempted to expand and maximize profits by acquiring other com...

Pentangle's Symbolic Meaning in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In five pages this paper examines the moral truth representation of the pentangle in an analysis of the 'Sir Gawain and the Green ...

An Analysis of That's Not What I Meant by Author Deborah Tannen

misunderstood intentions can also influence communications styles. Add an indirect style of communication, more a tool used by wo...

Silence and its Communication Meaning

or a look, but silence is not synonymous with compliance or satisfaction. Silence does not mean everything is okay. It often means...

Symbolic Meaning of the Cask in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado'

In six pages this paper discusses the symbolism of the cask that appears throughout Edgar Allan Poe's compelling short story. Eig...

Intelligence and What It Means

In twelve pages this paper considers various meanings associated with intelligence in an examination of the Triarchic Theory of Hu...

Sleep and Its Meaning in Macbeth by William Shakespeare

authors literary interpretation, Macbeth reflects a significance quite distinguishable in its ability to address human conflict wi...

What is Meant by Corporate Culture

In three pages this paper defines culture and then applies its characteristics to the organizational sphere. Four sources are lis...

'The Flea' by John Donne, Meaning and Metaphor

imagery and emotional intensity alone, but by considering the social context that they grew out of and how they address it, a whol...

Meaning of Grace Slick's Song White Rabbit

. . sure, Sgt. Pepper gave the Summer of Love its soundtrack, but White Rabbit melted the patchouli-scented essence of 1967 into t...

Journeys and Their Philosophical Meaning in 'Inferno' by Dante Alighieri and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

student who is writing about this topic should consider the ways in which the each author develops the philosophical journey of ea...

Classical versus Romantic Music and Meaning

like the painters and poets of this era, they subordinated emotional expression to an accepted standard of "rules" of form.2. Th...

The Philosophy, Meaning, and Value of Being Good

This paper examines the true meaning of the very vague word, good. The author points out that the word has two separate and unique...

'Eternal Return' of Friedrich Nietzsche and Meaning

In thirteen pages this paper considers the Eternal Return of Nietzsche in a consideration of theoretical meaning. Seven sources a...

A Review of A Woman of Independent Means

This 7 page essay analyzes world and personal changes and eventsthat affect the character Bess Steed Garner. 1 source is cited....

Enlightenment and its Meaning

prevents not only the slaves but the Christians who own them from becoming enlightened through religion. Clearly, Immanual Kant a...

Democracy and What It Means

that man has the right to do just about anything he pleases just as long as it does not infringe upon the well-being of another. ...

How Buildings Mean by Nelson Goodman

are works of art, and this is not a matter of the difference between good and bad art: in fact, he asserts specifically that most ...

Meaning of Hate Crimes

are placid and do nothing, allowing these they of crime to continue. If we consider the way that those in society are...

Meaning of Patriotism

positive and gratifying experience for citizens, who feel indebted to their country for receiving such blessings as freedom, secur...

Meaning of the Lyrics 'America the Beautiful' by Poet Katherine Lee Bates

(Nash 12C). At the time of her composition, Bates had traveled to Colorado with an expedition to climb up the 14,000-foot-plus Pik...

Psychology and its Meaning

a cause and that the cause of a particular reaction could be interpreted through deductive reasoning (Psychology, 1993). Other phi...

People as The Ends and Means of Actions and the Theories of Rawls, Nozick, and Kant

through a consideration not of personal benefit but simply on the basis that the choices are the only rational ones. Kant argues ...

Meaning of Terrorism

style. Terrorism according to Laqueur In his book, The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction, writer ...