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Papers on Miscellaneous Topics
Infrastructure And Economic Pr
Number of words: 976 | Number of pages: 4.... in that fashion over long roads and bridges. The first road vehicles were two-wheeled carts, with stone disks as wheels, used by the Sumerians in 3000 B.C.E.. The Chinese constructed the first road system under the Chou dynasty in 1000 B.C.E.. In Asia, the camel caravan served to transport goods and people. The first system of transportation by sailing was created by the Phoenicians, and was used to ship goods of high value, such as gems, spices, and fine handiwork. This form of transportation is first written about with King Solomon, “…ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.” The advances .....
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Psychoanalysis Of Fairytales
Number of words: 2487 | Number of pages: 10.... 'hidden' latent content. It is this constituent that lies open to interpretation, depicting what the tale is 'actually' about, through symbolic representation.
Symbols, as used in the interpretative sense, are objects, colours, people or scenes that represent the inner moods or occurrences around us or needing to be addressed. The argument that is presented regarding the interpretation of these symbols is: what are the standards and who sets them? Over time there have come to be certain accepted symbols for major themes such as sexuality and fear. Erich Fromm writes in his The Forgotten Language that, "If one fails to grasp the t .....
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Basketball Needs To Be Fixed
Number of words: 1325 | Number of pages: 5.... basketball has paid greatly by losing its most talented
players to the NBA as many as three years early. This has resulted in not only
an overall lessening of the game, but in certain circumstances caused the
downfall of once great basketball programs. This is how it happens, colleges
recruit players based on what their needs are or what they will need shortly in
the future. So let us say that one school has a great core of sophomore and
junior players for an upcoming season. The coaches do not have the need or the
room for many new top notch players. So all of the top recruits find other
schools to go to. Then, let us .....
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Image Audit Of Olav Thon Real
Number of words: 3025 | Number of pages: 11.... in the first half of 1997. The percentage of shares held by Mr. Olav Thon, did not change. The profit for the second half of 1998 was anticipated to be in line with the results of the first half-year.
? MINI-SWOT ANALYSIS
? STRENGHTS:
? good maintenance and standard of the real estates
? Safe tenancy conditions – solid and secure real-estate management
? Flexibility regarding the size and situation of the premises
? Well established service apparatus, and good personal service
? Attractive premises
? Long experience
? loyal customers
? niches: offices / general business premises, shopping centers and hote .....
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The Vampire Genre (v.s)
Number of words: 2415 | Number of pages: 9.... Dr John Seward, the superintendent
of a large mental asylum at Purfleet in Essex. It begins with Harker's journey to Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania in connection with the Count's purchase of an estate adjoining Dr Seward's asylum. After various horrifying experiences at the castle Harker makes his way to a ruined chapel, where he finds fifty great wooden boxes filled with earth recently dug from the graveyard of the Draculas, in one of which the un-dead Count is lying. These boxes are sent to Whitby where Dracula disembarks in the shape of a wolf, having killing the ships crew during the journey. He proceeds in turnin .....
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Death Penality
Number of words: 439 | Number of pages: 2.... to eat and enjoy, natural death is made by God to regulate population and the death penalty is made by man to punish those who kill. The right to kill those who kill is not granted to any individual, therefore, the death penalty is not a right any person can take advantage of and use as punishment.
Punishment for wrongdoing is acceptable, but cruel and unusual punishment is
against the law. If our society punishes those who commit horrible crimes such as killing another human being, then is it not considered cruel and unusual punishment to penalize a wrong with a wrong? Children grow up being taught that two wrongs do not make .....
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Why I Love America
Number of words: 459 | Number of pages: 2.... countries in the world that will not tolerate any person who breaks curfew. Few minor privileges that are given to Americans make a big difference in the way that every day life is lived. The feeling of being free is just enough to make anyone appreciate the United States of America.
I love the United States of America also because of the variety of career opportunities. In America, there are jobs with good salaries in almost every line of work. From electrical engineering to sanitation control the opportunities are endless. People in America who are jobless, are so because they chose to be jobless. There is no logical reaso .....
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When Filing For Bankruptcy In
Number of words: 1879 | Number of pages: 7.... The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act deals with reorganizations and another federal statute, the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, may offer relief to some corporations. Some of Canada’s biggest news stories of the past few years have concerned the attempts of major Canadian
companies such as Olympia & York, Algoma Steel, Grafton Fraser, Woodwards, Westar Mining, and Birks, to complete reorganizations. But the most well known companies were both Air Canada and Canadian Airlines.
Air Canada, Canadian Airlines, and United Airlines
are all commercial passenger air carriers. Beyond that,
they have only a fe .....
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Homophobia Fear Or Hate
Number of words: 730 | Number of pages: 3.... is a crime agaist nature; anyone who practices it is sick, crazy, immoral, sinful, or wicked. Research has found out that there is no greater incidence of mental illness among lesbians and gays than among heterosexuals. Homophobic people might think that gays and lesbians do not contribute to society. If they did research on it they would find out that gays and lesbians have made major contributions to all aspects of society. There are gays and lesbians in all typed of professions in America. These areas include social services, education, politics, arts, and sciences.
Men that are homophobic might think that homosexual .....
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Etrade
Number of words: 1611 | Number of pages: 6.... *providing the broadest range of high value-added tools, products and services;
*enabling "anytime, anywhere, anyway" access, worldwide, to actionable information;
and
*integrating a broad-based digital financial media strategy with existing product and service offerings
(10 K report)
Growth Strategies
expanding global coverage by launching new sites in four additional countries (France, Sweden, the UK, and Japan) to complement our existing coverage in Australia, New Zealand and Canada; the acquisition of TIR in August 1999; and in January 2000, the acquisition of Telebanc. TIR is active in equity, fixed income, cur .....
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