1985 Essays

  • CASE: Paul Cronan and New England Telephone Company (A)

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    (NET) in 1973 as a file clerk. In 1983 he was promoted to service technician. He worked in Needham, Massachusetts for 18 months before transferring to South Boston, Massachusetts. In 1985, Cronan suffered from medical symptoms due to AIDS-related complex (ARC), and missed work sporadically for 6 months. In June, 1985 Cronan requested a third leave of absence from work for a doctor’s appointment. Cronan’s supervisor, Charles O’Brian, demanded to know the nature of the illness, and assured him that

  • Analysis Of The Us-China Trade

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    Analysis of the US-China Trade The U.S. trade deficit has risen more or less steadily since 1992. In the second quarter of 2004, the trade deficit relative to GDP surpassed the 5 percent mark for the first time. Many economists already considered trade deficits above 4 percent of GDP dangerously high. The fear is that continued growth in this external imbalance of the U.S. economy will ultimately spook overseas investors. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2004/09/b193700.html The United States

  • David Abraham and the Weimar Republic

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    The Nation. 16 Feb 1985, p. 180-183. Abraham, David. "Business Wars: On Contributions of Weimar Scholarship." Vierteljahrschrift fur Sozial Feldman, Gerald D. "A Collapse in Weimar Scholarship." Central European History 17: 158-177 Feldman, Gerald D. "A Collapse in Weimar Scholarship." Central European History 17: 158-177 Feldman, Gerald D. "A Collapse in Weimar Scholarship." Central European History 17: 158-17 Weiner, Jon. "Footnotes to History." The Nation. 16 Feb 1985, p. 180-183 Campbell

  • Gateway Vs Dell

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    Gateway was founded in 1985 in an Iowa farmhouse and has grown into one of America's best-known brands. Gateway is the third-largest PC Company in the U.S. Gateway started out in 1991 when it introduced its distinctive cow-spotted boxes. In December 1993, it became part of the Fortune 500 and started to trade NASDAQ, a t$15.00 per share, prior to moving to the New York Stock Exchange in 1997. In March 2004, the company acquired eMachines, a PC maker, for $235 million. This took Gateway from a

  • The Mallee Region of Victoria

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    The Mallee Region of Victoria Location and Contents: The Mallee region of Victoria is situated in North-West Victoria and covers an area of around 44,000 square kilometres. The region is known to be associated with the adjacent land of South Australia and New South Wales and is also recognised to join with the Wimmera and Loddon regions of Victoria. Also, because of the large area which the region covers and the diversity it beholds, it is sometimes distinguished into two sub-regions, the north

  • Paul Cronan and New England Telephone Company Case Analysis

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         Paul was diagnosed with AIDS Related Complex (ARC) in 1985. ?     Paul informed his supervisor about ARC when asked about his third request to leave work for a medical appointment (1985). ?     Paul had a poor attendance history. His tardiness and medical appointments concerned his supervision. ?     Paul was granted NET sickness benefits in June 1985. ?     Disparaging comments about Paul and AIDS were observed in NET restrooms (summer 1985). ?     Paul obtained medical permission to return to

  • Knowledge and Technology

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    Digital technology has opened new horizons for the human art of thinking and creating knowledge. However, there are risks for humanity in terms of access and human development. Universal sharing and access of knowledge is facilitated by the use of digital technology. For example, the content of rare and unique books and manuscripts such as those held in The Library of Congress, Washington D.C. are now uploaded to the internet (The Library of Congress, Washington D.C. n.d.). This knowledge no longer

  • Cross Cultural Children Cross-Culture Children

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    Cross-Culture Children Cross-Culture Kids are more typically defined as: “A person who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside the parents’ culture . . .. [He/she] builds relationships to all of the cultures, while not having full ownership in any. Although elements from each culture may be assimilated into [his/her] life experience, the sense of belonging is in relationship to others of similar background” (Moore & Barker, 2011, p. 553). In knowing this, it can be

  • New Madrid Earthquake Case Study

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    The New Madrid Fault Earthquake The New Madrid Earthquake is referred to the area that exposed to the robust earthquakes in the United States of America. The area is located in Southeastern Missouri, Northeastern Arkansas, Western Tennessee, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois, which is the most active seismic in the USA east of the Rocky Mountains. Historically, in 1811-1812, the New Madrid seismic zone suffered a sequence of earthquakes that included three very large earthquakes estimated to

  • The Cost Of Artificial Intelligence

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    unsuccessfully be able to solve. Artificial Intelligence is the correct pathway to take, if you are considering to use it on mundane tasks. It would definitely make everybody's life easier. You don't have to use your brain as much, like you used it at school. The intelligence of AI will absolutely help the society to evolve, and to also make it so much stronger than it already is. It would provide a faster way to solve problems that humans can't solve. Artificial Intelligence may be really helpful

  • 1985 Mexico Earthquake

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    Science assignment speech The 1985 mexico city earthquake. On the date of 1985 at around 7:19 mexico city was hit by an earthquake that had a magnitude of about 8.1. The earthquake did not occur on the city but it occurred 350 kilometres from the city on the Cocos plate subduction zone. Mexico city built on a former lakebed made it very vulnerable to natural disasters and being on top of the Cocos tectonic plate didn’t help either. The earthquake was caused by the north american plate and the Cocos

  • The Partnership Act 1985

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    This question associated with law of partnership, covered by the Partnership Act 1985 (WA), which is particularly applied to internal liabilities and cessation of partnership as well. Although a broad variety of characters of liabilities owned by partners, those specific characters related to the case. In the term of PA s7 states “Partnership is the relation which subsists between persons carrying on a business in common with a view of profit”. The most important characteristic of partnership

  • 1985: The Year of the Spy

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    1985 became branded as the Year of the Spy by American press as a result of a string of high-profile espionage arrests. One of the most notorious cases from this time period is that of Aldrich Hazen Ames. In his thirty year employment with the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations, Ames compromised the second-largest number of CIA assets so far as is known; he was alleged to have disclosed virtually all of the CIA's active Soviet agents, many of whom were later executed or imprisoned

  • The Worst Tornado that Hit Pennsylvania in 1985

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    Some say that the tornado of 1985 will forever go down in history as one of the worst natural disasters that have ever occurred in Pennsylvania (Forbes). In reportedly a matter of a few seconds for some towns, the tornado, stubbornly set on its path of destruction, swept through many towns. Despite how long the tornado may had taken to virtually obliterate them, the result was always the same, maximum damage and death (Haas). The ramifications of the tornado caused severe property damage and casualties

  • Tennessee v. Garner 1985

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    Name:     Tennessee v. Garner Citation:     No. 83-1035, 83-1070 (1985) Facts:          On October 3, 1974, Memphis Police Officers Hymon and Wright were dispatched to answer a “prowler inside call.” When the police arrived at the scene, a neighbor gestured to the house where she had heard glass breaking and that someone was breaking into the house. While one of the officer radioed that they were on the scene, the other officer went to the rear of the house hearing a door slam and saw someone

  • The Search for Meaning in The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Frankenstein, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Yellow Wallpaper, and The Road Not Taken

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    Elusive as it may be, the human race has, and will always, search for meaning. The need for this fulfillment is a fundamental part of the human condition for man and woman alike; however, gaining one’s definition is a mysterious and arduous task. The path to finding meaning is often treacherously opaque and deceptive, so when someone believes they have solved the riddle of gaining fulfillment, they are prone to advertise their findings. Based on the ideas presented though The Death of Ivan Ilyich

  • Corruption In America

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    Living in America has many meanings to so many different people. For some it’s a safe haven while for others it’s a second chance at life. America was made to give hope, freedom, and another chance. Everything that America once stood on tall and strong, is falling down in the hands of evil corruption. If a person was asked what they think about America today, their response would be negative. Why would a country with so much meaning be looked down upon? America was once only a mere dream for people

  • Reflection Paper On The Fourth Of July

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    There is a saying “walk in a mile in my shoes…then maybe you’ll understand why I do, what I do.” This quote is a bit longer than the usual “put yourself in someone else’s shoes,” but they essentially ask a person to take a moment and try to see the perspective of another person to understand them. While growing up, I often heard these saying and I thought I completely understood them. If I wanted to understand someone who was going through a rough time, I should take a moment and see the world through

  • Hurricane Gloria: The 1985 Storm of the Century

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    Hurricane Gloria, “Storm of the Century” It was the September of 1985 in Massapequa Park, located in Long Island, New York. A few days prior, Tropical Storm Henri had rolled through, causing some precipitation but otherwise being no cause for alarm. My father had only moved back in with my grandmother just the summer before, after some academic struggles hit him hard. The weather forecast predicted to unimpressed listeners- my father, my grandmother, and my uncle- that the next storm coming would

  • The Five Adolescent Students In The Breakfast Club (1985)

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    The Breakfast Club (1985) follows a group of five adolescents through an eight-hour long detention at their high school. The film progresses through their day evading their assistant principal and engaging in delinquent activity, all in an attempt to pass the time faster. Though all coming from different cliques and social groups, by the end of the movie, the five students come closer together and find that their differences are not as deep as they seem. Films within the popular media have tried