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    My first experience with discrimination I was 17 years old. I was involved in the Business Professionals of America program with my high school. In that class, they taught us how to write, speak, talk, act as a young business professional. We were starting to look for jobs because the senior year we would be working part time. I was over joyed by this student had to make sure their grades in other classes never fell below a C in order for you to work and leave school around 11:30 am. This one particular

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    where I would be enjoying the fruits of my previous labor. I went on a quest towards finding the perfect career that I would enjoy for a lifetime. Though it was tough, I managed to find my calling sixteen years into my life. A career in business suits me because I am motivated, persistent, confident, and innovative. I have always had the passion for making a profit, but I never applied business as a career option. When I was a junior, I bought an old Schwinn bicycle for $10. I took the time to sand

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    Lorillard's Bowtie

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    It's just different. And significantly elegant. “First and foremost, it's pleasingly different,” he says. “What the badge or the bowtie?” I ask with a smile as I pull his bowtie straight. “Both,” he replies. “We won’t look or feel like anyone else there,” I say with pride, “We’ll definitely stand out from the crowd.” He grins with satisfaction as he knows, when wearing a bowtie he always looks good: suave yet friendly, and people feeling encouraged to approach and start a conversion. When wearing

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    go back much further than that. Although 18th century clothing was a lot more elaborate then todays you can see its influence in fashion today. Although there are several examples of this two that will be discussed are the corset and the mens suit. During the 18th century Americans started to develop their own style slowly but were influenced by European fashions, most of which started in Paris. Other

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    Radiation Victim He had never traveled this far from the shelter before, five kilometers was his previous record and he had far surpassed that by now. Feeling a slight itch he tugged at the neck of his environmental suit. It ballooned out from his body about half a foot making it awkward to progress along the route. This far from the shelter, to James, the land appeared as flat as the polished metal flooring of his home. He had already begun to feel dread at the sheer distance between himself and

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    everyone I knew was excited. I felt like I was the one who would be doing the most tonight. I was getting all dressed up. My nice black suit laying on my bed next to my dark red tie. I looked at them both and smiled. Tonight was gonna be the night that the high schoolers would never forget. I glanced at my clock to see how much time I had. I quickly grabbed my suit and tie and rushed to the bathroom to get dressed. “You are Gorgeous!!!!” I yelled while looking in the mirror. I went back into my

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    clothing choices are not the same as casual clothes one might wear on a Sunday afternoon at home watching football or clothes one would wear to a night club. Business professional has a more clear-cut set of guidelines. Most people will be wearing suits or jackets. “Neutral and darker colors are common as well as simple choices when it comes to jewelry and shoes” ("Business Casual VS Business Professional" par. 4). Men deciding what to wear to a new job must first know if the employers’ business culture

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    Malcolm George Kimberly, a successful CEO of the international enterprise, a young, charming millionaire who was a frequent member on the list of the New York City’s rich, stylish bachelors, also a former chief violinist of the symphony of the Brooklyn a few years ago before the “Mozart Project” has launched, was lying on his leather lounge and peeping out of the new French casement in his one hundred and fifty square meters private office on the 86th floor of a symbolic skyscraper rooted in the

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    The Badass MotherFucker Badass Motherfucker stopped by his secretary’s desk. “I’m going to lunch. Be back in an hour or so homie.” “Sir, you have an appointment with your CFO at one o’clock.” she said “I need you to push that back an hour. And I don’t want to be bothered. Understand?” She smiled. “Yes, sir. And the roses have been delivered.” “Great. Thanks, Big tittied woman.” He walked away from her desk. “Happy Anniversary,” she said as he went out the door. Badass MotherFucker stepped onto the

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    We walked in, him first, because since I’m no lady, there can’t be “ladies first”s happening here, and there was two men--one in all black with thick black hair pulled back in a ponytail and an unamused face (speaking of similarities to Harry Potter, this guy just screamed “Professor Snape) was standing to the side of the large, regal desk, the other in nice and fancy clothing with brown hair and clipped goatee and kind eyes of the same color with a friendly smile on his face, and he was sitting

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