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    Summary: The Outsiders

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    The Outsiders is a book written by S.E. Hinton. It is about two social classes (greasers and socials). They always have scraps and rumbles but at one point two of the main greasers are jumped and one of the greasers kills a soc. I think that the greasers have rougher lives than the socs because of their bad families, little money, and they are expected to be hoodlums. The greasers have very little money. All of the greasers have bad looking homes. They are in the rough side of town and are not put

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    The Veldt Summary

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    In the short story “The Veldt” David the psychologist states ‘...a tendency toward a slight paranoia here or there. But this is usual in children because they feel their parents are always doing things to make them suffer in one way or another.’ (Bradbury) He talks about how he felt about the kid’s nursery. In the short story, there is a smart house and in the smart house there is a room similar to virtual reality that helps the children. In the article, “Virtual Reality: Ethical Challenges and Dangers”

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    Anna's Claim Summary

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    also shed light on a looming problem within the organization the employer avoided addressing. In the below scenario, Anna believes she is a victim of discrimination and is filing a hostile work environment action against her employer. Anna’s Claim Summary Anna claims Michael, her immediate supervisor violated two organizational policies: initializing closed-door

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    Popular Article Summary

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    Assignment Part 2 9b. 1. Popular Article Summary. (5 pts) The purpose of this research was to explain the different reasons why people use music. It talked about personality linked to musical preference. Editors from this text explained how they use songs to tune their inner lives. Jay,Nando,Carlin,Matt, and Greg all shared reasons for why they listen to the types of music they do. “People with higher iqs, who are more intellectual and open are more likely to appreciate music in a rational

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    Bolgia Four Summary

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    Circle Eight: Bolgia Four: The Fortune Tellers and Diviners.     SUMMARY:            As Dante and Virgil  travel into the fourth Bolgia, they peer above the sinners. In this subset, people who have used forbidden arts to learn of the future reside here. Their punishment is to have their heads rotated backwards on their body, eyes full of tears. This causes them not to be able to see in front of them, a complete reversal of how they used to “see” upcoming events.These sinners also have to walk backwards

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    Summary Risk Report

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    COVER PAGE SUMMARY RISK REPORT Name: Charles Cunningham Date: Apr 13, 2014 Course: PROJ420 Project Name: Cunningham Tiny House Project EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report discusses the risk analysis process and results for the Cunningham Small House Project. This small house project is located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay. A risk analysis was performed to study project elements that could have an impact on the project cost and schedule. The analysis measures these

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    Executive Summary Essay

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    The executive summary is arguably the most important section of the business plan. It must be concise, specific, and well-written. It summarizes the highlights of the completed business plan and provides a brief snapshot of the plan, with sales, spending, and profit summary figures. The summary emphasizes those factors that will make the business a success. It must contain sound numbers for market size, trends, company goals, spending, return on investment, capital expenditures, and funding

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    Summary: In this journal, the authors reflect on the strategies of Mindfulness-Meditation (MM) as a useful technique for college students who experience enormous levels of stress, anxiety, and other cyclical disorders. Multiple intervention conductivity studies were done on college students at least 18 years of age or older and focused on the levels of stress in relation with components of mindfulness-based stress reduction traits. The study concludes that with the growing number of students that

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    A Summary of “Commons Sense” This article goes over the inefficiency of the commons, the idea of a shared area that anyone can use. This idea is flawed because it is in every individual’s best interest to get the most out of the land, regardless of the other land users. This can lead to the over use and abuse of the land and its resources. To prevent such misuse, rules must be set in place and people to enforce them. However, this leads to more complications, as people must be found to monitor use

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    text. However, the book does offer many vocabulary words with meaning, but does not offer any study questions for review or a summary of how much changed her activism has contributed to immigration laws. The book is accredited, due to her knowledge of being a Jewish Immigrant, while justifying and making proficient use of first-person sources. Antin presents an expansive summary of Jewish history that concentrates on the old world and new world for immigrants worldwide,, instead of Jewish ethnisities

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