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    of literature that defined a genre, in later centuries regarded as an acerbic social commentary, a slightly misshapen romantic tragedy, and even as a synthesis of existentialist and post-modernist features. At the centre of this Spanish satirical chronicle is the perplexing character Don Quixote. Don Quixote’s personality and perspective is rapidly established fromsince the beginning of the novel, revealing unabashedly to readers that he is mad. The source of his madness lies in the extent to which

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    casual like how people who normally talk. Wasdin told the story and had also quoted some things that he had said. An example of Wasdin’s narration and how he told the story can be, “That evening, Casanova stayed in the tower while I snuck over to the edge of the Pakistani compound and looked over the wall at the adjacent Save the Children house” (Wasdin 115). This quote shows how he had narrated the story throughout the book. It also shows the detail that he puts in the story. This book can be related

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    Politics of Personal Profit Noga Sklar As revealed last week, a former Hillary’s competitor for the love of Bill is coming out in a bombastic manner: “Hillary Clinton once called disabled children at an Easter egg hunt ‘f***ing ree-tards’ and referred to Jews as ‘stupid k***s’ while Bill called Jesse Jackson a ‘damned n****r,’” are a few of the “talking points” in her recently released book. Earlier this week, because of an afternoon meeting, I had to go to the gym earlier than usual, so instead

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    Aida Donald is the author of the Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt. This book is a chronicle story and achievement of Theodore Roosevelt. Aida Donald has also written a biography of President Harry S. Truman. On one of her interview, she simply said she has had great fun writing about Theodore Roosevelt. Ms. Donald is former editor in chief of Harvard University Press. In this well-written book, she gives a brief history of life of one of the greatest president of United States

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    Perfection in Dance Watching a video of a dance piece called “The Moroccan Project,” choreographed by Alonzo King was quite impressive. Living in San Francisco and taking dance classes brought me to Lines Ballet which is King’s dance studio. I have seen a great deal of different types of dance at the studio waiting for my Ballet classes and there are some great dancers. It comes as no surprise that Alonzo would have such great dancers. It appears that Alonzo King is exploring

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    Medieval people were deeply interested in dreams and visions. Dreams were an essential part of daily life, and people speculated about what they dreamed about. They took from bible stories to speculate what those dreams were about. Because of this, the medieval Dream Vision flowered from the period, as people generally accepted that dreams could convey wisdom and knowledge to the reader. The Nun’s Priest Tale by Chaucer is a prime example of this genre, as it reinforces the importance the dreams

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    Ken Taylor. The task of getting the six who had escaped back home was given to Tony Mendez, a CIA operative. Ben Affleck’s 2012 film, Argo, chronicles the work of Mendez as he works to create a credible disguise to free the six Americans from Iran without tipping off the Iranian government (Freeman). Argo tells a thrilling story that keeps you on the edge of your seat most of the film. Affleck’s character, Tony Mendez, struggles to prepare, plan, and execute one of the most extravagant escape plans

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    counterpart from 2012, beating it out by over 15 million viewers. The primary reason for this cycle’s incredible popularity comes from its brash, abrasive, demagogic candidate, Donald Trump. While most polls currently give his opponent, Hillary Clinton, the edge in winning the presidency, Trump remains extremely close to her in support. The Trump campaign’s efficacy comes as a surprise, given his 60% unfavorability ratings, the highest of any presidential

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    wealth, and organizational performance. (Becerra-Fernandez & Sabherwal, 2010) This process creates value from its intellectual and knowledge based assets. Knowledge management leverges knowledge within an organization to provide a competititive edge. The fuctions within knowledge management acheives the goals of an organization to acquire additional knowledge within its operations to

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