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This paper uses essay style in a creative format to describe how native American author Adrian Louis might respond to Christopher Columbus's plans to pillage the islands of India. The writer uses a letter Christopher Columbus wrote on his plans to return to the islands and what he found there, combined with present examples of short stories authored by Louis, to create this paper.

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"In a letter to Lord Raphael Sanchez dated March 14, 1493, Christopher Columbus describes his most recent expedition. In this expedition, Columbus travels beyond the islands of India and discovers fertile lands containing healthy native Indians who are timid but kind and eager to trade gold for trinkets from the sailors. Columbus describes his future plans to return to the area to trade goods for gold, not so much as to take advantage of the naive Indians, but in order to convert them to Christianity (Columbus). In a series of short stories, author Adrian C. Louis, writes on behalf of..."

Tags:columbus, louis, indians

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"Films make a number of assumptions about gender based on audience beliefs and expectations, and these are derived from the social structure prevalent at the time the film is made. A given film may present different images of gender roles through different characters. In both Fatal Attraction (1987) and the 1992 version of Cape Fear, there are gender roles based on the nuclear family that are held up as preferred or "normal" roles, and these are countered either by the actual behavior of some family member or by an outside force representing a different sexual energy, a different gender role. The films deliberately contrast what the filmmakers see as "normal" gender roles and deviant gender roles, and in both cases the deviant sexual energy threatens the family unit to such a degree that the outside force has to be killed to restore order to the family."

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The paper offers a review and analysis of "Caesar: Life of Colossus" by Adrian Goldsworthy. The paper explains that this scholarly book is written for the layman, as well as for the scholar who seeks new material on Caesar. the paper notes that Goldsworthy also provides a primary and secondary sources, which provide a great of non-biased opinions, but more importantly, historically authentic documents written by Caesar to validate his points.

Tags:Julius, Rome, biography, history

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In this article, the writer compares two films with similar content and themes; Adrian Lynne's 'Fatal Attraction' and Clint Eastwood's 'Play Misty for Me'. The films are compared and contrasted across a number of elements, from character and theme to plot and acting.

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"'Play Misty for Me' directed by Clint Eastwood and 'Fatal Attraction' directed by Adrian Lyne are two films that throw their respective protagonists into a state of terror after a night of casual sex in the case of the former and a weekend of infidelity in the case of the latter. Both films portray a psychotic woman bent on vengeance for being spurned after a sexual encounter as the source of terror. This theme and topic is so similar in both films that their respective ..."

Tags:Eastwood, acting, plot, theme, psychotic, murder, sex, revenge, jealousy, rage, loneliness

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This paper shall examine the book, "Value Migration: How to Think Several Moves Ahead of the Competition" by Adrian J. Slywotsky in respect to the business Microsoft. The strategies describes by Slywotsky in his book are demonstrated by Microsoft in 1996, which can be considered the beginning of true corporate power for Microsoft.

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This paper is a detailed review and analysis of "A Future Perfect" by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge (2000). This essay critiques the book and updates the issues of globalization with relation to more contemporary literature. The author of this essay concludes that the book provides useful and accurate information about the effects of globalization.

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The paper discusses how the clear issue of maintaining a vigilant and aggressive military has been the sole focus of conservatives (both Republicans and Democrats alike) that will not veer from dominating the Middle East. The paper asserts that this ideology is partially in relation to the conservative issue of Bush's Christian beliefs in a "crusade", which also involve a massive private sector expansion of the military industrial complex to keep American soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and in the Sudan.

Tags:america, conservative, politics

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The paper examines the book "Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx" that describes the problems facing two young women as they mature in the Bronx. The paper focuses on three main problems facing these girls that are drugs, poverty and lack of education. The paper discusses how almost all the residents face these problems and they deal with them in similar self-destructive and defeating ways that do not lead to successful lives. The writer concludes with a personal reflection on this story.

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"The problem areas are pervasive in the Bronx and in just about every other inner city poverty-stricken area in the country. Low-income people struggle just to survive and have little hope of ever escaping the hopelessness of their lives. The first major problem is drugs. They are everywhere in the Bronx, especially in the area where Jessica lives. About the only way to prosper in this area is to deal drugs, and the rest of the people know it. The drug dealers flaunt their wealth and status, and other residents are drawn to them because of their success and opulence."

Tags:poverty, education, coping, strategies, ghetto

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This paper explains that the purpose behind "Everybody's Business" is to introduce the new business ethic of the twenty-first century. The book revolves around explaining how issues such as human rights and the environment, which were once regarded as being of little consequence in business decision-making, are now mainstream and present serious risks for today's companies if they choose to ignore these issues.

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"Books on business management, it seems, are as numerous as the grains of sand on a beach. Everyone seems to have an opinion on the best management style and the best way to make a company succeed. Yet most of these books and the theories associated with them are practically carbon copies of each other; none of them have anything truly original to say. Your average, garden-style management book will most likely be nothing more than a re-hash of thousands, even tens of thousands, management books that have come before it. That is why it is so refreshing when a management book with something new and different to say comes along. Everybody's Business, by David Grayson and Adrian Hodges, is such a book."

Tags:environment, business, ethics

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The paper examines "Caesar: Life of a Colossus", the biography of the greatest of Rome's generals. The paper describes how Goldsworthy provides a biography that is comprehensive on the many different facets of leadership and personality traits that Caesar had in his long and successful career as a general and a public servant. The paper relates that Goldsworthy provides primary and secondary sources as well as historically authentic documents written by Caesar. The paper concludes that although Goldsworthy might have delved deeper into the ethical aspects of Caesar's megalomania and ruthless actions, he still provides an important and scholarly account of the famous Roman general and emperor.

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"Caesar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy examines the life of one of the greatest of the Rome's generals and reveals a biography from his earliest years, to his final downfall as a dictator of Rome. The basis of Caesar's military and educational training are essential parts of the biography, which Goldsworthy covers from childhood and early adulthood to his adult life as a general. The story then revolves around Caesar's military conquests, which result in his latter life being centered on his leadership as an emperor and finally, a dictator that is eventually put to death."

Tags:general, emperor, Rome, sources, biography