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The paper provides a book review of "Jazz Anecdotes", by Bill Crow, which brings back the old days of the 1930s and 40s., for the most part, featuring some of the jazz musicians and bands now largely forgotten by today's generation. The paper explains that the review basically states that the sort of respect and warmth, even during competition for gigs is something that today's rap artists simply lack. The paper concludes that sadly, the era and the music and the musicians are largely gone now, remembered only in books like this.

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"Our current generation is not nearly as interested in jazz as Americans were in the Twentieth Century. Despite the fact that jazz is a truly original American contribution to the world of music, there are fewer "jazz giants" and audiences than this book covers. Frankly, the best way to read and discuss this book is to find someone your grandfather's age- someone who still treasures 78 rpm and LP records that featured some of the people mentioned in this book- people now long forgotten. As the author explains at the outset, "If you want to play jazz for a living you either learn to laugh or you cry a lot" (Crow v). In these..."

Tags:jazz, big band, louis armstrong

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In this paper, popular beliefs are contrasted with the statistical realities of the incidents of police suicide. The root causes are reviewed from anecdotal reports of several tragic incidences. The legal implications as far as liability by the departments to the family of the officers, worker's compensation and the influence of the Americans with Disabilities Act are reviewed as well. The paper shows how this complicated tragic issue is wrought with political repercussions as well as individual loss, where there are as many causes as there are unfortunate events.

Tags:police, suicide, issues

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This paper describes two government media releases of the People's Republic of China in September and October of 1960, respectively, the first on the nobility and success of collective agriculture, and the second on the Party's decision to pay farm workers in advance for their noble toil. The writer makes a note on the role of propaganda in China, through time, as a set of methods naturally adapted by Communists. The writer presents an exploration of what was really happening behind the scenes in none other than a famine in which millions were dying in more than 20 provinces.

Tags:1960, famine

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This paper examines Dell's current ratio, inventory turnover, debt ratio, net profit margin ratio, price per earnings ratio and return on equity. The paper calculates Dell's weighted average cost of capital and asserts investment in Dell seems an optimum choice. The paper explains also that the company follows a prudent short and long-term financial policy, the levels of inventory are significantly low and the financial results for Q2 of 2008, although not yet reflected in the share price, show strong figures.

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"The current ratio of a company, calculated by dividing the current asset value to the current liabilities value, shows that respective company's capacity to cover its short - term liabilities by using its current assets. It is an important measure that shows the short-term financial solidity of the company: if the current liabilities are much greater than the value of the current assets, it is likely that the company will start having financial problems in the very near future. This is why a value around 1 is generally advisable for this ratio."

Tags:ratio, debt, inventory, turnover, liabilities, assets, equity, capital

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The paper shows that as Tom Foley's former press agent, Jeffrey Briggs is able to write an informative and interesting biography of the former Speaker of the House. Briggs combines his memories and experiences with Foley's reflections to provide the reader with a history of the workings of the institution of the House of Representatives. The paper shows that although there are occasional anecdotes about famous figures, such as Lyndon Johnson, this book focuses primarily on giving an insider's view of how Congress works. In the process, the author reflects on most of the significant political subjects since the 1960s.

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"When Tip O'Neal selected Foley as the Democratic Majority Whip in 1983, many thought it was a bad choice. It was believed that the gentlemanly Representative from Washington could not be "hard-nosed" enough to carry out the duties of his position. But he proved that he was the right man for the job. Even though he was respectful of the opinions of others, he could also be forceful in expressing his own opinion. "He had the essential quality of a good leader, of being willing to risk losing when he was pretty sure he was right" (76)."

Tags:democrat, candidate, IRA, Nicaragua

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The paper examines Herodotus' work "Histories" and Thucydides' work "History of the Pelopennesian War" and shows how both these writers accomplish their goals of objectivity and a respect for history in totally different ways. The paper analyzes how Herodotus' work is almost purely anecdotal, while Thucydide reports a major figure's lineage rather than telling it as a story. The paper highlights the pros and cons of each writer but shows how their limitations are actually due to their subject matter. The paper opines that both of these works have great value, simply in different ways.

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"It is fair to see from the Histories that Herodotus view of history is anthropological. Like Thucydides, he recognizes the value in examining the center of the human spirit. To Herodotus however, this is history. The actions and reactions, the stories of these people; this is what creates history. To this end, Herodotus is almost purely anecdotal. Detailed descriptions of war are glossed over almost as an annoyance, where human interaction takes the forefront. This is a great departure from modern historical method, like that of Thucydides, where a major figure's lineage is reported rather than told as a story."

Tags:style, facts, anecdotes, dialogues

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This paper reports on a a brief study that set out to determine the accuracy of the proposition that absolute heterosexuality is a comparatively rare phenomenon and that most individuals maintain a certain capacity toward homosexual attraction. The results indicated that the proposition is not true but reflects the psychological phenomenon of projection and a specific logically flawed conclusion based on false assumptions in connection with anecdotal experiences of homosexual and bisexual individuals.

Outline:
Abstract
Introduction
Literature Review
Hypothesis
Method
Discussion

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"Gay rights activists have frequently suggested that exclusive heterosexuality is not the natural state of human psychosexual identity. According to this view, human psychosexual identity and capacity for homosexual attraction exists on a wide spectrum between absolute heterosexuality on one polar end and absolute homosexuality on the opposite polar end, with the vast majority of individuals represented much closer to the middle than either end (Progressiveu 2008).
"Likewise, proponents of this position maintain that the apparent predominance of heterosexual identity in society is primarily a function of the socialization process rather than innate tendencies. Specifically, they point out that social norms strongly encourage heterosexual orientation and simultaneously promote anti-homosexual sentiments (Poole, et al 2007), thereby discouraging any deviation from the heterosexual social norm and associating it with shame and embarrassment (Progressiveu 2008). Finally, many gay rights activists have suggested that the large apparent prevalence of heterosexuality in
comparison to homosexual orientation evident in society is simply a function of the degree to which genuine sexual identity is shaped by subconscious sexual repression as a result of social pressure to conform to the heterosexual norm (Gerrig & Zimbardo 2005)."

Tags:identity, attraction, gay-rights

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This paper relates that the writer's Kouzes-Posner leadership practices inventory (LPI) feedback report revealed that his ability to keep his commitments was rated as one of his greatest personal strengths by his supervisors; however, he needs to work on his listening skills. The writer points out that the LPI allowed him to compare the different responses of the various people reporting on his performance on various leadership attributes. The paper then presents the writer's leadership map to develop his leadership ability especially in the areas of English communication skills, listening better and the impression he gives when working on a team.

Table of Contents:
Leadership Strengths Not Sufficiently Recognized In Myself
Leadership Strengths Not Sufficiently Developed
Connection between the LPI Data and Other Leadership Concepts
What I Learned about Research from this Assignment
Leadership Map

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"Through improving my listening and communication skills I hope to convey to others that I appreciate their commitment and ideas. Although I do appreciate the commitment of others to a project, it seems that this sense of appreciation is not always registered by other team members or my own superiors, and obviously communicating appreciation is just as important as feeling it, when demonstrating leaderships skills. Good communication skills are essential for me to engage in the form of leadership known as "inspiring".

Tags:commitments emotional listening, anecdotal reports, team

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This paper looks at the book, "Girl, Interrupted," which is the autobiographical account of Susanna Kaysen?s life just after her graduation from high school in the late 1960s. The movie, is an adaptation of the book. The author reviews both works, which deal with a woman with borderline personality disorder, one of the most common, and misdiagnosed types of mental illness facing women.

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"Another anecdote from the book that meets the DSM-IV criteria for diagnosis of borderline personality disorder is Susanna?s dissociative episode. One day while simply sitting in a chair in the common room at the hospital, Susanna had the random notion that she had no bones in her hand. Susanna instantly, and for no apparent reason, became completely convinced that there were no bones in her hand. She was thus immensely disturbed and resolved to bite down on her hand until it bled in an attempt to get all the way down to the bone. Susanna felt as though she must see her bones to know that they are there and she refused to take anyone?s word for it. This psychotic episode seems as though it may also be tied to a feeling of emptiness."

Tags:abnormal, book, borderline, disorder, girl, interrupted, kaysen, library, movie, personality, psychological, psychology, report, suicide, susanna, woman, women

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In this article, the writer discusses that Michael Eric Dyson wrote this book the year following the disastrous storm of the book's title. During that storm thousands of people from Louisiana to the Florida panhandle were displaced from their homes and hundreds likely died. The writer discusses that Dyson's book is not simply an objective historical overview of the storm, but attempts to present a very well defined thesis which the author argues throughout the book; namely, that the politics of race and class directly contributed to the magnitude of the disaster. Dyson is at his best when he exposes the errors of media reporting. The writer maintains that his determination to force a racial and class-based story out of the events of Katrina seems to have led him to pick and choose among the data at his disposal, using anecdote and opinion designed to fit his thesis.

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"Michael Eric Dyson is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and wrote this book, Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster in 2006, the year following the disastrous storm of the book's title. During that storm, which hit the Gulf Coast of the United States in late August of 2005, thousands of people from Louisiana to the Florida panhandle were displaced from their homes (or lost their homes due to wind and flooding) and hundreds likely died, although the exact figures are impossible to accurately derive. However, Dyson's book is not simply an objective historical overview of the storm, but attempts to present a very ..."

Tags:history