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This paper examines and analyzes the main character in the film, "Bright Lights, Big City" in the context of his substance abuse problem and potential solutions to substance abuse and addiction.

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"The idea of Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" to drugs was a good publicity stunt but it did not solve the drug crisis in the United States, nor really address the life styles, the frustration and boredom that may be one of the root causes of addiction, whether to drugs or alcohol .Elements of unemployment, poverty racism, sexism, family dissolution and feelings of powerlessness and alienation are associated with the problem of substance abuse. In the film "Bright Lights, Big City"..."

Tags:substance abuse, Bright Lights, Big City, compulsive, peer pressure

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This paper explores one of the Big Move's ten strategies for enhancing the quality of live, environmental sustainability and economic competitiveness of Greater Toronto; the strategy to be examined is strategy number two or the enhancement and expansion of the city's active transportation. If this strategy is pursued (in conjunction with other strategic initiatives highlighted in the Metrolinx report), then the city of Toronto will solve one of its chief problems - crowded, congested streets - and also cut down (or at least begin the process of cutting down) on pollution and carbon emissions.

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Evaluating the Big Move: Expand and Enhance Active Transportation This paper explores one of the Big Move's ten strategies for enhancing the quality of live, environmental sustainability and economic competitiveness of Greater Toronto; the strategy to be examined is strategy number two or the enhancement and expansion of the city's active transportation. If this strategy is pursued (in conjunction with other strategic initiatives highlighted in the Metrolinx report), then the city of Toronto will solve one of its chief problems - crowded, congested streets - and also cut down (or at least begin the process of cutting down) on pollution and carbon emissions. At the same time, adoption of this one strategic investment

Tags:big, move, transportation

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This paper analyzes Chester Finn's article "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Test?", which concerns national education testing. It explores Finn's view that national educational testing is the solution to the problems confronting education today.

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"Chester E Finn Jr has written an article that supports establishing national testing standards for schools. This is not a balanced article that considers the advantages and disadvantages of the issue and ..."

Tags:education, big bad test, finn, national, education, testing

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The paper considers the challenges that existed in improving the Central Artery in Boston to alleviate the traffic problem and then discusses the high costs associated with the Big Dig project. The paper explains that these were due to unanticipated expenditures, engineering problems, inferior construction, fraud and lawsuits, and they eventually caused the wave of public distrust regarding the final product. The paper then considers the benefits of the Big Dig that involve less pollution, creating more green spaces, less driving time on the road, business improvements and revenues in property taxes. The paper reaches the conclusion that while there were many blunders associated with this project, the Big Dig allows Boston to move into a new future.

Outline:
The Challenges
The Costs
Benefits
Was It Worth It?

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"Boston traffic was once considered to be one of the worst cities in which to drive due to intense traffic problems. They Central Artery opened in 1959, designed to carry approximately 75,000 cars per day. As time went on, the highway had to support nearly 200,000 cars per day (Massachusetts Turnpike Authority). This created a sticky jam for Boston motorists as traffic crawled along the highway for more than ten hours every day. Traffic accidents climbed to more than four times the national average, as the congestion spilled into the tunnels and other streets (Massachusetts Turnpike Authority). Boston became known for its traffic problems, not the opportunities that it had to offer."

Tags:traffic, congestion, engineering, contractors, construction, public

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The Universe around us still contains many mysteries that are the subject of both our imagination and scientific research. One of the oldest questions is the question of creation. The currently accepted theory that addresses this problem is so called The Big Bang Theory. Even though there are still some skeptics regarding its validity, it is the hypothesis that has found solid evidence. This paper discusses the big bang theory, pioneered by George Gamow who based his ideas on the previous concept of exploding 'primeval atom.

Tags:bigbang, theuniverse, hawking

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In this article, the writer notes that the relatively easy accessibility of sources from the archives of former Nazi organizations or the state bureaucracy has inevitably resulted in a large number of analyses from the perspective of the German government, as long as material from company archives remained difficult to come by. Although a good deal of compromising primary material came to light in connection with the Nuremberg trials, the writer points out that it was only in the 1960s that the archives of some of the major companies involved in the use of forced and slave labor became available, making possible a serious testing of the various studies that had been written on the subject. As important data became more accessible, scholars have been able to approach the problem from the perspective of Germany's industrial elites. In this essay, the writer provides an extensive comparative analysis of several of these works.

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"Published in 1942, Neumann's Behemoth was, arguably the most significant attempt of its day at a scholarly and painstaking analysis of the background, working principles and practices, and state of Nazi Germany. His research led him to reject many of the accepted explanations of both the origin and character of the Nazi ideology and practice. Neumann, a former member of the Berlin bar who was for a time counsel to the German trade unions, came to the conclusion that there was not one ruling class in Germany, but four- the Nazi party, the army, the bureaucracy, and the industrial leaders. The industrial leaders arose with the growth of German capitalism and did not acquire real importance until after the aims of a greater Prussia found fulfillment in the German Empire created by Bismarck."

Tags:Third, Reich, industry, Daimler-Benz, Volkswagen, Hitler

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This paper discusses the current problems of business ethics in the framework that corporations have long struggled with corporate social responsibility and the overriding corporation goal to make a profit. The paper concludes that, despite the damage done to the reputation of big business ethics by companies like Enron and WorldCom, the outlook for the continued encouragement and development of ethically conscious companies is good. The author states that business and government leaders are developing a business environment that is more accepting and encouraging of ethically conscious businesses.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Corporate Social Responsibility and Individual Rights
Business Ethics and Enron
Business Ethics at WorldCom Inc.
Preventing Future Enron and WorldCom?s
Lessons from Enron and WorldCom
Ethical Corporations and Profit
Conclusion

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"The concept of corporate social responsibility has been debated for as long as the capitalist system has existed, and is one of the most important cornerstones of business ethics. Corporate social responsibility includes all decisions that are made within an organization that are linked to ethical values, and compliance with existing laws. Corporate social responsibility is closely tied to the respect for individuals and communities, animals and plants, and the environment as a whole."

Tags:enron, worldcom, compliance, laws, capitalist, hobbes, high-tech

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This paper explains that the plot of "The Big Sleep" which revolves around blackmail and murder, does not strictly adhere to the old mystery tradition of solving the problems in logic and deduction but rather deals with the psychological complexities of people who exist in an underground, liminal world and for whom life is more of a burden than a gift. The author points out what stands out above the rottenness is the profound sense of helplessness and hopelessness which pervades the lives of most of the characters, including detective Philip Marlowe, who comes off with a brash air of conceited self-confidence and an equally loud aura of indifference. The paper suggests that Marlowe's character is the embodiment of Chandler's essential message: Hope to divert disaster, even when you shouldn't be bothered to care and even when no one else seems to care but you.

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"Chandler describes his goal in creating Philip Marlowe to be that he is "the hero, he is everything...a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man...a man of honor, by instinct, by inevitability...a lonely man." Oates, on the other hand, describes him as "a cult figure of enviable sexual allure," whose primary appeal to the reader is that he is every man's "wish-fulfillment fantasy," and in turn the "essence of virility" for every woman. Yet this assumption carries a dissonant note. Chandler's obvious downplaying of Marlowe's personal sexuality is more likely intended to steer the reader to the greater nature of his quest: the search for integrity among the living who inhabit this strange, cruel, dispassionate world of 1930s Los Angeles."

Tags:psychological, underground, helplessness, conceited, message

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This paper presents a detailed examination of the book "Big Trouble" by Dave Barry. The writer of this paper discusses the book's themes and foundations while critiquing reviews of the book. The paper shows how Barry, using fiction, portrays a possible lifestyle that might occur if steps are not take to improve what society does about problems such as crime and values.

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"In the world of literature most authors are known for their fiction abilities or their non-fiction abilities. It is rare to see an author cross over between the styles and try and do both. Now and again, however there are exceptions and Dave Barry is one of them. Barry is most well known for his sassy smart mouthed columns that have entertained his readers for many years. Recently however, Barry tried his hand at fiction and the result was a wonderful piece of literature called Big Trouble."

Tags:fiction, novel, arnold, puggy, columnist, miami, society, slapstick, humor

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This content analysis essay focuses on the problem of childhood obesity and is based on a systems analysis approach to the problem, where data is presented and looked at as a whole with the various parts interconnected with each other. The writer's basic thesis is that child obesity is a real problem in today's society and that the mass media is a big part of that problem, but parents must take more responsibility to help solve it.

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"In writing this personal essay I was inspired by two main things. The first was the sample essay by Bertrand Russell, "What I Have Lived For," which was clear and I thought well presented his life and feelings in a short space. The other was doing the data gathering for my content analysis essay on childhood obesity. Putting together the data and organizing it for this essay encouraged me to think about the millions of children growing up all around with world with either inadequate or inappropriate health care and food. What I found most interesting and also found challenging about my data gathering was..."

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