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This paper discusses that when Madam C.J. Walker "made straight hair 'good hair," in doing so, she made a fortune for herself. The writer describes how her business also managed to create a decent standard of living for a work force of "agents" that numbered 20,000 in the U.S. and the Caribbean". This paper discusses the life and business of Madam C.J. Walker, in the context of her times and the hair care and beauty business.

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"At the turn of the century many women had need for income-producing employment despite limitations placed on them because of their gender. Many of them took advantage of a growing commercial and service economy and changes in cultural perceptions about what was acceptable for a lady to do to enhance her appearance. Madam C. J. Walker made straight hair good hair and in doing so made a fortune for herself and a decent standard of living for a work force of agents that ... "

Tags:African american, beauty, cosmetics, entrepreneur, female businesspersons, black pride

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This paper gives an in-depth analysis of the character Billy Kwan in C.J. Koch's novel, "The Year of Living Dangerously." Billy Kwan is a dwarf who is described as being at war with himself and ill-fitted for membership in any one group or ideology. The paper further explores Billy's tormented existence and his crisis of identity. This crisis is seen when Billy struggles over what course is best for Indonesia and for himself.

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"In C.J. Koch's, 'The Year of Living Dangerously' Billy Kwan is an achondroplastic dwarf who seems to be at war with himself and ill-fitted for membership in any one group or ideology. The following paper will explore Billy's tormented existence and argue that his crisis of identity (he is part Chinese and part Australian) and his crisis of political philosophy (mistrusting the communists yet keenly sympathetic to how the poor of Jakarta or anywhere else could find it enticing in light of their own deprivations) are deeply entwined - largely because his experiences as..."

Tags:koch, living, dangerously

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This paper explains the fact that Madame Walker, a millionaire who laid the foundation of America's first black plutocratic dynasty, is certainly incredible because she came from poverty, was orphaned at the age of six, and had no formal education. Walker's story is a fairy-tale that inspired an entire generation of black Americans to think beyond their limitations and to have faith in the future. The author points out that Walker created a market niche for black hair-straightening products by creating the amazing "Wonderful Hair Grower" and 23 other products, with annual gross earnings as high as $276,000 in 1917, employing around 3,000 employees, most of whom were females. The paper relates that a documentary film titled, "Two Dollars and a Dream," by Stanley Nelson, chronicles the life and struggles of Walker, the grande dame of personal hair care service and a source of inspiration for millions of women around the world.

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"Walker had developed a strict code of conduct for women which was meant to empower females especially blacks. There was a respectable uniform that they were made to wear, consisting of white blouses and long black skirts. These uniforms helped in identification of Walker employees, these salespersons thus became a symbol of entrepreneurship and success for others in the downtrodden black areas. These uniforms also helped lure other females to the workforce and this helped in revolutionizing the way black women saw themselves and their future."

Tags:philanthropist, lifestyle, hair-straightening, poverty, fairy-tale

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In this paper, Collini's argument begins to realize the importance between schools of thought in the 19th century definition of the "idealist" that are brought forth in his article. What is often the case Collini's analysis is the digression of subjective errors in formulating moral thought through the Oxford University, which made no clear attempt at providing an outside or empirical point of view to their findings. Dewey represents a burgeoning Utilitarian revisionist process that allows for a more objective standard for understanding the impact of the individual outside of social norms or institutional (government or university standards) dogma.

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Tags:dewey, miller, collini

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This paper traces the development of the J.C. Penney Company, an American department store chain founded in 1902, from its origin in Kemmerer, Wyoming, to its expansion into one of the most powerful discount merchandise and general retail companies in the U.S.A. J.C. Penney has stores in nearly every major metropolis nationwide, the largest catalog business, an Internet store and home furnishing television shows; however, the author states, Penney is not immune from the effects of the economic down turn. The paper describes the ways that this company is managing by rethinking its current structure and market campaigns, by opening and closing stores and by laying off employees.

Table of Contents:
Recent History of J.C. Penney
Success at the Turn of the Century
Economic Woes for the Corporation
J.C. Penney in the Market

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'Although the company exhibits much higher grosses after buying out a number of smaller corporations, the profit J.C. Penney experiences after selling those corporation's products under its own name are not as great, as much of the earnings are due to the manufacturers and original corporations. In addition, the recent economic woes have also taken a serious toll on the J.C. Penney organization, as consumers are not as plentiful as they were just a few years ago. J.C. Penney continues, however, to offer new products, and merge with older companies."

Tags:competition, discount merchandising, shopping malls, store closings, brand

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The paper focuses on the protagonist's preoccupation with the idea of a post-modern 'oppressed subject' living in a democratic, capitalist society. The personal life and inadequacies of Senor C himself - which inspire in him an 'inner immigration' - are analyzed and contrasted against the framework of Senor C's at times contradictory and unrealistic political beliefs.

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"In the post-9/11 geopolitical landscape, to critically engage with the moral and social implications of declaring war on a diffuse and indeterminate idea - on 'terror' itself, which, properly conceived, knows no geographical or national limit - means, inevitably, to confront what one might call the 'paradox of liberalism'. With the apparent 'advent of worldwide democracy' and, in the West, the concomitant resolution of so-called 'big issues' (civil war, overtly totalitarian governance, traditional warfare) there has been a problematic tendency of 'free' democratic states to attempt to launch an aggressive and sometimes ill-conceived abrogation of undemocratic elements (for example, terrorism, rogue states) which seeks, rather paradoxically, to secure, through force and coercion, a system of peace and freedom. In a post-Cold War, firmly capitalist polity, like the Australia in which Senor C, the protagonist of J.M. Coetzee's novel Diary of A Bad Year , lives, 'peace and security' is not just an elusive ideal but in fact is readily enjoyable but lulls, so Senor C leads us to believe, the populace into submission to a watchdog state whose existence is a violence in itself - a necessitation of the dominance of one over another. At its core, Diary of a Bad Year explores the relationship between the state and the subject who both willingly subjects himself state power and who must equally feel intense shame for the abuses and excesses of that power which circumscribes law to accommodate its banditry. In the novel there is no redemption for the oppressed that would, in other so-called 'post-secular' contemporary novels, be presented via supernatural forces or even in the narrative structure itself that pushes towards the resolution of its conflicts and thus implies a possibility for salvation. Predacity and its twins - fear and the subjection it impels - is couched in terms of the contract between the state and the so-called free market and the citizen who must march ineluctably to its drum or else stumble into obscurity, resorting to, as Senor C puts it, a kind of 'inner emigration'. While Senor C may cast this subaltern relationship with the state as inevitable - he points out, for instance, how even those people, like the French after World War II, who have a choice to begin afresh without the state as it is currently conceived cannot resist its pull - he nevertheless speaks of oppression and suffering in firmly political terms, as an extension of sociological processes, and so de-mystifies the source of human pain and suffering. The oppressed subject, therefore, is rendered so by the very forces which it is made to believe will ensure his security and freedom."

Tags:terror, post 9/11, oppression

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In C.J. Koch's, "The Year of Living Dangerously", Billy Kwan is an achondroplastic dwarf who seems to be at war with himself and ill-fitted for membership in any one group or ideology. This paper explores Billy's tormented existence and argues that his crisis of identity and his crisis of political philosophy are deeply entwined.

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"To start with, it must be noted that Billy Kwan resembles, at least in his physiognomy, the Indonesian locals who view all of the pale-faced foreigners in Jakarta with such disdain (Koch, 22). Beyond that, Billy seems to be uncomfortably straddling two worlds - his father was Chinese, his mother Australian - and this leads to a crisis of sorts at the center of his being. As Wally notes at one point when discussing his diminutive sometimes drinking partner, "He's not sure whether he is (Chinese) or not" (Koch, 4). This is a remarkably telling passage inasmuch as 1965 - the year wherein the story is held - is right around the time when the People's Revolution is inflaming China and turning that nation's ancient society upside down; not to be passed over lightly, it is also a time wherein Mao has turned the structure of the state towards Marxism. "

Tags:identity, crisis, kwan, achondroplastic, dwarf

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In his book ,"The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis," C.J. Cutcliffe Hyne presents a fantastic world where mammoths and dinosaurs roam free alongside ancient Atlantians, whose empire stretches from Egypt's Nile Valley to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. This paper discusses the story and summarizes the plot.

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"Nais secretly gives Deucelion shelter among the rebels. Shortly after he awakes, Zaemon comes to speak to the rebels. They tell him that they no longer wish to be ruled by priests or tyrants, that they are their own rulers. However, Zaemon tells them that the gods have punished them for this sort of hubris. According to him, it is because the people of Atlantis no longer venerated the gods that Phorenice rose to power and now tormented them. Soon, the crowd realizes that Deucelion is a stranger among them and take him for a spy."

Tags:Deucelion, Zaemon, Nais, Dr., Coppinger

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This paper discusses three key arguments in the article 'The Mental Breakdown of a Roman Senator: M. Calpurnius Bibulus' from "Greece and Rome that the author, Michael J. G. Gray-Fow, uses to explain Senator Bibulus' irrational behavior during the Civil War of 49 B.C. between J. Caesar and Pompy. The paper explains that Gray-Fow supports these arguments with historical writings by Livy, Cicero, Caesar and others and details the events that led to Bibulus' fall. The paper points out, however, that there are no historical writings from Bibulus in existence today, only these biased second-hand reports.

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"When Caesar crossed the Rubicon and began the Roman Civil War, Bibulus was recalled to Rome to help with the defense. He moved slowly and did not reach Rome in time, meanwhile, Pompy's army had moved to Brudusmin and Bibulus met up with him there. He was given command of Pompy's navy, which out numbered Caesar's fleet considerably. His orders were to prevent Caesar from landing in Greece where Pompy was regrouping. Caesar crossed the Adriatic during the winter, a move no one expected due to the storms common in that season."

Tags:hatred, second-rate status, death, short tempered, depression

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"Penner and Penner (1981) offer the book The gift of sex, subtitled "A Guide to Sexual Fulfillment." The purpose of the book is to provide the reader with a guide for understanding his or her sexuality and the sexual relationship in marriage. The authors state on the cover that they will help focus on the following aspects of the issue:

M the physical
M the total experience
M moving past sexual barriers
M resolving difficulties
M finding help
These can also be identified as five main topics made by the book, and the authors cover each topic in detail."

Tags:BOOK, REVIEWS, GENDER, SEXUALITY