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This paper presents a discussion about the incident at Tian An Men Square that is often referred to as a massacre. We are taken on an exploratory look at the events leading up to the massacre as well as the event itself. We then discuss the way the event has affected the Chinese people and its society.

Tags:ASIAN STUDIES / CHINA, tian an men square

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This paper explores the argument that the Tiananmen Square Massacre constituted an international crime and furthermore that it constituted genocide. This paper argues that it was not genocide and that it was not even an international crime, in the sense of a crime that impacts all humanity. Rather, it was a domestic response to a domestic situation. The paper claims that it was certainly a questionable response. However, it was an internal Chinese situation, not an international crime.

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"It has been argued that the Tiananmen Square Massacre constituted an international crime, and furthermore that it constituted genocide. This paper will argue that it was not genocide, and furthermore that it was not even an international crime, in the sense of a crime that impacts all humanity. Rather, it was a domestic response to a domestic situation. It was certainly a questionable response. However, it was an internal Chinese situation, not an international crime. Furthermore, it was consistent with long-established ways in which the Chinese state has dealt with internal unrest. Punishing China for its ..."

Tags:tiananmen, square, china

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The paper discusses how we live in a culture that has come to expect that all symptoms and illnesses should be treated by a medical professional in a hospital. The paper asserts that these cultural assumptions ignore the full state of health and holistic practices. The paper also shows how cultural expectations of medical care affects how long we believe is an appropriate amount of time to wait for physician services in the absence of data that reveals that health status would be improved if we decreased wait times.

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"A popular topic in health care debates and in the media is the topic of wait times for physician and emergency room services. The Canadian government is currently in the process of determining how to reduce wait times for physician and hospital services and the expectations of how long a wait time should be seems to be dictating how long a patient should wait in the absence of data that backs up these expectations. The topic of wait times for physician and emergency services will be analyzed using the concepts of cultural standards of health care, health as a state and holistic medicine."

Tags:health, wait times, cultural expectations

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In this article, the writer discusses that the main movement of the novel 'Hard Times' is the process by which Mr. Gradgrind is converted to the values of imagination and of sentiment which lie outside the utilitarian prospectus. The writer describes, in close detail, how this process occurs.

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"When Charles Dickens's 'Hard Times' begins, Mr. Gradgrind is utterly committed to the values of utilitarianism. This is made immediately clear by the opening lines, in which Mr. Gradgrind expounds his philosophy of education to Mr. Bounderby: "Now what I want is, Facts. ... Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant ..."

Tags:dickens, hard, times

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In his classic 19th Century novel, Hard Times, Charles Dickens engages the reader and creates conflict by setting the story in industrialized Great Britain, where tremendous economic, social and cultural pressure is placed upon human beings to conform to what society expects of them and become little more than machines. He resolves this conflict by presenting the theme that without compassion and imagination, life in this kind of industrialized, conformist environment would be unbearable. This theme is conveyed and supported by Dickens through his masterful crafting of structure and form, setting, memorable characterization, and compelling dialogue, which he skillfully weaves together to engage the reader in the story.

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"Father and Daughter" In Hard Times: An Analysis In his classic 19^th Century novel, Hard Times, Charles Dickens engages the reader and creates conflict by setting the story in industrialized Great Britain, where tremendous economic, social and cultural pressure is placed upon human beings to conform to what society expects of them and become little more than machines. He resolves this conflict by presenting the theme that without compassion and imagination, life in this kind of industrialized,

Tags:hard, times, dickens

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This paper examines a New York Times article by Hertzberg on the Obama and McCain/Palin platforms, deconstructing it to show its errors in critical thinking and how the author misleads the reader using various tactics.

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"Hendrik Hertzberg's article for The New York Times "Like Socialism" mounts a persuasive defense of Barack Obama's political views against charges by members of the Republican party, that Obama is a socialist whose ideas for remedying the country's economic problems is to redistribute the wealth. The tone of the article is sarcastic and the writer cites several instances of Republicans calling Obama a socialist before turning the tables and pointing out ostensibly socialist thinking on their own part. The article is..."

Tags:New York Times article, Hertzberg, critical thinking, Obama, McCain, Palin

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A paper which depicts Marx and Freud as a product of their times and their theories a representation of the effect of Victorianism.

Tags:victorian, times

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This paper is an analysis of "The New York Times", an icon in the publishing business, and the newspaper industry overall. The paper uses Dranove & Marciano's book "Kellogg on Strategy" as a springboard for the analysis.

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" 'The New York Times' is a newspaper read not just in New York City bu tall over the world. It is an icon in the publishing industry. On any controversial issue people want to know 'What does 'The New York Times' say about it?" Despite its superlative brand identity, however, the newspaper exists in what can best be described as a failing industry. With the advent of the Internet and the immediacy of wireless communication devices such as cell phones and Blackberries..."

Tags:New York Times, Dranove & Marciano, strategy, analysis, newspaper industry

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This paper discusses how through the use of various literary devices such as plot, characterization, setting and symbolism, Charles Dickens is able to develop what becomes a poignant piece of propaganda in his novel "Hard Times," focusing his lens as a novelist on the plight of the poor and to awaken the conscience of his readers. It looks at how although Dickens is not in the end, a propagandist, he is able to develop a viable argument against a Utilitarian philosophy of rational self-interest and to awaken the audience's sensibilities to the depraved environment that this philosophy fosters.

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"In Hard Times Charles Dickens depicts a society that is suffering in the wake of the climate of the Industrial Revolution. Certainly this reflected the realities of the Victorian England in which Dickens himself lived. During ..."

Tags:charles dickens, hard times, rational self-interest, utilitarian

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This paper discusses that crossword puzzles can be found in almost every newspaper in almost every country and in magazines and book dedicated solely to these puzzles. The author points out that crossword puzzles have inspired other gridded word games, like acrostic, cryptic and diagram-less puzzles, and board games, such as Scrabble. The paper relates that the predecessors of today's crossword puzzles is the 19th century British acrostic puzzle designed specifically for children, such as "Lewis Carroll's doublet puzzle". The author relates that the first known word square, called the Sator Square, was carved in stone and dates from the first century A.D. in Pompeii. The paper concludes that, although crossword puzzles provide a form of constructive entertainment during leisure hours, some people claim that puzzle solving is a human instinct.

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"Puzzles have been around since the beginning of history. "One of the earliest surviving manuscripts of human civilization is, as a matter of fact, a collection of mathematical puzzles", known as the Rhind Papyrus. In the ancient world, the first puzzles were in physical form, or labyrinths. According to Denasi (2002), "the biblical kings Solomon and Hiram were renewed for organizing riddle contests." The word 'puzzle' probably derives from the Middle English word poselet, meaning bewildered or confused. The crossword is the most common variety of word puzzle in the world, yet it is one of the few types of puzzles that do not have an ancient origin."

Tags:cryptic square times acrostics, mental exercises