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The paper explains how the article "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Public Opinion Polls" classifies polls into good, bad and ugly categories. The paper relates that "good" polls use primary source information and are very open about their sources of information, so readers can check facts for themselves. The paper contrasts this to the "bad" polls, which are manipulations of information and poll results, and which do not reveal links to sources for polling information. The paper then discusses how advocacy groups can sometimes create "ugly" polls in the interests of specifically manipulating facts or bring a polling agency into disrepute, an unethical practice.

From the Paper
"This website makes a crucial explanation of the difference between polls. It points out that polls in their purest form as we know them are meant to inform the public regarding general public opinion in a sampling of large sectors of the population. The site seeks to point out to students who are just learning how the world works how they can identify the difference between polls, which the author categorizes into the three categories of the good, the bad and the ugly (Renka, http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/renka/Renka_papers/polls.htm). The author is concerned about the amount of bad polls that are on the internet, which can be further subdivided into bad polls and ugly polls."

Tags:information, sources, advocacy, groups, data, manipulation

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This essay is about how good and bad kids come to be just that, good or bad. Studies have shown that there are certain things that kids who can be classified as good all seem to have in common; unfortunately, there are also common denominators for kids considered to be bad. This report attempts to show how and why this type of research is so important and to present a solution for the types of problems that produce bad kids, suggesting that the solution can be found in developmental assets.

Introduction
Assets
Search Institute

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"There have been many studies conducted throughout history to try to find the key or the catalyst that change all kids into either good or bad kids. "We concentrate on alcohol and other drug abuse prevention, largely because of the funding that schools receive from the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program and because of public opinion polls that consistently rank drug abuse near the top of local school problems." (Rose, Gallup, and Elam 1997) Until very recently, the consensus was that this phenomenon was a completely random issue or a completely natural process contained in some brain cell or DNA strand. But, it has been discovered that there may be specific reasons why some kids get involved in dangerous activities and others become contributing members of society. "

Tags:youth, families, students, communities, support, empowerment, boundaries, expectations

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This paper discusses Ridley Scott science fiction movie, "Blade Runner," and the Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." It compares the two films in terms of how they both reveal different myths of America.

Tags:Ridley, Scott, Sergio, Leone, Clint, Eastwood, Philip, Dick, Blade, Runner, Replicant

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The paper examines the ABC American Television Comedy, "Ugly Betty" and deals with issues such as acceptance, race, surrealism and sexuality in both good and bad ways.

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"The ABC American Television Comedy, "Ugly Betty", deals with issues such as acceptance, race, surrealism and sexuality in both good and bad ways, but ultimately has a huge influence on how our culture perceives these specific themes and issues dealing with race and sexuality. The show itself is an adaptation of a Columbian telenovella, and follows Betty Suarez (played by America Ferrera) as she works as a personal assistant at New York's Mode Magazine. The hook of the show is that Betty isn't conventionally pretty in a vocation that revels in beauty, fashion and style. Not only is she not pretty, but Betty is also awkward, poorly..."

Tags:ugly, betty, review

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This paper presents a detailed discussion about "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William J. Lederer. It is the story of the gross failures of American diplomacy and exposes the ugly truth behind it. It also praises the traces of clear and positive potential in our system. The author of this paper portrays the characters of the book to illustrate the failures as well as the successes of the story and of American diplomatic policies.

Tags:BOOK REPORTS - BOOK REVIEWS, the ugly american

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The paper argues that while progress has been made, our popular culture does not yet afford women genuine freedom. The paper contends that actresses should not have to "play ugly" in order to be taken seriously as artists; specifically, to make such a demand of a woman is akin to an act of disfigurement at the same time as it suggests that a woman cannot be both beautiful and smart.

From the Paper
"While progress has been made, our popular culture does not yet afford women genuine freedom. Elaborating on this notion, the following paper will argue that actresses should not have to "play ugly" in order to be taken seriously as artists; specifically, to make such a demand of a woman is akin to an act of disfigurement at the same time as it suggests that a woman cannot be both beautiful and smart. To begin with, actresses should not have to "play ugly" on film in order to be viewed with high regard because, in a culture wherein women are constantly pressured to change their bodies or faces in unnatural ways,..."

Tags:actresses, beauty, ugly

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An analysis of Bertolt Brecht's play 'The Good Woman of Setzuan.' Throughout the play Shen Te juggles her promise to be good with the necessity to be bad. The author finds through the protagonist and the creation of her doppelganger, 'The Good Woman of Setzuan' portrays the struggle to be good while living in a corrupt society, and the delicate balance needed to survive within it as seen in Shen Te's struggle as a good woman leading the life of a prostitute.

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"Shen Te, a good woman, a prostitute, and the only one willing to take three gods into her home is rewarded with 1000 silver dollars, with which she is to "above all be good"(712). This mission tears her in two. Shen Te and her doppelganger Shui Ta are in a delicate balance of power. Shen Te needs to keep her promise to the gods by being a good woman, helping those around her in need. Because Shen Te is too good, those she helps threaten to ruin her own survival. To remain a good woman Shen Te must create someone to fight for her. Like parents, both Shui Ta and Shen Te make up the whole of one unit. Shen Te is a nurturing, sweet mother-type while Shui Ta becomes a strict, disciplinarian, father-type. Through the protagonist and the creation of her doppelganger, Brecht's The Good Woman of Setzuan portrays the struggle to be good while living in a corrupt society, and the delicate balance needed to survive within it."

Tags:analysis, doppelganger, drama, good, play, shen, te, woman

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This paper discusses the tank drivers of the army. It consists of a profile that explains tank drivers and their lives in the army and provides a few aspects of the writer's perspective.

Tags:tank, drivers, army

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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.

From the Paper
"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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This paper discusses how Aristotle approached the issue of being good. He determined that a single act of goodness did was not sufficient to determine whether or not an individual was good. The paper further discusses how in committing a single act of goodness there was no true reflection of the individual's entire life as a good person. Therefore the only way to measure the goodness of a person would be at the end of life when all of the activities of the individual could be examined and a complete evaluation of goodness could be determined as reflected in the individual inner personality or soul.

Tags:good, happy, virtue