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A Divided Vision, 2002.
Examines the Renoir-Hitchcock continuum in Francois Truffaut's two films, "Shoot the Piano Player" and "The Bride Wore Black".
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper will attempt to situate two Truffaut films - "Shoot the Piano Player" and "The Bride Wore Black" - along the critical continuum between these two auteurs. It will be argued that while the influence of Hitchcock in these films may be found mostly in their formal qualities, while that of Renoir lies in their thematic orientation, such an absolute distinction is alien to Truffaut's appreciation and understanding of these directors. Thus, rather than reading these films in terms of a tension between two polarities, it will be shown how Truffaut interweaves elements of both directors' visions in two complex visual tapestries that are ultimately and undeniably his own.
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Divided Societies, 2002.
An examination of culturally divided societies and whether consociational democracy could work in these countries.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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This paper presents a detailed examination of consociational models and whether they would work in deeply divided societies. The writer explores the models being used in several other places including the Netherlands and Switzerland. The reader is first given a detailed explanation of how such a model operates and what its positive aspects are. Then the writer touches on some of the negative aspects. Finally the entire idea is brought to the door of deeply divided societies and the writer explains whether or not the model can be applied to those divided societies successfully.
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"Every society likes to entertain the belief that they have the truth in the best societal practice. If asked each government will tell the inquirer that their form of government and their societal system is the most well thought out and best system there is. Part of this may come from the need to believe they are providing the best possible system for those who live within its boundaries, and part of it may be a true belief that it is the best because they are comfortable with its operation. The truth is often somewhere in the middle and the systems could always use some tweaking to make them as perfect as their representatives would have them sound."
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Holding Up "A House Divided" - Lincoln's Caution Regarding Emancipation, 2001.
The following paper discusses Lincoln's now-famous "House Divided" speech of 1858 which exemplifies the primary factors that strongly influenced him on both a personal and a political level.
2,380 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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This paper explores Lincoln?s eloquence of language and simplicity of reason that brought him to the attention of the newly-formed political party known as the Republicans and prompted them to present him to a surprised Washington as their platform's candidate in the presidential election of 1860. The abolition of slavery and the events concerning this issue are discussed in detail.
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A Personal View of A Divided Nation
A Pragmatic Policy Toward Emancipation
A Short Second Term
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?Abraham Lincoln's election to the U.S. presidency occurred at a time when tensions between the Northern and Southern sectors of the nation had been embroiled in a bitter dispute regarding slavery for quite some time. By the time of the 1860 election, Lincoln's view on the institution of slavery was common and widespread knowledge within both the North and the South, and each of these sectors had both preconceptions and expectations of the new president's first official acts of office. Both sides, along with the majority of Washington officials, expected an immediate proclamation concerning the abolition of slavery. Both sides, as well as Washington, however, were yet again surprised, for the new president had on his mind and as his policy a more gradual and pragmatic emancipation plan.?
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The "Cave" and the "Divided Line", 2003.
An explanation of the allegories of the "Cave" and the "Divided Line" from Plato's "Republic".
1,253 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper examines how in "The Republic", Plato introduces both the allegories of the "Cave" and the "Divided Line" in order to further his explanation of the perfect government. It looks at how he believes that the state will be perfectly ordered if a guardian who knows the "Good" is in charge of it and how he uses the allegories to enable his readers to understand the intellectual transition that the guardians must go through to understand what is "Good".
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"There are six stages to the allegory of the Cave. (a) In an underground cave, a group of prisoners are held captive in such a way that they can only see the back wall of the cave. Behind them is a large fire and in between them and the fire people are walking with artifacts so that shadows are projected onto the back wall of the cave (514a-515c). (b) They are set free and turn to look at the fire, but can see neither it nor the artifacts as they are dazzled by the bright light (515c-e). (c) They are forced out of the cave and into the world above and can see nothing clearly owing to dazzling so they look at the shadows that the sun projects (515e-516a). (d) Eventually they come to look at actual objects (516a)."
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Human Divided Attention, 2005.
A psychological experiment on human divided attention as affected by task similarity.
2,340 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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Studies of divided attention have shown that the degree to which one task interferes with another will depend in part on the stimulus and response characteristics of the two tasks. This paper proposes a study in which participants will at average recall a significantly higher number of words when performing a dissimilar task (listening and doing manual work) as compared with performing a similar task (reading a prose passage).
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Participants
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Results
Discussion
Conclusion
References
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"A study on task similarity by Allport et al. (1972) was done using participants who heard a list of words presented through headphones into one ear. The participant's task was to simply shadow these words. Simultaneously, participants were also presented with a second list. No immediate response was required to the second list but later on memory was tested for these items. Allport et.al. used three conditions. In one condition, the memory items consisting of words were presented into the other ear, so that participants were hearing and shadowing a list of words in one ear while simultaneously hearing the memory list in the other ear. In the second and third conditions, the memory items were presented visually by a different list of words and pictures respectively on a screen. Allport et al. suggested that the first condition (hear words + hear words) involves very similar tasks, and the second and third condition (hear words + see words/pictures) involves less similar tasks. "
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Chicago Divided: The Making of a Black Mayor., 2002.
Analysis of "Chicago Divided: The Making of a Black Mayor", by Paul Kleppner.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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This six-page undergraduate paper is a book review of the book, Chicago Divided: The Making of a Black Mayor, by Paul Kleppner. The author summarizes the book, discusses its interesting and boring aspects, and suggests how the book could have been better.
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Article: Jill Smolowe's "A Town Divided", 2008.
An analysis of Jill Smolowe's article "A Town Divided".
870 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper analyzes Jill Smolowe's article, "A Town Divided", about six young African-American male high school students, labeled the Jena 6 by the media, who were arrested and charged with attempted murder in an adult courtroom for beating a young Caucasian male student to unconsciousness. The paper first presents background information about the incident and then takes a look how the article covered it. Specifically, the paper discusses the ethos, logos, and pathos of the articles and concludes that, overall, the article is effective in creating sympathetic feelings for the Jena 6, as the original charges they faced and their initial treatment was definitely unfair.
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Argument Analysis Essay
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"The argument in this piece is very subtle but obviously clear and seeks to present the six African American males as sympathetic characters, which is the ethos of this article. Only the African American point of view is presented in interviews with some of the accused and their families, with none of the Caucasian participants given a chance to speak or express their side of the story. This logos makes sense when the aim of the article is to humanize one faction in a story, while demonizing the other."
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"House Divided", 2007.
An analysis of the rhetorical style of Abraham Lincoln's "House Divided" speech.
3,200 words (approx. 12.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 92.95
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This paper presents and analyzes Abraham Lincoln famous speech, "House Divided". The paper describes why this speech, in which Lincoln addressed more than one thousand Republican representatives at the Republican Convention in 1858, was so successful. The paper presents some examples from the speech and describes its content.
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"Three years prior to his legendary presidency, Abraham Lincoln addressed more than one thousand Republican representatives at the Republican Convention in 1858. Although the speech was initially condemned for its radical and seemingly inappropriate content, Lincoln's craftily constructed speech effectively established and defeated his enemy through a variety of rhetorical tactics. The success of Lincoln's "House Divided" speech lies in his ability to first elicit fear by creating a real threat and ultimately in overpowering that threat alongside his fellow morally upright Republicans, thus becoming a people's hero. Lincoln accomplishes this by constructing an unstable political atmosphere augmented by a conspiracy of past and present presidents in cahoots with legislators, namely the ever devious Stephen Douglas. He symbolically defeats these public enemies through a variety of strategies including a series of hypophoras in which he answers his own questions aimed to discredit Douglas and company, while simultaneously presenting himself as enlightened and superior by dismissively addressing the threat he constructed as easily assailable."
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South Africa: A Country Divided, 2007.
This paper examines elements of apartheid that still exist in South Africa.
1,271 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 43.95
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This paper explores South Africa's experience as a divided nation and its process of recovery in the past two decades. First, the paper considers the issue of affirmative action in South Africa. The author then acknowledges that elements of apartheid still exist. In order to overcome this divisiveness, the author examines the experiences of other divided nations, such as Germany and Korea. The author concludes that apartheid in South Africa has not ended, but has merely gone 'underground' so that it can still be active but not in the overt sense that it used to be.
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"The promotion of a collective or a group identity, therefore, necessarily involves subordinating the individuality that is seen within the group. Furthermore, being able to strengthen one's identity based on race, religion, language, or caste is also considered divisive and threatening to the equality and the freedom of the country (Gramby-Sobukwe, 2002). Quotas are then viewed as being a means to help achieve an equality of outcome by working to deny an equality of opportunity or a fundamental right of various individuals (Gramby-Sobukwe, 2002)."
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Labor and Society Divided, 2002.
Discusses how several social theorists present ideas on the division of labor in their works.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper compares the views of Durkheim, Marx, and feminist writer Nancy Hartsock on the division of labor and related issues.
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Postwar Korea: Liberated but Divided, 2002.
Korea's post WWII liberation and how this effected the society.
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This paper discusses the liberation of Korea from Japanese occupation at the end of the Second World War. The primary theme involves an examination of how international political dynamics, especially Cold War rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States, affected Korea's liberation.
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A Nation Divided, 2002.
Sectional and constitutional issues surrounding the institution of slavery in nineteenth century America.
934 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 33.95
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As the Nineteenth Century dawned, the institution of slavery appeared to be on its way out in the new United States. The paper shows, however, that the growing of cotton to sustain the Southern economy proved a problem. The crop required its harvesters to toil under a blistering sun ? hard work that scarcely attracted free labor. Yet, the burgeoning cotton plantation demanded more and more hands to work them. There remained only one answer to this labor shortage ? import more slaves. The paper discusses this dilemma faced by the Southern plantation owners in the wake of the abolishment of slavery in the North of the country. The paper looks at the influence of the Abolitionists, the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and how all these issues came to a head with the American Civil War.
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"Thus, on the eve of the Civil War, the United States was a country very much divided by the issue of slavery. It was largely a matter of economics that had dictated the Peculiar Institution?s astounding growth during the course of the early Nineteenth Century. Cotton was an immensely profitable crop that consumed land as it churned out profits. The growth of the Abolitionist Movement raised increasing concerns over the rightness of slavery, provoking many Americans to lobby for limitations on the institution?s spread. Yet, Southerners, by and large, saw this attack on slavery as an attack on their very way of life. Struggling to maintain what they saw as their own unique culture against meddling Northerners and Abolitionists, they framed their pro-Slavery arguments around the doctrine of States? Rights, thereby proclaiming the right of each State to decide what was best for its own citizens. It was these two issues ? slavery and States? Rights that would form the basis of the Civil War."
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Reading with Vision Therapy, 2004.
An analysis of the impact of vision therapy on vision-impaired children's reading ability.
4,340 words (approx. 17.4 pages), 25 sources, MLA, $ 114.95
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This paper presents a study that attempts to determine the impact of vision therapy of vision-impaired children's reading ability. The paper explores the purpose of this study, claiming it to be three-fold: 1.To determine the current incidence of vision-impaired children in American schools; 2. To determine the extent to which current diagnostic procedures are failing to identify potentially vision-impaired children; and, 3. To identify efficacious treatment interventions to improve reading abilities in vision-impaired children.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Background of the Problem
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Significance of the Study
Research Questions
Limitations and Delimitations
Definitions
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2: Preliminary Literature Review
Chapter 3: Methodology
Description of the Study Approach
Data-gathering Method and Database of Study
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"Among the many serious problems facing American society today is the need to deliver effective educational services to an increasingly diverse population of students, both in terms of cultural and ethnic background as well as their levels of learning abilities. In an effort to "mainstream" as many learning disabled and minority children as possible into American classrooms, educators have been faced with a wide range of challenges and obstacles to providing this equitable distribution of educational services in a meaningful way. One of the major problems facing educators at all levels is students' ability to read in the first place. Without the ability to read efficiently, students are unable to achieve academic proficiency in almost any subject area without significant tutorial assistance and even then, the chances of success are not as great as if a child has already acquired the ability to read efficiently before entering the classroom."
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Age-Related Vision Loss, 2007.
This paper discusses the issue of the loss of vision and focuses on ages-related vision loss.
2,210 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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In this article the writer discusses the possible causes of age-related vision loss. The writer looks into the matter of possible treatment for such kind of vision loss. Further the writer examines how vision loss may affect the person, physically, emotionally, intellectually and/or psychologically. The writer concludes that the effect of age-related vision loss is highly dependent on how the person accepts the severity of his or her case. For those who can accept it positively, they will then subject themselves for various treatments thereby minimizing the negative impact of vision loss. However, the writer points out that for those who may find it very hard to accept the fact that they are actually having difficulty to see things clearly, they would have the tendency not to seek any help or treatment from the registered medical professionals. This in turn would heighten the negative impact of their vision loss. This paper includes diagrams of statistics.
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Introduction
Vision Loss
Impacts of Age-related Vision Loss
Works Cited
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"Vision impairment is defined as the vision that is 20/40 or worse in the better eye even with glasses. In America, more or less 6.5 million people who have reached the age of 55 are suffering from blindness or severe vision loss. Further, it was also found out that one in every six people who reached the age of 65 and one in every three who reached 85 and above years old are having problems with some degree of vision loss. These numbers are continuously rising as the years go by. Indeed, age-related eye diseases are found to be the most common cause of blindness and vision impairment."
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