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"Mirage", 2006.
A review and critique of the George Hager and Eric Pianin book "Mirage: Why Neither Democrats Nor Republicans Can Balance the Budget, End the Deficit and Satisfy the Public".
1,600 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper examines the new book by journalists George Hager and Eric Pianin entitled "Mirage: Why Neither Democrats Nor Republicans Can Balance the Budget, End the Deficit and Satisfy the Public". The author of this paper calls "Mirage" a whirlwind trip through the fiscal policies and activities of the White House and Congress. The paper demonstrates how the book sheds light on why balanced budgets and zero deficits are virtually impossible to achieve, despite the fact that everyone is always trying to do so. The paper parallels the book's assertion that most presidential candidates run on the platform that they will balance the budget while in office and many congressional candidates are elected based on similar promises. However, as the book explains, what the public wants is often impossible when considering what the public is willing to sacrifice. The paper also critiques the book's discussion of the impact of partisan politics on budget negotiations.
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"Analysts at the Congressional Budget Office are predicting a fiscal nightmare for the federal government in the near future. The retirement of the baby boomers will nearly double the number of eligible beneficiaries for Social Security and Medicare. With the working population only rising by 25%, the expenses are nowhere near being offset. The result will be a deficit skyrocket if benefits are not reduced or taxes are not raised. The $4 trillion debt of today will jump to an estimated $21 trillion by 2020 and $81 trillion by 2030. Interest payments alone will destroy the economic framework of the United States. Despite the fact that the solution to the problem is clear, getting a polarized Congress representing an equally undecided constituency makes the problem unsolvable. The story begins in early 1995."
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Marriage in "Don Juan", 2004.
An analysis of the illusions and mirages of marriage, as elucidated in Lord Byron?s ?Don Juan? .
3,291 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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This paper examines how love and marriage have been popular literary themes throughout history and how, because the emotions involved are universal, these themes provide an excellent framework in which to explore various expositions about what makes life worthwhile and how it should be lived. It looks at how, in Lord Byron?s case, money and fame are worthwhile endeavors, and how his work, "Don Juan", is simply a means to an end. It shows that, while the poem has been the subject of countless analyses and interpretations, the fact remains that one of the primary goals of its author was to earn some money by making people ?giggle.?
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"Byron's narrator is eminently aware of how illusory and arbitrary the promises of marriage are. In support, he maintains that "authors" leave the future state of marriage to faith because they "fear description might disparage ... or fall beneath the expectations of the world" (Byron III. 9). According to the narrator, authors -- that is, writers like him -- are describing marriage because they recognize the gap between the expectations of society and the actual conditions of marriage. It is the narrator's recognition of this gap that leads him to "fear" that such descriptions of marriage will not measure up to high expectations that are associated with them. In other words, the reality will fall far short of the expectations."
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So Blinded By Thine Love, 2002.
A paper which analyzes the theme of destructive love in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby".
1,130 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 39.95
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The paper describes the destructive love theme in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby". It shows how the love mirage is perfectly exemplified in the story of Gatsby and Daisy: Love lost, love missed, love found, love dismissed. The paper shows how love gives the character Gatsby the ambition to succeed in life, and eventually how it destroys him and kills him.
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"No force or emotion is more powerful than idealized love. Only love can blind a man until he has no conscious level of life, logic, or sorrow. Love is an irresistible, mindless emotion that warms the heart into a pulp of sentiment. This force precipitates an everlasting high that erases time, making its victim feel bubbly and nauseous with gaiety, feeding off of a precious memory. Submerged in fascination, one can bask in admiration of another for years at a time, laughing at those he has wasted. Any man would comfortably invest all his money in sweet nothings, merely for the sake of impressing his beloved. Such an innocent, cute candor, love can be. How delectable it must feel to be considered a lady?s knight in shining armor! Do it all, till she cry ?My brave warrior, I must have you!? And you will indeed get the girl and carry her away, as Gatsby did in Fitzgerald?s novel. She will be instantly yours? or until she discovers your double-edged sword."
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