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?The Spirits of the Towers?, 2002.
A study of the recent Gerald Manley Hopkins poem, ?The Spirits of the Towers?, which reflects on the September 11 tragedy in New York City.
1,105 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 38.95
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This paper analyzes the poem which reflects on the horror and destruction of the terrorist attack on New York?s Twin Towers. The paper describes this haiku poem's strong imagery of the attack and eloquent use of the symbols of American culture to represent the American spirit.
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"The central theme is a search for meaning within the tragedy of September 11. The ?spirits of the towers? are not only the ghostly remembrances of the buildings themselves, but also the actual spirits of the many people who died there. In a larger sense, the ghosts of the people and of the buildings become part of the American spirit, in the same sense that we use the phrase ?the spirit of 76?."
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Cellphone Towers, 2008.
A review and discussion on whether we can be assured that cellphone towers themselves do not produce radio-frequency radiation.
1,229 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses cell towers and antennas and questions their safety in the community. The paper confirms that the number of cell sites has increased over the years in proportion to the expanding number of subscribers. These tower structures are erected on various locations such as parks, schools and fire houses. The paper considers if these towers really put us at risk and states that according to the Food and Drug Administration Act, exposure to cellphone radiation on the ground is significantly weaker than exposure on the direct path of the transmitted signal of the antenna. This exposure is several thousand of times less than the minimum safety levels recommended by expert studies. Thus the paper confirms that civilian exposure to cellphone radiation is well within the safety margins.
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"Electromagnetic radiation, composed of electric and magnetic energy moving at the speed of light, is the one feared by most people. The electromagnetic spectrum is a wide range of electromagnetic signals ranging from high-frequency x-rays and gamma rays to low-frequency radio waves. Your cellphone's electromagnetic radiation has a 3kHz-300GHz frequency. This falls just after the very low frequency like your computers and before or just the same frequency as your everyday microwave oven. And still the radiation coming from the sun poses more danger than your cellphone."
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"The House of Spirits", 2006.
A look at the character of Esteban in Isabella Allende's novel, "The House of Spirits" and why the narrators in the story treat him sympathetically.
2,153 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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In order to analyze and explain why the first and third person narrators in Isabella Allende's novel, "The House of Spirits", treat the character of Esteban so sympathetically, this paper considers what the novel itself represents, its autobiographical roots and the historical as well as allegorical elements in the story.
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"The other characters represent the spirit of the people and various contending factions in Chile: revolutionaries, the Church, the natives. They are part of the tumultuous and violent history of the Chilean people. In The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende portrays the politics, myth, and magic of her homeland. The novel reveals the diversity of opinion among conservatives during the socialist regime in Chile. Many of the conservatives of the generation of Esteban Trueba, the protagonist's grandfather, were afraid of change and unable to support socialism on ideological grounds, but felt that when Salvador Allende fell, Chile would return to its democratic roots. When they saw what Pinochet's dictatorship brought, they were horrified. Outside Chile, there is a tendency to classify the opponents of socialism automatically as supporters of the dictatorship."
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"House of the Spirits", 2003.
A review of the film "The House of the Spirits "from a political perspective.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper presents a review of the film "The House of the Spirits," based on Isabel Allende's novel, from a political perspective. It takes the view that the film is a critique of the inevitability of fascism in Latin America, and the flawed social assumptions of its elites.
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"Anyone who views The House of the Spirits without specific knowledge of the political evolution of Latin America over the course of the the century would perhaps find it totally unbelievable. However the observation that Latin America's democratic opening has ..."
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Isabel Allende "The House of the Spirits", 2005.
This paper relates the story and characterizations in Isabel Allende's novel "The House of the Spirits".
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 47.95
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This paper explains that Isabel Allende's "The House of the Spirits"
contains a steady conflict within characters as they try to achieve harmony between their inner and outer worlds. The author points out that Clara is a character who is seemingly trapped in her inner world because she cannot escape what is happening within her own mind; however, Blanca and Alba are affected much more by the happenings in the outside world and their lives constantly are torn apart by the actions of other people. The paper relates that, because it is the driving force behind many of the characters' actions, the setting of this novel, which is assumedly Chile during periods of political turmoil, is important.
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"Esteban Trueba is a character whose main interest is in the outer world, with very little attention paid to the happenings of his inner world. He is a hard-working man who wants to achieve great wealth before his time on Earth is over. His main goal is to become rich because of all the material goods that such status would bring him. He is a short-tempered and violent man as well. He never seems to be happy with anyone in this novel, as there is always something that sets him off. He is more concerned with controlling people and having them do exactly as he pleases than he is with changing the type of person that he is."
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"The House of the Spirits", 2002.
Looks at the themes of magical realism and fantasy in Isabel Allende's novel, "The House of the Spirits".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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Discussion of the themes of fantasy in Isabel Allende's book, The House of the Spirits. Centers on supernatural occurrences in the lives of several generations of the Trueba family - the appearance of ghosts, psychic abilities and other unusual elements. The fantasies of the individual characters, as well as the fantastic nature of the book itself, are elaborated in detail.
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Exporting Spirits to Japan, 2002.
This paper examines the economic, political and regulatory environment surrounding the U.S. export of whiskey, or distilled spirits, to Japan.
2,156 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper looks at reasons why it has been difficult for many American companies to penetrate the Japanese export market in the past. It discusses how, over three decades, the Japanese laws and regulations created barriers to entry, by culturally binding allegiance and employing strategies such as cross-shareholding which favor keiretsu (local industrial groups). Officially, Japan?s policy is to promote imports, but in practice this was often not the case. This paper focuses on how the American markets have been able to penetrate the Japanese markets with their sale of spirits.
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"As an island nation, Japan is a worldwide net importer due to its geographical limitations. Japan is America's largest overseas trading partner and the largest importer of U.S. agricultural products. With a gross domestic product of nearly $5 trillion, Japan?s is the world?s second largest economy. Japan?s GDP is 70% of that of the U.S., while its population is roughly half. In 1996, the growth rate in Japan?s economy was the highest in the developed world, at 3.6%. U.S. exports to Japan are greater than that of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore combined, making Japan a prime Asian market for U.S. exports."
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"House of Spirits", 2002.
A study of transitional writing in "House of Spirits" by Isabelle Allende.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 71.95
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Dear Author, this is a study that I have done on your work entitled "House of Spirits" and will focus on arguing for your use of transition in the tale. By using the mystical Clara and her eventual marriage to Esteban Trueba, a fierce politician from the city, you create the transition that your native Chile went through when it went from a "backwoods" country into the twentieth Century.
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Women in Allende's "House of Spirits", 2005.
This paper analyzes the way in which women are portrayed in "The House of Spirits."
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper analyzes the way in which women are portrayed in Allende's "The House of Spirits." Specifically the paper examines magic realism and the discussion of female power and autonomy in the lives of the women characters.
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"Isabel Allende's novel "The House of Spirits" is best known as a journey into a world of magical realism. However, it is important to note Allende's other mission within the narrative, namely a discussion of female power and autonomy in the lives of her characters. In fact the way in which women are portrayed in "The House of Spirits" relates plainly to one of the novel's key themes and allows Allende to articulate an interesting point about the rights of women within a patriarchal society."
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"The House of the Spirits", 2004.
A review of Isabelle Allende's book, "The House of the Spirits".
1,566 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper discusses the book, "The House of the Spirits" written by Isabelle Allende. The writer points out that, although the book is a novel and is set in a nameless magical reality of the author's imagination rather than a specific place and time, the heavily symbolic nature of Allende's prose renders the book almost like a philosophical, as opposed to an analytical, critique of Chilean politics and society.
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"The book tells the story of the coming of age, of the boyhood and manhood of the patriarch of the Trueba family during the political upheaval that cumulates in the rise of a dictatorial era. It also stresses the struggles of the patriarch's wife to come to terms with her own gifts of prognostication and the impact of the sins and hopes of the fathers and mothers of the Trueba family upon their offspring's lives in a larger political context. Ultimately, Estaban Trueba lives in frustration at his inability to control the women in his life or the politics of the world in which he dwells logic and masculine power are futile in the arbitrary world of the novel. The man's first love, his fiance dies. He cannot fully possess his wife Clara on an emotional level, as she becomes involved with a relationship with another woman. His daughter becomes pregnant by a lower class man. His granddaughter is raped."
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J.R.R Tolkien and "The Two Towers", 2002.
A paper which examines what makes the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, especially the second book in his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "The Two Towers", such a remarkable piece of literature.
4,460 words (approx. 17.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 116.95
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The paper begins with an overview of the life of author J.R.R. Tolkien and questions how Tolkien?s life impacted on the "Lord of the Ring" trilogy. The features that make the book outstanding are discussed. The paper then considers how Tolkien's imaginary world applies to the modern world. Finally, the themes of the book are described. Each of these discussions are completed with a focus on the second book of Tolkien?s trilogy, "The Two Towers".
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"The third influence worth noting is Tolkien?s experience in the war. Tolkien did not serve in the war for long, but did lose almost all of his friends in the war. It can be expected that such an event would impact on his writing. This can be seen, not in the writing style of the work, but in the themes. How power corrupts individuals is one of the themes of the book. This can be related to Tolkien?s own experience. He and his friends were sent to a war by those in power, where his friends died. Despite this being the decision of those in power, they were not the one?s doing the fighting. This is likely one of the underlying factors in Tolkien?s life that led him to incorporate the corruption of power into this works. The statement that the book makes about power will be discussed further in the themes section.
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Power Struggle in "Barchester Towers", 2004.
Analysis of the power struggle between clergymen in Anthony Tollope's "Barchester Towers".
1,296 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper describes the struggle to be the one to wield power in a small Anglican diocese. Trollope's purpose is to show the human foibles and politics of the Church of England and how the emphasis of the Church has drifted from God, faith, and the religious guidance of the Church's congregation to politics and the power of the clergy. It explains how "Barchester Towers" does not deal with a power struggle for religious ideals. Rather, it depicts an ecclesiastical power struggle and the vain thirst for personal power among Barchester's churchmen.
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"Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers is concerned with social change in 19th century England. Trollope's purpose is to show the human foibles and politics of the Church of England and how the emphasis of the Church has drifted from God, faith, and the religious guidance of the Church's congregation to politics and the power of the clergy. In short, Barchester Towers does not deal with a power struggle for religious ideals. Rather, it depicts an ecclesiastical power struggle and the vain thirst for personal power among Barchester's churchmen. In this battle, several influential men of consequence endeavor to "rule the roast" (18) and to become Barchester's cock of the walk (142). Ironically, the bishop's willful wife Mrs. Proudie thwarts their ambitions. One situation in the novel that Trollope uses to illustrate the clergy's aspirations and their neglect of religious principles is the battle between Mrs. Proudie and her adversaries, Chaplain Slope and the Bishop of Barchester."
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Installing Cellular/Radio Towers, 2006.
A budget proposal on the cost of installing cellular/radio towers in parts of western Massachusetts.
2,123 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 66.95
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This study attempts to identify the feasibility of and the costs associated with the installation of cellular communications towers in western Massachusetts that would provide adequate cellular radio coverage for the subject communities of Ware, Pelham and Shutesbury. Also investigated in the paper are funding sources, the impact on the environment and surrounding populations and the studies and permits that must be obtained before construction can commence.
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Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Importance of the Study
Scope of the Study
Rationale of the Study
Budgetary Considerations
Environmental Impact Requirements
Conclusion
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"The use of cellular communications devices in the United States has become virtually ubiquitous and Americans have embraced this technology in a major way; an unfortunate concomitant of this explosive growth in cellular communications, though, has been the need for frequently unsightly communications towers that can be as tall as 250 feet. While many companies have sought environmentally friendly alternatives by disguising these structures, the need for them remains solidly in place. There were more than 57,000 radio transmission sites throughout the country, with an estimated 110,000 antennae already in place by the end of 2002 (Tuesley 887). This proliferation of communications towers is a fundamental function of the explosive demand for wireless service and new technologies. For instance, in his essay, "Cellular tower proliferation in the United States," Thomas A. Wikle (2002) reports that cellular telephone towers have been placed in a growing number of cities, suburbs, and towns of America. This author estimates that more than 128,000 cellular antennae would be installed across the United States by the end of 2005 (Wikle 44). Clearly, cellular companies (also known as cell or wireless service providers) are under an increasing amount of pressure to extend their networks' geographical boundaries. Forecasts in the late 1990s suggested that 100,000 cellular telephone towers would be in place by 2010; in fact, though, by the end of 2001 that total had already been exceeded (Wikle 44)."
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"The House of the Spirits", 2003.
An analysis of the novel, "The House of the Spirits", by Isabelle Allende.
943 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper examines Allende's novel, which weaves a rich tapestry of the lives of the deeply spiritual and complicated Trueba family. Her epic story spans three generations and close to 75 years. It shows how the novel is an epic tale of the family's loves, relationships, ambitions, spirituality, and their place in a history that ultimately determines their fates.
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"The novel begins with Clara del Valle, who will ultimately become the family's matriarch. She is a sensitive young woman with a true gift for the paranormal. Clara can read people's minds, bend spoons, and even read fortunes. The talented young Clara is rendered inexplicably mute after the unexpected death of her elder sister, Rosa. She remains mute for nine years, and only breaks her silence to announce that she will marry Esteban Trueba, even though she is not in love with him."
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"House of the Spirits", 2003.
Discusses the underlying motive for the characters' use of sex in Isabel Allende's novel, "The House of the Spirits".
1,244 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses how various characters in the novel "House of Spiritis" (Isabel Allende), use sex to reveal their hidden emotions. Sex represents revenge for Esteban Garcia, an outlet for Esteban Trueba?s emotions, love for Pedro Tercero and Blanca and a means of self-gratification for Jean de Satigny. The paper shows that sex also signifies love for Clara; because she does not love Esteban Trueba, she does not want to have sex with him. Allende uses sex to display the types of relationships between the characters. For some, sex is a consummation of their love; for others, sex is a pleasurable experience used to release their emotions.
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"Another way that Esteban Trueba uses sex as an outlet for his emotions is when he is with Transito Soto. Although Esteban Trueba is ?not a man for whores,? he likes Transito Soto because ?she was indefatigable and never complained? (69). Esteban Trueba visits Transito Soto after he is married when he is having problems in his relationship with Clara. Transito Soto helps Esteban Trueba ?weep out all the misery and loneliness of recent years? after they have sex together (317). Esteban Trueba turns to Transito Soto to release his feelings because he knows that she will not ask questions and that she can understand his pain through their sexual relations together."
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