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Steven Kissing's ?Running from the Devil?, 2005.
This paper discusses the autobiography "Running from the Devil: A Memoir of a Boy Possessed" by Steven Kissing, a humorous treatment of the concept of the Prince of Darkness versus the Prince of Dorkness.
1,020 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that "Running from the Devil: A Memoir of a Boy Possessed" is the epic saga of author Steve Kissing, a sharp yet disturbed child of the 1970s who, in the fifth grade, began having spells, which lasted for only a minute or two, in which he suddenly would see strange sights and hear strange voices: Otherwise, he was a perfect child, got "A" in most of his studies, was a good athlete and even an alter boy. The author points out that, to send the devil away, among other activities, Kissing continued his obsessive long distance running training, which resulted in his becoming a high school track star. The paper relates that this book is a spiritual guide because Kissing's story, especially when he gets back to clarity, is extremely credible.
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"The way in which a child's worldview is fashioned by faith, family and fate is the source of the humor and the insights of "Running from the Devil". The powers of imagination, redemption and self-discovery are also highlighted. The boy dealing all alone with his supposed craziness in the mind and the body forms the base of the book. The story telling is done in a funny and entertaining way. The Catholic religion and its rites form the structure of the book, and the spiritual change of the coming of age is also well described."
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"Run Silent, Run Deep", 2006.
A review of the 1950s film "Run Silent, Run Deep"
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper reviews the film "Run Silent, Run Deep", produced 13 years after the end of the Second World War and starring some of the premier actors of the time. The author gives the film high praise, calling it an intense human drama of ego and duty. According to the author, the film avoids pandering to Cold War stereotypes, instead examining how in the midst of horrific conflict, the line between the ego and duty can easily become blurred.
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"Run Silent, Run Deep brilliantly captures the claustrophobic and tension-ridden atmosphere of a submarine at war. Made in 1958, it's a fast paced and thoroughly engaging wartime drama that stars some of the preeminent actors of the day: Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster. Alongside the two leading men is an excellent ensemble cast that includes Don Rickles and Jack Warden."
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Running, 2004.
Discussion regarding the positive effects of a regular running program.
1,668 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper examines the beneficial aspects of running on the cardiovascular and nervous systems. It does so by first looking at the different types of running and then by explaining the biomechanics of running.
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"From a sports professional point of view running is of three different types namely sprinting, middle distance and long distance or (marathon). Sprinting events are those races that are up to 400m. During the sprinting activity the muscles? metabolic pathways supply the required energy at a rate which is several times higher than the regular aerobic systems. This is verified by the decrease in PCr (phosphocreatine) by 67%, muscle glycogen by around 32% and ATP by 28%. Furthermore anaerobic glycolysis increases muscle lactate level by 20 fold. For sprinting, the thrust during the propelling period is very important and sports scientists have reported that the maximum force that a muscle can generate is directly proportional to its cross sectional area. This implies that good Sprinters usually are more muscular compared to marathon racers. For middle distance and marathon running the oxidative systems are the chief energy suppliers and there is a predominance of slow twitch muscle fibres."
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"Always Running", 2002.
This paper discusses Luis J. Rodriguez's "Always Running".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper reports that the book "Always Running" is Luis Rodriguez's insider account of what it's like to live in the poverty stricken urban ghettoes of the United States.
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Race, Class and Gender in "Always Running", 2008.
A review of the impact of race, class and gender in Luis Rodriguez' memoir, "Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A."
769 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 27.95
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This paper analyzes Luis Rodriguez' memoir, "Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A." It particularly discusses how identity is shown to be a prison of race, class and gender in which few young Mexican-Americans are able to escape. The paper gives examples from the text that illustrate how the very first social interactions of Latino youth in Los Angeles are severely impacted by their undeniable Mexican-American identity.
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"Another substantial iron bar of Rodriguez's prison was that of Gender. Clearly, male bravado played a big part in the early teen trouble-making years of Luis and his fellow gang-members. One example closely follows a summer expedition to the beach with some friends--both male and female. Rodriguez tells the story of young teens at the beach, flirting and fondling--interrupted by the local police. One thing that is interesting is his description of one of the female's body rising from the water after being thrown in by one of his friends. It is the first detailed account of the female form, and the account's graphic nature shows that his interest in becoming desirable to women has now become important. This description of his subject of interest, Hermie, is harshly broken up by the young group's run-in with the local law-enforcement. The reason this seems significant is because when Rodriguez gets home, his mother scolds him for being a trouble maker, saying: "You have to work, to help us out here. You're a big man now." The close relationship between his graphic memory of untouchable Hermie and his inability as provider for his family shows that his role as a man amidst all the other social challenges had just added more height to his mountain."
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Don DeLillo?s ?Running Dog?, 2002.
This paper discusses Don DeLillo?s use of women as objects for pornography and propaganda in his book ?Running Dog?.
550 words (approx. 2.2 pages), 2 sources, $ 19.95
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This paper explains that while not itself a pornographic novel, "Running Dog" objectifies women, thereby exemplifying the essence of pornography-- escape into fantasy through the subjugation of women. The author describes how DeLillo both masterfully juxtaposes and intermingles Nazi propaganda with the lures of pornography by subtly exposing the propagandic aspects of woman as object in pornography.
The author believes that, ultimately, DeLillo reduces pornography and its connoisseurs to the comic.
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"From Moll Robbins and Grace Delaney to Tran Le Mudger and Nadine Rademacher, female characters lack power against the men with whom they come into contact. Simply, they are objects, not people. Grace presents the relationship between men and women best: ?I was married to the same man for eleven years. I did his bidding. Not fully realizing. His silent bidding. Somehow, mysteriously, unspokenly. It?s built into the air between us. It?s carried on radio waves from galaxy to galaxy?. Sadly, hers is not a speech of liberation empowering her coworkers, as Moll fails to comprehend the depth of Grace?s words, and the secretary Bess Harris only drinks in silence."
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Running a Restaurant, 2002.
Looks at the different aspects of running one's own restaurant, using an example of a seasonal restaurant in Maryland.
3,294 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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The financial rewards and the personal satisfaction associated with having one's own business can be considerable. When the business is one with a high level of social interaction, such as a restaurant, there are personal rewards that move beyond the financial satisfaction that may result. The paper explains that a successful restaurant becomes a part of the community that it serves and can become a focal point of that community. This makes the restaurant business very different from other types of businesses and adds to the personal satisfaction that the owner receives. The paper shows, however, that restaurants also have traditionally low operating margins and are one of the riskier businesses that can be developed. This research examines the issues associated with running a seasonal restaurant in Ocean City, Maryland and the important considerations that such restaurateurs needs to take into account.
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"Over the years, there have been two trends among restaurants in the area which indicate that the region's appeal as a resort might be shifting. The first of these trends is toward remaining open year-round. Numerous restaurants (including those that specialize in the highly seasonal fish market) remain open throughout the year. Even those that close for some period of time are likely to close from January through March, or November through March, where they would remain closed for eight months 20 and 30 years ago. This shift indicates that the area is becoming more popular as a year-round destination, at least for diners, and that the local region is able to provide enough customers to support the businesses year-round."
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Rum Running in the Canadian Atlantic Region, 2006.
This paper analyzes the impact of the National Prohibition Act of 1920,a crucial legal apparatus in the United States that eventually triggered a whole new industry in rum running within Canada's coastal towns.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 5 sources, $ 80.95
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This study examines the history of rum running in the Canadian Atlantic region in the early 20th century. By understanding the effect of bans on alcohol and the United States Prohibition Act, many Canadian rum-runners found a viable business in smuggling rum all along the Atlantic coast. Furthermore, this type of illegal trade had a long lasting effect on local Canadian culture and economics by raising the standard of living for local fishermen. In essence, this paper brings forth the historical analysis of Canadian rum with a focus on how this trade influenced the various Canadian coastal towns on the Atlantic coast.
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Running for the Gold, 2002.
A look at the demands, psychological and other on a world-class running athlete.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper presents an examination of the psychological demands and the technical and tactical demands that will provide a world-class performance in the area of middle distance running.
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"Two Trains Running", 2003.
A look at the African "American Dream" in August Wilson's "Two Trains Running".
1,629 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper shows that, at the end of a decade of revolution in civil rights, the African-American situation in everyday life is unchanged, due to mainstream society?s denial of the marked history and future of African-Americans. Wilson uses "loud-talking" to identify this denial, as well as to bring about changes in social responsibility and African-Americans' searches for prosperity.
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"??Wilson?s plays show, if anything, that slavery isn?t ?historical? or time-bound, or even continuous. It?s something that starts all over again wherever oppression is elided or forgotten?(Fleche 13). At the end of the 1960?s it seems that the civil rights revolution has not freed the African American from the urban wasteland created by racism. Memphis?s restaurant once a thriving business within the community is now barely profitable due to the loss of wealth of the city. As Memphis looks to sell his building to the city, other essential businesses have already moved on, such as the doctor, supermarket, and five and ten (Bogumil 97). The drug store owner, Meyer, burns his business down to collect the insurance money and lets an innocent black man go to jail with the blame. ?Two Trains Running is about economic survival of African Americans and the many entrenched oppressive forces with which they collide as they chose among luck, violence and fair play? (Shannon 167)."
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Running on Empty, 2002.
An analysis of the poem "Running on Empty" by Robert Phillips.
810 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 28.95
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The poem describes a young person, probably a college freshman, discovering what it is like to be on his own. The paper discusses how this theme is carried throughout the poem and how it is reinforced through the many traditional structural elements such as metaphor, symbolism, simile and characterization.
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"The poem is using a blank verse form commonly used by the romantics. The technical or structural elements used in this poem include metaphor, symbolism, simile and characterization. Characterization is used in the poem as a way for the reader to identify with the theme. By establishing a character, the author gives the reader insight into what a young teenager experiences through memories of their own experiences."
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Running a Small Business, 2007.
An analysis of the major aspects that small businesses need to focus on in order to be successful.
1,015 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper describes some of the important aspects that a small business owner needs to take into account when running a small business. It specifically focuses on the need for the production of quality products and/or services, a stable and sensible pricing scheme, a well-thought out operating and organization plan and the equitable treatment of all stakeholders, including contractors as well as employees. The paper examines all of these aspects.
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Overview
Product and/or Service
Pricing
Operations and Organization
Treatment of Stakeholders
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"While poor operations and sub-par quality is certain to affect revenues negatively as well as long-term financial viability, a product or service that is irrelevant creates almost insurmountable barriers to success for the small business owner. Following this effort put into conceiving a line of business that generates demand, just as much effort needs to be put into developing a pricing scheme that does not remove a product or service from the effective grasp of the very customers a small business owner is trying to reach."
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"Two Trains Running", 2003.
Discusses August Wilson's play set in 1969.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 47.95
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Examines the impact of urban renewal and the displacement of poor blacks and black neighborhoods by modernization. Focuses on characters at Memphis's diner. Discusses the three main male characters and Wilson's concept of the American Dream.
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"When there seems to be no hope, people turn to something that just might provide hope. With many blacks in the North that means "playing the numbers". As Wolf, the neighborhood numbers runner explains it:
It's the same thing as ..."
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The Mythological World of Wallace Stevens, 2002.
This paper looks at the poems of Wallace Stevens, analyzing Stevens? mythological construct.
2,928 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 86.95
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The writer explores the question of whether Stevens? poetry is located in the realm of imagination or in reality, or attempting to balance somewhere in between. According to the paper, Stevens creates a kind of mythology in each of his poems which centers around refined symbols. The paper looks at these poems, discussing the symbols and how they are effective.
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"Before we can understand what Stevens? mythological construct is, we must first explore what it is not. Recognizing that the crisis of faith today may be as result of the fact that our myths are no longer credible, Stevens searches ?to find nobility in things as they are, uncrowned by myths or gods? (Weston 61), which is to say that he finds neither consolation nor enlightenment in conventional mythologies, religious traditions, or cultural histories. Indeed, such dependence on the past threatens the mind seeking to relate itself to the world of the present, and Stevens strives ?to clear away all that intervenes between the perceiving mind and the world as presently perceived? (Borroff 3). According to Stevens, we must guard ourselves against the past to avoid being vulnerable to it. For example, Stevens writes in ?The Pure Good of Theory,? ?Malformed, the world was paradise malformed . . . / . . . the solar chariot is junk? (Collected 332), showing that ?even though it is no longer believed in, the ancient myth of the sun-god may interpose itself between us and the sun, and the names and legends of the constellations may similarly obscure the stars? (Borroff 3). Thus, the power of myth today is a destructive tendency to eclipse reality."
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"Doing Business with the Devil", 2005.
This paper examines the conceptions of infinite and the devil in "Doing Business with the Devil".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper presents two differing conceptions of infinity and how they apply to a single thought experiment. The author points out that the first viewpoint is that of Rucker who believes that infinity is as real as any other mathematical concept and is essentially a Platonist viewpoint. The paper relates that the other conception is that of Lakoff and Nunez who believe that infinity is an abstract metaphor whose use should be employed when it is useful, but which is not real.
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"In "Doing Business with the Devil", we are presented with an interesting intellectual dilemma that has a few things to do with our discussion of the infinite. At first glance (and even second and third glances) the puzzle seems nearly nonsensical. The words make sense, but the point is elusive. In the puzzle, an individual is dealing with the Devil in a situation with an infinite number of one-dollar bills, which the Devil just happens to collect."
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