Abstract
This paper examines the plot and characters in the comedic play "You Can't Take It With You" which revolves around the relationship between Tony and Alice and their families. The writer of this paper delves into the themes depicted in the play while also discussing the various conflicts between the characters. This paper analyzes the dialogue of the play which shows specific forms of action through the conversations taking place in the actual story as well as the narrative information given throughout the play. This paper explores the specific style of writing in this particular play which according to the writer is written in prose form while discussing the lack of continuous rhythm in the actual text. This paper also examines the manner in which the language used in the play clearly highlights the characters' personalities.

From the Paper
"In the first act, we meet Martin Vanderhof's family. The play talks about the different things they do that make them happy. Grandpa left his business 35 years ago, and began to collect snakes as he decided to relax and live life. For fun, he also attends commencement ceremonies at a local university. Penelope Sycamore, or Penny, is Alice's mother and Grandpa Vanderhof''s daughter. Penny writes plays, but she has also felt the creative bug as an artist. Her husband, Paul, is interested in rockets and spends quite some time puttering in the basement with a friend of the family, Mr. DePinna, who came to deliver ice one day eight years before, and became an adopted part of the family. Paul and Mr. DePinna make rockets for any occasion fireworks are wanted. Penny had worked on a painting of Mr. DePinna as a Roman discus thrower, possibly accepting a role, as Penny's model, was how he became part of the craziness of the family."

Tags:theater, review, play, pulitzer, prize, american, comedy, musical

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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes Union General William Tecumseh Sherman, commander of the Western armies that took Atlanta in 1864. Specifically, it looks at how his capture of Atlanta and eventual March to the Sea, ended the Civil War.

From the Paper
"William Tecumseh Sherman is one of the most well-known and notorious generals of the Union Army in the Civil War. The people of Georgia still speak his name with contempt if they speak it at all, due to his infamous burning of Atlanta and his March to the Sea, which eventually helped bring the South to their knees, winning the war for the North. During his military career, he was hailed as a savior, called "crazy," and demoted; yet, he became one of the best-known and successful generals in the Civil War."

Tags:atlanta, march, sea, civil, war, north, south, military, general

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The paper assesses Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People" which was first published in 1936. The author of the paper shows that although it may be hard to imagine that a book written so many years ago is still relevant today, it's clear why this book has stood the test of time: The basic, down-to-earth techniques for dealing with people (for example, "Don't criticize, condemn or complain"; "Give honest and sincere appreciation") still work today. The paper shows how Carnegie shows he has a true understanding of human nature, how to make people like you, and how to deal with them so you can be an effective leader and that those types of skills are never outdated.

From the Paper
"In some parts of the book it s very obvious that it was written many years ago. Some of the stories Carnegie tells to illustrate his points seem a bit outdated, and I m not sure the things he said would work today, although the basic idea is still valid. For instance, Chapter 6 is How to Make People Like You Instantly. In this chapter he tells the story of going to the post office and wanting to say something to the postal clerk that will make the clerk like him. Because the clerk seems to have a very tedious job, as well as one that doesn t seem to require specialized skills, Carnegie chooses not to build up the clerk by commenting on how well he does his job. Instead, he tells the clerk, I certainly wish I had your head of hair. In today s society, that sort of comment might be misconstrued and taken the wrong way. "

Tags:interpersonal, relationships, how-to, book

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The paper explores the vulnerabilities of the current SATCOM (specifically WIN-T) system and looks specifically at internal and external factors - as well as "natural" occurrences that might jeopardize the system - which threaten the information lifeline of the US military. The paper considers critical risk management principles pertaining to this system, including the principle of Open Communications; the principle known as the Forward-Looking View; the principle of Integrated Management and the principle of Shared Product Vision. These principles are outlined briefly in an effort to see how they can be applied to Army Satellite Communications in such a way that the optimal security is achieved with the least interruption of workflow. The paper concludes that a strong sense of shared vision, an open and ongoing dialogue among all parties and integrating risk management into every step of the development process is critical to protecting SATCOM from harm.

From the Paper
"In the world of the military, any communications system that fails to recognize and appreciate risk is headed towards certain disaster. With this in mind, the vulnerabilities of the current SATCOM (specifically WIN-T) system will be explored and the paper will look specifically at internal and external factors - as well as "natural" occurrences that might jeopardize the system - which threaten the information lifeline of the US military. Proceeding further, critical risk management principles pertaining to this system will be borne in mind. These principles are the..."

Tags:risk, management, satcom

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This paper explains that the protagonists in Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" are industrial geniuses, such as Dagny Taggart and great minds, such as Francisco D'Anconia, who are fighting against a society that doesn't want them but desperately needs them; the society and the government are the antagonists. The author points out that this book is about losing to win, which is a philosophy created by Ayn Rand, displayed by her characters and called objectivism, a system where each individual strives to be the best they can be and to profit themselves. The paper relates that feminists, who are sympathetic with the themes of Rand's literary work, say that Rand has created a rare female character, Dagny Taggart, on a par with any folk hero or medieval knight, but even sympathetic feminist readers have difficulty with Rand's seeming to define her female characters in terms of their relationships to their male counterparts as a derivative or dependent, if not subordinate.

From the Paper
"For the adult Dagny, there are few men (individuals) in the world to whom she could submit or subordinate herself. As John Galt is following her into the long, dark, abandoned, granite tunnel of Taggart Transcontinental Railroad, Dagny chants to herself, "You will follow me." These words silently spoken are more a claim of right than a prayer, more a demand than a wish. Sensing that she is being followed, she moves even faster into the darkness, pulse beating rapidly, but unafraid. And then, despite Galt's "leashed intensity," the "harshness of his lips...down the line of her throat, leaving a trail of bruises and his elbow knocking her head aside," with "her teeth sinking into the flesh of his arm," there is less surrender than "worship of him.""

Tags:antagonists, losing, winning, objectivism, derivative

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The paper relates that Howard Schultz, chairman and chief strategist of Starbucks, has described the company's winning marketing strategy, as follows: "we aren't in the coffee business serving people. We are in the people business, serving coffee (Serwer, 2004, p 68)." The paper explains that this philosophy governs Starbucks' marketing activities from its home town of Seattle to its international operations that have expanded to Europe, Asia and Central and South America, as well as the Middle East.

From the Paper
"Howard Schultz, chairman and chief strategist of Starbucks, has described the company's winning marketing strategy, as follows: "we aren't in the coffee business serving people. We are in the people business, serving coffee (Serwer, 2004, p 68)." This philosophy governs Starbucks' marketing activities from its home town of Seattle to its international operations that have expanded to Europe, Asia and Central and South America, as well as the Middle East. Starbucks has used three different types of business structures in its..."

Tags:international, business, strategy

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The paper argues that the importance of athletic programs is often overblown. The paper reveals that while a good football or basketball team can boost school spirit, sell T-shirts, and increase the academic standing of a school, winning teams are hard to come by and they usually cost more money than they make. The paper further argues that athletes sometimes receive favorable treatment in academic classes in order to ensure they have eligibility to play and this is shown by low graduation rates among athletes.

From the Paper
"Over the last century, however, as collegiate athletics have grown in stature and have grown into multi-million dollar businesses, the NCAA has had to confront questions of how these athletic programs contribute to college life. It has become a cliche that college athletes in such high profile sports as basketball and football receive a free pass in college classrooms. Perhaps the most famous and egregious case of this in recent history happened at the University of Georgia in the fall of 2001, where Jim Harrick Jr., an assistant basketball coach taught a course called Coaching Principles and Strategies of Basketball. The course was mainly populated by athletes from the basketball team."

Tags:graduation, rates, academics, teams

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An examination of the the Electoral College and the support and opposition that exists for it. The author discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the Electoral College arguing that the Electoral College is the best and most systematic and fair way to run elections. Included is a background to the Electoral College and a thorough description of its formation and duties.

) Why do we have the Electoral College?

2) The Founding Fathers disputed how the president would be chosen

i) By direct vote of the people

ii) By Congress

b) Compromised with the Electoral College

c) Thesis Statement

3) Description of the Electoral College

a) How many there are

b) How they are chosen

c) How the people vote for them

d) How the President is voted for

4) The Electoral College has opposition

a) Electors don?t have to vote the way they pledged

b) There can be a tie in the Electoral College

b) The popular vote winner may lose the election

5) There can be a tie

a) How there can be a tie

b) Why it could be a problem

6) Electors don?t have to vote the way they pledged

a) The states and their penalties

b) An Example of an elector changing his mind

c) Why it could be a problem

7) The popular vote winner may be the loser

a) How it is happening in this election

b) A past example

c) Hillary?s promise to abolish the Electoral College

d) What would happen without the Electoral College

8) Oppositions solution is to abolish the Electoral College

a) Why it should be abolished

i) A possible tie

ii) Electors can change their vote

iii) The popular vote winner losing the election

b) Why the Electoral College should not be abolished

i) One problem can be fixed

ii) Another has a solution

iii) The last is not really a problem

9) A possible tie

a) Unlikely because each state would have to go a specific way

b) The solution that is already made

10) Electors can change their minds

a) Only 9 of over 18,000 have

b) It is hard to get an elector to change his or her mind

c) The solution is to pass a law

11) The minority may win the election

a) The Electoral College forces candidates to include more people than if there is no Electoral College.

b) Without it, the election would be decided by people that lived in the large cities

c) Small communities would?t be significant enough for candidates to use their campaign money

d) The majority of the US would be left out

e) Why every vote counts in the Electoral College

12) The Electoral College is the best way to run an election

a) The elector flaw can be fixed

b) There is already a solution to the tie problem

c) The majority losing is better than only letting big cities have a say in the election

From the Paper
"You don't know? What do you mean you don't know?" Gore has already won the popular vote! Three weeks later, and the US doesn't know who the 43rd president will be! Each candidate is still scrambling to get the 270 Electoral votes needed to win. But, if Gore has the most votes, why is there still a race? What are these Electoral votes? When our Founding Fathers were setting the policies for the elections, there was a debate. Some said the election of the President should come directly from the people; others said the people could not handle the responsibility, and Congress should do it. They compromised, and came up with the Electoral College. A couple hundred years later, the Electoral College is still in use, and there is support and opposition for it."

Tags:politics, voting, fair, equal

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The following paper examines how violence is a driving force for society. It is of the opinion of the writer that we have learned to accept it and have lowered the value of the human life, as a result. The writer makes reference to John McMurtry's essay entitled "Kill 'Em! Crush 'Em! Eat 'Em Raw!" written in the early 1970's where he compared the game of football to war; in which the hidden object of the game at that time wasn't to win by scoring the most touchdowns through skill and athletics, but instead to win by being the first team to disable its opponent. This paper discusses how football today is no longer played tough in the pros because team pride is no longer eminent. The author argues that money is the driving force of the game and is the only incentive seen by the players.

From the Paper
"The average American who has sat in front of the TV has experienced this dilemma: "We interrupt this program to bring you breaking news." In my personal experience the second I see a guy standing in front of a microphone talking about the latest corporate scandal I change the channel, but if the image on my television displays a bird's eye view of a car chase or better yet a bank heist, I watch patiently no matter how actionless and boring the breaking news is. In fact, if I happen to suddenly need to use the restroom or make a phone call, I'll press the record button on my VCR just in case I miss a gun battle or a car fire while I'm away. Myself and the majority of Americans, especially males, thrive on other people's adrenaline and demolition. It has indeed become an integral part of our lives: "Competitive, organized injury" can be seen almost everywhere; especially in sporting events and other entertainment such as movies. It has even made it's way into children's video games."

Tags:competive, crush, eat, em, ethos, football, injury, john, kill, mcmurtry, morality, organized, play, raw, society, warrior

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This paper uses the case discussed in Jonathon Harr's book "A Civil Action" to explain the system of Anglo/American tort law--the workings and limitations of the system and the intended goals as opposed to real life actualities. It follows case facts and describes the outcome, while explaining all the ensuing legal factors. Also included is an account of the historical divergence of civil obligations and tort law.

From the paper:

"Harr?s book relates the story of a type of case that is all too sadly familiar: A large corporation (in this case actually two large corporations) contaminate the environment because it is cheaper dump solvents than to dispose of them legally. The reason that corporations are supposed to be restrained from such cheap but illegal dumping is the threat of either criminal charges being made or of civil litigation. In other words, corporations are supposed to behave themselves because if they don?t then they will get sued. But the important catch to this argument, as this book shows, is that corporations do not in fact have a great deal to fear from civil litigation. All too often, the person who wins civil litigation is the person (or corporation) who can continue to pay for a lawyer longer than the other side. The results of civil litigation have less to do with right and wrong than with whose pockets were the deepest to begin with."

Tags:Harr, environment, punitive