While making documentaries for discovery channel‚ Thomas Friedman got an idea to go to call centres across the world and document young people on America’s standing. He says that Globalization took over when he was sleeping and that he couldn’t explain it. Tom travels to Bangalore and meets Nandan Nilekani who casually mentions that the world’s economic playing field was being levelled. This propelled him to write a book on globalization and outsourcing called “The world is flat”. The Flatteners
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John Glen Bonajos 11-1468 Section BA3 July 22‚ 2011 Chapter-by-Chapter Book Summary ST. MATTHEW CHAPTER 1 * Total Number of Verses: 24 * Personage in the Chapter: Abraham‚ Isaac‚ Jacob‚ Judah‚ Pharez‚ Zerah‚ Hezron‚ Ram‚ Ammin’adab‚ Nashon‚ Salmon‚ Boaz‚ Obed‚ Jesse‚ David‚ Solomon‚ Uriah‚ Rehobo’am‚ Abi’jah‚ Asa‚ Jehosh’aphat‚ Jeho’ram‚ Uzzi’ah‚ Jotham‚ Ahaz‚ Hezeki’ah‚ Manas’seh‚ Amon‚ Josi’ah‚ Jeconi’ah‚ She-al’te-el‚ Zerub’babel‚ Abi’ud‚ Eli’akim‚ Azor‚ Zadok‚ Achim‚ Eli’ud‚ Ele-a’zar
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Chapter 5: The Reluctant Fundamentalist Homework Why is the interaction with the hostile driver in Manila significant? This interaction is significant because it is the first time that Changez sees himself as the rich‚ stuck-up‚ corporate American working man rather than a Pakistani in another country. It is due to the look of disgust he sees in the eyes of the driver that he realizes who he has become. He even tells people‚ upon being asked where he is from‚ that he is from New York‚ despite
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“The Thin Blue Line” While preparing a documentary about Dr. James Grigson‚ Errol Morris unearths the story of Randall Adams and David Harris. One fateful day‚ Adams’ car runs out of gas on the side of the road in Dallas‚ Texas. That same day‚ after running away from home‚ stealing a car‚ and his father’s gun‚ Harris drove his car through Dallas. Then he comes across Adams walking to get gas for his car. Harris helps Adams and they spend the rest of the day together. That night‚ Officer Robert
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Chapter 1- Michael J. Roscoe‚ a multimillionaire from New York‚ is assassinated by a guy who goes by the name Sam Green. Chapter 2- Alex Rider follows two suspected drug dealers to a barge on the River Thames. Chapter 3- Alex hops into a crane near the barge and lifts the barge out of the water with the crane; the barge collides into a nearby conference center when it’s in the air. Chapter 4- Alex is taken to jail‚ but MI6 bails him out; therefore‚ he has to accept the proposal they give him
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Derek Clayton October 30‚ 2008 Mrs. Craft 4th period “Ida B.” Chapter Summary 1-5 In the first chapter‚ Ida B and her parents are in the kitchen talking and washing dishes. Her parents are moving too slow‚ she wants to go outside and play. She told her Dad‚ “There is never enough time for fun.” After a few more dishes‚ she was allowed to go outside. She grabbed some paper and a pencil to draw some things. Ida B decided to write to Canada‚ or so she thought. Ida
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After Aunt Harriet runs away from Waknuk‚ she peacefully rides down the road cradling her dear baby Laia‚ as she hears a loud thump and the horses cries and glances over to where Joseph is standing holding arrows‚ just as Aunt Harriet starts to scream an arrow goes through the side of her chest. Aunt Harriet knew her life had come to an end for her‚ but not to her baby. She quickly tosses her baby to a big soft bush to her left. That was the end for Aunt Harriet‚ but just maybe‚ her baby had a chance
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Socrates: Socrates was born in Athens about 470 BC and lived until 399 BC‚ he was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher and is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. An accurate picture of the man‚ his life‚ and viewpoints are problematic because he did not write any philosophical texts‚ everything we know is based on writings by his students and contemporaries… this is what is known as the Socratic problem. Socrates was later tried and put to death for “corrupting the youth
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The title of the book introduces one of the main characters‚ Digory‚ who is the nephew of Mr. Andrew Ketterly‚ a minor magician. The story begins in London during the summer of 1900 where two children‚ Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer who live in a row of connected houses‚ meet while playing in their gardens and decide to travel through the passages in the attic to get into a vacant house and explore it. In place of discovering an abandoned house‚ the children find themselves to have appeared into
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MING (10) got into a serious accident and looses his sense of hearing. Because of the accident‚ Ming has to attend a school for children with special needs and starts to avoid his friends because he is afraid that his friends know he is deaf and dumb. Young Ming has to fight with extreme loneliness since then. 19-years-old Ming gets falsely accused of being a peeping Tom. While the girl’s brothers threaten him‚ MING’S MOTHER comes out to ask what’s happening. After listening to the girl’s accusation
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