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    sensor at the end of it to measure pressure. The spirometer also had a microprocessor which would compute the volume of air inhaled and exhaled. By 1988‚ most clinics and physicians had adopted the new flow spirometry systems. The Boston Division of Puritan Bennett (PB) was a major supplier of spirometry systems and by 1988 had earned a 15% market share with its PB900A. The PB900A was a desktop device with an integrated printer and produced pre/post comparisons. What made this device unique was its

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    The Commission of the Puritan Women The Puritans were a fracture of the English Church. They sought to walk closer to their God by following every written letter of the Scriptures. This paper seeks to shed some light into the life of the Puritan women and the effects of this religion had on society today. To be a women of Puritan faith was not a paltry task‚ it required fortitude‚ strength‚ and an infinite amount of patients. The Puritans had strictly defined gender roles establish by their priest

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    Puritans were a group of people from Europe that came to America to live out their own religion. They were a hard working‚ strict when in it came to their religion ‚ and they also believed that they were Gods chosen people. Now the Planters also came from Europe as well but they weren’t leaving for religion but more for the money. They were not as hard working as the planters‚ you could even say that they were pampered. Puritans and planters were said to be very different groups of people but also

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    Misunderstood Beliefs of the Puritans Fear is an emotion that has plagued mankind for centuries. Fear of the unknown‚ fear of death‚ fear of others. When people are afraid‚ their actions can be manipulated to reactions out of fear. An example of extreme reactions to fear would be the Puritans. They believed completely in the church and feared when someone or something acted out. The Puritans are misunderstood in the eyes of the twenty-first century for their extreme reactions

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    think that the majority of U.S. advertising looks like a walk through Times Square. However‚ much of today’s advertising is the complete opposite. When we look at modern advertising‚ we see simple ads‚ influenced by the writing style of the Puritans. Puritan plain style writing is evident in today’s advertising because advertisers use short words‚ direct statements and everyday‚ ordinary objects to promote the sales of their product or service. Short words are simple‚ yet have much power when used

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    Puritans‚ the people upon a hill of Christian faith‚ were known for their strict religious regimen‚ and thus often perceived as monotonous. Likewise‚ in Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter‚ the author expresses his accusatory and judgmental view of the Puritan community mostly through the usage of selective detail‚ dismal and contemptuous diction; as well‚ he expresses his view of the Puritan community through his grim and suspenseful tone. By using details selectively‚ Hawthorne promotes his judgmental

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    It can also be explained in regards to the earlier mentioned Puritan tradition. The great expectations that both Europeans and Americans initially had for the New World are integrated in the latter-day Americans and give them the notion that they are a special people with a peculiar and promising country. These long inherited notions have made Americans impatient with troubling issues‚ have convinced them that true love can be found just around the corner and that any human relationship can be corrected

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    equivalent to that were the Puritan values. The Puritan way of life is one was influential‚ and essential in the development of the New England colonies. Puritans in the New England colonies were hard working and held themselves to a high moral obligation to be a good influence on those around them‚ this influenced all aspects of colonial life from politics to economy to society as a whole because it made the Puritans try to be the best at everything they did. Politically‚ Puritan beliefs defined a social

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    The Puritan worldview is that anything that is not God’s will is meaningless and everything that happens is God’s will. If something that you are doing doesn’t involve God‚ then it’s futile and there is no reason to be doing it. They also believe that hard work is very important and that everything should be plain and simple. Nothing fancy. The three authors we read from expressed their Puritan ideas by including God in their writings. Almost all of them use biblical allusions to help their audience

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    of the Puritan Society In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ he reveals through his cynical narrator‚ a description of vile disdain for the Puritan community. Using diction and carefully employed position of language‚ his opinion of their character is greatly projected on the screen of the reader’s mind. The narrator is able to acutely reveal the hypocrisy and savage disposition that encapsulated the religious Puritans. The readers are shown the irony behind the hypocritical Puritans through

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