Blank Pages withershins \ WITH-er-shinz \ ‚ adverb; 1. Chiefly Scot . in a direction contrary to the natural one‚ especially contrary to the apparent course of the sun or counterclockwise: considered as unlucky or causing disaster. Also‚ widdershins . Definition of withershins| See synonyms| Comment on today’s word| Suggest tomorrow’s word Quotes: There‚ as the moon rises‚ walk three times withershins round the riven trunk‚ and cast the broth on the ground before her. -- Walter Douglas
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Elevator Pitch: 3M Corporation have a history of succeeding through a culture of innovation along with leveraging existing core technologies. 3M management demonstrates existence of different divisions as independent businesses with their individual units of operations. In addition‚ the cross divisional support between various units like sharing personnel resources‚ distribution channels‚ 3M provided multiple possibilities for innovation. In such an encouraging corporate culture‚ should Optical Systems
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Marielle Meaney February 24‚ 2014 English 205 Professor Belletto You’re Ugly‚ Too Lorrie Moore’s “You’re Ugly‚ Too”‚ examines the inner thoughts and day-to-day life of a single history professor‚ Zoë Hendricks. Zoë is characterized as being eccentric and wildly different from those around her‚ and in turn‚ socially inept. Through her train of thought‚ we are able to see that Zoë is preoccupied with her own shortcomings‚ both in her appearance and in her social relationships. Moore’s choice
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“Son in Law” Movie Report A Chinese saying goes‚ "入乡随俗" which means "When in Rome‚ do as the Romans do". Environment changes people because everyone wants to fit in. In the movie “Son in Law”‚ Rebecca’s story is a great example of this social phenomenon. She left her South Dakota home for college in California as a traditional girl. She was shocked by a totally different culture in the city when she arrived. Her dorm residential advisor Crawl befriended with Rebecca when home-sickness developed
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When one thinks about the midwest‚ you generally think it is just a desert‚ but it is much more than that. Marquart characterizes the upper midwest as more of a lonely place especially “While your driving west from Fargo on I-94” It is not very difficult to drive in the midwest‚ simply because there are no “rises or curves on the road.” The midwest is also considered a square state‚ meaning it is more conservative and rural. Something many people are not aware of. It is also more republican than
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Place is the centerpiece of Kathleen Norris’ memoir‚ Dakota: A Spiritual Geography. This textual map is an eloquent gathering of herself as she explores her inheritance and her faith in a small town in western South Dakota. The land she captures on the pages of this aptly named ‘geography’ lives‚ breathes‚ transforms. But Dakota is not for the romantic seeking a nostalgic reconnection with the earth. It is a land of fierce winds and oppressive skies‚ drought and dust‚ killing rains. It is a land
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Minnesota’s weather and is still getting worse to this day. It is causing more rain and snowstorms every year. Minnesota is one of the states that is getting affected the worst. The world’s temperature has been rising almost a third of a degree per decade since 1970. Compared to most other states‚ Minnesota has been having temperature increases and more big rainstorms. Rising temperatures in Minnesota have caused less snow but more rain and mud. The winter is one of the most common ways a fish dies
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Staff‚ As an international healthcare institute‚ we are trying to expand our company by increasing international sales revenue by 100 percent in the next 5 years. In order to attain this goal‚ we need to do a significant amount of marketing research and collect both secondary and primary data. We need to do a situational analysis and understand our foreign competitors and customers. As a company‚ we need to determine patient demographics in our target countries. We need to capitalize on our competitive
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Genocide‚ the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national‚ racial‚ political‚ or cultural group (Dictionary). This is a topic that is discussed many times in class as it was often the main goal settlers of North America were trying to accomplish. There were many methods of genocide white settlers committed‚ one in particular was boarding schools. Richard Henry Pratt viewed the Natives as people‚ and had good intentions for them. Although he may have had good intentions they weren’t always
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This passage taken from the memoir‚ The Horizontal World‚ written by Debra Marquart‚ is an excerpt that demonstrates Marquart’s indirect expression of love for the Midwest. Through her development of changing tones‚ which is propelled by diction and an appeal to ethos‚ she is able to advance her message about the unknown yet special qualities of the Midwest. Debra Marquart uses a change of tone from the beginning of the passage to its end in order to juxtapose the two contradictory perspectives
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