even know the exact reason they were being deployed. Derek Seidman’s article tells the world that soldiers did not know why they were actually fighting. The article states: Few knew why they were fighting; once they arrived in-country‚ the Cold War rationale for the war felt like a vapid abstraction. The “body count” strategy seemed perverse‚ and military victories brought no political headway. As the war went on‚ few wanted to be‚ as the saying went‚ the last soldier to die for a mistake. This attitude
Premium Vietnam War United States Cold War
“There is a little Alex in all of us” In Anthony Burgess’s Clockwork Orange one important question keeps popping up throughout the whole book. The question is does goodness exist in this novel? “Burgess novel is troubling and frustrating on a number of levels. He has presented us with a stark image of evil‚ and perhaps of a greater evil in attempting to counteract it” (Newman 68). I would have to say that no one in the novel is good. From beginning to end; page after page in one way or another
Premium A Clockwork Orange Good and evil
Homework 2: The Value of Information 1. I am considering working during the Easter break‚ but I am not quite sure which is the b est choice. My salary dep ends on the pro t of the hotel I chose to work for and this dep ends on the weather conditions. Usually it rains (with probability 0.7)‚ in which case going to the mountains might b e a go o d choice (my salary will b e 100)‚ but if the weather is sunny I will not enjoy the mountains so much (my salary is 30). If contrary to the tradition
Free Rain Weather Decision theory
Maulik Patel English 180 Prof: C. Kashuba Date: December 10‚ 2012 The multi-genre research project enabled me to explore a topic in which I was interested and it allowed me to produce various genre pieces‚ a portfolio‚ and pursuit on my topic. Upon reading different novels through the semester‚ I found various themes interesting to me‚ but “struggle” and “freedom” were most appealing to me. The work of literature that I used for the project was A Thousand Splendid Suns. I chose struggle because
Premium Struggle A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
January 19‚ 2014 ESL 433N Sharyn Weinheimer Three Rationales towards SEI Education‚ over time‚ has changed‚ progressed and flourished. But before any of those changes have been made‚ there was a beginning to the story. The story of education in the US has added so many chapters. After those chapters have ended‚ volumes started getting added as new ideas and concerns would arouse. One of the concerns was the idea of what should be taught and how when in regards to students who are second language
Premium United Kingdom Second language Education
MERGER & ACQUISITION IN INDIA MERGER & ACQUISITION IN INDIA Page 1 1. 2.
Premium Mergers and acquisitions Vertical integration
employees informed of how the acquisition will impact them. The company wants to be sure that they provide enough information to satisfy the employees‚ but not provide so much that the employees feel overwhelmed. The company wants to be sure that the timing of the communication matches their execution of the changes within the two organizations. Managing the Consolidation and Changes: There is no doubt that there will be layoffs as a result of the acquisition. The company wants to do what
Premium Mergers and acquisitions
Why are there mergers and acquisitions? Mergers and acquisitions take place for a number of reasons‚ such as refinancing for a better price‚ amplifying expansion‚ and submerging risk through diversification. New entities may drag behind after a merger takes place due to the higher cost of matching different and unconnected economic activities. Diversification by business groups may also reduce technical effectiveness. When a merger takes place‚ a bigger business groups emerges from the two which
Premium Mergers and acquisitions Corporate finance
ASSIGNMENT 1: Acquisition of Lodestone by Infosys Aayush Nangru | 11BM60023 In September 2012‚ Infosys announced the acquisition of Zurich-based Lodestone Holding AG‚ a leading management consultancy firm‚ for 330 million Swiss francs ($345 million or Rs.1‚925 crore). Lodestone advises international companies on strategy and process optimization‚ and provides business transformation solutions enabled by SAP ’s enterprise solutions. Lodestone clocked revenues of $210 million in 2011. Of this‚
Premium Management consulting Consultant Switzerland
The first time I saw the book name “A Clockwork Orange”‚ I think it is weird. What is “clockwork orange”? Clockwork is a structure of a machine while orange is a fruit. This awkward combination makes no sense to me. And that’s just what the author was trying to express‚ the feeling of awkward‚ queer and bizarre. By reading the introduction in the beginning part of the book‚ I came to know that Clockwork oranges exist only in the speech of old Londoners. The image was a bizarre one‚ always used for
Premium A Clockwork Orange