In the article titled “The Sure Thing‚” by Malcolm Gladwell‚ the reader gains insight to some of the business decisions made by legendary entrepreneur Ted Turner. This article shows the development of Ted Turner’s business and how he gets to the top. The author suggests Ted Turner is not exactly a risk taker as he is a financially savvy businessman as well as someone who could find money where noone else even knew existed. In the beginning of the excerpt‚ the public believes Turner is a risk taker
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“Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression . . .” (Natalie Massenet). Even though this passage may be completely true for most people in life‚ in the play by David Ives “Sure Thing‚” this phrase proves to be the complete opposite. The setting of this drama takes place in a café and its two and only main characters are complete strangers to one another‚ Betty and Bill. A bell is heard throughout the entire play as to symbolize the beginning of a fresh opportunity
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Tina McGuire English IV Ms. McGuire 25 March 2013 Never a Sure Thing When I first entered high school‚ I did not want to play any sports. Though‚ my friend‚ Brenda‚ talked me into trying out for the basketball team. I tried it‚ and as it turned out‚ I was pretty good. I played on the JV team as a freshman‚ and then quickly moved up to varsity. By the time I was a senior‚ I was the varsity team’s starting shooting guard‚ and I had already broken many school records. With all of
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Compare the Iroquois Creation Story with the Judeo-Christian version with Adam and Eve. What are the differences and similarities? Iroquois stories typically focus on the conception of the Earth as opposed to the creation of existence itself. Also common is the theme of the Earth as the back of a turtle. “Another request was presented‚ who would be capable to secure the woman from the terrors of the great water‚ but none was able to but the large turtle came forward and made purpose to endure her
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Canadian History 10 Final Culminating Task [pic] Sir Wilfred Laurier (7th Prime Minister of Canada) In a speech made in Toronto on October 14‚ 1904‚ Laurier made the following prediction: “Let me tell you‚ my fellow countrymen‚ that the twentieth century shall be the century of Canada and of Canadian development. For the next 75 years‚ nay for the next 100 years‚ Canada shall be the star towards which all men who love progress and freedom shall come.” P. 8
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“Sure Thing” response essay In David Ives’ play "Sure Thing‚" the key and only characters are Bill and Betty. The two characters meet‚ by happenstance in a restaurant and the play unfolds from there with the punch line always being‚ “Sure thing”. The comedy is centered on a bell that one of the two characters ring when the exchange takes an unwanted twist; the bell signifies that the question asked or conversation being held begins anew with a different outcome. With the bell ringing‚ it is almost
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In the novels Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Antigone by Sophocles‚ this idea is portrayed perfectly. The way that Achebe developed Ezinma throughout the novel‚ I believe‚ is what was used to show readers the softer and gentler side of Okonkwo. In conjunction with that‚ Sophocles used Ismene to be the more tame and obedient side of Antigone. Through the descriptions and ways that these two female characters affect the main characters in each of these novels‚ Ezinma from Things Fall Apart and
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Play Analysis – Sure Thing by David Ivis The Setting of “Sure Thing” by David Ivis is important in terms of setting the mood as well as the context for the play’s main conflict. “Sure Thing” is set in a café where the the two main characters‚ Bill and Betty‚ awkwardly encounter one another. During their encounter‚ a ring of a bell continues to disrupt their connection. Despite the ringing bell‚ or because of the ringing bell‚ the two characters are able to establish a connection. The fact that they
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Two or Three Things I Know For Sure Allison illuminates the fact that we as women must appreciate each other and our beauty before we can truly cherish other forms of beauty around us. "Two or three things I know for sure‚ and one of them is that of we are not beautiful to each other‚ we cannot know beauty in any form"(86). We are so conditioned to see female beauty as what men see as beautiful‚ that we don ’t even know what it means to us. If we can get to the point where women feel
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degrading‚ belittling‚ and simply unjust. In Antigone and Things Fall Apart‚ a Greek play by Sophocles and a novel by Chinua Achebe‚ respectively‚ the discussion of women in their individual societies goes to show the fact that they have been and continue to be consistently oppressed‚ despite the significant time and culture difference. Little progression towards equality is made within or between the two. The role of women in both Antigone and Things Fall Apart are different‚ yet circle back to
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