Savannah Benton The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman. Pp. 533-579 April 21‚2015 I. Four noteworthy quotes or key insights from the assigned reading. 1. “I believe that capabilities create intentions. If we create an Internet where people can open an online store and have global suppliers‚ global customers‚ and global competitors‚ they will open that online store or bank or bookshop…The history of economic development teaches this over and over: If you can do it‚ you must do it‚ otherwise your
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MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. DO YOU AGREE? Money is the instrument of exchange. It helps in buying and selling and also in fixing a value on things or services. It may be in metal or in paper. Money is always said to be the root of all evil‚ but I not agree with it. The money is said to be the root of evil because man have a wrong usage on it. Actually‚ money is just a medium of exchange. Money does not have brain to think how to hurt people. It is the thought of human that used money as a
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while winning is significant‚ it is not always the most important part of a competition. Thus I agree with the statement. Someone once said that a competitive world offers two possibilities; you can lose‚ or if you want to win‚ you can change. The will to win is but the motivation a person needs to instill discipline in themselves and make every effort to improve. By making winning your goal‚ you will tend to work harder and strive to reach the top in order to achieve it. In other words‚ with
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How far do you agree that instability in the Gulf Region in the period 1979-2001 was primarily caused by the actions of the Iraqi Government? The Iraqi government in the period from 1979 to 2001 was under the control of the Ba’ath Party and lead by Saddam Hussein‚ a Sunni Muslim whereas most of Iraq is Shiite Muslim. Hussein took control-as in became President of Iraq-in 1979‚ following the resignation of his predecessor‚ under claims of poor health. The main countries in this Gulf region may be
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Religion contributes to social order. Do you agree? By referring to any ONE (1) Caribbean religious grouping‚ show how its beliefs contribute to this feature of society. Relevant theoretical perspectives must be employed in the response. It is in my opinion that religion does contribute to social order. Religious beliefs of one sort or another exist is every known society all over the world. To really define religion you have to look at from either a functional definition or a substantive definition
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mid night oil to hit English version books or search materials online. And finally due to her arduous effort‚ she was admitted to Stanford with full scholarship. Thus it seems to me that a person couldn’t have been so self-motivated and efficient if s/he hadn’t chosen a road less traveled. Secondly‚ a challenging plan leaves room for innovation. As a more conservative problem-solving approach‚ a practical plan contributes to nothing more than a fine result. A challenging plan‚ on the contrary
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4. Do you agree with Kepler? Explain. Yes I agree with Kepler because of the definition of matter. Which is anything that has mass and takes up space. So any object that has matter can be considered geometry. 5. In grade school teachers often have geometry scavenger hunts; they ask students to find as many triangles‚ rectangles‚ and circles as they can. Spend a few minutes doing this. Write down all of the basic shapes that you find. Let’s see what happens if we are not confined to thinking of
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the industrial world and traveled only slow ly‚ifat all‚ beyond it.Entire electorateswill learn things that once only a few bureaucrats knew. Small companieswill offerservicesthatpreviously onlygiantscould provide.In all theseways‚ thecom munications revolution is profoundlydemocratic and liberating‚levelingtheimbalancebetween large and small‚ richand poor." The global vision that FrancesCairncross predicted inherDeath ofDis tanceappears to be upon us.We seem to live in a world that is no longer
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Many people believe that a large income equals success. I believe‚ however‚ that success is more than how much money you make. Some of those measures of success include fame‚ respect‚ and knowledge. Most people assume that famous people are rich people‚ but that isn’t always true. For example‚ some day I would like to be a famous researcher. Few scientists are rich by today’s standards. Still‚ I will feel myself to be successful if lam well-known. Additionally‚ there are many famous humanitarians
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English 367.01 12/8/04 Capturing the Friedmans "Home movies are about innocence--our lost fuzzy‚ glowing personal pasts‚ all horseplay‚ and funny hats and the promise of youth" (Cooper‚ 23). Andrew Jarecki’s remarkable film‚ Capturing the Friedmans captured just what is clearly a case study of extreme family dysfunction through such home videos. At first Andrew Jarecki just wanted to do a nice little documentary about clowns. He decided to try film making
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