The Midnight Journal Entry Anne T. Lawrence‚ San José State University On an overcast afternoon in Portland‚ Oregon‚ on Friday‚ March 28‚ 2003‚ Richard Okumoto intently studied a set of hard-copy accounting documents called “adjusting journal entries” spread out on his desk. He had been appointed chief financial officer (CFO) of Electro Scientific Industries‚ Inc. (ESI)‚ a multi-million dollar equipment manufacturer‚ just a few weeks earlier. Okumoto was in the midst of closing the company’s
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Allen’s A Midnight in Pairs and Arthur Phillips’s novel Prague both use elements of history to suggest a relationship between the characters’ past and their relationship to the present. While both utilize history to create a nostalgia tone through the pieces‚ they come to different conclusions about the present: in a Midnight in Paris‚ Gil uses history and the past to break into the present life while Prague’s uses history to anchor the present to the past. The history of the 1920s Paris is what
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By ‚ William Shake Spear A MIDNIGHT SUMMER DREAMS William Shake Spear quotes The Lunatic‚ the lover‚ and the poet‚ are of imagination all compact. Are you sure/that we are a wake? it seems to me/ That yet we sleep‚ We dream “Though she be but little‚ she is fierce Lord‚ what fools these mortals be! “And yet‚to say the truth‚ reason and love keep little company together nowadays.” “Lovers and madmen have such seething brains‚ Such shaping fantasies‚ that apprehend More than
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international Disneyland in Tokyo. In a fear of wide cultural differences between American and Japanese‚ it turned out an unexpected massive successful Tokyo Disneyland. As a result‚ Disney did not hesitate to invest a big sum of money for Euro Disney in Paris. However‚ the expectation of a successful first Disney theme park in Europe was just a dream. There were barely 50‚000 visitors on the opening days while it was expected 500‚000 visitors (Hill‚ 2000). Euro Disney failed to attract local visitors
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Round Midnight The movie Round Midnight‚ directed by Betrand Tavernier‚ is a very well reflected portrayal of the jazz scene‚ as it was known in the late fifties. The main character and protagonist of the movie‚ Dale Turner who is played by Dexter Gordon‚ leaves New York to go to Paris. Dale leads the audience through the ups and downs of being a working jazz musician. The struggles of business‚ the 24-hour love for the music‚ the constant late hours of the night‚ the run-down residencies jazz
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There have been many events throughout my life that have shaped and defined the person I am today. The most impactful moment of my life transpired when I was pursing my B.S. in Physics & Mathematics at Morehouse College in Atlanta‚ Georgia. Like any college year each year presents its onset of obstacles and challenges to overcome. My third year of undergrad was without question the most odious of my four year matriculation. Between four hour labs and courses such as Quantum I‚ Thermodynamics and
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Did you know that about 153‚000 will die on your birthday? Although death is the natural process that all living organisms go through‚ everyone fears and imagines it as something painful and scary. The poems‚ “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult ‚“Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant ‚ and “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas all explore the nature of death‚ but all have different outlooks. While all the poems are about death‚ they all carry a different point. The view on death is different for each
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R.L. Stine: The Scarecrow Walks At Midnight (Goosebumps #20) We both laughed. You never know what Stanley is going to say! "I think I stepped in something gross‚" Mark complained‚ catching up to us. 1 I always know what Mark is going to say. My brother only knows three words — cool‚ weird‚ and gross. Really. That’s his whole vocabulary. As a joke‚ I gave him a dictionary for his last birthday. "You’re weird‚" Mark said when I handed it to him. "What a gross gift." He scraped his white high-tops
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especially when the files have been ordered to be destroyed. However‚ some of these files always manage to survive‚ often “sent to the wrong place.” Files such as those from the highly confidential Project MKUltra as well as its offshoot‚ Operation Midnight Climax. As hotly contested experiments conducted during the height of the Cold War‚ they were designed to attempt to control the minds of test subjects at first‚ with the hopes of controlling Soviet spies. I will examine the experiments themselves
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Notes from the Midnight Driver Summer Reading Assignment In my opinion the book was likable because of the realistic characters and the exciting events throughout the story line. It also caught my eye because of the differential characters in the book; there was an old and wise character otherwise known as Sol and a young and naïve character known as Alex. The sequences of events were very entertaining‚ and in the end both of the main characters learned something from each other. This was made
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