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    Edward C. Prescott‚ a 63 year old professor at the Arizona State University and Finn Kydland‚ a 60 year old Norwegian professor were awarded the Nobel Prize for there economic studies‚ particularly on monetary policy. Finn Kydland teaches at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and also at the University of California at Santa Barbra. Prescott and Kydland frequently collaborate on their economic policy studies. Banks around the world undertook reforms recently do to low and stable inflation

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    Sula’s Friend In Sula‚ Toni Morrison addresses the differing influence of a person’s surroundings on their overall character. Morrison shaped the environment of Nel in order to show how she had the potential to grow‚ but was limited by the environment she was in. Her aspirations arose in spite of prejudice. Morrison used Nel to represent the entire band of black women who are limited by the norm. Even though Nel had dreams to alter her circumstances‚ she was confined to a stereotypical role by her

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    story is told • Narrator versus Implied Author: The person who is telling the story Part B: In the story “Recitatif” by Toni Morrison‚ the narrator Twyla is satisfied with the way her life is even though‚ she was not rich or did not have a mother that cared for her; she was happy with what she had. In the story she says “the food was good though. At least I thought so” (Morrison 132). It shows that she was satisfied with the food she was given compared to her friend Roberta who

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    In Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif‚” the story is about two girls‚ Twyla and Roberta. They grow up in an orphanage because their mothers could not care for them. Morrison makes it clear the girls come from different ethnic backgrounds but never states which one is black or white. At one point in the story Twyla comments‚ “We looked like salt and pepper.” I grew frustrated with the story and had to read it several times. I could never determine who was black and white and the lesson I learned should

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    Acceptance Speech

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    Thank u Thank u all!Good Evening‚ Ladies and Gentlemen.I’ve been having some sleepless night wondering what words to say and finally the D dayarrives and I am standing in front of u delivering my views and most importantly‚ myacceptance. As I look to the many curious and staring eyes on me‚ I believe the comingyear will bring more sleepless nights.I’d like to take a moment to thank them‚ without whom‚ I can confidently say I wouldnot be here today. That’s my family‚ pause‚ each of them have and will

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    courage by being brave. She made a Malala Fund where they raise money for refugee girls have education. The Nobel Peace Prize is use to give people who wanted peace and make other good stuff about this world. Malala Yousafzai should earn the Nobel Peace Prize. First of all‚ Malala found the courage to letting girls go to school for the full 12 years. She gave a speech when she was a teenager.

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    Admittedly author Toni Morrison is not one of my favorite writers. Morrison’s novels are often dense with symbolism and allegories that are often complex to understand or can be easily misunderstood by a reader. Surprisingly The Bluest Eye quickly became one of my favorites. Like many who read for enjoyment I wanted to see the happy ending. Essentially I wanted Pecola to win‚ longed for her to receive her happy ending‚ felt it would only be fitting if in the end she learned to love herself unconditionally

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    Malala Yousafzai Should Not Win the Nobel Peace Prize Malala Yousafzai is a girl from Pakistan who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize because she called for female education. She should not win the Nobel Peace Prize because she did not make the world more peaceful and the other nominee‚ OPCW‚ is more suitable for the prize. First‚ Malala Yousafzai ’s actions did not make the world more peaceful. Young girls in Pakistan are still fearful when they attend school (Maza 2013). Malala was attacked

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    Sula by Toni Morrison‚ is a book about a black female and the various events throughout her life. The majority of these events were at the fault of Sula‚ but because of her past she did not know‚ or could not understand any better. Sula became the woman that she was because of the people and events that were around her during her childhood. When Sula was a child‚ she grew up faster than most children because of the things that she saw and heard‚ so it was almost as if she had a loss of childhood

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    the social hierarchy. Is that completely true?‚ No. There is different types of power; identity‚ legitimate‚ leadership‚ expert and other more. Morrison gave her readers an example of mercy between people with power and those who do not. By doing so the readers could be able to notice how the characters slowly find their identity. In “A Mercy‚” Morrison had three main characters to represent each power; two of them are distinct. Jacob and Rebekka‚ had power because of their position in the social

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