Drive Yuppies became a term in the early 1980’s‚ made out of the words; young urban professional + “ies”. We know the type from Tom Wolfe’s “The Bonfire of the Vanities” or Brett Easton Ellis’ “American Psycho”‚ these young upper middleclass/upper class types with a taste for cultural attractions‚ a good image and high social status. Originally an American term‚ but as we can see in the story “Drive” written by Singaporean author Simon Tay also spotted elsewhere in the world. In “Drive” we follow
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The Drive Bam! I heard the crash as the front gate slammed behind me as I it shut behind me. I sprinted back to the car and my mom told me‚”Only five more minutes Blake.” Me‚ my parents‚ and my brother and sister were headed to our annual family reunion at my cousin’s ranch. We were on the final part of our drive‚ and this is always the favorite part of the drive. The wait is killing me. I couldn’t wait to see my family. My family is always so nice and helpful. My dad’s cousin‚ Kevin‚ is the one
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Sonic Drive-In Case Background In 1953‚ Tyro Smith founded the prototype of the first Sonic drive-In in Shawnee‚ Oklahoma. Before 1953‚ he had already tried opening two other restaurants. Smith eventually bought a steak house that had a root beer stand on the lot. He intended to tear the stand down to add more parking for the steak house‚ but the root beer stand‚ called Top Hat Drive-In‚ proved to be more profitable and even outlasted the steak house. While traveling in Louisiana‚ Smith saw homemade
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16. Many states have begun to rise the age by imposing restrictions on 16-year-old drivers. Some examples are limiting the number of passengers they can have in the car or no late-night driving. But the idea of completely forbidding 16-year-olds to drive without parental supervision has run into resistance from many lawmakers and parents around the country. Most states have focused their fixes on giving teens more driving experience before giving them unrestricted licenses. A new 17- or 18-year-old
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Case study: Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive Introduction Hybrid Synergy Drive‚ (HSD) is a set of hybrid car technologies developed by Toyota. HSD technology is used in the Prius‚ Highlander Hybrid sport-utility vehicle (SUV)‚ Camry Hybrid‚ Lexus RX 400h‚ Lexus GS 450h‚ and Lexus LS 600h/LS 600hL automobiles. It combines an electric drive and a continuously variable transmission. Toyota describes HSD-equipped vehicles as having E-CVT (Electronically-controlled Continuously Variable Transmission). We
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The first scene of Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn‚ 2011)‚ has the audience following the main character on a fast paced‚ high suspense getaway scene. This first scene introduces the main character and his job as a getaway driver and creates a suspenseful hook to bring the audience into the film’s world. The scene starts out with a black screen. A man’s voice is heard in the background. The shot fades in to a map of downtown Los Angeles with words and annotations scrawled all over the page. The audience’s
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drivers and passengers on the road. A common reason responsible for these accidents involve texting while driving. Texting and driving projects horrific accidents whose consequences can be fatal and life changing. AT&T supports drivers to not text and drive on the road through their “Don’t text while driving” advertisements. In one of the short stories‚ a young man suffers from brain damage as a consequence to the text message “Where r” he was sending while operating a motor vehicle. Another one of AT&T’s
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of your life? If not‚ then why do you text and drive? Almost everyone now days has the capability of texting on their phones. You see people texting everywhere you go whether they are eating‚ walking‚ sitting‚ and I know most of you check your phone first thing in the morning to see if you have any missed calls or text messages. Because it is a daily practice for most people‚ it often ceases to stop‚ even while focus is extremely important in cases such as driving a car. As we begin to analyze some
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Name: Kisha lesly Date: 6/3/2013 Introduction I. If you want to Stay Alive‚ please don’t drink and drive. II. It is well known that young drivers are more likely than older ones to involve in drunk and drive accidents. III. Today‚ I will inform you about three different points highlighted on an article from the New York Times ‘Young Drivers and Alcohol: A deadly mix.’ A. Regardless of alcohol consumption‚ drivers younger than 26 cause more auto fatalities in
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Drive reduction: The theory of motivation is drive reduction‚ drive reduction is you are driven by biological needs‚ they motivate you to satisfy them. According to the theory‚ the reduction of drives is the primary force behind motivation. (Schultz‚ D.P. & Schultz‚ S.E. (1987). A History of Modern Psychology. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publications.) Drive reduction category as primary and secondary drive. Hunger‚ thirsty‚ pain‚ warmth or sex are examples of primary drive reduction‚ whereby secondary
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