She has remained steadfast in her denial of having any prior knowledge or involvement in planning the assault on Kerrigan.1 By mid-February, Tonya Harding and this tale of amateur intrigue had been the top news story every day for weeks, as well as the subject of numerous jokes and other forms of folk communication. ... Why was I hearing jokes about Tonya Harding on "The David Letterman" and "Tonight" shows? ...

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For example in a care home if the tone of the person taking care of an older person was joking and they were talking about something important, it would send the wrong impression and the result of that would be the audience getting hurt, and feeling like they are a joke, not appreciated. ... Body language is something that without people wouldn't know what the other person is thinking and would take offence with something that was meant as a joke. ...

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During the show, it can be seen that: casual languages, humourous jokes (e.g. joke on the Dutch, Richardson's imitation of the Dutch accent) and sarcastic commentaries on the athletes' performaces were extensively used by both presenters. ...

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He argues and then questions assumptions of patriotic purpose, and his joking could be seen as a protective device and for recognising (his near) death, staving it off briefly by defusing a situation of it's sinister implications, to maintain self preservation. His joke about the German Lepage gun which glues formations of plans together temporarily injects comedy into the general fear of bombing Bologna. ...

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Hostile environment claims may involve physical or verbal sexual behavior such as touching, grabbing, pinching, rubbing, demeaning comments, embarrassing sexual jokes, obscene pictures and cartoons. ... Harassing comments, inappropriate gestures and jokes, abusive language, insensitive stereotyping in written or verbal communications of any sort have no place in the military and may be grounds for reprimand and/or discharge. ...

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Is any cliché in American public discourse quite as stale as "liberal media bias-? Probably not, unless it's "tax-and-spend liberal."" Is there a literate adult living in this country who hasn't heard or read that dull, deceptive phrase literally hundreds or even thousands of times? Not unless said person resides permanently in a wilderness beyond range of all TV, radio, newspaper delivery, and the U.S. Postal Service. ...

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I. Introduction The horror movie has been a curiously gratifying medium for over one hundred years due to its almost paradoxical effects on the human mind. Since the first horror movie in 1896, people of all ages have spent precious hours of their weekends making their way to the local cinema, spending their hard-earned money on movie tickets, finding a seat in one of many crowded rooms, and sitting down in darkness for hours, all in the hope that this newest horror release will genuinely disturb them. Perhaps some in the theater just want to experience the thrill associated with death and ...

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Linguistic style refers to a persons characteristic speaking pattern and include features such as directness or indirectness, pacing of pausing, word choice, and the use of elements such jokes, figures of speech, stories, questions, and apologies, also known as cultural learned signals not only a way of communicating but also interpreting others meaning and evaluation of one another. ...

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"So what will it be, Dan? Cheerios and Chaucer? Or an illegal party at your prep school pool with your high-society girlfriend and her nasty cohorts?" his friend Vanessa probes. Dan hollers to his father in the next room that he and Vanessa are heading out for the evening. ...

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In 1868, after making a name for himself amongst fellow telegraphers as being a flamboyant and quick witted character - who enjoyed playing "mostly harmless" practical jokes - he returned home one day ragged and penniless. ...

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On November 22, 1963, shots rang out in Dealey Plaza that would change our country forever. As our 35th president was killed, a country began mourning the death of one of its great visionaries, a man who believed in peace and racial equality, a man unlike any leader before him. The assassination of John F. Kennedy was one of the most tragic events in our nations history, but as horrific as the shooting itself were the lies which were told to the American people in the aftermath. We live in a country where the government was established to be "of the people, by the people, and for the people" a...

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Mental Disorders Mental disorders make up 15 % of the burden of diseases in established market economies. A mental illness is describe as any disturbance of emotional equilibrium, as manifested in maladaptive behavior and impaired functioning, caused by genetic, physical, chemical, biological, ps...

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Introduction Various authors have adapted adopted different approaches while discussing culture. According to Flamholtz and Randle (2011), corporate culture cannot be seen, touched, smelled, tasted or even heard even if it is prevalent in every organization. Nevertheless, corporate culture permeates all elements of an organizational life and has a thoughtful impact on the success or failures of an organization. Despite all that, in case organizational culture is effectively managed, it ends up being a valuable asset to an organization while ineffective management of an organization culture ca...

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Through the streets and alleyways of Nineveh, the prophet Jonah trudged. At every marketplace and city gate he joyously proclaimed his tidings of God's wrath: "forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!" Two and a half millennia after the great fish vomited Jonah back onto dry land, William Blake faithfully follows that path of bilge and seaweed, bile and gall, into the fraternity of prophets and oracles. Just as Jonah was reluctant to prophesy to the Ninevites for fear that his enemies would hear and repent, Blake has a vested interest in perpetuating the blindness of his ...

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The next couple of days I"ve been spending more time with Jennifer at the hospital then I did at practice sitting in the lobby of the hospital I told her about the prom, I asked her if she would come with me to the prom and she told me "I would love to but promise me you wont fall in love with me" "are you serious" I replied thinking she was joking, "yes, I promise", I couldn"t help but to laugh. ...

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When the word bigotry is uttered, various scenarios enter one's mind. Ideas of slavery in ancient cultures, the attempted wiping out of a particular ethnic group, slave plantations in Pre-Civil War America, and the women's suffrage movements in various parts of the world over the last century are ju...

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Title: An Investigation into Sexist Language. Name: Andrew Verrijdt One of the most important political and social movements of the twentieth century has been the drive towards achieving complete equality for all people regardless of race, colour, class, gender identity, mental state or physical impairment. One area that has remained resistant to change is language. While it is has been widely accepted that some aspects of language are clearly sexist, for example the use of "he" as a genderless pronoun (Cameron 1998, Wardaugh 1992, Pauwels 1998), there is still argument as to whether or n...

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When two or more witnesses give their account of an event, the story never comes out the same. The differences, as Browning fully realized in The Ring and the Book(1868-69), provide for powerful ironic tensions. Over and over again, in Browning's poem, the story is told of what happened on the fatal...

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You miss one hundred percent of the shots that you don't take" (Gretskey, 2008). These words stated by famous athlete, Wayne Gretzky, depict how we shouldn't be afraid to take risks because we are afraid of the outcome of those risks. These words delineate apprehension prior to entering fieldwork experience with the HYPE students these past couple of weeks.. I was so apprehensive to work with these students, as these students were very close in age to me, and I was accustomed to working with students in the elementary grades. Like many others, I had no prior experience working ...

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Everyone has encountered a "freak" at one time or another, whether at the mall or on the street or at a family function. They are most everywhere. When I use the term "freak" I don't mean it in any demeaning manner. I am referring to the outrageously dressed people in black ill-matched clothing, ...

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The mention of the word "pirate" can evoke powerful images of Somali criminals hijacking ships worth many millions of dollars. However, the alternate definition of the word-the illegal distribution or receipt of copyrighted materials-is the cornerstone of an economic and social phenomenon that encompasses a financial scope many times that of Captain Blackbeard. It is as such rather unfortunate that the public and the government share the same negative connotation of both concepts of piracy. Regulatory legislation regarding copyright infringement and person to person file-sharing nega...

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As the 2008 holiday season approached, Denny Brown, vice-president and chief information officer (CIO) of Pinnacle West, wondered how he would navigate his organization through a tumultuous economy in the coming year. The year had begun very well for Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW), a company that provided energy and energy-related products throughout Arizona. One of the largest affiliates of Pinnacle West, Arizona Public Service (APS), was named the top energy utility for information technology (IT) innovation by InformationWeek. It was also listed among the top 10 U.S. companies in t...

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Within the first five minutes of Red Band Society Nurse Jackson is seen rudely yelling at a stranger, purposely closing the elevator door after being asked to hold it, and proudly jokes about how a barista wrote "Scary Bitch" on her coffee cup in place of her name. ...

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Toni Morrison, one of the most remarkable African American authors and her novels remind readers that there is a past to remember. African American literature, has its origins in the 18th century, has helped African Americans to find their voice in a country where laws were set against them. The pos...

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History Coursework 2, Question 1. In 1928, the newly empowered Stalin embarked on one of the most ambitious industrialisation programs in world history, leading to the establishment of the U.S.S.R as a pinnacle world superpower in less than half a century. Industrialisation was the primary goal of Lenin and Stalin, as well as many communist party members. The Soviet economy had made advances under Lenin's semi-capitalist N.E.P with its slight capitalist elements, but Stalin's five-year plans were far more ambitious and so far riskier. Did the Soviet Union need to industrialise so ...

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