In late 1960's, Ford decided to build a lightweight car to compete with increasingly popular Japanese cars. ... Thus actually Ford executives knew of risk before the car went to production. ... Compare the dollar costs to Ford of modifying the car to make it safer, with the dollar benefits of doing so for all other stakeholders, that is, deaths and injuries avoided from rear end collisions. Total benefit of modification over lifetime of the car was 49.5 million dollars and total benefit of modification over lifetime of the car was 137.5 million dollars. ... Between 1971 and 1978, up to 50...

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For example, throughout the novel the Socs often arrive in cars while the Greasers walk. Cars represent the Socs power and the Greasers vulnerability. Because their parents can afford to buy them their cars, the Socs have increased mobility and protection. ... Also the Socs demonstrate their power not only through their cars but other material possessions like jewelry, and clothes. For example, Bob Sheldon's rings function similarly to the Socs' cars. ...

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In The Blot cars are used as a symbol to reinforce the main narratives of the film of poverty, wealth and class status. ... At the beginning of the film there is a scene which depicts Mr Olsen (the shoemaker) coming home with a new car for his family. ... Here Weber is explaining that people who have more money have greater access to items such as cars and therefore a greater access to public space. ... The only female in the film that is depicted driving a car is Juanita, a wealthy friend of Phil West who is said to have "first mortgage on his affections". The reason that Juanita is repre...

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I knocked at his window and asked if I could hop in the car and get a ride to school. ... To properly think about this social norm I had to get into a car and think about the situation from their point of view. ... I was freaking out when he was riding in the car because I thought he was going to kill me. ... I then imagined me riding in a stranger's car. ... (PS: Since writing this I have been carjacked but not by a hitchhiker, the crackhead was in my car (trying to steal it) when I returned to it. ...

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Guns are weapons that can destroy and kill humans, not private properties like diamonds or cars. ... Instead of recycling, there are big cars on the streets releasing its toxic fuels. ... Small, compact cars are thought ...

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For an instant, that lead goose was in the center of that circle, bigger than the others then I could hear a car speed up out of a turn. ... I watched the dog and the car making for the same spot of pavement- (142). Vivid imagery shows that the car is symbolic of the oppressive technological world, the geese as the natural and free world, and the dog as the domesticated animal that lives its life in harmony with the two. ...

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Visitors to Coney Island took various methods of transportation to arrive including trains, bicycles, cars, ferryboats, boats, horse-cars, and railroads. ... Another example of a roller coaster invented was the "Leap Frog," which seated passengers on two separate cars zooming towards each other appear to collide but then stopping. ...

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Edward leaves the party, and expensive cars are shown in valet parking outside of the host's house. The combination of expensive cars, setting and costume selection in this scene allows the audience to conclude that Edward is a member of elite society. ... Right away, Vivian accurately assumes that Edward has money from the combination of his car and his nice attire. ...

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This preoccupation led him to create his "Death and Disaster" series, which included everyday subjects such as car crashes, disasters, and electric chairs. The first focus of his "Death Series" was the Daily News headlines "129 DIE IN JET" Other works in this series include "Optical Car Crash", "Ambulance Disaster", and "Lavender Disaster". ... Warhol was fascinated by the fact that an occurrence such as a car crash was highly publicized by the media. ...

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He studied middle class couples in 1980 and he found that from a sample of 38 professional couples that women controlled decision-making in areas such as food, clothes, and household decoration purchases and husbands had the main say in what were regarded as serious decisions such as moving house or buying expensive items such as cars. ... What is not shown is that tasks such as cleaning the car or DIY take up more time and more effort than housework and childcare and so that reveals that when men do work, they work longer and harder than women. ...

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As we know, we all are living in the modern society in today's world. People are choosing different types of education degrees, getting different kinds of jobs, taking a variety of transportation, tasting food from other countries, learning the news from the world through the internet media every day. We already get used to the way we live now but maybe some people will have such doubts: what kind of society that is before the modern society and how did the ancient people live? The following essay will compare the difference between traditional and modern society, specifically focusing on...

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In the new capitalistic world, consumerism is paramount, our identity is based on what we wear, what we drink and what kind of car we drive, the difference between wearing a pair of $160 Birkenstock sandals to our bathing box, or a pair of $5 thongs to sit on a towel at the beach, decides our status in the world, the people we associate with and how we are perceived. ... For example, the workers in the Ford factory got paid sufficient money to be able to afford to buy the cars they were building. ...

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The officers who were reportedly searching for a car-jacked black Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), supposedly driven by a 5" light-skinned Black male, arrested and handcuffed the officials, of whom the male was 5"11" and dark-skinned driving a blue SUV. ...

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Sociological Perspective A Mr. Berger summed up the sociological perspective by seeing the general in a particular. Seeing patterns and noticing the behavior of different people are characteristics of sociology. Human behavior is not what people decide to do, nor does society shape our lives. ...

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Introduction Although technology has its obvious benefits, such as easy access to information and the development of new tools, it also produces detrimental effects on society. Since technology is both scarce and valuable, its presence causes innate feelings of jealousy, stress, and violence; furth...

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Professor Harris English 110 Section 5 23 November 2003 Finding Strength From Within Life is filled with choices. Everyday individuals such as you and I are faced with basic choices such as what to wear, when we eat, and whom we befriend. But all individuals are faced with harder deci...

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While a person is able to control some of his life chances and opportunities, some things are given, or ascribed, to them that are beyond their control. For example, if a person is not born into the upper elite class, there is very little chance that he will ever make it there, regardless of his in...

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Intercultural Communication History teaches us that culture always changes because of internal and external influences. Communication is the most important quality for anyone to work on if they want to work or be part of an intercultural society. Communication between different cultures is a maj...

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The topics that are so enthusiastically brought up in this book, Gender, Development, and Globalization, are all topics that have been discussed to great lengths by many others authors; however, Benerí takes a unique approach to trying to unify these ideas into one definitive issue. Beneria sees ...

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Many of Americans today do not take the time to realize that our nation is little by little falling apart. Our leaders are corrupt, our environment is being destroyed, and there are thousands of children being born each day. The three major social problems facing the American citizens in the 21st ...

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When ritual is spoken of in Western society, images of cute, charming and sometimes dangerous activities of "native" societies tend to be conjured up into the mind. Television seems to be full of ceremonies which, at best, tend to be thought of as quaint, at worst, acted out for the tourist industry...

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On the other hand, in our daily lives, we are constantly bombarded by the media and society with ideas and images of how to act, how to look, what to wear, what to think, what kind of car to drive, etc. ...

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Deviance And Social Contol The Theory of Differential Association and Gangs Theory is a systematic explanation of a phenomenon; it organizes known facts and allows us to predict new facts, and permits us to exercise a degree of control over the phenomenon. One important theory was first offered nearly three-quarters of a century ago by Edwin Sutherland, the theory of differential association. Edwin H. Sutherland was born August 13, 1883 in Gibbon, Nebraska and died in 1950. He studied in Ottawa, Kansas and Grand Island, Nebraska. ...

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Introduction Great thinkers have been trying to understand the world and peoples' place in it since the beginning of time. Some have done this by developing theories in order to explain how events or phenomena occur. Sociology has generally been understood as the study of human society, therefore i...

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String together the images of a woman serving a nutritious meal, comforting her small child, and hugging her husband, and contrast that with the images of a woman driving a luxury car, directing a business meeting, and managing a group of people. ...

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