par Humans principally detect the sound waves that travel through air, which are in turn collected by the ear quote s auricle. ... While traveling through the path from the large area of the eardrum to the smaller area of the ossicles the vibration quote s ene rgy is amplified. ... But because of this extremely difficult task, the intensity of the sounds is generally compared to a standard sound quote s intensity, measured in decibels. ... The obstacle can cause the wave quote s path to become indistinct and distorted. ...

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Rule of Thumb for Using Sources: Never begin a paragraph with a quote, end a paragraph with a quote or use back to back quotes: OFFER YOUR ANALYSIS! DO NOT LET THE QUOTE SPEAK FOR ITSELF! ... Include page numbers or paragraph numbers when a direct quote is used. ... If you are quoting a long passage, most style guides will suggest that you indent the quotation, setting it apart from the paragraph in which you analyze the quotation. When quoting an entire sentence or part of a sentence, refer to examples below. ...

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Consider this quote, "Who are you talking to right now? ... The quote illustrates the effect of power on an individual and ultimately what corruption it will lead to for that individual to remain in power. ... Here is a quote from Walter White that may give us some indication, "You clearly don't know who you're talking to, and so let me clue you in. ... Consider this quote about John D. ... "(Dubay) Here is a quote from Cornelius Vanderbilt. ...

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The Hours and Mrs Dalloway both display and illustrate many examples of gender and power struggles or conflicts. ... The pain has such power over her that its colonizes her. ... She fears this may affect how Leonard sees her, which is an example of a certain power struggle between the two. ... This therefore illustrates a power struggle between characters. ... This is evident from the quote above, she fought the urge to retreat back upstairs, and she overcame it. ...

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The organizational settlement was conceptualised by Clarke, Cochrane and Mc Laughlin (eds, 1994, quoted in Hughes 1998). ... The New Right undermined the post-war social democratic political consensus by mobilising popular resentment to union power, state bureaucracy and professional power. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s a series of employment acts were introduced to curb the power of trade unions. ... These measures were aimed at strengthening the power of central government to form and implement policy. ... In the political settlement the doctors were given a high degree of autonomous po...

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Fate is a power, which is thought to make things happen and is out of anyone's control. In Shakespeare's time this power was thought to have come from the stars and that people's lives were led by this power of fate. ... "I dreamt a dream last night- and "Some consequences yet hanging in the stars- These quotes are talking about how Romeo believes his life is out of his own power and is being ruled for him hanging uncontrollably in the stars. ... The quotes below show what each one thought when they realised who the other was. 1."... He is blackmailing her and she certainly co...

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In the world we live in, vast impersonal forces are making for the centralization of power and a regimented society" (Huxley, Education for Freedom, para. 2). ... In order to find the truth and ensure quality, sources were evaluated on a basis of four standards: "recognize that gathering and reporting information may cause harm or discomfort;" "be vigilant and courageous about holding those with power accountable," "tell the story of the diversity and magnitude of the human experience boldly," and "avoid stereotyping by race, religion, ethnicity, geograp...

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Stalin, the leader of Communist Russia, was very keen on keeping absolute power of his people. ... Stalin was quoted as saying, "Death solves all problems - no man, no problem." This quotes proves his contempt for the lives of the people of his nation. ... This quote demonstrates his want for combat. ... Hitler came to power in Germany through the promise of wealth and a strong system of law and order. ...

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Can humans actually over power volcanoes and other natural causes? ... The government seems to have the only benefiting factor in this whole situation, power. Any time a controlling group of people can manipulate an ignorant group of people, the first group can seize easy money, and power. ... The fact still remains that humans could not ever match up to the power of volcanoes. ...

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After Lenin's death in January 1924, the main struggle for power began amongst the seven man Politburo. ... He was made party secretary in Leningrad, thus allowing him to build a strong power base. ... There were many chances he had to over-power Stalin, for example by attending Lenin's funeral and organising it. ... Few people realised how paramount this would become later on in the power struggle. ... Because of his influence in this task many owed their jobs to him, therefore increasing his power base. ...

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Thesis Statement: In the Philippine newspaper industry, it is the elite class that ultimately has power over the media. ... Newspapers have historically shown power in bringing about revolutions, as in the case of the fall of the Marcos regime in 1986. Similarly, newspapers also have the power to create dictatorships, as in the case of the rise of the Marcos regime. ... It watches out for the abuse of power or incompetence in government, business and other high places in society and it does so by reporting on such cases. ... Control of newspapers means power in this country. ...

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This quote is essentially saying that the idea of having infinite interpretations is wrong. ... This quote is saying that there is one meaning of poetry and only one. ... The part that made me realize this is seen in this quote. ... This quote helped me realize that Perrine's argument is applicable to everything because what he is saying in this quote is not only in regards to poetry. ... " This quote is Perrine explaining the correct way of analyzing the poem. ...

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Quoted in: Independent (London, 13 Sept. 1989). ... Through coercive tactics this new government seized power and in 1917 Lenin came to power. ... The Soviet Union became a super power, the U.S. being the only country more powerful than it. ... Leadership was somewhat decentralized to allow common managers and directors more power to run their production units. ... Under his administration the majority of the decentralization of power was destroyed bringing a centralized form of control back into effect. ...

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In a broader sense as kelkar (1991:1) has been quoted in "domestic violence" by malvika karlekar the word violence also includes the concept of discrimination, exploitation, upholding of unequal economic and social structure and creation of an atmosphere of terror. ... In most of the cases this is done by shear use of power. ... Power and Violence Violence is about asserting one's will over another, to prove or feel sense of power. ... Power and violence are complementary. ... Power starts defining the way you live. ...

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" (158) was Lang's response to the interviewer's question when the interviewer Power asked him in 1973, "How do you take your coffee?... The following quote elaborates his idea about the Destiny-machine. ... In this quote, the surveillance society is described as a giant apparatus that reaches into every aspect of human life and social life. ... While Wanley tries to seize control of the situation, he gradually loses the power to conceal his and Reed's identities. ... The fates of each character seem to be entrapped by a higher power, or as Gunning words it - the desti...

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Act 2, Scene 1 Line 7-8 - Power of Nature - "What ribs of oak, when mountains melt on them?" ... This shows us the power of nature and how storms cannot be overcome easily along with the destruction that comes with this natural power. ... He uses his power to play Roderigo and Cassio. ... This displays the power of knowledge Iago. Line 276 - Power of Suggestion Power of suggestion is very strong in Othello, especially for Iago to plant seeds into people's minds to manipulate their thoughts without actually telling the truth. ...

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As part of the 'New Left', an emerging stance on the left wing of politics, Miliband disagreed with the notion of pluralism being a means of spreading political power across a wider spectrum than what he called the 'dominant class', which he asserted to maintain not only the majority of the wealth, but also the majority of political power with which it has come to be associated. ... It will predominantly focus on the second chapter, Economics and Dominant Class, as it is here that Miliband most clearly outlines his gripes with capitalist Western democracies in terms of in...

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" While the word "bureau" refers to the office the Greek suffix "kratia or kratos" means power or rule. Thus we use the word "bureaucracy" to refer to the power of the office (Hummel, 1998, 307). ... Rationality of Weber's Bureaucracy: Weber defines bureaucracy as "the means of carrying community action over into rationally ordered social action an instrument for socializing relations of power, bureaucracy has been and is a power instrument of the first order.... In this vein, Stillman (2000) quotes Weber stating that "[t]he proper soil for bu...

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These factions, or princes, were looking only to further their own power without regard for those that they meant to rule. ... An advocate of physical power, as well as governmental power, Machiavelli stressed the need for virtu, a quality that has been translated to mean "...a union of force and ability...will"(Burckhardt quoted in Machiavelli 195). ... Subsequently, individual wants supersede all, including any earlier alliances formed in the pursuit of power. ... Such a contract becomes necessary as man's desire for power is exceeded by his want for rest and peace. ... Locke also conce...

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The quote shows just how important the land that they had discovered was to them because of all the new materials. ... Their main goal was to gain land, resources, and most importantly, power. ... This quote shows how Equiano was passed from master to master and all the resources he encountered. ... Just as nature gives each man an absolute power over all his limbs, the social pact gives the body politic an absolute power over all its members; and it is the same power which, directed by the general will, bears, as I have said, the name of sovereignty."" ... He compares this pact as having ...

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This was quoted by Statistics Canada on July 18, 2000, in a publication of The Daily. ... We can then determine how the decrease in crime rate that was quoted by Statistics Canada has the potential to be flawed. ... "Crime statistics do not measure criminal behaviour they measure the response of various agencies to their perceptions of crime."4 We can then determine that the quote in the daily by statistics Canada may hold to be flawed by lack of uniformity in measurement by police in different jurisdictions. ... The quote in The Daily mentions that the crime rate has decreased in ...

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Where does power come from? French and Raven developed the Taxonomy of Social Power to introduce five sources of power. Each of the five bases of power is listed below: - Expert Power - Referent Power - Coercive Power - Reward Power - Legitimate Power The leadership traits of Barack Obama comprise of all sources of Power, he however dominates in Legitimate Power, Expert Power and Reward Power. ... Steve Jobs leadership behavior also comprised of all sources of power, however he dominated mostly in Expert Power and Coercive Power. ... Jobs used cohesive power to attain his vision. ...

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He acknowledged the power of his country but the poverty prevalent there worried him. ... He brings up the question of evil's existence, to quote "The Tyger," from Songs of Experience: "Did he who make the lamb make thee"". ... He believed that God is the spiritual and creative power in man, and apart from man the idea of God has no meaning. When Blake speaks of the divine, it is with reference to this power and not to any external or independent God or deity. ... When Blake speaks of divine, it is the reference to this power and not any external or independent godhead. ...

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He feels that, the young and poor often have more faith than those who have material power. He is quoted in the article saying "The children raise questions of good and evil more often than most children I've met in the United States. ... Kozol has been quoted saying that he has become more religious since his interviews in the city. ... Kozol continues to emphasize his point by quoting the mayor in his talks with children, "I think largely you have to help yourself....Look at what is there and take advantage of it."...

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Part of the majesty of the concept is that it is too broad to admit of a short definition that embraces every situation, and that any definition must depend on the relation a particular act bears to the fundamental law that limits legislative power. A specific and well known quote by Judge Thomas Cooley stated that "due process of law in each particular case means such an exertion of the powers of government as the settled maxims of law permit and sanction, and under such safeguards for the protection of individual rights as those maxims prescribe for the class of cases to which the one in que...

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