If deserts _have_ a fault (which their present biographer is far from admitting), that fault may doubtless be found in the fact that their scenery as a rule tends to be just a trifle monotonous. Though fine in themselves, they lack variety. To be sure, very few of the deserts of real life possess that absolute flatness, sandiness and sameness, which characterises the familiar desert of the poet and of the annual exhibitions--a desert all level yellow expanse, most bilious in its colouring, and relieved
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Nordic Journal of African Studies 14(3): 368–383 (2005) The Yorùbá Animal Metaphors: Analysis and Interpretation ADÉSOLÁ OLÁTÉJÚ University of Ibadan, Nigeria ABSTRACT The paper undertakes a study of animal metaphors in the Yorùbá language with a view to highlighting the stylistic and communicative potentials of these metaphors. To achieve the set objective, the animals – domestic and wild – involved in metaphors and their individual distinctive characteristic features that motivate their
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Integrative Paper Julian Harris Webster University Preface The Heart of Change is a book that tells stories of large scale change within organizations. These stories all revolve around eight key steps that should guide the reader from the beginning to the end of the change process. The book Organizational Behavior and Management is a great tool to support the concepts that are presented. My goal is to describe and discuss what is needed to make these types of large scale change efforts
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ICT IN ADMINISTRATION 1 ICT IN ADMINISTRATION ICT IN ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLICATIONS ANTHONY K MUKUCHE D61/69173/2013 UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI ICT IN ADMINISTRATION 2 LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction The study reviews relevant literature in the area of ICT in government administration. It will discuss the concept of ICT, in the day to day running of activities in government departments and the advantages of using it. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Introduction This chapter describes
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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND By Lewis Carroll This book, Alice in Wonderland, is a Mid-Frequency Reader and has been adapted to suit readers with a vocabulary of 4,000 words. It is about 27,500 words in length. It is available in three versions of different difficulty. This version is adapted from the Project Gutenberg E-text prepared by the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/). In this book, the adaptation involved replacing over 152 word families. There
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Blue = Leighton Red = Karissa Brown = Adam Black = Jane The Battle for Value, 2004: FedEx Corp. vs. United Parcel Service, Inc. FedEx will produce superior financial returns for shareowners by providing high value-added supply chain, transportation, business, and related information services through focused operating companies competing collectively, and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. FedEx Mission Statement (Excerpt) We serve the evolving distribution, logistics
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This text is NOT in the public domain in any country. This e-text has been posted for archival and research purposes only and must not be exploited commercially. Any other uses may be subject to International Copyright law. PREFACE by John Bruno Hare Have I lost my mind? This was the first reaction when I saw this listed for sale at the used book site, ABEBooks. I had heard rumors of this book for years, but for a long time I thought it was like the Necronomicon, a book which doesn't exist except
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Toyota and Why It Is So Successful Robert B. Austenfeld, Jr. (Received on May 10, 2006) 1. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to describe one of the most successful companies in the world and explain the reasons for that success. Fortune magazine’s February 20, 2006 edition featured this headline on its cover: “The Tragedy of General Motors” and a story of GM’s woes by Carol J. Loomis. Two weeks later, Fortune’s next edition on March 6, 2006 had this headline on its cover: “How Toyota
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Toyota and Why It Is So Successful Robert B. Austenfeld, Jr. (Received on May 10, 2006) 1. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to describe one of the most successful companies in the world and explain the reasons for that success. Fortune magazine’s February 20, 2006 edition featured this headline on its cover: “The Tragedy of General Motors” and a story of GM’s woes by Carol J. Loomis. Two weeks later, Fortune’s next edition on March 6, 2006 had this headline on its cover: “How Toyota
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Dr. Katherine Heenan English 472 Spring 2007 February 20, 2007 Aristotle’s Life and the Rhetoric Books I and II Aristotle (384-322 BCE) • Aristotle was a student of Plato’s who disagreed with his mentor over the place of public speaking in Athenian life • born in Macedonia about the time Plato was opening the Academy in Athens • age seven went to Athens and entered the Academy--stayed on as teacher; left 20 yrs later on Plato’s death in 347 • Was ineligible to inherit
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