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Contemporary Application of the Ideal Leadership Theory of Niccolo Machiavelli

Machiavelli had been imprisoned by the opposing Medici and he saw how the conflict between politicians can destroy what issues are...

Nursing Theory, a Comparison

p. 144). Each has value, but each exists with a paradox. The more abstract theories are more easily generalized, but more diffic...

History of U.S. Army Aviation

1909, the Wright brothers built the first "heavier than air flying machine" based on Army Aviation specifications. During World Wa...

Technology and Batteries

of consumer electronics, expectation of the EV [electric vehicles] and problems of large-scale electricity storage and distributio...

Shakespeare in Cinema

as simplistic because it stars an action hero (Mad Max becomes Mad Hamlet) and cuts several scenes and all long speeches. Of cours...

Dublin According to William Butler Yeats and James Joyce

this work many critics feel that Joyce gave Dublin a feminized gender. They assert that Joyces Dublin corresponds to Claudine Herm...

Le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut

faced with whitewashed Gunite (sprayed concrete) and a roof of contrasting beton brut. Formally and symbolically, however, this s...

Democracy Theories

on this subject might want to explore various opinions on democracy and society. Socrates claimed that democracy--because it is ...

Types of Corporate Ownership

in the UK, may be seen as making a profit, with many associated uses of brand name (Manchester United, 2002). However, this is unu...

Overview of the Shaolin Temple

his physical insights with the other monks when he returned after nine years, realizing how completely out of shape - both physica...

Facing Mt. Kenya by Jomo Kenyatta

understands their deep significance to the people who have practiced them since birth. This provides a personal perspective that ...

Moral Education According to Aristotle

the right objects, towards the right people, with the right motive and in the right way. He states in Book II, "The moral virtues,...

Overview of Security Fraud and Protection

beating the clock and waiting in long lines are becoming a thing of the past. There is no question that the concept of Electronic...

Solitude in the City

refuge in the cafe. In this work the solitude, while sad, is also one of peacefulness. One might also say that it is a juxtaposit...

Music and Poems

played slightly louder, i.e. piano. The rhythm of the piece would be uniform 4/4 time, but the overall effect of the rhythm would...

A Hero in Print and Throughout Time

the path to order by bringing structure to the process of understanding. The classical hero was one who was brave, honest, pious ...

Pardoner's Sexuality in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this paper analyzes the Pardoner's sexuality in a consideration of the stories from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey...

Questions on Art History

narratives can take on many themes for many different reasons. Perhaps there is a very exciting artwork around which one wants to...

Fine Arts and the Impact of Interactive Media

concept is fairly recent, beginning with the Internet explosion during the mid-1990s and the introduction of the CD-ROM during the...

Globalization, Standardization, and Theodore Levitt

for decades; Tom Peters and John Kao have supported the precepts of creativity. John Kao is certain that it is necessary to...

Morality and Architecture by Watkin

the human condition. That said, a student writing on this subject might construe those two points by the author as rather weak. T...

Public and Political Bargaining in the Contemporary Presidency

of the presidential office, inasmuch as media influence is fundamentally based upon the element of perception. Contemporary presi...

Two Studies of Information Technology

gratification and for some purchases the inability to see and feel what they are. These different elements are seen as reassuring ...

Nuclear Family and the Israeli Kibbutz

in general have been a topic of considerable debate practically since the first Kibbutz was formed. The first kibbutz was founded...

Environmental Protection Agency and Management Theory

agency to which organizations are accountable for the environmental effects of their business activities. The agency mainta...

American Scene Painting Art Movement

critical reception and the issues and themes addressed in their work. Regionalism A principal thrust in this school was the conc...

A 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' Excerpt

remember the dream he had been having. It had been a good one" (Rowling 19). Contemporary Children First and foremost, we note...

Desert Storm, Desert Shield, and Lessons Learned From Them

a former assistant secretary of defense, in his report to the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee a dozen years ago....

Ohio and the Middle East

rainfall that is well distributed throughout the year (MSN Learning & Research). It varies from 28 inches per year on Catawba Isla...

Abortion and Aldous Huxley

of abortion is a selfish act and as such the president is justified in banning the bill. Huxley believed that power in the hands ...