"Leading With the Heart": A Review of the Book by Mike Krzyzewski
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Six-time heralded as National Coach of the Year, Duke University's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is one of the most successful coaches in history. Kyzyzewski is more than a coach, however, his talents with sports figures have been successfully turned to many other arenas of life as well one of which is "Leading With the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life". This book is an insight into the many philosophies which Coach K has gained over the years regarding the importance of leadership, overcoming life's adversities, individual instinct, and individual and organizational responsibility. Critical to this process is are five fundamental qualities: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring, and pride; qualities which "Leading With the Heart" illuminates as do few other motivational books. No additional sources are listed.
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"Pudd'nhead Wilson," Roxana, and Dialect
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A 5 page paper which discusses Mark Twain's "Pudd'nhead Wilson" as it involves the character of Roxana and her use of dialect. The ideas of Bakhtin, as they relate to dialect, are also discussed as they relate to Twain's writing and Roxana. Bibliography lists 8 additional sources.
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"Speaking Into the Air" by John Durham Peters
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A 5 page paper which provides a critical analysis of John Durham Peters' book "Speaking Into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication." No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAspeakair.wps

"The Death of Old Man Rice"
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A 4 page paper which discusses the book "The Death of Old Man Rice" by Martin Friedland . The paper discusses issues, such as the influence of elites and the role of the press, and how they play a part in the story of the murder of Rice. No additional sources cited.
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"The Movement of the Simplification of Spelling in the English Language"
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A 7 page overview of the move to change the way we spell in the English language. While in the U.S. and the U.K. alike changes in spelling have been attempted to be implemented via a formal route, for the most part change has only occurred informally. We have generated formal proceedings and approvals throughout the years, even seen Presidential orders and House of Commons Bills but old spellings have stayed staunchly in place. The informal verses the formal aspects of the movement to simplify spelling, however, has been somewhat more successful. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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(The) Evening News / Content Analysis
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4 page (includes chart) discussion and analysis of evening news content (amount of sex, violence etc;) from study conducted over a one-week period during the summer of 1995.
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1930's America; The Dramatic Age of Sight and Sound
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This 5 page paper looks at 1930's America and Warren Susman's argument that this was a dramatic era of sight and sound. The paper considers the use of sight and sound separately including the rise of nationalism and the role of the film industry and the social impact of radio using the example of Orson Well's radio presentation of the war of the Worlds. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
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19th Century Media Reaction to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
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13 pages discussing journalistic accounts of Lincoln's infamous Gettysburg address just after it was delivered. No Bibliography available.
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2 Studies on Phonological Disorders and Reading
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A 4 pages research paper that contrasts and compares 2 studies that address the relationship between phonological-speech disorders and reading. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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