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    to Readings “The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe” exhibition at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art reflects the extreme presence of death and mortality in late-medieval and early-Renaissance Europe. During the time there was the Black Plague, the Hundred Years’ War, and famines. With the constant fear of death around the corner, it is understandable that the artwork from this period reflects those fears. Prayer beads, illuminated manuscripts, and ivory objects preserve the

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    Ivory Tower Movie

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    Ivory Tower is a film regarding higher education institutions and cost factors to students. More importantly it, the movie depicted the struggle between student debts at different institutions. The cost factor for attending higher education is increasing which is causing students to have to find ulterior ways to receive an education. The filmmakers would want the leadership at Texas State Technical College to hear about the rise of student debt and higher education. At TSTC, we understand the rise

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    Canada, six people amounted seventy one thousand dollars of fines for multiple poaching charges through the course of seven years (Unknown, 2015). The African forest elephants lost sixty two percent of their population from 2002 to 2012 because of ivory poaching (Nature, 2013). In India, a combined effort of poaching, prey depletion and habitat destruction led to a tiger population of fewer than 4000 (Sharma, Wright, Joseph, & Desai, 2014). Therefore poaching can accelerate the decline of a species

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    There Finally be Ebony in the Ivory Towers? The tech industry has been lambasted for the lack of diversity in the major players like Apple, Facebook, and Google, especially for the lack of black and brown personnel in upper management. Spike Lee has recently renewed his cry for a more diverse Hollywood, recently commenting, "It's easier to be the president of the United States as a black person than be the head of a studio [or] network." What about the nation's ivory tower educational institutions

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    Have you ever had an extraordinary desire for something, only to have someone tell you it is out of your reach? Does that make you try harder, or completely give up? In Professor X’s essay, In the basement of Ivory Tower, (X) he goes into great detail stating how his students have the desire to maintain high academic standards in order to receive a promotion, to further their career, or because it is a job requirement. However, these same students cannot possibly pass their classes due to their

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    In his article “In the Basement of the Ivory Tower,” Professor X explains how our society pressures people to take college courses for which they are not equipped. As both a community college and private college adjunct English teacher, Professor X explains the goal of his courses is for the student to complete research, form opinions, put together facts, then write their papers. He provides examples where people must take a certain amount of college level classes to advance in their occupation

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    created coca farms in Africa and Asia. The French controlled a coca leading producer called the Ivory Coast. By the 1960’s the Ivory Coast gained independence among the French. For the sake of the Ivory Coast they should produce crops to grow economically. Chocolate is unacceptable for the Ivory Coast because of the children working in plantations, the deforestation, and an unfair share of profit. The Ivory Coast has a danger in growing their chocolate which is the children working. The children are

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    Brief introduction of New ivory New ivory is company started in 2001 mainly focus on development and manufacture of fresh and tasty sauce, gravies, dips and dressing. New ivory is a leader in UK in this food’s growing market and work with well known retailer of UK. Company’s entire focus is on add value to customer in each and all aspect whether it is the case of product design, process efficiency or any another requirement. at new ivory, they listen carefully customer requirement and simultaneously

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    Ghana and Ivory Coast are two of the most influential countries in Sub-Saharan African history. Both Ghana and Ivory Coast are very alike each other. The similarities between the two countries are most evident in the geographical region, ethnic groups, spiritual matters, agricultural and economical matters. The similarities between Ghana and Ivory Coast are seemingly endless. They were both neighboring countries and created in the same region, West Africa. Ghana and Ivory Coast are countries in Africa

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    The ivory-charged woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) is one of the biggest woodpeckers on the planet, at approximately 20 inches (51 cm) long and 30 inches (76 cm) in wingspan. It is local to the virgin woodlands of the Southeastern Joined States (alongside a different subspecies local to Cuba). In light of environment decimation and, to a lesser degree, chasing, its numbers have dwindled to the point where whether any remain is indeterminate, however reports have shown it has been seen again in

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