Hedge

People have been exploited for centuries and the situations in The Street by Ann Petry are no different. In the novel, the main character Lutie Johnson and her son, Bub, live on 116th Street in Harlem, New York, during the 1940s. Throughout the novel she intends to earn a sufficient amount of money to move to a more secure neighborhood. During her struggles she encounters clever and dangerous people who attempt to prevent her from reaching her goal. Lutie’s escalating frustration at being walled…

Hedges qualify your certainty and intensifiers increase your certainty (129). Hedges include words such as usually, almost, perhaps, many, might and appear (129-130). Intensifiers include words such as very, clearly, key, essential, prove and establish. An intensifier can include the absence of a hedge which makes the writing then appear more aggressive (131). While stressing these ideas in writing…

banks to invest and leverage current investments with subprime mortgages. The explosive level of growth experienced by the banks and hedge funds was soon halted. Interest rates began to rise and thus caused widespread defaulting on the subprime mortgages. Banks and hedge funds had more than $1 trillion in securities backed by subprime mortgages, thus banks and hedge funds took major strain with many of them declaring bankruptcy. This started the 2008 financial crisis. After the shock of the…

homosexual characters in Glee season 3. This analysis is based on Fiscus’s method, which is to count some features of language that stereotypically belongs to women language and men language. The features include hedges, intensifiers, oh my god/like, taboo words, gonna, and guys/man. Lexical hedges and intensifiers are suggested by Lakoff as women linguistic features (Holmes, 2001, p. 286), and phrases oh my god/like strongly indicates femininity (Fiscus, 2011, p. 39). Taboo language is…

die off as an art form. This analysis will also examine Beckett’s writing and language. Topiary gardens have been popular in Britain for a long time, and might seem to be an extremely British art form; however, the decorative trimming bushes and hedges into elaborate shapes began in…

be paying for their convertible bonds at their point in time. Since convertible bonds offer less risk than typical common stock many investors find use to hedge these bonds against their common stock risk. In the article Leverage Your Returns With A Convertible Hedge written by Aryeh Katz, she states “Imagine you create your convertible hedge by buying 10 convertible bonds ($1,000 face value each) from ABC, at a cost of $10,000. You are then entitled to exchange these bonds at any time for 250…

What is play not? Critically discuss your understandings of the complex notion of play in relation to Te Whāriki, diverse learners, and the role of the teacher. How does Hedges’ (2008) ideas contribute to your understandings?” I think that learning comes naturally from every experience, and is dependent on teacher knowledge and responsiveness, and the quality of social relationships in everyday play and learning opportunities…

people should be care about this big issue. One reason inequality happens, according to Krugman, is that wealthy people own the government and use that power to help their interests. To support his claim, Krugman mentions the hedge fund loophole, which is an unjust tax break hedge fund managers take advantage of, which is politically supported by many. This inequality doesn’t just show in politics, it is exemplified through the neighborhoods and families as well. Krugman states, “…American…

It reminds us that California's Public Investment Fund Disclosure Requirements have been in effect since January 1, 2017. This legislation mandates additional disclosures from hedge funds and other alternative investment funds that handle investments from California’s state and local public pension and retirement systems. If your firm has investments of this type, be prepared to respond to questions regarding fund fees, expenses…

with John. You know they’re always making a pass at men. Especially white men.’ “ Mrs. Hedges,…