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    of parents, teachers, and others to inform children to make good choices for themselves, and not just because someone says that smoking is bad for you. Naylor shows appealing the the audience’s ethical appeal by talking about freedom of choice, however Kinsey shows that his desires and behaviors are more important than following society’s norms of staying monogamous. Kinsey’s and Naylor’s reaction to the public and media are different. Kinsey reaction to the media is initially with anger, then eventually feels weak, depress, and desperate. Contrasty, Naylor is able to fight against adversity and use media to his advantage. To start of with Kinsey, He is watching television and discovers that he lost grants and funding from the Rockefeller Foundation because they feel that their involvement with Kinsey should stop. Kinsey became weak, depress and desperate because of this news. His weakness shows when he faints while teaching a seminar. His depression is apparent when he punctures his penis to find a different pleasure. And his desperation shows by begging for funding from Mr. Hartford, the modern art man. Because he is at his lowest of lows, he is not able to successfully influence Mr. Hartford for funding, and Kinsey is rather a aggressive, disgraceful man . This shows that his judgement and ability to negotiate diminishes from the media and publicity. On the other hand, Naylor possesses the ability to use the media to his advantage. Naylor shows this when he almost dies…

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    In 1920 the hookworm infection was problematic in many impoverished areas around the globe. This infection happens when the hookworm parasite tunnels up through a human’s foot. Over time it slowly makes its way to the small intestine where it matures. The symptoms of this infection can include but is not limited to nausea, indigestion, diarrhea, and vomiting. The Rockefeller Foundation was interested in increasing the education about the disease and slowly push towards eradication. The…

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    Rockefeller. An extremely wealthy man, Rockefeller felt it was his moral duty to help the worthy less fortunate. He developed the Rockefeller Foundation as a way to purposefully distribute his wealth, he hired Frederick Gates, a former minister to lead his foundation. The Rockefeller Institute became a major research facility and contributed to global health as workers expanded its ideas to China and Mexico. Rockefeller was part of the Social Gospel movement and was a scientific philanthropist,…

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    For the past four years I have had the pleasure of working for a Non-Profit Organization named Seven Hills Foundation. It was created in 1951, by a small group of parents of disabled children, sharing the same vision. That vision was to advocate and improve the lives of their children while providing support to each other when needed. Since that time, Seven Hills foundation has flourished into one of the largest support networks for individuals with life challenges. Seven Hills Foundation has…

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    on African American colleges and universities since they were not funded. The book gives a brief overview of the issues within the educational system concerning African-Americans and the ongoing struggle of equality. To be more specific the book states, “Willie uses the problematic aspects of the Rockefeller Foundation’s efforts to illustrate the struggles between African-Americans and major societal institutions when both are ostensibly attempting to improve the educational outcome for…

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    and of course, go from a two to a ten. The magic of that is foundation which comes in a variety of shades for every skin tone out there. However, not all foundations are the same. For example, my first time wearing foundation at the young age of fourteen, I wore starlight beige from Cover Girl thinking it would hide my freckles and pimples, yet I did not know I would be the laughing- stock in middle school with people saying I looked like an Oompa loompa from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…

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    John D. Rockefeller? John Davison Rockefeller was a very intelligent businessman. He started learning at a young age about business. He was also generous. John D. Rockefeller donated millions of dollars of his own money to charities. He also helped fund for universities and many more things. John D. Rockefeller was one of the most generous and intelligent businessman in the United States. John D. Rockefeller was born in the town of Richford, New York. Since he was a kid, his father, William,…

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    is today without the influence of John D. Rockefeller. John Rockefeller was an American business man from the nineteenth century. Rockefeller quickly became one of the richest men in America. John Rockefeller’s legacy as the richest man in the oil industry is still with us today. As a young boy, John Rockefeller was a typical American boy that was interested in business. Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839, on a farm in Richford, New York, to William and Eliza Rockefeller (“John D.…

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    The renowned John D. Rockefeller was the first of the great American Philanthropists. Born July 8, 1839, in the state of New York, he had always delighted in business and riches. His methodical nature combined with his genius powers of organization gave him the ability to become one of the world’s wealthiest person in all of history. His fortune was not in gold but in oil, that dark mass of runny grease which, before Rockefeller’s era, no one knew what to do with. Rockefeller entered the…

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    The name Rockefeller is synonymous with the nation as one of the most historically powerful and wealthy names in the history of the United States. There are many things that come to mind with such a name. Wealth, control, monopoly, oil and railroad are items that are linked to the name Rockefeller. As John D Rockefeller was an industrialist and a pioneer in many industries, he would also push forward to establish a foundation that would be the betterment of mankind. For such a man to have such…

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