Essays Tagged: "big time"

Movie Review of Jerry Maguire

guire; it will be sure to warm your heart. If you're like me, you're a little tired of going to see big name stars in overly hyped, big time busts. Combine that with the fact that sports movies are ra ... ality relationships with them. He then distributes it to all his colleagues before realizing what a big mistake he made. His boss fires him promptly. Only one client out of his previous 72, Arizona Ca ...

(3 pages) 157 1 4.2 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"The Rainmaker" by John Grisham

from being just another sleazy lawyer taking garbage cases that fall like scraps from the corporate bigshot's tables. Its an insurance dispute that has left a family broken and devastated and has also ... for him. When he finally gets to court he finds himself face to face with Drummond, the leader of a big time corporate defense team. He's thrown into a nightmare of lies and cover-ups that have hung l ...

(4 pages) 118 1 4.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

All About Nothing (The Story of My Life)

Perhaps the most important thing that has happened in my life is the fact thatnothing really big or important has ever happened in my life. For example, my parents arestill happily married, and ... n the "Somerset Messenger Gazette," which, in the lingoof those in the news paper business, is the 'big time.' But there is little point in evenmentioning these things, because they have not happened, ...

(4 pages) 119 1 4.2 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Compensating College Athletes

In today's world of big-time college athletics there are huge amounts of revenue being brought into the universities by ... ut college sports or college athletes that should cause this basic national belief to be suspended. Big time college athletes should get some of that money. (23)Mel Levine, a sports agent from Miami, ... ). In fact, Senator J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana is so against college athletes leaving for the big money, that he is considering legislation to prevent it (Shropshire 81). One athlete who decided ...

(5 pages) 218 0 3.9 Jan/1997

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

To read or not to read.

es friction throughout True West. Austin is a screenwriter who is trying to sell an idea to Saul, a big time Hollywood producer, and during the action, Lee persuades Saul to make a different film and ...

(3 pages) 39 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

To be a Laker. Covers Kobe Bryant case and athletes unfair treatment. 2 full pages with a bibliography page.

tars, actors, and musicians. It allows for the application of the thought; is it because all of the big time, popular, and world famous people are getting slapped on the wrist for the crimes that aver ...

(3 pages) 46 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Inherit the Wind-Based on this quote "Many have set aside others and have focused on themselves and ended with emptiness."

rison Brady wants personal gain more than anyone else so much as he thrives on it. He comes in as a big time Bible expert with tons of supporters especially in Dayton, and loves all the attention and ...

(3 pages) 54 0 4.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Soccer: Why It Can't Make the Big Time in the U.S.A.

Soccer: Why It Can't Makethe Big Time in the U.S.A.Soccer, or football (or foosball or futbol), as it is called by the rest of th ... ack of the newspaper's sports section, and there was certainly no television coverage. In fact, the biggest reason for soccer's failure as a mass appeal sport in the United States is that it doesn't c ... ls. But -- primarily, again, because it does not lend itself to television -- it will never make it big in the United States the way these other sports have, not until it changes some of its fundament ...

(5 pages) 76 2 4.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Who is sexier, Beyonce Knowles or Sanaa Lathan?

the glitter that comes with it. When you see her perform you get the excitement and exhilaration of big time. She typifies the word diva.Secondly a sexy woman's appeal is her interests, and talents. B ...

(2 pages) 18 0 3.4 Feb/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

"Malcolm X."

looking so hard that he fell into the wrong crowd. Malcolm bumped into a man named Archie who was a big time thief. Archie ran a numbers system in the streets and he convinced Malcolm to join him. Mal ...

(4 pages) 35 0 0.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

At the greatest level, what was the extent of the US combat power in Vietnam? Is the US better or worse off because they lost? Is Vietnam better or worse off because of the North?

tnam in the first place. The US lost the war, and Vietnam fell into communism.The Vietnam War was a big time, money and efforts consuming war to the US. First of all, from the escalation of war (1945) ...

(4 pages) 29 1 3.8 Jan/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Classic Hollywood and Preston Sturges "Sullivan's Travels"

t's own ideology within the framework of Classic Hollywood.The film tells the journey of "Sully," a big time Hollywood director of lightweight comedies wanting to experience suffering in the world bef ...

(5 pages) 30 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Worlds Biggest Legit Cartel: Crude Oil.

ces so high, traders had a chance to recoup some losses during the short, violate week before after big-time Russian crude producer OAO Gazprom cut back production to the rest of the EU to have enough ...

(3 pages) 73 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Alphonse Capone - a short history

crime and Al Capone's was at the top. Al Capone was the most infamous gangster in the 1920s.Being a big time gangster was big business. Money was made fast and very easily. Bootlegging alcohol was by ... cities. Prostitution and Murders were also crimes that made gangsters money.Alphonse Capone was the biggest force in organized crime. He started his career of crime in Boston, as an apprentice to John ...

(6 pages) 23 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Dirk Nowitzki, climbing the latter of sucess

ept you use your hands and try to throw the ball in the opponent's goal, His mother, Helen, made it big-time by qualifying for the German women's national basketball team. His sister wasn't a big spor ... e. First of all, the Dirk Nowitzki Basketball Academy gives a chance for people who want to make it big time. The Dirk Nowitzki foundation gives money to starving people around the world, and to peopl ...

(5 pages) 32 1 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Outcasts Of Poker Flat

the story that have very similar characteristics, except for one, "Uncle Billy." John Oakhurst is a big time gambler in Poker Flat. He took large sums of money from many people in town. The residents ... y as though attended by celestial guardians," (Harte 610). The Duchess takes on the role of Piney's big sister. When Piney needed someone to talk to, ""¦the Duchess, who was listening with an i ...

(6 pages) 6 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

I Am Wat I Am

passed up.With these thoughts running through my brain, I go right into my Math exam...and blow it big time. My score: 54 out of 200. For days, I didn't want to go to school, didn't want to do anythi ... d the waiter," she says. "He even got the waiter to apologize to me." Buddy Boon #2: He can be your Big Bro.Perfect if you're bud... loves playing kuya to the hilt, asking questions like "Did you do y ...

(5 pages) 1221 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Laramie Project

(Encyclopedia). He always had a mistress or two on the side. Schindler was a hard drinker and was a big time gambler. He took charge of his family's business and became a salesman when opportunity cam ... ok the first chance he could to get into the black market and soon made companions with the Gestapo bigwigs, loosening them up with women, money, and illegal booze. His new companions helped him get a ...

(2 pages) 18 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

"What is police corruption?" Definition and a few examples

ust any job that the 10-year veteran of the New York City force was working on the side. Dowd was a big time drug dealer. From scoring free pizza as a rookie he graduated to pocketing cash seized in d ... of racism which paves a path for "police gangsters." In many cities people feel the "police are the biggest gang in town." Before, police corruption was mainly taking pays offs. These days, police off ...

(6 pages) 94 1 5.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Mass Communication-Journalism

sk how to get stronger, faster, or more flexible. Scott also will speak to strength coaches who are big time trainers for the top college teams in the Nation, teams such as Ohio State, Penn State, Ill ... for the top college teams in the Nation, teams such as Ohio State, Penn State, Illinois, and other Big Ten schools.When he goes to meet an actual trainer for an interview he will ask questions about ...

(5 pages) 20 0 0.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media