Style - Exercise 6.2

1. Throughout the reign of Queen Elizabeth, King Lear remained a popular story. By the time of her death, the story was available in at least a dozen books. However, these variations were simple narratives that merely stated an obvious moral due to undeveloped characters. When Shakespeare began work on King Lear, perhaps his greatest tragedy, he must have had several versions of the story available. Though the characters were based on stock figures of legend, Shakespeare was able to not only turn them into credible human beings, but provide them with complex motives as well.

2. The issue at hand appears to be whether the closure date of an operation may or may not be part of management's "duty to disclose" during contract bargaining. The central rational for management to bargain in good faith is the minimization of conflict. Though case law on this matter is scant, companies are obligated to disclose major operational changes during bargaining to allow the union to put forth proposals on behalf of its members.

3. The most important event in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is Athens' catastrophic Sicilian Invasion. As such, the setup of the invasion comprises three-quarters of the text. The manner in which Thucydides anticipates the Sicilian Invasion is observed through his description of the decline in Athenian society. The basic reason for the need to anticipate invasion is the inevitability that we associate with the tragic drama.

4. A current hypothesis to explain mucosal and vascular permeability is a toxin elaborated by vibrio. Evidence favoring this hypothesis include changes in capillaries near the basal surface of epithelial cells and the appearance of numerous microvesicles in the cytoplasm of mucosal cells. Altered capillary permeability is also believed to effect hydrodynamic transport of fluid into interstitial tissue and the lumen of the gut.

5. Please note the following changes in revenue during the July 1-August 31 time frame. In the Ohio and Kentucky areas, a 73 percent increase from $32,934 to $56,792. In the Indiana and Illinois areas, a 10 percent increase from $153,281 to $168,651. During almost the same time period, the Wisconsin and Minnesota regions saw a 5 percent decrease from $200,102 to $190,580.