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    The manager interviewed is a middle manager involved in Australia’s largest and longest running not for profit children’s organisation. The organisation is structured in a traditional way with clear divisions and set job positions (Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg and Coulter‚ 2008). The manager is responsible for the operation of twenty two children’s services as well as the management of the twenty two directors and one hundred and sixty staff involved in these children’s services. The manager is responsible

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    various sources a judgement is clear that Martin Luther King Jr. actions were powerful and influential. King revolted against hatred‚ oppression and had the desire of true freedom for the African American society. (bit emotional here) King.... the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957‚ (narrative) serving as its first president and inspired millions of followers with his motivational speech “I have a dream”. King had been exceptionally inspired

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    The painting “Marriage License” by Norman Rockwell that was painted in 1955 displays a young couple commemorating their love to each other. The main focal point of the painting is a young‚ white couple. This is expected because in 1955 men and women were expected to get married at a young age and to start a family right away. This was the social norm. It was also during a time period were racism still occurred and in many states interracial marriage was even illegal‚ which is why the focal point

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    their seats when the bus driver demands them to‚ but the last passenger just moves to the window seat and stays put. “I don’t think I should have to stand up‚” she says‚ and later that day‚ she is in jail and receives a fine. This day‚ December 1‚ 1955‚ was going to be the first day of a long fight for African-American civil rights which would last for several years. Similar events had occurred prior to this bus incident of Rosa Parks‚ but how come we do not know the names or dates of these?

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    “As I look back on those days‚ it’s just like a dream. The only thing that bothered me was that we waited so long to make this protest and to let it be known wherever we go that all of us should be free and equal and have all opportunities that other should have” (Rosa Parks)‚ a member of the N.A.A.C.P. and one who sparked the beginning of the boycott‚ declared this words with power in her fight against injustice. African Americans had experienced discrimination in many aspects of their lives. Since

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    Marine Corps History On November 10‚ 1775‚ the Continental Congress passed a resolution stating that "two battalions of Marines be raised" for service as landing forces with the fleet. This established the Continental Marines and marked the birth of the United States Marine Corps. Serving on land and at sea‚ early Marines distinguished themselves in a number of important operations‚ including their first amphibious raid on foreign soil in the Bahamas in March 1776‚ under the command of the Corps’

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    Denmark; France; Iceland; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Norway; Portugal; United Kingdom; Italy; Canada and USA The cornerstone of NATO is that all members agreed to come to the aid of any member state if they are attacked. 1952 Greece and Turkey joined NATO 1955 the Federal Republic of Germany became a NATO member r a W n i O T A N The command structure of NATO is designed for a purely defensive war In order to prepare for a possible attack from Warsaw Pact countries the NATO countries worked together

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    background‚ luck opportunity and the value of hard-work. In Outliers this book‚ Gladwell provides his readers with stories of Bill Gates‚ young math whiz discovers computer programming‚ born on October 28‚ 1955. This is the perfect birth date because Gladwell argues that people born in 1954 or 1955 are old enough to be part of the coming revolution but not so old that people missed this revolution. Gates born in wealthy family‚ his father was rich lawyer and his mother was the daughter of a well-to-do

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    segregated seating. Rosa Parks was arrested and fined for not giving up her seat. The boycott began on the day of Rosa Park’s court hearing and lasted 381 days. In 1955‚ African Americans still had to be seated in the back of the bus and give their seats to white riders because of a Montgomery‚ Alabama city ordinance. On December 1‚ 1955‚ Rosa Parks‚ an African-American seamstress‚ was on her way home from work on a Cleveland Avenue bus‚ where she refused to yield her seat to a white rider. Rosa was

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    Informative speech outline- courtesy of Tiffany Smith who gave this speech right after Rosa Parks died. Title: The Life & Legacy of Rosa Parks Speech pattern: Topical Attention-getting technique: Provocative statement Introduction: “ We are asking every Negro to stay off the buses Monday in protest of the arrest and trial…You can afford to stay out of school for one day. If you work‚ take a cab or walk‚ but please children and grownups‚ don’t ride the bus at all

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