William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943) was an American educator‚ literary critic and author. He served as a professor of English at Yale University from 1901 to 1933. His works include Advance of the English Novel and Essays on Modern Dramatists. On April 6‚ 1933‚ he delivered this speech during a radio broadcast. His reverence for books was not shared by everyone‚ especially those in Nazi Germany. On May 10‚ 1933‚ the Nazis had staged an event unseen since the Middle Ages as young German students from
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responsible for maintaining order within that group. Sir Robert Peel‚ 2nd Baronet formally established a police force in 1829. After that police have existed and evolved for many of years. The model of fighting crime and upholding the law that Peel created‚ spread throughout the United States and other countries. Sir Robert Peel‚ 2nd Baronet was born in 1788 in Bury‚ Lancashire‚ England to parents who were financially established. His father‚ Sir Robert Peel‚ 1st Baronet was a member of Parliament and
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Edgar Allan Poe “The Oval Portrait” : THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE MAIN STORY AND THE EMBEDDED ONE. “The Oval Portrait” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe involving the harrowing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau. The final version of the text is a revision of an earlier story known as “Life in Death”. Poe improved his novella by eliminating narrator’s penchant for opium and modifying the conclusion. It allowed him to achieve purely didactic piece of writing
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In Daniel Lyons The High Price of Facebook‚ he states the issue of privacy. Facebook makes their money through selling personal information to advertisers Lyons argues that Facebook is not a free service and states "The fear is that people are being lured into Facebook with the promise of a fun‚ free service‚ and don’t realize they’re paying for it by giving up loads of personal information." (par. 2). Senior Vice President of communications‚ Elliot Scharge disagrees saying that their privacy changes
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IKEA: Managing Cultural Diversity P. Grol‚ C. Schoch‚ and CPA After firmly attaining leadership within Sweden‚ where it holds more than 20 percent of the overall market‚ IKEA has succeeded over the last 25 years in doing what 110 furniture distributor has ever attempted: to become a global player in an industry formerly considered by na¬ture to be local. Today IKEA delivers low-priced quality furniture to key markets throughout the world. It is the only distributor in its field to have successfully
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Does a bodybuilder really train the same as a powerlifter? Many amateurs in the fitness industry seem to think that the answer to this question is yes; however‚ they are wrong. The sports may seem to be the same thing‚ but they are very different. The same principles and guidelines apply to both; but‚ bodybuilders and powerlifters differ in their goals‚ the way they train‚ and how they feed their bodies throughout the day. To bodybuilders strength isn’t the main focus like it is to powerlifters
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What ist the key problem in this case? The key problem in the Lisa Benton case is that Lisa isn’t accepted by her team. She feels like that she is not getting enough responsibility und she doesn’t have a good feeling about her future in this company. She got to much problems with her collegues who doesn’t like her because of her MBA. Lisas problm is that she does not contribute enough. She is to “shy” and passiv acoording to the text she try to act like a learner. But she have to stand up for
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Portrait Photography the humble beginings Portrait photography was born when Frenchman Joseph Nicephore Niepce‚ father of photography and first-ever portrait photographer‚ successfully set an image onto a metal plate in 1827. Later‚ in 1844‚ photography made its way to China‚ courtesy of Jules Itier of France. The rest is portrait photography history. In 1885‚ George Eastman created paper film. Later‚ in 1889‚ he fabricated the more recognizable celluloid film. His first camera‚ a box-shaped
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The Mystery of the Mona Lisa As Donald Sassoon emphasizes in Becoming Mona Lisa‚ the Mona Lisa has managed to maintain its status as the world’s most recognizable work of art. The author notes that many who visit the portrait find themselves wondering just what makes it so special. The lady in the portrait is not particularly beautiful and the painting itself is beginning to look its age. Yet despite all this‚ art historians continue to write and argue over the painting‚ and tourists continue
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Lisa Ho was born in 1963 in Albury on the boarder of Victoria and New South Wales. From the young age of 4 she was already making patterns out of newspaper and sewing with the help of her grandmother who was a tailor. By the age of 10 she had her own sewing machine and was making things for herself and her four sisters nearly every day. She graduated from Sydney Technical College in 1981. After working for another company for a year she decided to start her own line. Along with many other fashion
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