hall‚ the Diwan-i-Am. Shah Jahan had the famous Koh-i-noor diamond placed in this throne. The French jeweler Tavernier‚ who saw Delhi in 1665‚ described the throne as of the shape of a bed (a "takhteh" or platform)‚ 6 ft. by 4 ft.‚ supported by four golden feet‚ 20 to 25 in. high‚ from the bars above which rose twelve columns to support the canopy; the bars were decorated with crosses of rubies and emeralds‚ and also with diamonds and pearls. In all there were 108 large rubies on the throne‚ and 116
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Peronism was an Argentine political movement which was conceived by the former President of Argentina- Juan Domingo Peron and his wife Eva Peron. The pillars of the Peronist movement were social justice‚ economic independence and political sovereignty. Peron’s model of the mixed economy plus the central role of the worker unions was similar to that of the Scandinavian welfare state. (1) In a speech that Peron made in the Congress in 1948‚ he stated that Peronism was humanism in action. He called
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Mark Rydell’s “On Golden Pond” is a drama that emphasizes the stages people of various ages endures. Utilizing Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages as learned in Dr. Malone’s class‚ each of the main characters can be placed within a stage and their age-related crises analyzed. As this film is a drama‚ it was relatable to the audience‚ prompting personal reactions as well as implementing life examples of some of the theories studied in Malone’s class. Perhaps the most significant character‚ Norman
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The golden age of reading The English language has surpassed six hundred thousand words in its vocabulary‚ and it keeps growing due to the introduction and expansion of technology and science. The English language has always had a main source from which it derived its words. For example‚ words such as “machine” and “routine” are French derived and have retained their original spelling as it was meant to indicate the users of these words were well educated and travelled. There are also words
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and is titled The Magdalene with the Smoking Flame. It was done in the year 1640‚ using oil paint on canvas. La Tour did this painting in France. It is currently located at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art‚ but is not currently being displayed to the public. The lines in this work of art are of a large variety. On the right side of the painting a lot of the objects are horizontal. The woman though is sitting up vertically‚ along with the flame. There are a few diagonal lines also‚ for example;
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Finance 351 – International Finance A Comparative Analysis of Turkey and Argentina Paper No. 1 3/7/2014 Executive Summary In our analysis of the Argentinean and Turkish crisis we found that each country’s crisis was caused in different ways but both cases witnessed common mechanisms. When comparing Turkey and Argentina it can be seen that both crises were preceded by a large amount of capital inflows. These capital inflows came predominantly from portfolio investments from US and Europe‚
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Golden Girl Gordon Lee McCallum’s perspective The drive to the school was quite smooth; the weather was nice‚ and there were no traffic. As I approached the school‚ I began to recognize a few of my colleagues’ cars. After having parked my car‚ as I got out‚ I noticed Miss Grainger‚ from the corner of my eye‚ waving at me. I waived back‚ and quickly joined her. She greeted me enthusiastically‚ and led me to the dance. Just
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In the story “Golden Girl” by Gillian Chan‚ the protagonist‚ Donna‚ proves to be a very jealous character by her actions and by her words. Her jealousy for her best friend Anna becomes an overpowering quest to destroy any chance of Anna becoming popular again after she makes the mistake for falling for a student teacher. Donna first shows her jealousy for Anna when she says‚ “I used to hope that some of whatever she had would rub off on me. I mean‚ I deserved some pay-off for all the crap she dished
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the proper controls. He identified the project as a high risk engagement‚ but did not do any of the necessary audit procedures to remedy this. Therefore‚ there was an audit failure. Sullivan was not completely at fault as it was fraud so people at Golden Bear were purposefully committing a white collar crime‚ but he should have exposed it by forcing them to disclose any changes in valuation techniques‚ as well as make them be more accurate with their revenue valuation. Did not follow-up. Because
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of Opportunity” written by James Loewen the author argues that most students leave school (preferably high school) with no understanding of social inequality‚ mainly due to their assigned textbooks. When they are told by their teachers that America has a great deal of social inequality that continues to this day‚ the student’s reactions are never positive and almost always defensive. “The students blame the poor for not being successful. They have no understanding of the ways that opportunity is
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