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    De Facto Relationships

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    De Facto Relationships 1. Identify and describe an alternative family arrangement you have chosen and how or why it is considered an ‘alternative family arrangement’. A de facto couple is an unmarried heterosexual or same sex couple. The Family Law Act 1975 –section 4AA defines a de facto couple as ‘persons who are not legally married to each other‚ persons not related by family and having regard to all circumstances of their relationship‚ they have a relationship as a couple living together

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    Willem de Kooning

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    Willem de Kooning is considered one of the best American painters to ever live. He is compared to one of the Greek Sea Gods‚ Proteus‚ and is called "a master of a liquid realm who is gifted with prophecy" (Kertess).De Kooning is a highly intellectual‚ analytical artist with the courage to reject all assumptions and to take up an issue at its "most difficult formation" (Hess 16). One of de Kooning’s good friends was the poet‚ art critic‚ and MOMA Curator‚ Frank O’Hara. O’Hara considered de Kooning

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    Lazarillo De Tormes

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    problems. Not surprisingly‚ when Lazarillo de Tormes was written‚ albeit anonymously‚ it was a popular book with reprintings‚ additions of extra parts and even other editions. The picaresque figure‚ which featured in this slapstick comedy‚ intertwined with a number of themes ranging from hypocrisy‚ deceit‚ religious satire‚ poverty and hunger through to corruption‚ fortune and honour. Whether it represented an

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    Lee de Forest

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    Lee De Forest Lee De Forest was born Aug. 26‚ 1873‚ Council Bluffs‚ Iowa. De Forest was the son of a Congregational minister. His father moved the family to Alabama and there assumed the presidency of the nearly bankrupt Talladega College for Negroes. Excluded by citizens of the white community who resented his father ’s efforts to educate blacks‚ Lee and his brother and sister made friends from among the black children of the town and spent a happy although sternly disciplined childhood

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    Ferdinand de Saussure

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    Ferdinand de Saussure Ferdinand de Saussure (/sɔːˈsʊr/ or /soʊˈsʊr/; French: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ də sosyʁ]; 26 November 1857 – 22 February 1913) was a Swiss linguist whose ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in linguistics in the 20th century.[1][2] He is widely considered one of the fathers of 20th-century linguistics.[3][4][5][6] One of his translators‚ Emeritus Professor of Linguistics (Oxford University)‚ Roy Harris‚ summarized Saussure’s contribution to linguistics and the study

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    Cafe de Coral

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    Topic: Café de Coral Background of Café de Coral The Cafe de Coral Group was incorporated in 1968‚ but it would not be until September 1969 when it opened its first Café de Coral restaurant in Causeway Bay. The chain gradually expanded over the next decade and went on air in 1977 when it promoted its restaurants through TV commercials. In 1979‚ Café de Coral established its first food processing plant‚ a move commonly taken to lower costs and ensures consistency. In 1986‚ the Café de Coral Group

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    De Wit & Meyer

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    | |(3 cijfers‚ zijnde blok‚ taak en opdracht) | | |Opdrachtnaam (indien van toepassing) |De Wit&Meyer | |Datum van inzending |10-0-2012 | |Voor- en achternaam

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    Cinco de Mayo

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    Emily Kinner Spanish II; 7th mod May 14‚ 2011 Cinco De Mayo Cinco De Mayo is a day of celebration. You may think‚ “Its Mexico’s Independence Day‚” but you’re wrong. Cinco De Mayo commemorates the victory of the Mexican Militia over the French Army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. Mexico finally gained independence from Spain in 1821 after a long struggle. During this time‚ Mexico accumulated heavy debts to several nations including Spain‚ England and France‚ who were demanding repayment

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    Eamon de Valera

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    Eamon de Valera‚ although born in New York City‚ in the United States of America‚ devoted his life to help the people of Ireland. As he once said it‚ "If I wish to know what the Irish want‚ I look into my own heart." De Valera loved Ireland and its people with a deep and lasting passion. It was he‚ probably more than any other person in their history‚ who helped that country win freedom from British rule and then shaped its history well into the twentieth century. De Valera ’s mother‚ Catherine

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    Cafe de Coral

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    The Hong Kong Management Association Diploma in Management Studies Spring Term 2013 Management Project A Two-Year Strategic Business Plan of Café de Coral in Hong Kong Fast Food Industry. Cover Sheet 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 Company History & Background Café de Coral Group (0341) is the largest publicly listed Chinese fast food restaurant group in the world. The Group is principally engaged in the operation of quick service and specialty restaurants chain‚ with vertical and horizontal

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