ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Fashion Designer (1969 - 2010) ALEXANDER MCQUEEN (1969 - 2010) burst onto the fashion stage in 1992‚ courting controversy as headlines hailed him as the new enfant terrible. Though contentious and frequently misunderstood‚ he established the fashion label that is now internationally acclaimed and coveted without compromising his approach. From the start of his career McQueen has both shocked and delighted his audience with raw presentations often depicting bleak history and anarchic
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Alexander Miles was born in Ohio on May 18‚ 1838. While Miles’s exact birthplace and birthdate are unknown‚ it is believed that he was born in Pickaway County near the town of Circleville‚ being the son of Michael and Mary Miles. Alexander Miles ended up moving to Waukesha‚ Wisconsin later in his life where he got a job as a barber. After a move to Winona‚ Minnesota‚ he met and got married to Mrs. Candace J. Dunlap‚ who was living in La Porte‚ Indiana. She was a widow who had two children with her
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It could be argued that the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928 might very well be one of the greatest scientific discoveries of his time. Penicillin opened up the doors to the start of antibiotics. Antibiotics are used to fight infections‚ often bacterial‚ that invade the human body. There has been countless of people saved and made healthy again by the use of antibiotics‚ namely penicillin. Fleming’s scientific breakthrough saved numerous lives during and following D-Day. Without
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Anton Chekhov‚ witnessed the rule of three Tsars i.e. Alexander II‚ Alexander III‚ and Nicholas II. The reign of these Romanovs was bombarded by numerous dilemmas such as wide peasant unrest‚ revolutionary agitation‚ anarchic disorders‚ and even of industrialisation. Along with their obligations to ‘remedy’ the social ills affecting such a massive and heterogeneous empire‚ they were also battling to preserve their unlimited power. Tsar Alexander II‚ ascended the throne in 1855 and came to be called
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Alexander The Great’s Struggles Alexander the Great was most likely the greatest leader ever. His tactics and reasoning are still studied all over the world even after 2‚000 years ago. Being a teenager from a divorced family and forced to rule at such a young age intensely impacted Alexander’s Life. According to records‚ he was said to be a heavy drinker and because of his mother’s excessive praise‚ believed himself to be a god. His loyalty‚ ego‚ and ambitions are a few of
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world war as up to two hundred thousand troops from Russia‚ East Germany‚ Poland‚ Republic of Bulgaria and Republic of Hungary occupied Czechoslovakia in ‘Operation Danube’. Launched in response to the social movement led by Czechoslovakia leader Alexander Dubcek (known as the ‘Prague Spring’)‚ the Warszawa accord invasion was preceded by many months of negotiation and preparation. As Jiri Valenta argues‚ the Soviet leadership determined to intervene in Czechoslovakia ‘only when an extended amount
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In 323 BC‚ Alexander the Great‚ king of Macedonia‚ son of Philip II and Olympias (i)‚ controlled a dominion that covered an area from Egypt to the Caspian Sea and the Balkans to the Himalayas. He is considered one of the most efficient as well as bright soldiers and rulers in ancient history‚ he had marched a poorly armed and meager European army on a campaign of over 20‚000 miles to capture and control the high and mighty Persian Empire. The Persians had range over a territory including all of
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT BY: JOHN J. POPOVIC CATEGORY: HISTORY – GREEK HISTORY ALEXANDER THE GREAT Αλεξανδροσ Πηιλιππου Μακεδονον‚ Alexander the Invincible‚ later renamed by the Romans‚ Alexandros Philippou Makedonon‚ Alexander III the Great of Macedon (356-323 B.C.) PROJECT by John J. Popovic Alexander accomplished greater deeds than any other ruler before or after him. This project is dedicated to the most charismatic and heroic king of all times. Edition 9.2 SYNOPSIS Introduction Alexander’s
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Alexander Pushkin Alexander Pushkin was born on June 6‚ 1799 in Moscow‚ Russia. While he was born into nobility. Pushkin attended a special school for children of privilege‚ where he excelled in French and Russian literature. His work was innovative and highly scandalous for its time. The literature that Pushkin created pioneered the new era of authors and poets that focused their work on political controversy. His work associates him with the Decembrist Revolt in 1825. In 1820‚ Pushkin completed
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Alexander Hamilton and The National Bank Alexander Hamilton believed that since The United States was growing as a new nation‚ they could take advantage of it and use it as a source of energy and cohesion. Furthermore‚ his main goal was just to spark up the economy and revive it to the point where it was normally flowing. So‚ his first idea was to completely eradicate all national and stately debt. He wanted to look at the accumulated debt of the Revolutionary War at face value and completely do
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