Couture beginnings The first designer who was not merely a dressmaker was Charles Frederick Worth (1826–1895). Before the former draper set up his maison couture fashion house in Paris‚ clothing design and creation was handled by largely anonymous people‚ and high fashion descended from style worn at royal courts. Worth’s success was such that he was able to dictate to his customers what they should wear‚ instead of following their lead as earlier dressmakers had done. The term couturier was in
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Introduction 2 What is FEMA? 2 Three Major Divisions of FEMA 3 Three Activities of FEMA 5 Impact of Hurricane Katrina 6 1. Economic effects 6 2. Social effects 7 3. Environmental effects 7 Criticisms 8 The Strength of FEMA 11 1. Reduce the redundancies: 11 2. Disaster assistance 11 3. Various programs 12 The Weakness of FEMA 12 1. Vague role definition 12 2. Staffing problems 13 3. Problem with motivation 14 4. Absorption into DHS 14 5. Problematic strategies 16 6. Poor communication
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Linguistic imperialism occurs when the language of a large or dominant population or the language of power transfers to other people in the same or neighboring areas. There are many types of linguistic imperialism and many causes of it. Causes include immigration‚ conquest‚ trade and cultural superiority. The spread of religions that transcend local cultures and languages can also cause linguistic imperialism. Such changes in language can be forced or can take place through natural changes. Acts
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There is no universally accepted definition of art. Although commonly used to describe something of beauty‚ or a skill which produces an aesthetic result‚ there is no clear line in principle between (say) a unique piece of handmade sculpture‚ and a mass-produced but visually attractive item. We might say that art requires thought - some kind of creative impulse - but this raises more questions: for example‚ how much thought is required? If someone flings paint at a canvas‚ hoping by this action to
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Art From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the general concept of art. For people named Art‚ see Arthur. For other uses‚ see Art (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Clockwise from upper left: a self-portrait from Vincent van Gogh‚ an African Chokwe statue‚ detail from the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli and a Japanese Shisa lion Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities; this article focuses primarily on the visual arts‚ which
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Effects of Television Commercial Repetition‚ Receiver Knowledge‚ and Commercial Length: A Test of the Two-Factor Model Author(s): Arno J. Rethans‚ John L. Swasy‚ Lawrence J. Marks Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Marketing Research‚ Vol. 23‚ No. 1 (Feb.‚ 1986)‚ pp. 50-61 Published by: American Marketing Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3151776 . Accessed: 31/01/2012 23:11 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at
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ENVIRONMENTAL SGIENGE Effective Examinations for from May/June 2011 The Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examnation i GAPE@ Gontents RATIONALE .................. AIMS SKILLS AND ABILITIES TO BE ASSESSED PRE-REQUTSTTES THE SYLLABUS................ OF STRUCTURE OF THE SYLLABUS UNIT 1: ECOLOGY. HUMAN POPULATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES ‚‚..............2 ........4 MODULE 1: FUNDAMENTAL ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES.... .......s MODULE 2: HUMAN POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT..................
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1. Monetary and fiscal policy and its impact on business decision making 2. Open economy macroeconomics-Mundell –Fleming Model and its application FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICY IN INDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON Business Decision Making. What is monetary policy? Monetary policy is the management of money supply and interest by central banks to influence prices and employment. Monetary policy works through expansion or contraction of investment consumption expenditure. Monetary
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Postmodern literature The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature. It is both a continuation of the experimentation championed by writers of the modernist period (relying heavily‚ for example‚ on fragmentation‚ paradox‚ questionable narrators‚ etc.) and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas implicit in Modernist literature. Postmodern literature‚ like postmodernism as a whole‚ is difficult to define and there is little agreement on the
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In the late 1950s in Post-War Britain‚ life for the average teenager was somewhat bleak. The rationed mind-set of the WWII generation was still a part of the social consciousness by the mid 50s‚ and the economy was slow to bounce back from the ravages of the war. Unlike America at the time‚ few people in Britain had the freedom for social pursuits or the lifestyle of leisure‚(a phenomenon enjoyed mainly in the United States)‚ and‚ especially if you were "working-class"‚ your choices were much narrower
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