MANILA‚(STAR) By Wilson Lee Flores - One of the most inspiring new “rags-to-riches” billionaires of Southeast Asia is Andrew Tan of Alliance Global Group‚ Inc.‚ the new multi-billion peso holding company for his three major businesses – condominium-developer Megaworld‚ the world’s biggest brandy producer Emperador Distillers‚ Inc. and a HUGE percentage on shareholdings in the nationwide Philippine franchise of McDonald’s fastfood chain. The latest 2007 issue of Forbes magazine lists Tan as
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Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was a popular president for the time he was alive. He had done some very good things but he also had done some very bad things as well. He was just doing what he thought was best for the country. Despite the bad things he had done he was a good president that did what he thought was best. Just a few weeks before Jackson was born his father had died‚ leaving his mother alone to raise three children. He was born on March 15‚ 1767 in Waxhaw. Life was difficult for him
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description of a frontier fighter seems honorable and upright; however‚ in the case of Jackson‚ he was not always noble. Some of his decisions and actions are not to be idolized‚ despite demonstrating his frontier fighting character. Nevertheless‚ Andrew Jackson was a frontier fighter. That is
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Andrew Jackson grew up in poverty and ended up as a national hero. Andrew was born on march 15‚ 1767 and it was on the border of north and south carolina. As he grew up he studied law and went to school and got little formal schooling. As jackson grew up he moved to vest of the appalachians which is now Tennessee. He began working as a prosecuting attorney in the settlement that became nashville. Later on he set up private practice and then met and married Rachel Robards. Jackson grew prosperous
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THE ANDREW LOWE HOUSE AND VICTORIAN FUNERAL CUSTOMS The Victorians are known for their fascination with death. During the Victorian era (1837-1901) they took death very seriously‚ no expense was spared when arranging a proper funeral. During this time most American’s lives became restricted to the family. As the emotional focus of people narrowed to the immediate family‚ the significance of the final act expanded. We will take a closer look at Victorian funeral practices by focusing on one home
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Andrew Jackson was the most loved yet most hated president in history. Jackson was the seventh President of the United States and one of the most controversial presidents our country has ever experienced. In fact‚ Thomas Jefferson once wrote‚ “I feel very much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson president. He is one of the most unfit men I know of for the place…He is a dangerous man.” This is how a backwoods boy became the face of the people when the American people needed it most while
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Andrew Jackson was a man of deep moral principles and unfailing loyalty to his friends. When his wife Rachel‚ who had been much maligned during her marriage to Jackson‚ died before his inauguration‚ Jackson transferred his emotional support to his friend John Eaton and his wife Margaret Timberlake Eaton when her reputation was manipulated by the scandal of her marriage to Eaton before the required mourning period for her first husband had ended. The rules of mourning at that time required the widow
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Andrew Jackson won the election of 1829 making him the seventh President of the United States. Jackson was one of the candidates for the election of 1825‚ but lost due to the lack of majority votes. He was President from 1829 to 1837‚ during that time; he used Pocket Veto‚ then he came up with the Spoils System‚ another thing he did was create two different political parties‚ the Republican Party‚ and the Democratic Republicans. Andrew Jackson used Pocket Veto a total of twelve times. One of the
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Andrew Jackson a democratic man who cared about the word of the people‚ but criticized by his enemies. Jackson lived a tough life from losing his father days before his birth ‚at the age of 13 he enlisted in the Revolutionary War he was captured by a British officer and later freeed with a negotiation for him and his brother by his mother .Shortly after returning home his mother dies‚ leaving him alone.Jackson worked hard from studying law to being elected Tennessee’s first representative in the
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his company‚ and gave what he took‚ away‚ a hero? Andrew Carnegie is a self made billionaire who led the industrial revolution. He made steel cheaper and more available. Although he may have had a great impact in history‚ the path he took to achieve these great feats was anything but heroic. A hero is someone who puts themselves in harm’s way to protect or enhance someone else’s way of life. In my opinion‚ Andrew Carnegie was not a hero. Andrew Carnegie was not a hero because of his treatment of
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