My Dearest Mary‚ April 8‚ 1917 We are at Vimy Ridge now. I am sitting in my dugout‚ endlessly gazing at the artillery barrage outside. The sun is starting to set‚ and the light is pouring the entrance. Today have been a harsh day‚ and I will take some time to write a letter to you before I slumber. The significance about writing to you today is because it may be my very last letter
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Vimy Ridge The Canadian Corps staff officers produced a tactical analysis of the french army’s experiences in the Verdun battles and created a new tactical plan of attack. The plan divided the Canadian Corps advance into four coloured objective lines. The attack would be made on a front of 7‚000 yards (6‚400 m)‚ the centre being opposite the village of Vimy‚ which lay to the east side of the ridge. The Black Line‚ the first objective‚ involved the seizure of the German forward defensive line
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Living in Spain Living in Spain. There are many reasons for living in Spain. If you’re thinking of coming here‚ here are a few we can think of. Climate: The Spanish Mediterranean has the best climate in Europe. In coastal provinces like Alicante‚ Castellón‚ Valencia‚ Baleares‚ Almería‚ Murcia... people enjoy the sun‚ the sea and quiet beaches all year round. Many foreign residents actually prefer their Spanish homes in the low season months‚ when tourists disappear‚ and the climate is still warm
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SCM44 Case Study Cheng Gong 1. What are some key success factors in diamond retailing? How do Blue Nile‚ Zales‚ and Tiffany compare on those dimensions? Blue Nile has an obvious advantage in product variety and product availability since customers can “build their own ring” by choosing from an inventory of about 75‚000 stones online. The Tiffany brand is very strong and well established. It is associated with glamour‚ luxurious‚ trust‚ and customer service. So Tiffany can get higher margins than
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Research Project Christmas in Spain Many countries celebrate their holidays in many different ways compared to us. What they do may be weird or out of the normal to us. But‚ what they do are their traditions‚ and what we do are our traditions. So‚ it’s not weird or out of the normal it’s just different. That’s what I thought the first time I read about this country. My partner Andrea and I chose the holiday Christmas and the country Spain. In Spain many people celebrate the holiday
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Armando Palumbo Professor Christopher Johnston ENC1101 April 21st ETA: Terrorism in Spain Since 1958 Spain has been under the attack of a terrorist entity named ETA or Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna (Basque Homeland and Freedom). This socialist paramilitary group was funded during the period of the authoritarian dictatorship Francisco Franco‚ as an opposition to his politics. Eta’s main objective is to set free the socialist country Euskal Herria (Basque Country)‚ located in Spanish territory.
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The Ridge Scholarship Essay For this essay‚ I chose as my influence the classic American novel‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Many people know The Great Gatsby as a book they were forced to read in high school. If truth be told‚ I count myself among that group. I believed‚ like many of my fellow classmates‚ that our seemingly fruitless efforts at dissecting the meaning of this book could have been better utilized toward more “important” things. However‚ once I started college last
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A Journey To The Kingdom of Spain In the summer of 2010 when final exams were over and the holiday had just started‚ my friends and I planned a ten-day-trip to Spain‚ which we were all excited about. A dream was finally fulfilled after having such a wonderful trip; however‚ we also encountered some terrible and scary phases. This adventure was the most memorable‚ for me‚ and one which we all learned from. I think everyone could learn from our bad experiences to prevent experiencing what we faced
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Abstract In this paper I focus on the different types of ethnic groups and diversity in Spain. I will explain the difficulties of each group and how each of them suffer. The participation rates‚ earnings‚ and employment differences among the group are also mentioned. Diversity in Spain Spain has a population of 39.5 million and is ethnically heterogeneous. While the overwhelming majority of the residents of Spain identify themselves as Spaniards‚ there are also number of distinct regionals and linguistic
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Colonies of New Spain In the decades after 1519‚ the Spaniards created the distinctive colonial society of New Spain. Through this paper I will discuss the features of this new society‚ how it benefitted the Spanish‚ and its toll on the native populations using evidence and facts found in out textbook‚ The American Promise: A Concise History and an article from the Economist Newspaper titled‚ Americas:1519: The Conquest. It started in the sixteenth century when the New World helped Spain become the most
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