Neiman Marcus: The epitome of luxury shopping. When you walk thru the doors of the department store‚ the aromas of the expensive perfumes and genuine leathers instantly greet one. The famous department store‚ originally Neiman-Marcus‚ originated in Dallas Texas‚ where their headquarters still operate. Starting with just one store in 1907‚ Neiman Marcus has now expanded to 42 stores nationwide. They started simply by stocking clothing for the high-class Texan woman‚ to now having expanded to a men’s
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Marcus Aurelius: Stoicism and the Modern Military In the long history of the United States‚ hundreds of men and women have forever altered the military with their legacies‚ ideas‚ and values. In this paper‚ I will discuss the life and legacy of the famed Roman Emperor‚ Marcus Aurelius. His musings have come to define the essence of the ideal military leader and how such individuals can live peacefully while in the heart of war. With his large contributions to Stoic philosophy‚ Marcus Aurelius has
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Rob Taglienti AFAS 255 8/17/16 Marcus Garvey Through his affiliation with the Pan-Africanism movement‚ The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA)‚ and The Black Star Line‚ Marcus Garvey will forever be considered one of the most prominent reformers in Black History. It is difficult to make a difference in this world. You are just one person in a world of seven billion. With seven billion humans on this earth‚ one may ask themselves how one person can possibly
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Think before you act Think before you act‚ I wish I had know that before the kane county fair in 2015. It was around the end of my fourth grade summer when me and my friend Deja we’re going to go to the kane county fair. I thought we were going to have so much fun until my Mom said I had to hang out with my little sister Kayla. Me and her did not ever get along together. We hated each other. Right before deja walked in I was telling my mom how the summer has been going by as fast as a
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2013 Marcus Brutus: A True Hero The definition of a hero is a person‚ typically a man‚ who is admired for courage or noble qualities. Would you call a man who killed his best friend a hero? Most people wouldn’t‚ but in Marcus Brutus’s case‚ he is (in the true definition of the word) a hero. Marcus Brutus killed his best friend‚ and the leader of Rome Julius Caesar‚ and indulged in other dishonorable acts‚ but his reasons behind them make him a hero. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Marcus Brutus
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Julius Caesar may have the spotlight in all other forms of literature and media‚ but Marcus Brutus will have his rightful addition among the greats of William Shakespearean history. Thus‚ the title should be changed to The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus. After Cassius’ soliloquy‚ Brutus then discusses how he would rather be a son of Rome rather than a newfound slave under the almighty Caesar’s rule‚ and will take any chance possible to save himself along with his fellow Romans from the tyranny of Rome’s
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Modern citizens can look to the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero as the paradigm of civic duty and good conscious. Not only did Cicero garner his offices solely through hard work‚ as a novus homo‚ but he also upheld the reputation of the Roman legal system‚ easily seen by his prosecution of Verres‚ the corrupt‚ ex-governor of Sicily. Cicero justifiably prosecuted Verres mainly due to Verres’s guilt and Cicero’s desire for power‚ thus proving Livy’s claim that the law is blind‚ for even a very wealthy
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Even today‚ Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is read by every class from kings to common people. The book is a universal classic‚ meaning it can be related to at any time‚ by anyone. The philosophies included in his book have spanned the centuries‚ and Meditations remains to be one of the most influential books ever written. Marcus Aurelius was born on April 20‚ 121 AD into a family of royalty. His uncle and adoptive father‚ Antoninus Pius‚ was the emperor of Rome. Aurelius‚ too‚ was trained from birth
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The NAACP‚ the UNIA‚ and Marcus Garvey all had a very powerful impact on fighting racism; these things all had an impact because people were involved and were willing to fight for their rights. Marcus Garvey’s main objective was to improve black lives everywhere. The NAACP started off in the early 1900’s‚ and it’s proven that racism was still continuing years later. The NAACP was started in 1909 and is one of the earliest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States. The
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An Analytical View of Armageddon Films made throughout the years provided entertainment. There were classic films‚ such as Citizen Kane and The Grapes of Wrath‚ that actually taught us about life‚ and then there are films that are just were made for pure entertainment value. One such film‚ Armageddon‚ directed by Michael Bay‚ is a science-fiction‚ action movie that was solely used for entertainment purposes. Armageddon is about an asteroid coming toward earth that will totally destroy mankind
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