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    If you want to join the British and think you have the skills and abilities there is a lot of information you have to know. What is the British Army responsible for? The British Army‚ together with the UK’s other armed forces‚ is responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom. It also performs many peace keeping operations and is currently deployed in over 80 countries around the world. For example‚ shortly after the invasion of Iraq‚ the British Army were peacekeeping by patrolling the borders

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    The British colonized Africa from Egypt in the north to South Africa. Extension of a nation’s power through conquering overseas territory‚ know as imperialism had several motivations. Nationalism urged the nations of Europe to conquer land overseas. Having colonies was seen as a matter on national prestige‚ it was a symbol of the nation’s greatness. Lands in Africa‚ rich in raw materials and markets‚ were seen as economic opportunities for the European nations. Along with the rest of Europe Britain

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    The Beatles and the British Identity When I decided to come to London this semester and study‚ I was given a list of classes I could take while I was here; there was a theatre class‚ art class‚ science class‚ cultural class‚ and last‚ but not least‚ there was a music class. As I looked at the description of the class‚ the only thing that really caught my eye was the fact that I would be able to attend three concerts for a grade‚ so of course‚ I signed up the second I was able to. But as my friends

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    (449-1966) Historical background The Anglo-Saxons tribes arrived in Great Britain at the beginning of the 5th century. There were Germanic invaders who had already settled in England as mercenaries. They crossed the North Sea and they killed many British inhabitants or pushed them towards Wales‚ Cornwall ans Scotland. Together with them a small group of Danes‚ called the Jutes‚ arrived in the south of Great Britain‚ together with the Anglo-Saxons‚ in the same period. When these Germanic tribes arrived

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    British theatres One of the world’s major centers for theatre‚ Britain has a centuries-old dramatic tradition and about 300 theatres. There are several thousand amateur dramatic societies in Britain. The Royal Shakespeare Company performs in Stratford-upon Avon and at the Barbican Centre in London. A modern reconstruction of the Globe Theatre‚ close to its original site‚ is under way. Most cities and towns in Britain have at least one theatre. There are 500 youth theatres in England alone. The Unicorn

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    IE University Entrepreneurship and Innovation Andrea Castillo C Julia LeuchtgensAdriana Lima Case Study: Ryanair 1) What’s your assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy? In 1986‚ the Ryan siblings are getting ready to start competing against British Airways and Aer Lingus on the Dublin-London route. This route was one of the most traveled air routes inEurope‚ which meant that Ryanair was taking a big risk by deciding to enter this market. At the moment the airline passenger market was a complex

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    demonstrated that British oppression towards the colonists is largely responsible for the American Revolution. In fact‚ particularly after the French and Indian war‚ England was beginning to rule tyrannically and severely oppress the colonists especially in the economic field. Before interpreting how Britain oppressed the colonists after the Seven Year ’s War‚ it is important to know that even before this war Britain was already showing oppression under the practice of mercantilism. Hacker comments

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    Lords and The House of Commons! British Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the United Kingdom and its territories. ?The British Parliament‚ in its famed Longitude Act of 1714‚ set the highest bounty of all‚ naming a prize equal to a king?s ransom (several million dollars in today?s currency) for a ?Practicable and Useful? means of determining longitude‚? Davy Sobel. The history of British Parliament surpassed several milestones

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    government increases the interest rate to avoid inflation during past years. HM-Treasury in November 2003 forecasted the economy to grow by 2.6% form 2004 to 2005 and slow down marginally to 2.4% from 2006 to 2007. Section 1 Company Profile British Airways Plc (BA). The Group ’s principal activities are the operation of international and domestic scheduled and charter air services for the carriage of passengers‚ freight and mail and the provision of ancillary services. The Group ’s global alliance

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    have some kind of decision making power. The most important change that the colonies in America had to make was to become a society quite different from that in England. By 1763 although some colonies still maintained established churches‚ other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation of church and state. During the mid-1600’s England was a Christian dominated nation; the colonies‚ however‚ were mainly Puritans. When Sir Edmond Andros took over a Puritan

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