TRAVEL AGENCY THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES: THE PERSPECTIVE OF SUCCESSFUL OWNERS Laura Jane Lawton David Bruce Weaver ABSTRACT. In-dep th interviews with 19 owne rs of exceptionally successful US-based conventional travel agencies revealed negative public perceptions of travel agencies to be the m ain extern al th reat facing the se ctor. Mispla ced f aith in Inte rnet-based cybermediaries‚ unqualif ied travel agents‚ nega tive m ass media coverage and failure to attract young entrants were
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The Home of the Parthenon Marbles The Parthenon Marbles are national treasures of Greece and many years ago‚ were maliciously stolen by Lord Elgin‚ a corrupt business man‚ for his own personal gain. With aid of enemies of Greece and with the full knowledge of the crime Brittan refused to relinquish the stolen property to its rightful owner. The greed and corruption of England has allowed for the long-term confinement of a Greek monument within the dark and winding halls of a dusty British museum
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Poem Analysis – I am Australian by Bruce Woodley and My Country by Dorothea Mackellar The two poems that I have chosen to analyse are “I am Australian Written by Bruce Woodley and Dobe Newton and “My country” written by Dorothea Mackellar. Both poems portray the love for the country and the sense of belonging as both of these writers are Australian born bush poets. The poem “I am Australian” relates to the concept of belonging to and national identity. Repetition of ’I Am Australian’ reinforces
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Throughout history people have enjoyed a democracy which basically puts the way that society runs in the hands of the people who live in it. In the essay "Severing the Human Connection" by H. Bruce Miller there is a valid argument that our society has turned for the worse. In the past our society has expected everyone to behave in a manner which benefits everyone in it‚ everyone should respect and cherish the freedom and therefore the freedom should stay. But as we all see and experience every day
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/ˈɛlɡən/‚ with a hard “g”)‚ are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures (mostly by Phidias and his pupils)‚ inscriptions and architectural members that originally were part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. Thomas Bruce‚ 7th Earl of Elgin‚ the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799–1803‚ had obtained a controversial permission from the Ottoman authorities to remove pieces from the Acropolis. From 1801 to 1812 Elgin’s agents removed about half of the surviving
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Our parent’s morals and ethics whether right or wrong‚ will become ours because of belonging to the family unit. Life Cycle by Bruce Dawe‚ explores the life of a child brought into a Victorian family. The baby’s life is destined to revolve around football due to the family being football supporters and him being ‘laid in beribboned cots‚ having already begun a lifetime’s barracking’
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A Matter of Justice The Case for the Repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles It may be unfair to judge the past based on present day morals or beliefs. This does not‚ however‚ excuse allowing past injustices to go uncorrected. Many of the worlds most prestigious museums are filled with trophies of colonial expansion (Rubenstein 2004271) obtained by veritable vandalism (Barringer 199821-23). It is no consolation that the responsible parties are long dead. In fact‚ the heart of the issue is the legitimacy
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I. Identification 1. The Issue The British Museum‚ located in London‚ England‚ purchased the Parthenon Marbles‚ also known as the Elgin Marbles‚ from Lord Elgin on July 11‚ 1816 through an Act of Parliament (1). The Parthenon marbles consist of 115 panels of frieze and 92 mesotopes of which the British Museum owns 56 panels of the frieze and 15 mesotopes. The museum also owns 17 pedimental figures‚ and thus houses about half of surviving sculptures of the Parthenon while the other half is in Athens
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die bravely but much will blind you‚ much will evade you‚ at what cost who knows? The door itself makes no promises. It is only a door. “Lost” By Bruce Ignacio I know not of my forefathers nor of their beliefs For I was brought up in the city. Our home seemed smothered and surrounded as were other homes on city sites
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THE PARTHENON AND THE ELGIN MARBLES BY EPAMINONDAS VRANOPOULOS Athens 1985 PREFACE The response to the Greek government’s demand for the return to Greece of the sculptures of the Parthenon‚ now in the British Museum‚ has been so encouraging that it has given rise to hopes that the Elgin Marbles‚ as they have come to be known‚ may indeed one day be restored to their rightful home. The favourable response has come from UNESCO and from public opinion world-wide‚ including Britain.
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