After reading the text‚ The American Scholar‚ by Emerson‚ I feel that he is trying to build a new American identity. This lecture was given in 1837‚ only fifty or so years written after the Declaration of Independence was written. Thus‚ I think that Emerson is trying to break away from being European. According to the last author we read‚ Crèvecoeur‚ "The American is a new man‚ who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas and form new opinion. From involuntary idleness
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Introduction This study aims to apply the application of value chain to a selected organisation in a service industry. This study aims to use Hilton Hotels as the focus of this paper. The main purpose of this study is to examine how Hilton Hotels builds a relationship with its customers‚ how it improves the added value to retain customers and what should be improved under the context of value chain to improve the better services in order to effectively deliver customer satisfaction and exceed their expectation
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liquor businesses there were more businesses with liquor after the law was passed before the law. Then‚ this person called Homer C. Cummings was fighting of crime every day and came up with an idea to stop the gangsters like Al Capone. He was going to build a building in a little island in the bay of San Francisco. It was going to be called Alcatraz. Alcatraz was a huge success it opened it’s doors in 1934 it closed just 29 years after in 1963. Alcatraz was a super-prison for super-prisoners the prison
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In book eleven of the Odyssey‚ Odysseus travels to the realms of the dead where he encounters many ghosts‚ including a vision of Hercules. This brief moment portrays the tension between the ghosts--anguishing in Hades’ underworld--and Hercules who had the fortune to live with the gods on Mount Olympus in his afterlife. The tension Odysseus witnesses represents the polarity between heaven--symbolized by Hercules--and hell--symbolized by the ghosts. Death is a frequent motif throughout The Odyssey
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Paddington Bear Paddington is based on the Spectacled or Andean bear (Tremarctos Ornatus) from South America. Paddington lived in Darkest Peru with his guardian Aunt Lucy until she retired and became a resident at the Home for Retired Bears. Aunt Lucy taught him fluent English and arranged for him to stow away on a ship headed for England‚ hidden underneath a life dinghy. The day he left‚ Paddington took his red hat and suitcase that was packed with marmalade and set off for his new life in England
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Genghis Khan: How Did he Build an Empire? Genghis Khan is one of the most important leaders in history. He went from rags to riches in his life of 60-70 years‚ Genghis Khan united the mongols by setting simple‚ easy to follow rules and putting others before his family‚ unlike most clans of that time period. Born around 1162 and died in 1227‚ (A&E Television Networks) he was arguably the most important leader in the eastern hemisphere. Born around 1162‚ he was raised in a clan‚ but after his father
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DBQ 5: Byzantine Empire under Justinian When Justinian became emperor in 527‚ he wanted to build a new Rome by incorporating the ancient Roman Empire. He made Constantinople the capital of the Byzantine Empire and kept the Roman culture along with the Greek culture for more than a thousand years. Justinian helped rebuild the Roman Empire by the many contributions he gave to the empire; he was able to rule a well-structured empire. Justinian was known partly for rebuilding the Roman Empire;
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brick and concrete were used in construction. More insula was put between the apartment buildings to prevent future fires from spreading quickly. Nero also instituted new regulations for how buildings needed to be built to prevent future tragedies. A big part of Nero’s restoration and rebuilding project was to build himself a brand new palace which he named Domus Aurea‚ “The Golden House.” Plans for this 200-acre Greek style palace stretching from Palatine to Esquiline Hill included architectural feats
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Touching Spirit Bear notes Chapter 1 A flashback explains to us how Cole got to Alaska in the first place. A native of Minnesota‚ he had been in the juvenile justice system for quite some time‚ and his wealthy and well-connected parents usually would get him out of trouble with the law. Recently‚ however‚ Cole broke into a store illegally‚ but when he bragged about it to one of his classmates‚ Peter Driscal‚ Peter turned him in. In revenge‚ Cole beat Peter up very badly‚ causing Peter head trauma
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One example of how the ancient Romans proved themselves to be the greatest nation of their time was through their architecture. No better examples of these great triumphs than the arch and the material concrete it was built from. Not only were they triumphs of beauty but of engineering and their uses and meaning to the Roman culture of the time. Concrete comes from the Latin "concretus"‚ which means to grow together. Around 600 BC the Greeks were using an early form of concrete but did not
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