The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent‚ intergovernmental Organization‚ created at the Baghdad Conference on September 10–14‚ 1960‚ by Iran‚ Iraq‚ Kuwait‚ Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. The five Founding Members were later joined by nine other Members: Qatar (1961); Indonesia (1962) – suspended its membership from January 2009; Libya (1962); United Arab Emirates (1967); Algeria (1969); Nigeria (1971); Ecuador (1973) – suspended its membership from December 1992-October
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attention of Curley and his men. As they made their way toward the river‚ George threw the Luger in to the river to convince the men that Lennie shot him. “What happened here?” said Carlson. “Lennie shot me in the foot.” replied George. “Why?” said Slim. “He said he couldn’t kill me‚ so instead he shot my foot.” “Did you see which way he went?” said
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“Every French Soldier carries a marshal’s baton in his knapsack.” (Bonaparte‚ “Best Phrase”) said Napoleon Bonaparte. This quote is better known as “He is a bad soldier who doesn’t dream of becoming a marshal.” This is a notable phrase in the world. By this phrase‚ it encourages many people. The author of this quote was a Military Leader‚ and was the first emperor of France‚ who conquered much of Europe in the early of the 19th century‚ also known as Napoleon I. When people reminisce about Napoleon
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The novel begins with the discovery of a series of murders around the Payatas dumpsite in Quezon City. These discoveries imply that a serial killer is on the loose‚ and many are lead to believe so. What is unusual about these murder cases is that all of the victims (young boys) are mutilated instead of just being killed. Their faces are neatly peeled off from their skulls and their hearts and genitals removed from their bodies. Father Emil‚ the parish priest of the area who discovers one of the
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the boss‚ Slim‚ And Curley’s wife it was the second day before dinner. George and Lennie were at the ranch. Candy only has one hand the boss is racist. Curley’s wife is a ho. Candy was a boxer. The boss and Curley wore high heeled cowboy boots. George lied about him and Lennie being on the bus. In chapter 3‚ George confides in Slim about the incident in weed because George trusts Slim. Further‚ Carlson convinces Candy to shoot his dog because he is suffering. As we read further‚ Slim gives Lennie
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Transformation at Renault Nissan Nissan Motor Company was on the edge of bankruptcy when French automaker Renault purchased a controlling interest and put Carlos Ghosn as the effective head of the Japanese automaker. Nissan’s known problems of high debt and plummeting market share‚ Ghosn identified that Nissan managers had no apparent sense of urgency for change. Ghosn’s challenge was to act quickly‚ minimize the inevitable resistance that arises when an outsider tries to change traditional Japanese
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“Soulja 4 Life" is a song by James Tapp Jr.‚ as known as Soulja Slim. This song took place in New Orleans Louisiana in the late 1990s. Soulja 4 life is a song that talks about how it is hard for one black man to live in a white world. Even though the black man might sell drugs‚ the white society try to make it hard for black men to be successful in life‚ because white policemen will pull a black man over if they see he is riding in something nice and white men do not want to see a successful black
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constant in George’s transient life. For this George is grateful. Friendship 2: Slim comes across very differently than the other men. Friendly and understanding‚ he invites George into conversation. When discussing how George and Lennie travel together‚ Slim remarks: "’Ain’t many guys travel around together‚’ he mused. ’I don’t know why. Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.’"Chapter 2‚ pg. 35. Slim is much more open than most of the men on the ranch‚ and a marked contrast
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and power‚ are those who have earned it‚ not ’inherited’ or ’bought’ it ‚ such as The Boss or Curley; people who understand and are ’in-tune’ with their emotions. Steinbeck tries to present Slim as a sort of ’peacemaker’ throughout the novel‚ the only person who seems to dislike him‚ is Curley‚ who accuses Slim of sleeping with his wife‚ in reality he’s probably envious Slim’s natural
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The living environment in Brazil and Canada have drastically evolved since the 1900’s. However‚ the HIV/Aids virus is still current in both societies. The research conducted by Carlos F. Ca´ceres (2002) explores the different backgrounds and societies of the gay population in Brazil. It concluded that high social status gay men only interacted with other gay men in contrast to those in the middle and low class who interact with men of both homosexual and heterosexual preferences. This‚ therefore
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