Okay‚ here we go with our initial look at France (just a topline summary of major facts‚ drawn from Wikipedia‚ CIA World Factbook and Nationmaster). France is 5th worldwide in GDP‚ with almost $3 trillion‚ and 3rd (why?) in military expenditure with $61.6 billion‚ and 22nd in population‚ with 61 million. France is the best-positioned of all the countries we will look at here to deal with the economic crisis facing the world. Their ingrained habit of dirigisme will bail out their industry‚ their
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Situation: The complete and total decimation of New France is near if we cannot increase population imidiately. The immigration rate of people to new france is declining over time‚ and this is causing large amounts of unmarried men to continue wokring without finding women to produce a population for the new nation‚ thus resulting in the population declining over time and ultimatly causing an impending failure to create a nation. In order to attract more to immigrate to the new nation‚ and to encourage
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Trends and opportunities The market The cosmetics and toiletries industry in France is estimated at A$20.1 billion in sales and can be divided into the following categories: * Beauty products 37.1 per cent * Hair products 23.3 per cent * Perfumes 19.8 per cent * Toiletries 19.3 per cent * Other 0.5 per cent The French cosmetics and toiletries market is characterised by a list of long-established companies and brands. The L ’Oréal Groupe remains the undisputed
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of over 55 ½ million‚ global warming affects many of the French. Their primary religion is Roman Catholic and the entire country speaks only French. France has a republican government‚ which has been headed by the President Jacques Chirac since 1995. Their government is much like our own with a executive‚ legislative‚ and judicial branch. France is in the middle of shift‚ from an economy that featured widespread government ownership to one that relies more on a market system. The government still
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Charles Baudelaire in his salon review describes about transitional fashion rules. Fashion is ever evolving; it can never ever be passive. Baudelaire claim to “all fashions were legitimately charming in their day” from “all fashions are charming” is a call of a cautious critic. The efficacious character of such a generic statement might get distasteful from a certain viewpoint‚ and hence this quick transition to fashion being charming and embryonic. Fashion has a dual nature and stands the test of
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misinterpretation. France is not known as a multilingual nation‚ nor one with a well known multilingual history. However: The apparent linguistic unity of France hides a rather different reality of considerable linguistic diversity. (Laroussi and Marcellesi 1995‚ 85) The country’s monolingual facade hides a multitude of regional languages‚ whose speakers have faced chastisement and suppression for centuries. An enormous amount of conscious manipulation by the powers that have governed France through the
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the authority of the Capetian Kings of France in the Twelfth century? France in the eleventh century had been a fragmented land‚ divided into federal principalities‚ or mini-states ruled by princes or dukes. Though they recognized the King of France’s authority they did not expect him to exercise it in their individual territories. Feudalism increased the power of these mini-states in the twelfth century‚ and was the tool used by the Capetian Kings of France to advance their influence and wealth
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Charles Dickens Context CHARLES DICKENS WAS BORN on February 7‚ 1812‚ in Portsea‚ England. His parents were middle-class‚ but they suffered financially as a result of living beyond their means. When Dickens was twelve years old‚ his family’s dire straits forced him to quit school and work in a blacking factory‚ a place where shoe polish is made. Within weeks‚ his father was put in debtor’s prison‚ where Dickens’s mother and siblings eventually joined him. At this point‚ Dickens lived on his own
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Leader Analysis Sheet Name of leader: Louis XIV Lifespan: 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715 Title: Was an absolute monarch Country/region: Years in power: began his rule of France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister Political‚ social‚ and economic conditions prior to leader gaining power: His first priority was to prevent officials from abusing their power Louis continued his predecessors’ work of creating a centralized state governed from the capital Under
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INTRODUCTION AIR FRANCE KLM Royal Dutch Airline French Company Dutch company Founded in 1933 Founded in 1919 CEO: Frédéric Gagey CEO: Camiel Eurlings Hub: Roissy Charles de Gaulle Hub: Schiphol Main acEvies: passenger‚ cargo‚ maintenance Main acEviEes : passenger and cargo Fleet size
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