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    Cotton King

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    “Fair is foul and foul is fair”‚ a simple quote‚ yet it tells the story of a strong‚ brave‚ and noble solider who gone bad due to his huger for power. “Macbeth” one of Shakespeare’s famous tragedies demonstrates the lust for power‚ through fate‚ quest for blood‚ and forceful woman Macbeth was a good solider‚ a noble solider but it all changed when he had chance to pike at his fate. The first encounter Macbeth had with the witches‚ he learns that he is destined to receive the kingship of Scotland

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    Eli Whitney David Jefferson In 1794‚ U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin‚ a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. By the mid-19th century‚ cotton had become America’s leading export. Despite its success‚ the gin made little money for Whitney due to patent issues. Also‚ his invention offered Southern planters a justification to maintain and expand slavery even as a growing number of Americans

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    1991). The Union had large amounts of land available for growing food crops which served for providing food for its hungry soldiers and money for the growing industries. The South‚ on the other hand‚ devoted most of their land to its main cash crop: cotton. Raw materials were almost entirely concentrated in Northern mines and refining

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    Scholary Diolouge

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    Cited: "Britannica Online Encyclopedia." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n.d. Web. 02 Jan. 2013. " The Crowning of King Cotton." The Crowning of King Cotton [ushistory.org]. N.p.‚ 2008-2012. Web.                   02 Jan. 2013. "Slavery in America." History.com. A&E Television Networks‚ 2012. Web. 02 Jan. 2013.

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    School of Management Royal Holloway‚ University of London Entrepreneurship Development for Cotton Ginning (in India) By Suraj Sanjay Malu MSc in Entrepreneurship School of Management 2011-12 Supervisor: - Nellika‚ Pushyarag. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to thank my supervisors‚ friends and family‚ without their support this research study would not have been possible. DECLARATION I adjudge that the entire content

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    1. The Industrial Revolution‚ which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries‚ was a period of time when water and steam power replaced muscle power‚ and rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. There were many reasons why the Industrial Revolution started in England. One reason it started in England was because there were a lot of fast moving rivers. This geographical feature was important because in order to operate the water wheel‚ you needed fast moving rivers

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    Sustainable Fashion

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    Sustainable and Environmental Friendly Fibers in Textile Fashion A Study of Organic Cotton and Bamboo Fibers BY Muhammad Adnan Ali Muhammad Imran Sarwar Master Thesis A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Degree of Applied Textile Management University of Borås Report No. 2010.9.14 MAY 2010 Supervisor: Examiner: Rudrajeet Pal Heikki Mattila Abstract: In recent times sustainability is a leading characteristic of textile fashion products.

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    (a) Products:- (i) Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd.- Fabrics‚ Apparel‚ retail‚ Trims(buttons)‚ Yarns. (i) Competitor Company 1-Mandhana Industries Limited: The company produces/offers fabrics‚ which includes cotton and cotton blends with Lycra‚ bamboos‚ flax‚ viscose‚ modal‚ and polyester clothing. It also offers yarn dyed shirts (and specialized finished fabrics‚ such as ETI)‚ mosquito repellants‚ water and oil repellant‚ Ultra violet protected‚ anti-bacterial‚ stain free Takara finish and other quick

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    Eli Whitney

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    Engineer Eli Whitney died 35 years before the Civil War‚ but his most famous invention‚ the cotton gin‚ set the economic stage for war. Whitney’s gin made cotton production far more efficient‚ fueling the need for more Southern slaves and enriching powerful planters. Another Whitney invention--muskets with interchangeable components--inaugurated manufacturing systems for producing uniform parts‚ without which the U.S. economy might never have produced enough weapons to fight such a lengthy war.

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    Alexander Hamilton

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    proved what it really means to be an American by helping grow American economy by developing financial policies and discovering more businesses. Alexander Hamilton helped American economy by developing an economical plan; Eli Whitney by inventing cotton gin and Ronald Reagan by creating financial policies to recover from the recession of 1970’s. Alexander Hamilton helped define what it means to be an American by developing an economic plan to grow American economy. Alexander Hamilton was the

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