Tower crane manufacturer Wolffkran has acquired UK rental company and Wolffkran distributor HTC Plant from owner PC Harrington. The deal‚ for an undisclosed sum‚ was signed on 14 May and includes the fleet of more than 200 Wolff tower cranes‚ mostly luffers‚ and the 370-strong workforce will be retained‚ Peter Schiefer‚ Wolffkran owner told. The acquisition coincides with HTC’s 40th Anniversary as Wolffkran dealer for the UK. HTC Plant has a turnover of more than £40 million (US$ 60 million) and
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The Path to Self Destruction In the short story “Hunters in the Snow” Tobias Wolff uses symbols to convey that some people’s selfishness can lead to their own self destruction. The first example of symbolism that Tobias Wolff gives us is the setting of the story. Implied by the stories title the setting is a snowy forest. The snow‚ being so cold‚ is symbolic of the cold relationship that the three hunters; Tub‚ Frank and Kenny all share with each other. Frank and Tub‚ once used to be very close
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offering of his crops. Cain becomes outraged because he believes that Able has purposely tried to embarrass him‚ ultimately‚ leading Cain to become so enraged that he ends up murdering his only brother in cold blood. Throughout‚ "The Rich Brother"‚ Wolff portrays Peter as Cain because he shows a lack of devotion to God‚ creates a rival ship with his brother‚ and climatically abandons his only brother Donald. Throughout the "The Rich Brother" Pete never criticizes God but never speaks as profoundly
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The Art of Manipulating Fabric By Colette Wolff The Art of Manipulating Fabric Description: The possibilities for three-dimensional manipulation of fabric - gathering‚ pleating‚ tucking‚ shirring‚ and quilting woven materials - are seemingly endless. To describe them all would be to describe the entire history of sewing. In The Art of manipulating Fabric‚ Colette Wolff has set herself just this task‚ and she succeeds brilliantly. Working from the simplest possible form - a flat piece of cloth
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Hunter’s in the Snow In Tobias Wolff’s‚ short story‚ "Hunters in the Snow"‚ Wolff portrays three men who‚ on the surface‚ appear to be good-natured hunting pals. However‚ as the story unravels‚ it becomes obvious that their relationship is less than congenial. Wolff illustrates the theme of betrayal and deception through the character’s selfish values‚ self-justified wrong doings‚ and enabling behavior. Wolff uses the characters dialogue and actions to exemplify their selfish values. One example
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amazing. When all the guards leave their posts because of an alarm signal‚ two cauldrons of soup are left unattended. All of the prisoners quickly take note of the soup and are in awe‚ “two cauldrons of soup with no one to guard them! A royal feast” (Wolff 59). The author’s use of hyperbole in describing the deliciousness and quality of the soup makes the disparity of the prisoners clear. The reader does not consider two cauldrons of soup that has been described as nothing better than “thick” to be a
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adolescent boy. The one major positive influence in Jack’s life is Mr. Howard‚ who is honest to Jack and encourages to achieve his full potential at Hill School. Tobias Wolff employs the use of different uniforms to symbolise the different relationships with Roy‚ Dwight and Mr Howard. When the reader is first introduced to Roy‚ Wolff describes him as the epitome of masculine ideals of the 1950’s: ‘Handsome… had a tattoo‚ hed been to war and kept a kind of silence about it that was full of heoic implication’
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ways that Wolff depicts the Robber’s dialogue greatly influences the tone of the story. Wolff’s way of using peculiar responses from the
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Bullet in the Brain – analysis The short story “Bullet in the Brain” is written by Tobias Wolff. The story takes place in a bank‚ where we meet the main character Anders. We see the incident from an omniscient narrator’s point of view. The short story is told in chronological order with flashback. We meet Anders in the beginning of the text as a rude and sarcastic man‚ who has the need to be sarcastic towards a strange woman. When Anders gets shot in the head‚ the first thing the narrator tells
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Karl Heinrich Marx was a German economist‚ sociologist and philosopher who is considered to be one of the most influential theorist in our history. His works developed in a different era became the basis for philosophy‚ sociology and economics and continue to have a major influence in today’s society. He wrote several theories about economics and sociology in the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital‚ which drafted the philosophy known as Marxism. Marx’s ideas on communism stemmed from his difference
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