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    Around 1930s De Beers bought up their bankrupted “single” consumer‚ London syndicate‚ and named it De Beers central selling organization (CSO)‚ which was helping out De Beers as its: • Wholly-owned distributor. CSO controlling around 80% of the world’s diamond supply. This strategy controlled De Beers’ vast supply and enabled to maintain its prices high. Such as‚ if a competitor offered diamonds on the market outside CSO‚ De Beers would be flooded the market with its diamond inventory. As De Beers’ main

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    Josquin Des Prez

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    Josquin des Prez: A Master of Sixteenth Century Counterpoint Analysis of Josquin’s Miserere [pic] (only known surviving picture of Josquin des Prez)[1] Josquin des Prez: A Master of Sixteenth Century Counterpoint In the following paper‚ I will prove that Josquin’s Miserere is that of “typical” sixteenth century piece. While the Miserere has been noted as anything but typical‚ for use in this paper “typical” will be defined as “possessing all the qualities”

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    MODERN ARCHITECTURE De Stijl Architecture De Stijl architecture was formed by a group of young artists who created the new movement in 1917; calling both the movement and the magazine they published De Stijl. The group promoted utopian ideals and group members believed in the birth of new age in the wake of WWI. They felt it was a time of balance between individual and universal values. The work was completely abstract as well. The goal was total integration of art and life. GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD

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    Cinco de Mayo

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    The "Cinco de Mayo" celebration commemorates the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5‚ 1862‚ under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza. The Battle was important because 4‚000 Mexican soldiers defeated a much better-equipped French army composed of 8‚000 men that had not been defeated for almost 50 years. In 1862‚ the Mexican army defeated France’s forces at the Battle of Puebla. This battle was one of many such altercations that took

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    Louis de Broglie

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    Louis De Broglie A FRENCH PHYSICIST * Prince Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond‚ 7th Duc de Broglie‚ otherwise known as Louis De Broglie‚ was a French physicist that came from a well grounded family‚ went to pursue his dreams‚ earned a Nobel prize‚ took time to go into the army‚ and discovered the wave nature of matter all in his life time. Louis De Broglie was the son of Pauline D’Armille and Louis Alphonse Victor de Broglie. De Broglie was the youngest of his family‚ including two older sisters

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    Lorenzo De Medici

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    Renaissance artists‚ thinkers‚ poets‚ writers‚ adventurers‚ and contributors‚ the name “Lorenzo de Medici” stands out and seems to have some relationship with all the rest. Lorenzo was a major patron of the arts and helped create a time of rebirth‚ during which the arts held new meaning and reprisal. vHe was also a prominent political leader and made impacts that have lasted even through today. Lorenzo de Medici was born on the New Year of 1449‚ in Florence. At the time‚ Florence was considered an

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    Camino de Santiago

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    40113810 El Camino de Santiago Cover Photos: Autor: Peter Andren Tourism‚ Society and Visual Culture TSM11109 Rory MacLellan Assessment 2 Student No. 40113810 Word Count: 3‚488 Page 1 40113810 Your own way Page 2 40113810 Table of Contents 1. Appraisal of the impact of the development of tourism‚ over a period of time‚ on El Camino de Santiago. 2. References. 3. Appendices: 3.1. Appendix 1: Historical Overview. 3.2. Appendix 2: Overview of the main authors that examined

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    Samuel de Champlain

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    Samuel de Champlain Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer. He was born in 1567 in Bourage‚ France. He was a Protestant who converted to Catholicism and fought in the religious war for King Henry VII. Samuel learned skills of sailing‚ navigation‚ and cartography at a young age. Champlain became a famous explorer and is known because he founded Quebec and a lot of Canada‚ which was New France at the time. In 1603 Champlain was invited by Francis Grave Du Point to sail and visit the River

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    Salar de Uyuni

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    Salar de Uyuni Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat located in Bolivia. It is over twelve thousand square kilometers in area‚ which makes it the largest salt flat in the world. It also has the distinction of being the highest salt flats in the world at three thousand seven hundred meters above sea level. From a distance the salt flats look like a huge white sea. When there is rain then something magical happens. The salt flats become a mirror of the sky. The origins

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    William de Kooning

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    Bibliography: http://www.theartstory.org/artist-de-kooning-willem.htm http://www.biography.com/people/willem-de-kooning-9270057 http://quote.robertgenn.com/auth_search.php?authid=58 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/153632/Willem-de-Kooning http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=3213 http://www.themontrealreview.com/2009/Between-sense-and-de-Kooning-by-Richard-Shiff.php 1. 2. 3. 4.

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