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    Oftentimes‚ the search for profit leads to corruption and eventual failure. When Irving wrote “The Devil and Tom Walker‚” the United States was going through a period of rapid expansion. Washington Irving saw how competition for power and wealth was causing widespread corruption. Irving supported Romanticism‚ which instead promoted hard work and honesty to achieve success. Irving wrote “The Devil and Tom Walker” based in Romantic ideals as a cautionary tale of corruption in early 19th century society

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    Sustainability at Mars Chocolate The Company Mars Chocolate is one of the world’s leading chocolate manufacturers and employs more than 13‚000 people across 110 sites worldwide. Mars is a private‚ family owned company and is governed by a Board of Directors.  The Directors are members of the Mars family.  The Mars Board of Directors receives independent advice from four external Board Advisors.  The parent company‚ Mars‚ Incorporated is run by a global management team that oversees the day to day

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    “The Devil and Tom Walker” was an Early Romanticism written by Washington Irving. Irving was a reluctant lawyer who preferred writing and is now mostly known for “The Legend of Sleepy Hallow”. Irving was the first American to achieve international reputation. In 1815 Irving traveled through Europe‚ remaining there for 17 years. Although when “The Devil and Tom Walker” was first published in 1824 it was not well received and even caused Irving to stop writing fiction all together‚ today it is considered

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    The Devil in the White City attempts to contrast the glorious achievements of Burnham and  Root transforming windswept swampland on the shores of Lake Michigan with the despicable  activities of one of America’s most vile serial killers. Both entities constructed edifices to  exacting specifications: A fair to delight the public and establish Chicago as a world class city  and a "murder palace" to satisfy murderous desires. The book shows the loss of America’s  innocence in both a good and bad w

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    Part 1 – Leadership Traits: Using the table below‚ rate the leadership traits exhibited by Miranda Priestly in the movie “The Devil Wore Prada”. Use a scale of 1 to 10 indicating least to highest value. Scoring: |Articulate |10 |8. Dependable |3 | |Perceptive |4 |9. Friendly |1 | |Self-Confident

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    SUMMARY Piaget was born in Neuchâtel‚ in the Francophone region of Switzerland. He was born on August 9‚ 1896 and he died on September 16‚ 1980 at the age of 84. He was also known as constructivism‚ theory of cognitive development‚ object permanence‚ egocentrism and also a genetic epistemology‚ which is the study of knowledge. Piaget was a precocious child who developed an interest in biology and the natural world. In the 1920s Piaget observed children reasoning and understanding differently‚ depending

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    3. Depreciation percentage=$1‚640‚200/$15‚411‚620 = 10.64% New Fixed Assets=$15‚411‚620 + $30‚000‚000 = $45‚411‚620 $45‚411‚620*.1064 = $4‚831‚796 new depreciation Pro forma Income Statement Sales ($36‚599‚300*1.12) $40‚991‚216 Cost of Goods Sold ($26‚669‚496*1.12) 29‚869‚836 Other Expenses ($4‚641‚000*1.12) 5‚197‚920 Depreciation 4‚831‚796 EBIT 1‚091‚664 Interest 573‚200 Taxable Income 518‚464 Taxes

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    The 1950’s-60’s70’s-80’s Miranda Moultrie Nixon Back Again The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election‚ held on Tuesday‚ November 5‚ 1968. Moon Shot On July 21‚ 1969‚ President Nixon spoke from the Oval Office to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin at the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon‚ Americans Neil Armstrong and Woodstock A village in New York state

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    “The Devil Wears Prada” is the story of a Northwestern graduate‚ Andrea “Andy” Sachs. She is simple yet smart. The story conveys her journey as a journalist and how she turns into a serious one. Andy clears an interview for the job “a million girls would kill for” at fashion magazine Runway‚ not as a journalist but rather the second assistant to the unkind and merciless editor-in- chief‚ Miranda Priestly. Andy accepts the job under the impressions that in an year’s time‚ Miranda would help her

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    Devils on the Doorstep 41091043 In year 2000[1]‚ famed Chinese director JiangWen finished his second movie‚ Devils on the Doorstep (鬼子来了). The movie was mainly about a story that a village of famers took care of a Japanese military officer during Anti-Japanese War‚ but instead of being appreciated‚ the whole village got slaughtered by Japanese troops later. This movie altogether won six foreign awards and one nomination including the Jury Prize of Cannes International Film Festival in 2000

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