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    La Amistad

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    La Amistad In 1839‚ Africans being carried from Havana‚ Cuba‚ to Puerto Principe‚ Cuba‚ revolted against their captors aboard the ship La Amistad (Spanish for ’friendship’). They were stolen from Africa‚ transported to the Americas‚ and were “passed off” as having been born in Cuba. After the revolt‚ the Africans demanded to be returned home‚ but the ship’s navigator lied to them about their course‚ and sailed them north along the North American coast to Long Island‚ New York. The schooner was subsequently

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    La Malinche

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    La Malinche When I first read about La Malinche I did not know who or what she was and as I started to read I learned that she was first a slave. She became a slave for Cortes. She was offered to him as a slave by the Cacique of Tabasco‚ along with 19 other young women. Cortes discovered that he could not communicate with the Indians. That night he was recommended to him that one of the women given to him in Tabasco spoke Spanish. When he found out that could speak Spanish. At that point in

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    La Oroya

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    s is true that La Oroya is the most polluted towns in South America? If so what happens to the people who are living there? - Anonymous Yes‚ La Oroya‚ Peru is the most polluted places in the world. Workers‚ who lived in La Oroya‚ built the factories nearby the Peruvian Andes for lead‚ coal and oil. The operations with the lead smelter running in the town has caused the air covered with toxic. It is most likely effected by children‚ women and other family has been affected by lead poisoning. What

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    Shangri-La

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    โรงแรม Shangri-La ในเดือนพฤศจิกายน 2006 Symon Bridle หัวหน้าเจ้าหน้าที่ปฏิบัติการคนใหม่ของโรงแรมและรีสอร์ทในเครือ Shangri-La ได้ตรวจสอบความคืบหน้าของบริษัทแม่ในฮ่องกง ซึ่งได้ดำเนินการมา 10 ปีก่อนหน้านี้ ซึ่งมีการเติบโตจากธุรกิจที่มุ่งเน้นระดับภูมิภาคไปสู่กลุ่มโรง แรมหรูระดับนานาชาติที่มีการขยายตัวอย่างรวดเร็ว ด้วยพนักงานจำนวน 18‚400 คน โรงแรมจำนวน 50 แห่ง และรายได้ 842 ล้านเหรียญสหรัฐฯ โรงแรมและรีสอร์ทในเครือ Shangri-La เป็นผู้นำในอุตสาหกรรมโรงแรมหรู บริษัทมีการเติบโตอย่างรวดเร็วเพื่อตอบสนองต่อความต้องการที่เพ

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    LA SON

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    you’d find it in your first meal” (Koji). The New York Times said‚ "The food at Kogi Korean BBQ-To-Go‚ the taco vendor that has overtaken Los Angeles‚ does not fit into any known culinary category." This pioneer of food truck and icon of LA street food has been made by LA son: Roy Choi. The fact was that “Choi was a once gambler and nearly a gangster‚ and a stoner from youth who was quick to fight‚ slow to wake” ( The New York Times). When he was young‚ he was surrounded by different types of people

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    La Solidaridad

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    LA SOLIDARIDAD The roots of the Propaganda Movement lay far back in in the late 18th and early 19th century. When Spain opened the borders of the Philippines to international trade‚ the too opened it to the contemporary currents of European political thoughts. It were mainly economic reasons which led to an educational reform in the Philippines. The friarocracy had long used its control of education to maintain its position. So the teaching of foreign languages and scientific and technical subjects

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    Honor Roll

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    Currently I’m In the 7th grade and this year I plan on going on to A Honor roll. The reason on why I want to achieve this goal Is because I want to do good In highschool and college so when I get there I would know most of these things. Another goal of mine Is to make a lot of friends because in times of sorrow they would be there to help me out or help me with a question. Also I would want to look for a upcoming job In the future. This is important because when the future comes I would know what

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    La Llorona

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    La Llorona or the Crying woman is a legend that goes back century’s in the Mexican culture. Some of the earliest recorded sightings are legends of The Aztecs‚ who say that the goddess Cihuacoatl took the form of a woman dressed all in white and spent the nights weeping about the impending doom of the native people by the Spanish conquistidors. Later in a story reflecting the Greek story of Medea‚ a woman has children by the conquer Cortez’ and when he is called back to Spain and decides to take

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    Shangri-La

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    Case 24Shangri-La Hotels 1. The key element of strategy implemented by Shangri-La Hotel in gaining competitive advantage over its rivals is by offering services that are superior value worth paying more for. Shangri-la uses its signature standard of “Shangri-La Hospitality” in achieving an edge or competitive advantage over rivals in attracting buyers and coping with competitive forces. A company’s competitive strategy deals exclusively with the specific of management’s game plan for competing

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    Honor In Beowulf

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    reason to go there‚ challenges and trials‚ and a real reason to go there. Beowulf is the quester. The place to go is Denmark. The stated reason to go there is to slay Grendel. A challenge of his quest is Grendels mom‚ and the real reason to go there is honor. Then a bench was cleared in the banquet hall so the Geats could have room to be together

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