grand duke’s confidence so that he would at least view me as someone he could trust‚ to whom he could say everything without any consequences. I succeeded in this for a long time.” This shows how Catherine behaved to encourage openness from the Grand Duke‚ despite the fact that she was obviously worried about a future with the boorish man. This type of behavior continues‚ and she manages to charm the people around her-- it was how she humanized herself to a world that dismissed princesses and most women
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Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born in Newport News‚ Virginia in 1917 and moved to Younkers‚ New York with her mother shortly after her birth. In 1932‚ Fitzgerald’s mother died and she moved in with her aunt. She was eventually sent to a reform school‚ but ran away at the age of fifteen and was homeless for a while. She found work wherever she could‚ but it was a struggle. Looking back on those days‚ she chose to use the memories as inspiration to bring emotion to her singing. Growing
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The Harlem Renaissance was an iconic movement of the nineteenth century. It was a social and intellectual eruption that was located in Harlem‚ New York. Legends such as Duke Ellington‚ Zora Neale Hurston‚ Aaron Douglas‚ and many more‚ all originated from this extraordinary movement. Claude McKay is one of the most legendary authors that contributed the Harlem Renaissance. McKay wrote many iconic pieces. To name a few‚ he wrote poems titled‚ “If We Must Die”‚ “Harlem Shadows”‚ and “America”. By doing
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Unfortunately for Wal-Mart it didn ’t turn out that way. From the very beginning Wal-Mart was met with challenges and did not get the results they expected. Wal-Mart ended up losing about $1 billion in their retreat from the German expansion. Michael Duke stated “As we focus our efforts on where we can have the greatest impact on our growth and return on investment strategies‚ it has become increasingly clear that in Germany ’s business environment‚ it would be difficult for us to obtain the scale and
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Oklahoma‚ and California ("Swing Jazz - America’s Music"). The people that wrote Swing music are important. Americans dance to swing bands ("Swing Jazz - America’s Music"). The great first artists of Swing were African American. Fletcher Henderson‚ Duke Ellington‚ and Jimmie Lunceford began to blend the “hot” rhythms ("Swing Jazz - America’s
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significantly reduced cost and maximize economies of scale. From its first store in 1950s to supercenter in ’88‚ to great expansion in ’95‚ spread in 15 countries in ’05‚ and global reach for 50th anniversary in 2012. Under new leadership of CEO Mike Duke‚ the ambitious plan of expansion comes to play given the greatest challenges in legal‚ economic and political issues. II. Statement of the Problem While Walmart made a tremendous success in the retail stores‚ how can they support and carry out
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Primary sources help uncover the past and provide a gateway to understanding historical ideas. This source is a letter written in 1020 to Duke William of Aquitaine. It is from Fulbert‚ the bishop of Chartres‚ for the purpose of counseling William on the roles of both lords and vassals within the vows of fealty. The first line establishes that William had “asked [Fulbert] to write something concerning the from of fealty‚” presumably due to disagreements with his own vassals (191). Fulbert‚ in return
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Wal-Mart‚ Inc v. Dukes Issues: Does the discretion exercised by Wal-Marts‚ local supervisors over pay and promotion matters violate title VII by discriminating against women? Should the case be classified as a class action suit? Rule: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination of employees on the basis of race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex or national origin (see 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2[31]). Title VII also prohibits discrimination against an individual because of his or
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Ella Fitzgerald: The First Lady of Song and Queen of Jazz By Madison Sadler How many of you like listening to jazz? Maybe you like a certain instrument being played or just the soothing sounds of it in general. Well‚ if you like jazz you have probably heard of Ella Fitzgerald. Nick-named “The First Lady of Song‚” Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime‚ she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Ella
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Billie was born to the name‚ Eleanora Fagan on April 7‚ 1915. She was born in Philadelphia but grew up in the Fell’s Point section of Baltimore. Her mother‚ was just 13 at the time of her birth; her father‚ was 15. Holidays’ teenage parents‚ Sadie Harris (aka Fagan) and probable father‚ Clarence Holiday‚ never married‚ and they did not live together for a long time. Clarence‚ a banjo and guitar player worked with Fletcher Henderson’s band in the early 30s. He remains a shady figure who left his family
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