AIR FRANCE – KLM: RULING THE SKIES Discuss the nature and strategic relevance of the Air France-KLM merger. Should Air France-KLM create new partnerships or acquisitions? On 5 May 2004‚ despite great opposition of industry experts the French airline Société Air France (Air France) and the Dutch Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM) created the world’s largest airline group by turnover named Air France-KLM. The merger represented the first consolidation of two national flag carriers
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Maximilien François Marie Isidore Robespierre (IPA: [ma.ksi.mi.ljɛ̃ fʁɑ̃.swa ma.ʁi i.zi.dɔʁ də ʁɔ.bɛs.pjɛʁ]; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and politician‚ and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. As a member of the Estates-General‚ the Constituent Assembly and the Jacobin Club (Jacobin leader during the Reign of Terror)‚ he advocated against the death penalty and for the abolition of slavery‚ while supporting equality of rights‚ universal
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eighteenth century saw a drastic change for Europe‚ which had been mainly ruled by monarchies since the fall of the Roman Empire. One such revolution was the French Revolution and the subsequent Napoleonic Wars that followed. This drastic change in France spread to neighboring countries like Spain and Portugal‚ and in turn spread to their colonies in the Americas. The Napoleonic Wars enabled the citizens of Spanish America and Brazil to question their systems of governance‚ which later paved the way
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In many of the stories and poems that contain some form of physical transformation‚ from Ovid’s Metamorphoses to Marie de France’s Bisclavret‚ power and voice‚ as a form of articulate language used to express complex ideas‚ have been intricately linked and they themselves are usually connected to community and one’s status in the community. In most of the stories previously studied‚ a loss of voice resulted in a lack of recognition and led to a loss of power and freedom. As such‚ one would think
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“Isn’t it funny”‚ said Robert‚ “how these white folks look down on colored people‚ an’then mix up with them?” – Robert Johnson‚ Iola Leroy p 27 The author: Activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was the only child of free African American parents. During Reconstruction she was an activist for civil rights‚ women’s rights‚ and educational opportunities for all .Harper published many collections of poetry and several novels‚ among which Iola Leroy (1892) is one. Iola Leroy was Harper’s most famous
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The Seven Years War also known as the French and Indian war was the conflict between England and France. The French expansion brought French into conflict with the British colonies. In 1754‚ Benjamin Franklin wanted to bring the colonials together under the Albany Plan of Union to defend themselves against the French and the Indians but was unsuccessful. In 1763‚ the Americans merged with Britain and although there was tension between the Americans and Britain‚ yet they bonded because of battle experience
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Factors that Motivated Britain and France to Adopt a Policy of Appeasement during the 1930s This paper will take a critical look into what the policy of appeasement was about‚ the factors that led Britain and France to adopt it‚ its advantages‚ disadvantages‚ and the impact it had on the World War 2. The policy of appeasement is a diplomatic policy that allowed enemies to find a common ground with one another to avoid war. The term was very common after the World War I because no country wanted
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November 30‚ 2012 The Structure and Role of the Pre-Revolutionary State in France‚ China‚ and Russia There are numerous causal factors to consider when analyzing revolutions‚ and the State is arguably one of the most significant. In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the ways in which the structure and role of the pre-revolutionary state affected the nature of the revolutions in France‚ Russia‚ and China. When the state collapsed in all three of the cases‚ the old
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Did you know that Samuel de Champlain was know as “The Father of New France” I will be talking about Samuel de Champlain first and second voyages. I will also be talking about Samuel being back at fort. Champlain went on a ship called Bonne Renommee with a group people which the leader was Aymar de Chaste. Aymar didn’t like to do fur trades which was at a place called New France. Tadoussac was not a good settlement for Champlain fur trade‚ but Tadoussac stay at that fur trade place. Montagnais
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and legendary pieces entitled The Prince‚ stresses and describes his political ideas and beliefs. Machiavelli’s concepts have had great influence on prominent leaders that the world has ever seen. Queen Elizabeth I of England and King Henry IV of France are key examples of Machiavelli’s theory of being “cunning like a fox” and “ferocious like a lion.” These two rulers displayed the primary assertion of Machiavelli: a leader is there to make the difficult decisions for his subjects; it is not a leader’s
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