Take me to the fries! "Little fry‚ who made thee?" In the beginning was the potato. How it found its way from the South American highlands into those little sacks of McDonald’s fries is a long‚ adventurous tale‚ involving Conquistadors‚ Marie Antoinette‚ and Thomas Jefferson. Millionaires have been made and millions more have died from dependence on that simple‚ innocent potato. Here‚ then‚ is the story of the spud‚ which reached its crowning achievement only once it had been paired with oil
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Les Chateaux Castles‚ chateau‚ towers‚ call them what you want‚ but in France the castles are very important. The helped defend the kingdom from foreign attacks‚ housed kings and queens‚ and provided a sense a security. There are many castles in France. They are located throughout France. Some of them are located in the Loire valley while others were built where the cities are today. Usually royalty had the castles built by hiring masons and other workers to do the job for him or her. Some of
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Walt Whitman has neither related his biography nor glorified himself in the poem as the title suggests. Infact‚ the apparent indication of the title is here of no importance. The poem is the song of celebration of every object of nature in general where a question put to the poet by a little child triggers off a philosophical trend of thought relating to death and the meaning of death. In the poem‚ he has celebrated his own idea (that nothing collapses due to death but instead life moves on) and
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January 20th‚ 2012 It’s Only Natural: Racial and Gender Equality in Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” In the opening line of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself‚” it becomes immediately evident that his song is not about himself‚ but about the entire human race: “I celebrate myself‚ and sing myself‚ and what I assume you shall assume‚ / for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you”. His poem extols the mundane aspects of everyday life that a traditional poet of his day would not have considered
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The Fama and French (1992) study has itself been challenged. The study’s claims most attacked are these: that beta has no role for explaining cross-sectional variation in returns‚ that size has an important role‚ and that the book-to-market equity ratio has an important role. The studies responding to the Fama and French challenge generally take a closer look at the data used in that study. Kothari‚ Shahken‚ and Sloan (1995) argue that Fama and French’s (1992) findings depend critically on how
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Dr. Osburg Trends in American Literature March 2‚ 2003 “Song of Myself” as an Epic Poem There are many concepts and characteristics that define an epic. However‚ some criteria are simply more important than others. This is why Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” can be considered as an epic poem due to its ability to meet the most important requirements of an epic. Although it does so through a very intricate method‚ “Song of Myself” contains both a hero and an antagonist‚ thus meeting the basic requirement
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On the other hand‚ the French people weren’t the only ones to start violence. The government instigated violence too. For example‚ the Champ the Mars on the 17th of July 1791‚ was a peaceful signing of a republican petition‚ by the poorer section of the Parisian people. The Commune declared martial law under pressure of the Assembly and ordered Lafayette and the National Guard fire on the unarmed and peaceful crowd. Around 50 people were killed. As a consequence National Assembly got support from
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language binds people from all over the world. So‚ don’t be afraid of this language. It is a language of love‚ peace and humility. Monday‚ November 25‚ 2013 Form 3 Novel- How I Met Myself It’s such an overdue post‚ PMR has just passed and here I am posting this long awaited entry on the Form 3 novel‚ How I Met Myself. This novel is all about finding your own ghost or doppelganger and answers the questions of "What If" and "If Only". I found this novel as an interesting piece of literature as
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The Past Is Myself My Great Uncle Squadron Commander Christoper Draper‚ DSC Croix de guerre‚ was an English flying ace of World War I. His penchant for flying under bridges earned him the nickname "the Mad Major." After the war he became a film star through his work both as a stunt pilot and as an actor. During the 1930s he worked for a time as a British secret agent‚ serving as a double agent to Nazi Germany. He returned to the Navy in World War II. During his flying career he logged over 17
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1. What are the assumptions implicit in Bill French’s determination of his company’s breakeven point? There are a number of simplifying assumptions made by Bill French in his calculations of the breakeven point of his company‚ Duo – Products Corporation. First‚ he had assumed that the market conditions will remain the same. Second‚ his calculations are based on the last year prices; it does not take into account in any change in prices. Third‚ he also ignores any changes in the fixed and
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