The Skylight Room by O. Henry The Skylight Room by O. Henry This story would be most enjoyed by teen-age girls‚ I think. The first character we meet is the landlady who is a bit snobbish. She has a number of rooms available to let. The largest rooms (and the most expensive) bring her great satisfaction. Ascending the stairs brings us to smaller and cheaper rooms. The smallest room is an embarrassment to the landlady. She has the housekeeper show this room. We next meet Miss Leeson‚ a young typist
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Henry Ford made many contributions to the American economy during the 1920’s. He was a very skilled and intelligent man at that. Henry was born into an Irish immigrant family on a farm in Wayne County‚ Michigan. He became Chief engineer of the Edison Company in Detroit during 1888. In 199 he organized that Detroit auto mobile and in 1903 he introduced the ford motor company model T manufactured in 1908. He was believed to sponsor the development of the moving assembly line in 1914. Henry Ford made
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Surrounded by Small Men "It is your fate to always be surrounded by little men" (92) In Willa Cather’s novel‚ O Pioneers‚ Alexandra Bergson‚ the provider of her family‚ is full of imagination. This ability to think outside the box has brought her success. Although she possesses this gift‚ the men around are considerably close-minded. Since the men in her life‚ especially her brothers‚ Lou and Oscar‚ and her long-time friend‚ Carl‚ are stubbornly unreceptive to new ideas they unintentionally deny
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successful businessman. From the motivational blog of Lloyd Luna‚ Henry Sy started as young as 12 years old in helping his father in their sari-sari store business day and night for more than 12 hours. Through that small business‚ he was able to earn an income for his daily needs. However‚ their sari-sari store was burned during the World War 2‚ for this reason‚ his family had difficulty to survive in their day-to-day needs. Henry Sy managed to use this catastrophic situation in order to rise up
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Biography Early life Henry Sy was born to a poor family in Xiamen‚ China on December 25‚1924. He is the son of Henry H. Sy. He immigrated to the Philippines and got his start by selling rejected and overrun shoes from Tondo.[2] He completed his secondary education in a school now known as Chiang Kai Shek College [3] and earned his Associate of Arts degree in Commercial Studies at Far Eastern University in 1950.[4] Foray into business In 1958‚ Sy established a small shoe store in Quiapo‚ Manila
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Second Hand Smoking versus First Hand Smoking ! Smoking is the most deadly drug in the world. It kills 120‚000 people each year in the United Kingdom‚ and almost 90% of patients with lung cancer are attributable to smoking. However‚ smokers around the world are not the only ones in danger. Not only smokers‚ people around them are also in risk. Second hand smoking is as harmful as direct smoking. It is proven by research that exposure to other people’s smoke can increase the risk of cancer
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Henry Ford 1863-1947 American industrialist and essayist. One of the most esteemed figures in American industry‚ Henry Ford is credited with devising and implementing the continuous assembly line‚ thus making possible the era of mass-production‚ mass-marketing‚ and the modern‚ consumer society. Ford’s efforts are additionally thought to have shaped American culture in the early twentieth century‚ tremendously speeding the process of urbanization by making the automobile available to the middle
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Jean Henri Dunant (May 8‚ 1828 – October 30‚ 1910)‚ also known as Henry Dunant‚ was a Swiss businessman and social activist. During a business trip in 1859‚ he was witness to the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in modern day Italy. He recorded his memories and experiences in the book A Memory of Solferino which inspired the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1863. The 1864 Geneva Convention was based on Dunant’s ideas. In 1901 he received the first Nobel Peace
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HAND GLOVE MOUSE here we designed and built a wireless computer pointing device with accelerometer based movement control. Our implementation allows the user to wear a set of hardware (a glove and connected armband) and control a cursor through different hand orientations and finger presses. Users can operate their computers with their hands in midair without the hassle of desks surfaces or wires. The motivation for this project was to create an intuitive glove-based pointing device for multiple
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Henry Murray:Personology Biography Henry Alexander Murray Birthdate: May 13‚ 1893 Birthplace: New York City Wife: Josephine Rantaul (an heiress to the Duport Family Fortune in 1916) had a one daughter born in 1921. Death: June 23‚ 1988 Age(95) Cause of Death: Pneumonia Timeline 1915- Received his education at Groton School and Harvard College‚ securing his A.B. major in History. 1919- Following graduation from Harvard he enrolled in the Columbia College of Physicians
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