John Astor IV John Astor IV was a American millionaire. He was a businessman‚ inventor‚ writer‚ a member of the prominent Astor family‚ a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American War‚ and the richest man to sink with the RMS Titanic. His business interests‚ which were mostly real estate‚ included the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. His divorce‚ followed by his marriage to the much younger Madeleine Talmadge Force‚ caused a wiener scandal. planned an extended honeymoon abroad to wait out the
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3 P-233 Questions 6 - In my opinion‚ Napoleon was the creator of his times because he was the one that build the French empire and his time as the French emperor and his quest to forges an empire was know as Napoleonic Wars. He is also the creation of the French Revolution because the French Revolution gave him the chance to show his military leader skill and rose up to became an emperor. His intelligence helped him created his time in history when he ruled French and forges an empire. Questions
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Upon his return to the Capitol‚ his reputation restored‚ wealth acquired from the Plinths who so generously named him the heir to their grand fortune‚ his path to power was paven for him and he knew he just had to take the strides to get to the prize. The President of the United States. Coriolanus Snow‚ scion to one of the oldest and most elite bloodlines of the great Panem families‚ was home‚ his shameful exile to District 12 remembered by no one and purged from the registry. Enrolled in university
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Introduction: "Ethics is the code of moral values and principles that governs the behaviors of a person with respect to what is right or wrong (Burke)". Ethics sets standards on what is good or bad in a person’s behavior or decisions making. In addition it deals with internal values that are a part of the company’s culture and their employees. An ethical issue is found in a case that the actions of a person or an organization may harm others. "Managerial ethics help to guide decision making and
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Pericles was born in 495 BC into a wealthy political family. His learnings from his family members and his teachers influenced him in such a way that he became one of the most influential politician’s in the Greek world. He was also the reason why the Greek world reached the pinnacle of political power. Thucydides‚ his contemporary historian‚ acclaimed him as "the first citizen of Athens". Pericles father Xanthippus was born into a family of aristocrats where as Pericles mother Agariste was a member
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Is it American Society rather than his own weakness that brings Willy to his downfall? Death of a Salesman is centred on the character of Willy‚ and this character is used to portray the downside of the American dream. Willy’s search for the American dream led to his downfall‚ alongside with many internal problems. Since the American dream is part of the American Society’s culture it is also to blame for Willy’s downfall. The American society has always had the American dream as part of its culture
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Is Macbeth responsible for his actions? When reading William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ we really have to contemplate whether Macbeth was responsible for his actions or whether he was manipulated and persuaded by people around him. When scrutinising the play in detail‚ the events show that‚ without the persuasion of Lady Macbeth‚ the witches and the ambition to become king‚ the events that occurred in the play wouldn’t have happened the way they did. The witches’ role in Macbeth’s downfall occurred
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The question asks us to compare and evaluate JB Hi-Fi’s calculated ratio report‚ with that of the retail industry ratio report (Potter‚ Libby‚ Libby‚ Short p. 1133). The retail ratio report is comprised of a basket of listed companies which operate under the retail banner‚ which makes it relevant to use as a comparison to JB Hi-Fi. 1. Liquidity ratios are a class of financial metrics that is used to determine a company’s ability to pay off its short-terms debts obligations. Generally‚ the higher
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first half of the decade 430-420 BC‚ when Sophocles was writing his play Oedipus Rex it was even more intense the legitimacy of the prophecies‚ oracles‚ and gods. Brilliantly written‚ Oedipus Rex is a tragic drama‚ where ironically the destiny of Oedipus (the main character) is hinging on two prophecies: he would kill his father; he would marry his own mother. That raises an interesting question: could he avoid doing these things or his fate was already determined? Both‚ fate and free will decide the
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Research questions What was King Henry’s fateful decision on how he would maintain his dynasty? During Henry’s rule he was faithful and devout to the church. But then Henry knew that his health was failing and that he needed to secure his dynasty before it was too late. He needed a male heir to succeed his throne after he died. To do this he needed to divorce his wife Catherine who was said to not be able to give birth again. So to protect his dynasty he decided that he needed to get divorced and remarried
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