approximately $83‚200 today. On the Lusitania the cost depended on its location. Approximately $140-$400. Back then‚ average Americans made 20$ a week. Some differences are that they sank in different ways. The Titanic sank due to natural causes. (Iceberg) While The Lusitania sank by a torpedo shot by a human. The Titanic had 20 lifeboats and 16 were used which saved a lot of people. But the Lusitania had 44 lifeboats and only 6 were used. Many survived‚ but if more lifeboats were used than many
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How many people died on the Titanic? The Royal Mail Steamer (RMS) Titanic built by the White Star Company in the UK and owned by American tycoon‚ J.P Morgan met its fate while on its maiden voyage to New York when it struck an iceberg and sank two hours later in the early morning of April 15‚ 1912‚ in the Northern Atlantic. A total of 2224 people boarded this ship during its sail and a sum of 1514 people perished with it. The name Titanic‚ a Greek methodology means gigantic and it took a total of
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in this boat. If Captain Smith had slowed down‚ the lookouts would have had more time to spot the iceberg which in the end could have potentially saved the ship as well as the passengers in it. Although the crashing was partially his fault‚ Smith put a lot of effort in assisting the crew in their duties such as directing people into life
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Our Iceberg Is Melting is written by John Kotter‚ the leadership and change guru at Harvard Business School and Holger Rathgeber‚ the modern global manager from Frankfurt‚ Germany. The main topic and the author’s purpose in writing the book are to make successful change through the eight step process. The type of the book is management book that can use by people in every level such as manager in one organization‚ high school student‚ executives‚ retirees and others in order to better achieve what
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titanic sank. it took place at 2:20 a.m. on April 15‚ 1912‚ in the British ocean.Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland‚ Canada. The massive ship‚ which carried 2‚200 passengers and crew‚ had struck an iceberg two and half hours before. Even though the ship was called the “unsinkable” that information was not all true. The Titanic has many great features and more so how did this ship sink?Well there are some great things about the Titanic and here are
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for the most part‚ true? The background and basic facts of this case is that; on April 10‚ 1912‚ the ship known as R.M.S.TITANIC set out on its first voyage with passengers aboard. Four days later‚ that was on April 14‚ 1912‚ the ship struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland at 11:40 pm and later sank at 2:20a.m. a total of 2‚227 people were aboard when the ship begun its voyage. Out of the 2‚227‚ 1‚522 lost their lives in the disaster. Several hours later‚ the remaining 750 passengers were
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"Metaphors We Live By" by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson Our selection comprises chapters 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ and part of 4 of Metaphors We Live By (1980). CONCEPTS WE LIVE BY Metaphor is for most people device of the poetic imagination and the rhetorical flourish--a matter of extraordinary rather than ordinary language. Moreover‚ metaphor is typically viewed as characteristic of language alone‚ a matter of words rather than thought or action. For this reason‚ most people think they can get along perfectly
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observes life and activity on the ship in first class‚ from the perspective of a poor young girl. She also strikes up a friendship with one of the ship’s stewards‚ Robert‚ who reminds her of her brother‚ William. But then of course the ship hits the iceberg‚ and Margaret and Mrs. Carstairs‚ though separated‚ are among those who secure places on lifeboats and are able to survive the sinking of the ship. Margaret is able to make it to New York‚ where her brother William meets her and takes her to Boston
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that in March 1912 the sister ship to Titanic‚ the Olympic has a crisis repair‚ making the last stages to the Titanic arrive at a stop. Its first trip is pushed back a month‚ mid April. During this time in the year is the point at which the most iceberg show up in delivery paths in the North Atlantic Ocean. Because of the crisis repairs
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If The Titanic hit the berg but survived‚ I think it would be a wake-up call. Icebergs weren’t treated as being especially dangerous to large liners. If Titanic were damaged and say‚ her first four compartments were flooded‚ which was the worst she could take and still float‚ I think the threat might be taken more seriously. If Titanic never encounters ice at all‚ nothing changes at all‚ and ships continue to navigate the same way they always have. Eventually‚ some other ocean liner‚ while traveling
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