Investors led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group will buy TXU Corp.‚ the largest power producer in Texas‚ for $45 billion in the biggest- ever leveraged buyout.The investors are providing $8.5 billion in cash and the rest of the deal will be debt‚ according to people familiar with the matter. The buyout firms will put up $5 billion and Goldman Sachs is investing $1.5 billion‚ Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.‚ Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley are also investing. KKR‚ run by
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USA Gentlemen Prefer Blondes‚ 1953‚ Howard Hawks‚ USA Monte Carlo Baby‚ 1952‚ Jean Boyer‚ UK My Fair Lady‚ 1962‚ George Cukor‚ USA Roman Holiday‚ 1953‚ William Wyler‚ USA Some Like It Hot‚ 1959‚ Billy Wilder‚ USA The Audrey Hepburn Story‚ 2000‚ Steven Robman‚ USA The seven year itch‚ 1955‚ Billy Wilder‚ USA
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Not all who attempt to live in nature survive. In the movie Grizzly Man narrated and directed by Werner Herzog and the novel Into the Wild written by Jon Krakauer‚ Timothy Treadwell and Chris McCandless both were driven by the idea of removing all traces of the mainstream modern world. Both of them chased a common goal and that was self satisfaction. That said‚ their need to satisfy themselves was different. McCandless wished to spend his summer cloistered in the remote Alaskan bush collecting and
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Cowboys and Indians Summary The story takes place in the present time in New Mexico‚ and is about the narrator‚ a young girl/woman‚ and her rebellious cousin David. The story begins at the funeral of the narrator’s grandmother. The mourners are gathered at the grandmother’s house‚ and the narrator is helping her aunts serve coffee and pastry. David shows up‚ and rescues the narrator from suffocating at the funeral feast. They head of on his Ducati and drive around getting drinks at a bar‚ watching
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America. Laura not only needs an escape from the trouble bur from her mom as well. This is the setting in Tennessee Williams book‚ The Glass Menagerie. This book illustrates this topic when it shows how everyone is trying to escape whether it is by going to the movies or remembering the past. In The Glass Menagerie‚ Williams uses the glass menagerie‚ the spotlights‚ and Amanda’s actions to symbolize how Laura tries to escape from her mother’s restraints. Whenever Amanda becomes irritated at Laura‚ Laura
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to smoke and talks to the audience about how the “world was waiting for bombardments” - showing Tom’s desire for adventure - foreshadowing his flight in Scene 7. Opposite to this‚ showing the difference in character‚ Laura trips up on the fire escape in Scene 4. This shows how Laura is unable to truly escape the flat and‚ in many ways‚ does not seek flight‚ but is more‚ hurt when attempting to seek flight. This links into the symbolism of the broken glass unicorn in Scene 7‚ in which Jim
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crisis and ultimately leading to the suicide of her sister‚ Laura Chase. Iris chase talks about her affair with Alex Thomas and how she had his bastard child. Iris plays the most important role because it is her life;
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world of reality. Laura Wingfield and her world are symbolized by her menagerie of glass figurines. The different animals in the menagerie represent many different aspects apparent in Laura. The state of her emotions is fragile like her animals; in particular‚ the unicorn represents her uniqueness. To begin‚ the animals in the menagerie are representative of Laura in that when light is shone through them‚ they can appear very beautiful and interesting. When others get to know Laura‚ they can see different
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relationships‚ but it also had some incredible relationships too. There were many reasons why Maurice and Laura had a good relationship. One reason‚ why Maurice and Laura relationship was good is because they trusted each other. For example‚ One day‚ when Laura invited Maurice to her apartment because she wanted to have a serious conversion with him‚ she told him that “friendship is built on trust and [Laura] [wanted] [Maurice] to know that [she] will never betray that trust” (45). She also told him that
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(2010) Florence Nightingale (1820-1910). Retrieved June 30‚ 2010‚ from Website:http:///www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/florrie.html Hill‚ S & Howlett‚ H. (2001) Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing (4th ed). (pp. 7-10). Philadelphia: Saunders Ingalls‚ K & Tourville‚ C. (2003). The Living Tree of Nursing Theories. Nursing Forum‚ 38 (3)‚ 21-30‚ 36. Retrieved July 1‚ 2010‚ from Health Module. (Document ID:476634011). Nightingale‚ F. (2008). New World Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 30‚ 2010‚ from Website:http:///www
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