Mercury Reader said‚ “ London is one of the world’s top tourist attractions‚ it attracts up to 15 million people each year” (Dearsley 1). London is a tourist attraction located in England which has a variety of places to see and history behind them. London’s attractions that are most visited each year are London Eye‚ Tower of London‚ and the Buckingham Palace. The London Eye is the first place that is most visited each year. There are numerous facts to the London Eye. The London Eye is 443 feet high
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The Hunger Games With the grossing of 691 million worldwide‚ The Hunger Games has become one of the most popular movies of 2012. This science fiction adventure film is an adaption of the best-selling novel written by Suzanne Collins. Directed by Gary Ross‚ the movie’s opening weekend gross of $152.2 million has become the third highest grossing film in the United States. Actors Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss)‚ Josh Hutcherson (Peeta)‚ Liam Hemsworth (Gale)‚ Elizabeth Banks (Effie)‚ and Woody Harrelson
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The Olympics of 1936 The Olympics are a thrilling event for the whole world. The Olympics of 1936‚ one of the greatest sports events in history‚ brought great talent in the African American runner Jesse Owens. The Olympics of 1936 had many ups and downs. Many people believe that it was Hitler’s fame that brought the games to Berlin. The Olympics were assigned in Berlin in1930 before Hitler was the leader of Germany .Hitler gave all the German athletes their medals when they won. Hitler greeted
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In the aftermath of the Bubonic plague‚ which had decimated the population and ruined the living conditions‚ the Great Fire of London struck the medieval city at the end of a dry summer in 1666. The fire started as an innocent blaze in a bakery‚ but due to lack of immediate response‚ turned into a giant inferno that raged for 3 days and ravaged London (Tinniswood 42). Despite the suspicions of the paranoid city dwellers‚ the official statement issued by the Parliament on the cause of the Fire was
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Equestrian sports have been in the summer Olympics since the 1900s. It is apart of today’s culture and livelihood of more people than you would think. Many argue that the Olympics should be strictly for humans only and not allow horses. But‚ Personally I think it is one of the most original and oldest sports that have been around and should continue on in being a sport in the summer Olympics. The Equestrian sport is a partnership of rider and horse becoming one with one another and has much equality
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ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF PZ CUSSONS PLC AND RESEARCH MATRIX Background Information of the Company PZ Cussons Plc. is a UK based consumer products group. The principal activities of the group are the manufacture and distribution of soaps‚ detergents‚ toiletries‚ beauty products‚ pharmaceuticals‚ edible oils‚ fats‚ electrical goods and nutritional products. The company’s products can therefore be categorised into personal care‚ home care‚ baby care‚ beauty products‚ food and
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In the book “The Hunger Games”‚ the story takes place in an area called Panem‚ which represents a futuristic North America‚ and contains 12 districts that together provide for the people living there and the Capitol. The Capitol is the wealthier area and inside contains a huge arena where the Hunger Games are played. The Hunger Games is an annual competition including 12 randomly picked contestants plopped in an arena battling to the death held by the Capitol to remind the citizens that “the Dark
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most populated city – London. In order to understand things better‚ we should take a few steps backwards and attempt to define these two important terms – (1) culture and (2) cultural diversity. According to “Longman’s Dictionary of Contemporary English”‚ culture is primarily defined as “the beliefs‚ way of life‚ art‚ and customs that are shared and accepted by people in a particular society”. If we take into consideration that the “particular society” here is the city of London‚ because it is‚ after
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“London” I wander thro’ each charter’d street‚ Near where the charter’d Thames does flow. And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness‚ marks of woe. In every cry of every Man‚ In every Infants cry of fear‚ In every voice: in every ban‚ The mind-forg’d manacles I hear How the Chimney-sweepers cry Every black’ning Church appalls‚ And the hapless Soldiers sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls But most thro’ midnight streets I hear How the youthful Harlots curse
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Video Game Media Analysis Often video games are simply regarded as play things and because of this‚ are not brought under any scrutiny except for how they harm children. The video game as a medium though offers many new ways of interacting with a simulated world that the likes of movies or books could never dream of achieving. Marshall McLuhan describes games in general as‚ “situations contrived to permit simultaneous participation of many people in some significant pattern
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