Company published advertisements in the ‘Pall Mall Gazette’ and other newspapers on November 13‚ 1891‚ claiming that it would pay £100 to anyone who got sick with influenza after using its product according to the instructions provided with it. Mrs Louisa Elizabeth Carlill saw the advertisement‚ bought one of the balls and used it three times daily for nearly two months until she contracted the flu on 17 January 1892. She claimed £100 from the Carbolic Smoke Ball Company. They ignored two letters from
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A common theme in literature is appearance versus reality‚ and this theme is also apparent in the present world. People often choose to believe that the lives of their friends are as they seem. This happens to be a major mistake in society as well as in literature because it is not always possible to predict the inner emotions of others. The error of inaccurate judgment is portrayed in “The Story of an Hour” through the character Louise Mallard. The audience assumes that Louise is distraught by
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appreciated young Adams’s support so much that he appointed him U.S. minister to Holland. When John Adams was elected president in 1797‚ he appointed his son U.S. minister to Prussia. On the way to his post‚ John Quincy traveled to England to wed Louisa Catherine Johnson‚ the daughter of Joshua Johnson‚ the first U.S. consul to Great Britain. Adams early diplomatic career‚ away from his father’s shadow‚ started in 1794‚ when he was appointed as the minister to the Netherlands‚ by the then President
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Women at War In the years before the Civil War‚ the lives of American women were shaped by a set of ideals that historians call “the Cult of True Womanhood.” As men’s work moved away from the home and into shops‚ offices and factories‚ the household became a new kind of place to private‚ feminized domestic sphere. “True women” devoted their lives to creating a clean‚ comfortable‚ nurturing home for their husbands and children. During the Civil War‚ American women turned their attention to
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Walter Whitman was an American poet‚ essayist‚ journalist‚ and humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and realism‚ incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon‚ often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time‚ particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass‚ which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. Born on Long Island‚ Whitman worked as a journalist‚ a teacher
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The “Underground Railroad” was neither underground nor a railroad‚ but was in fact a term used to describe a network of secret routes‚ hiding places‚ and people who helped slaves escape from the South and gain their freedom in the Northern United States or Canada. The term Underground Railroad was in common use by the 1840’s and was thought to have originated in the 1830’s. The website National Underground Railroad Freedom Center offers three suggestions on the origination of the term: “One story
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Lesson Plan Name of the lesson: THE THIRD LEVEL written by: JACK FINNEY Page A Class: XII GIST OF THE LESSON Theme: Charley a thirty one year old having worked late at night enters Grand Central Station from Vanderbilt avenue‚ with the aim of boarding a train home. As the station is large consisting of various corridors and two levels catering for different trains‚ he loses his way. He finds himself in what he thinks
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has also been called congenital maladriotness‚ developmental coordination disorder‚ clumsy child syndrome and sensory integration disorder (Hamilton‚ 2011). The first documented research in “poor muscular coordination in children” was in 1926 by Louisa Lippitt. She developed a manual for corrective gymnastics for women to help correct coordination problems. Lippitt felt that the coordination issues were a condition of the nervous system and was one of the first to want to treat it with therapeutic
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San Fabian Supply Co. Case Analysis Online and Offline Sales Models Prof. Dr. Ove Jensen Ralf Dreischärf Chair of Sales Management and Business-to-Business Marketing Submission Date: March 4th‚ 2012 Louisa Schindler Question 1 Reciprocal Actions San Fabian for MacDowell Reputation → spill over on MacDowell’s product line National coverage‚ growth → fast penetration of local market No competing line in portfolio → no overlapping offer Reliability regarding payment → contributes to MacDowell’s
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Tiger Mother” written by Amy Chua‚ were she describes how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. “Chinese Tiger Mother” method has some incredibly strict principles. Here are some things taken out of the book. Sophia and Louisa were never able to do these listed things. - Attend a sleepover; - Have a play date; - Be in a school play; - Complain about not being in a school play; - Watch TV or play computer games; - Choose their own extracurricular activities; - Get
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