The Good‚ The Bad‚ and The Ugly of Big Liam O’Grady By: Charles Baker Maurice Walsh’s short story The Quiet Man introduces a few interesting characters‚ but one I found very intriguing wbas a man named Big Liam O’Grady. Big Liam was one of the main characters who played a huge role in the story. Big Liam may have played the "Bad guy" role in this story‚ but even the worst villains can have a good trait or two. From reading the short story‚ you notice that Big Liam really sticks with
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Analyse how the lack of a clear outcome in at least TWO short stories you have studied makes the stories successful for you: Journey by Patricia Grace and The People Before by Maurice Shadbolt both look at land confiscation and compensation cases that occurred during the early colonization of New Zealand and their modern relevance today. Although both these authors approach this similar topic differently‚ both stories lack a clear outcome. This is particularly effective for us as readers because
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MATRIX CONVERTERS Dr Pat Wheeler‚ Dr Jon Clare‚ Dr Lee Empringham‚ Mr Maurice Apap and Mr Michael Bland School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering University of Nottingham‚ Nottingham‚ UK Tel. +44 (0) 115 951 5591‚ Fax. +44 (0) 115 951 5616‚ email. Pat.Wheeler@Nottingham.ac.uk SUMMARY Recently there has been considerable interest in the use of matrix converter technology for motor drive applications‚ with particular interest being shown by Siemens‚ Rockwell and Yaskawa. This paper gives
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and from Dubai by more than two thirds between 1984 and 1985 without prior advance. Since foreign carriers were unable or unwilling to fill the gap‚ Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum‚ Dubai’s ruler‚ convened a team of experts – headed by Maurice Flanagan and later joined by Tim Clark and the ruler’s then 26- year old son‚ Sheik Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum – to devise an emergency plan. The group’s recommendation to set up a home carrier for Dubai was quickly accepted by the ruler‚ but he imposed
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The story of a firm whose success story is intertwined with the incredible development of Dubai could be nothing but fascinating. Against a backdrop of regional unrest and volatile global economies‚ progress has been maintained at a rapid pace in every year of Emirates’ and dnata’s existence. A combination of business acumen‚ ambition and savvy investment set in motion a series of events which have propelled Emirates and dnata to amongst the most respected and recognized brands in the world. The
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largest global carriers in terms of passenger miles flown. L policy granted foreign airlines the same access and privileges as Emirates. Competing under Dubai’s open skies policy from its onset toughened the fledgling carrier‚ and according to Flanagan “has helped us to become a carrier which can compete with the best of the world’s airlines”. Much of Emirates’ success is due to the Al Maktoum’s sheikhdom’s ambitious strategy of reinventing Dubai as a modern hub of tourism and commerce in the Middle
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unique political structure‚ wrote Douglas Nelms in Air Transport World‚ Emirates could be described as both government-owned and privately held‚ though most considered it state-owned. Maurice Flanagan was named managing director of the new airline. Formerly of the Royal Air Force‚ British Airways‚ and Gulf Air‚ Flanagan had been seconded to DNATA in 1978 on a two-year assignment as assistant general sales manager. Chairman was Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum‚ nephew of the ruler of Dubai. Only 27
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Caitlin Flanagan argues that gardening in schools is actually “robbing an increasing number of American schoolchildren of hours they might have otherwise spent reading important books or learning higher math” (Flanagan 1). She simply states that these are the things that have “lifted uncounted generations of human beings out of the desperate daily scrabbles to wrest suspense from dirt” (Flanagan 1). Through her use of a variety of rhetorical strategies‚ such as diction and tone‚ Flanagan makes a
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primarily an assessment tool designed to answer critical questions that will facilitate an understanding of a client’s current presentation and problems and allow for an initial formulation to be developed (Hughes & Byrne‚ 2009; Sommers-Flanagan & Sommers-Flanagan‚ 2012). The central function of an intake interview is to gather necessary information from the client. It also serves as an opportunity to orientate the client to a potentially new situation as well as promote rapport within a collaborative
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References: Anderson‚ K. 2007. Race and the crisis of humanism. New York‚ NY: Routledge. Anderson‚ T.L.‚ B. Benson‚ and T. Flanagan‚ eds. 2006. Self-determination: The other path for Native Americans Assembly of First Nations. Undated fact sheet. http://www.afn.ca/cmslib/general/SR-FS.pdf (last accessed 15 January 2008). Anderson‚ T.L. 1995. Sovereign nations or reservations
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