Skinny‚ shy and awkward‚ teenaged Bill Gates seemed an unlikely successor to his overachieving parents. His father‚ powerfully built and 6’6’’ tall‚ was a prominent Seattle attorney‚ and his gregarious mother served on charitable boards and ran the United Way. While he showed enormous talent for math and logic‚ young Bill‚ a middle child‚ was no one’s idea of a natural leader‚ let alone a future billionaire who would reinvent American business. Born in 1955‚ Gates attended public elementary school
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CHY 4U RESEARCH ESSAY October 10‚ 2012 Who was the better leader‚ Louis XIV or Peter the Great? ---A Better France Under the Rule of Sun King: Louis XIV Louis XIV and Peter the Great were two of the most famous absolutism monarchs in Europe. In my point of view Louis XIV did a better job as a leader. In the 17th century the Europe world entered the age of absolutism. After the religious wars‚ most European people put their attentions back from the wars and more focused on their own life. At
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achieved by reducing costs and off-shoring production to China and elsewhere. Louis Vuitton handbags‚ on the other hand‚ are priced high. Such high prices are unnecessary for merely stowing and carrying things. In essence‚ the Louis Vuitton difference is value‚ not price—this being absolute value‚ not relative value. Many of the principles for Price were innovations that came about after Kyojiro Hata became president of Louis Vuitton Japan and that subsequently went global. With the Yen getting strong
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Harold George Belafonte Jr. (commonly known has Harry Belafonte) is an American singer‚ songwriter‚ actor‚ and social activist. He is best known for singing “The Banana Boat Song”. Throughout his career Henry Belafonte has been an supporter for civil rights and humanitarian origins. Harry Belafonte changed the world with his music‚ humanitarian activism and political activism. During the mid-1980s‚ Henry Belafonte’s participation in USA for Africa renewed his interest in his music. In 1988‚ he
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erousThe Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence In Dangerious Delusions of Energy Independence‚ Robert Bryce argues that Americans embody freedom and autonomy. becoming “energy independent” energy demand is too large that to develop a domestic supply and to try be energy independent from Islamic countries is counterproductive to the. Since post 9-11‚ the words oil and terriorist have been a major concern‚ politicians and news also have promoted heavily on this idea. American image is independence
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Department: Communication Design Course: Contemporary Art in Context Artist: Anish Kapoor Title: Cloud Gate Year: Built 2004-2006 Location: Millennium Park‚ Chicago‚ Illinois‚ United States Dimensions: 10 m × 13 m × 20 m (33 ft × 42 ft × 66 ft) Medium: Stainless steel About the artist: Anish Kapoor‚ one of the world’s most distinguished and significant contemporary artists‚ was born in Mumbai to a Punjabi-Hindu father and an Iraqi-Jewish mother. He has studied art at the Hornsey College
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Louis XIV had many names. Louis the Great‚ Louis the Grand Monarch‚ or the Sun King. He was born September 5‚ 1638‚ in France. He was named “gift of God”. A younger brother‚ Philippe‚ followed two years later. When the king died on May 14‚ 1643‚ that’s when Louis took the crown at 4 years old. In a series of wars between 1667 and 1697‚ he extended France’s eastern boarders at the expense of the Habsburgs. In the War 1701-1714‚ the Spanish succession engaged a vicious European alliance in order
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O. Henry William Sydney Porter (September 11‚ 1862 – June 5‚ 1910)‚ known by his pen name O. Henry‚ was an American writer. O. Henry’s short stories are known for their wit‚ wordplay‚ warm characterization and clever twist endings. Biography Early life William Sidney Porter was born on September 11‚ 1862‚ in Greensboro‚ North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825–88)‚ a physician‚ and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim
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O. Henry wrote his own magazine entitled‚ "The Rolling Stone". The magazine did poorly and Henry stooped to stealing from bank accounts to which he became arrested. Henry’s writing came to a halt due to jail time and he eventually died nine years after being set free. The time period in which O. Henry’s finest works created‚ occurred in the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s where he dazzled readers with his unorthodox‚ romantic style. A short story titled "A Retrieved Reformation" written by O
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Bill Gates: Biography William H. Gates Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Microsoft Corporation William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation‚ the leading provider‚ worldwide‚ of software for the personal computer. Microsoft had revenues of $8.6 billion for the fiscal year ending June 1996‚ and employs more than 20‚000 people in 48 countries. Born on October 28‚ 1955‚ Gates and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father‚ William H. Gates II‚
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