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    Bufalo Bill

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    Nickname and work[edit] William Frederick Cody ("Buffalo Bill") got his nickname after the American Civil War when he had a contract to supply Kansas Pacific Railroad workers with buffalo meat. Cody earned the nickname by killing 4‚280 American bison (commonly known as buffalo) in eighteen months‚ (1867–1868).[1] Cody and William Comstock competed in a buffalo-shooting match over the exclusive right to use the name‚ which Cody won by killing 68 bison to Comstock’s 48.[2] Cody had documented service

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    Types of Bill of Lading

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    Types of Bill Of Lading There are two types of Bill of Lading (B/L) on the basis of Receipt of cargo:- 1. Shipped on Board B/L: Cargo is on board the vessel‚ It confirms the buyer that cargo is actually shipped. 2. Received for Shipment B/L:  Shipping Company confirms having received the goods for shipment by the vessel mentioned therein. When the goods later loaded on the vessel‚ a supplementary clause may be inserted in B/L‚ if it’s not already negotiated: “Actual shipped on Board” –

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    William H. Gates (Bill Gates) is a visionary man who uses that gift to advance technology and extend the boundary of what software and machines can do. As a result of his work‚ he had widely influenced many peoples; and along the line he became the true entrepreneur. Bill Gates was born on October 28‚ 1955‚ in Seattle’s Swedish Hospital .He was the only son and the second of the three children of William Henry Jr. and Mary Gates. Bill grew up like any regular child‚ but he had a talent that distinguished

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    Bill Cosby Case Summary

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    Bill Cosby is in the news again. A new report in Page Six reveals the disgraced comedian‚ 79‚ is hoping to negotiate a plea deal that will allow him to avoid both a trial and prison time in one of his sex crimes cases‚ a source close to him tells the New York Post’s gossip column. A criminal trial is set for June in the case in which he’s facing three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault for a 2004 incident involving former Temple University employee Andrea Constand. "He and his family‚ including

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    Kill Bill Review

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    Film Review: Kill Bill Volume 1 – The Spaghettiest of them all “Revenge is a dish best served cold”. Kill Bill: Volume One is a clever and slick rape-revenge‚ terrifically tying together film genres from Italian spaghetti westerns‚ Japanese Samurai movies and Hong Kong martial arts flicks. Quentin Tarintino is back. It’s been seven years since the release of ‘Jackie Brown’ and boy does he makes an impact. Once again Tarantino has managed to bring back the once popular film genres and effortlessly

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    Bill Clinton President

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    about Bill Clinton‚ the 42nd president. Bill Clinton was born on August 19 1946. He was born in a nearby town called Hope Arkansas. His father was William Jefferson Blyth Jr. and his mother was Virginia Clinton Kelley. As a young child‚ Bill was taught and raised in a home with his grandparents. His grandparents were very strict with him and wanted him to succeed. They taught him how read at a very young age. Bill recalls”at the age of three‚ I was already reading small books”. Growing up Bill didn’t

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    Interview with Bill Gates

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    INTERVIEWING BILL GATES ABOUT LATE STEVE JOBS The interview: A social media was interviewing Bill Gates about the late Steve Jobs. The interviewer would like to know more personal information from Bill Gates about his rivalry with Steve Jobs. Gates said that he didn’t consider Steve as his rival. The interviewer continued to ask that Gates ever came to Jobs’ house and even got through his kitchen. Gates elaborated the past time he came over Steve Jobs’ house to the interviewer that Steve had

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    Bill Gates: Entrepreneur

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    "Bill Gates is a modern business phenomenon: the greatest of the cyber-tycoons. His is not simply a story of technical brilliance and enormous wealth; it is one of remarkable business vision and an obsessive desire to win. It is also about a leadership style that is radically different to anything the business world has seen before." Dearlove‚ D. (1998) William Gates III was born in Seattle‚ Washington‚ US‚ on October 28‚ 1955. His father‚ William Henry Gates (II) Jr.‚ was a lawyer while his

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    Bill Gates

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    that result in a significant change in the either the way we live or the way we see things. A primary result of so is William Henry Gates III‚ better known as Bill Gates‚ founder of the company Microsoft. Without his major contributions to computers‚ technology would most likely not be the way it is today. Also‚ without his foundation‚ the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation‚ there would be numerous negative changes in the world. William Henry Gates III was born on October 28th‚ 1955 in Seattle‚ Washington

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    Bill Gates

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    and see life. His name is William Henry Gate III or as we all know him as Bill Gates. William Henry Gate III was born in Seattle on 1955 and was raised in a wealthy family. His father was a successful attorney and his mother was a top executive at a national bank. This upbringing gave him the opportunity to study in the most prestige school on his state where he discovered his love for computers. The beginning While Bill Gates was at junior high a group of parents raise money to purchase the first

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