MONUMENT HOMEWORK: ST. LOUIS ARCH Homework needs to clearly be organized. Use this as a guide for your research. Keep the bold headers but erase my comments when you hand in your homework! NAME OF MONUMENT: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial also Gateway Arch TYPE OF MONUMENT: Arch LOCATION: Saint Louis‚ MO DATES: 1. Idea- Eero Sarriaen & Haanskarl Bandel in 1947 2. Competition- 1947 challenging teams of architects 3. Construction- 1963- 1965 BACKGROUND ON
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Louis Braille and Blindness Has anyone ever wondered how it feels to be blind? Imagine being blind‚ standing outside on a nice day without sight. No sight of the beautiful sky‚ nor the sun itself‚ only the feelings and sound. The hot sun‚ the gentle breeze‚ the grass and plants flowing in said breeze‚ all with only audio and touch. This is what it is like to be blind. To read‚ blind people used to have embossed books with embossed lettering. Embossed books and lettering are no longer used today
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“Dark They Were and Golden Eyed” vs. The Great Depression What is the real meaning of “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed” by Ray Bradbury and how does it relate to the Great Depression? The Great Depression was a worldwide economic crisis involving the crash of the Stock Market. “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed” is similar to the Great Depression because in both situations something crashes i.e. Earths atomic bombs and the Stock Market crash. The Great Depression was a ten year lasting
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Alexander The Great: Hollywood Vs. History Emma Watson Filmed historical movies have become a prime source of knowledge about the past. Historians can not deny that‚ but they can find glitches and certain details or events that Hollywood has tweaked that give viewers a different perception sometimes. Watching ‘Alexander’ and researching true facts about Alexander the Great has given me a clearer view on how history portrayed though Hollywood films can sometimes be misleading with
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It’s well known how devastating the Black Death was for Europe in the XIV century and that reached the maximum point between 1346 and 1361‚ killing one third of the continental population. From the big terror that provoked this unknown disease‚ people inclined to think that this was a supernatural occurrence. The Black Death was considered a divine punishment because of mortals sins. In plain desperation‚ guilty people were searched to calm this divine rage. It was told that Jews and lepers poisoned
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Narrative: Louis Chevrolet On behalf of Chevrolet Motor Company and me‚ Louis Chevrolet‚ we together made transportation easier and more affordable. I’m the man who made the cars you most definitely see on the road everyday. I am the great Louis Chevrolet‚ the developer of Chevrolet Motor Company. Let me tell you my story. I was born on Christmas day‚ December 25‚ 1878 In the Bernese Jura region of La Chaux-de-Fonds‚ Switzerland. My father‚ Joseph‚ worked in the watch and clock trade while I learned
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The Life of Louis Armstrong He was known as the greatest of all jazz musicians. He defined what it really was to play genuine jazz music and taught the world to swing. He included joy‚ spontaneity‚ and amazing technical abilities. Louis Armstrong was a genius when it came to his inventive musical ability. In this paper‚ I will tell you about who Armstrong was‚ his early childhood‚ accomplishments‚ and his living legacy. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4‚ 1901 in New Orleans‚ Louisiana which
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of Canadian history. One notable incident during this era was the refusal to take the St. Louis in as refuge by the Canadian government. On May 15‚ 1939‚ 907 German Jews with visa for Cuba fled from Nazi persecution by boarding the SS St. Louis‚ in search of a better life in the western world. However‚ Cuba later denied the ship permission to land‚ while the United States coast guard escorted the St. Louis away . Their last strand of hope was to plead to Canada for refuge‚ but discrepancies between
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Bibliography: D. L. Dowd‚ Pageant-Master of the Republic (1948); J. Lindsay‚ Death of the Hero (1960); Warren Roberts‚ Jacques Louis David‚ Revolutionary Artist (1989). Dorthy Johnson. Jacques-Louis David: The Art of Metamorphosis; Princeton University Press‚ November (1993) Friedlander‚ W. F‚ From David to Delacroix‚ Harvard University Press‚ Cambridge‚ (1952) Rosenblum R.‚ Transformations in Late Eighteenth Century
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B6016 - Managing Business Operations Louis Vuitton’s Challenges I. Company Overview a) LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) LVMH is one of the most successful luxury goods conglomerate‚ headquartered in Paris‚ founded in 1987. Well-known luxury goods group‚ Christian Dior is the main holding company of LVMH‚ owning 43% of its share. The company holds about 60 subsidiaries world-wide and some are managed independently. The Group is active in five different sectors;
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