The Bridge Over the River Kwai was written by Pierre Boulle‚ a French novelist well-known for another novel‚ Planet of the Apes. This book is set in Thailand during World War II‚ and tells the tale of a Japanese POW camp made mostly of British soldiers. The main characters are the determined Colonel Nicholson; Clipton‚ who was in charge of the medical tent; Saito‚ the Japanese officer in charge of the prison camp‚ and Captain Reeves‚ the engineer in charge of building the bridge. Tired and gloomy
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Introduction from: Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste by Pierre Bourdieu ©1984 Introduction You said it‚ my good knight! There ought to be laws to protect the body of acquired knowledge. Take one of our good pupils‚ for example: modest and diligent‚ from his earliest grammar classes he’s kept a little notebook full of phrases. After hanging on the lips of his teachers for twenty years‚ he’s managed to build up an intellectual stock in trade; doesn’t it belong to him
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An Analysis of the Moscow Show Trials and Stalin’s Soviet Union The soviet show trials were the manifestation of totalitarianism. Show trials are a public display of many key features typically found in a totalitarian dictatorship. Unlike a court room trial where debate and the introduction of evidence is definitive in a case’s outcome‚ the defendant is already considered guilty of a crime by the state‚ has no legal rights and is purposely humiliated and ridiculed in order to undermine their
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Ste. Basil Hotel - Moscow: Struggling with Values in a Post-Communist State This cases study examined the challenges of operating a business in a foreign country. The case study presents a specific business situation in Moscow‚ describes the prevailing conditions which needed to be addressed‚ relates the decisions that were made‚ and examines the consequences of failing to apply sound business and management principles. This case exemplifies many of the themes in international HR management
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Did Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s vision of a just society become a reality? “Every individual should receive what is due to him or her. It’s a simple question of fairness.”1 Unlike many people of his time‚ Trudeau was a truly unique prime minister who believed in a just society for every Canadian citizen. Thanks to his faith and endurance‚ we as the citizens of today can hold our heads high with pride. Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s vision of a just society with reference to multiculturalism‚ rights and freedoms
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October 8‚ 1971‚ Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau had announced that Canada will embrace a policy of multiculturalism to the House of Commons‚ known as the Canadian Multiculturalism Act. Multiculturalism was planned to keep the cultural freedom of individuals and provide acknowledgement to the diverse racial groups to Canadian society. It was a huge symbolic recognition of cultural diversity rather than a genuine change in government policy. Although most Canadian citizens supported Trudeau in
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You are to as a main source the writings of William Richard Lethaby to discuss the Maison de Verre by Pierre Chareau. The architects P. Chareau and B. Bijovet conceived the Maison de Verre between 1928 and 1931 for the Doctor Dalsace and his wife. This house is located in the quartier of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris. This house is clearly a clue to a better understanding to the preface of William Richard Lethaby in his book «Architecture‚ Mysticism and Myth». The mission of an architect is
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’ALL TASTE IS ACQUIRED TASTE. ’ DISCUSS To say that all taste is acquired taste is to say that in expressing a preference for a particular food‚ style of dress or type of music we are expressing an entirely culturally learned system of values. In Western society ’good taste ’ is seen to be the domain of the upper classes. In other words the symbols appropriated by the economically and socially successful are the ones that are ascribed the most worth. Sahlins(1976) argues that the value
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Desmet‚ Pierre Jean (1801-1870)‚ Jesuit missionary among the American Indians. He was born in Dendermore (Termonde)‚ Belgium‚ on Jan. 1801. He went to the United States and joined the Society of Jesus in 1821. Ordinated a priest in 1827‚ he was among a group sent west to found the Missouri Province of the Jesuits‚ but poor health forced him to retire to Belgium for four years. Returning to the American West‚ Desmet founded a mission among the Potawatomi Indians at Council Bluffs‚ Iowa‚ in 1838. In
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Topic: Letter to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to argue against implementation of War Measures Act. Word Count: 1385 Words To: Prime Minister‚ Pierre Trudeau From: Mitesh Patel‚ Cabinet Minister Date: October 12‚ 1970 Subject: Implementation of War Measures Act As informed by the party that you have asked all the cabinet ministers of your government to lay down their suggestions on whether the War Measures Act should be implemented or not and should the government send their troops
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