Part 1 1-1 1. What aspects of Marco Polos description of the orient might early readers have found alluring? -The aspects of Polo’s description like the infinite number of villages‚ creatures that yeild musk‚ rice‚ tilted fields. Another alluring part is how there are multiple places represented by different people ‚ because there are either many monarchs or just none. I think that all the different imagery might make them think that he is lying or just crazed. 2. Skeptics question the
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The Evolution of Polo Ralph Lauren Polo Ralph Lauren has become one of the most renounced clothing companies of the 20th and 21st century. The creator of Polo is a man named Ralph Lifschitz who was born on October 14‚ 1939 in New York‚ New York (Ralph Lauren). He was born to Fraydl Kotlar and Frank Lifshitz who were Ashkenazi Jewish from Belarus. In 1955‚ when Ralph was 16‚ he and his brother changed their last name to Lauren because they were made fun constantly for having a Jewish last name but
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------------------------------------------------- Polo Ralph Lauren Case ------------------------------------------------- 1. Polo Ralph Lauren is an American apparel company that was founded in the 1970’s. When it was founded it had three branches in the apparel business: design and development‚ manufacturer management‚ and inventory/stock handling. Because they did not want to own factories‚ they outsourced the garment manufacturing to Luen Thai‚ an apparel manufacturing company in China
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think‚ feel‚ or do something. One example of this would be water polo. Making the varsity water polo team this year has shaped me overall to work harder‚ try harder‚ and believe harder. Academically speaking‚ I am not the best student. I am not the straight A student with all AP classes or close to perfect SAT scores. I have always worked hard in school and tried my best to keep up with my grades and try to go to college. Water polo has‚ since I started freshman year‚ made me work 10x harder on my
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Historical development. The origins of water polo can be traced back to the late 19th century when a Scottish man named William Wilson constructed the rules for the game‚ as a result of the public’s growing disinterest of swimming carnivals (Donev‚ 2008). The sport was introduced onto the Olympic scene in 1900 during the Paris game‚ making it one of the longest running team games in the Olympics and can be played by both men and women (Smith‚ 1998). Australia made its debut in the 1948 Olympic
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Key: 1-2 2-4 3-5 4-1 5-3 ----------------------- Task 1. Find and match the biography details to the explorers. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 3. He was a Portuguese explorer‚ one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India.He is one of the most famous and celebrated explorers from the Discovery Ages‚ being the first European to reach India through sea. This discovery was very
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furthering my research on Polo Ralph Lauren’s business decisions regarding sweatshops and their workers‚ I found an article written by Robert J.S. Ross‚ a professor in Sociology at Clark University. The article entitled‚ “Hey‚ Ralph Lauren‚ sweatshops aren’t chic‚” was featured in the Los Angeles Times and employs an appeal to pathos by disclosing the reprehensible working conditions that sweatshop workers endure everyday in factories throughout China to provide products for Polo Ralph Lauren. While discussing
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Silk Road and the Internet Inside every working anarchy there’s an Old Boy Network. The internet is a great and popular invention that has changed‚ developed and improved today’s society. Yo-Yo Ma‚ once described the famous historical Silk Road as the ‘Internet of Antiquity’ meaning‚ the ancient internet‚ how and why would Yo-Yo Ma come to such a theory‚ the Silk Road and the internet may not have existed during the same period of time but there are similarities and difference to prove Yo-Yo Ma’s
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Marco Polo is a Venetian explorer who made one of the most important travel books in history. His observations that he recorded were fascinating‚ in fact people thought his stories and observations were fiction until after he died. Due to Marco Polo’s successful travels and observations that he recorded‚ he educated many early Europeans about the continent of Asia and inspired people today to learn about the diverse cultures. Marco Polo’s travel book was extremely important because of his recorded
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to travel. From the beginning‚ humans have been interested in expanding their territory or explore new places. It’s in our blood‚ in the stone-age cavemen tended to kill each other for the land‚ or later‚ there were the great explorers such as Marco Polo‚ Christopher Columbus or Vasco De Gamma who almost travel the world. But for us‚ everyday people‚ it could just mean a way to break the monotony of life and work. Travelling is a tool‚ and the purpose of this tool are different for different people
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