Sir Richard Branson Case Study Bus 520 Lucas jackson Overview – Virgin Group‚ Ltd. The Virgin Group‚ Ltd. is a British based venture capital organization founded by Richard Branson‚ incorporated in 1989. The focus of their business group is travel‚ entertainment‚ and lifestyle‚ and while actually incorporating as a venture capital group in the late 1980s‚ they had a number of activities in the 1970s. To date‚ Virgin has created more than 300 companies globally‚ employing over 50‚000 people
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Loncraine’s 1995 film of Shakespeare’s Richard III play‚ while considerably altered to fit in with the context of the industrial 1930’s timeframe‚ still retains the values and themes of Shakespeare’s Richard III play such as Richard’s rampant thirst for power‚ the familiar good versus evil theme and influence of persuasive language‚ otherwise known as propaganda. Richard is portrayed as a Hitler figure in the film using similar colours and uniform to the Nazis. The key distinction between the
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It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. What do I fear? Myself? There’s none else by.” (5.5.133-136). Richard III is a remarkable‚ if not irregular‚ rendition of the renowned historical figure‚ Richard III. In it‚ Shakespeare poses Richard as a villain with no remorse towards others—without any fear. This is evident when Richard awakes and holds an internal dialogue in which he berates his conscience for giving him bad dreams. "What do I fear? Myself? There’s none
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Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins is an Oxford biologist and well respected speaker who believes there is no such thing as God or anything supernatural. He adopted the theory of natural selection as an "adequate explanation for the beauty and complexity of life" (Dawkins‚ 2009‚ p. 23). Richard Dawkins’ feelings about family‚ social issues and the nature of God is represented in his worldview. I will compare and contrast the values and actions of Richard Dawkins with my own. Richard Dawkins
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Robinson wrote “Richard Cory‚” in 1897. Robinson was born in Alna‚ Maine in 1869. He came from a successful family where his father was a lumber merchant. Robinson’s schooling began at Mrs. Morrell’s School‚ which was only a short walk from his home. As a very introverted child‚ Robinson became very interested in the sound of words. He was known throughout his neighborhood for showing up in doorways and crying out very difficult words like “Nebuchadnezzar‚” (Smith‚ Danny). His poem‚ “Richard Cory‚” is
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Richard Dawkins and His Genocide of Faith The prominent evolutionist Richard Dawkins has emerged as the leading spokesperson for the point of view that a belief in evolution demands atheism. Dawkins is a brilliant author and speaker. He teaches at Oxford University and in 2006 published a book titled The God Delusion‚ where Dawkins argues that a God most certainly does not exist and so therefore faith‚ qualifies as a delusion. In 1996 Dawkins was named "Humanist of The Year" and in his acceptance
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Richard Jordan Gatling (1818-1903) was born on a plantation in Hertford County‚ North Carolina‚ on September 12th 1818 (Wikipedia.com). He is an American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun. His father worked on machines to sow cotton and thin out cotton plants on the plantation (britannica.com). He worked with his father to perfect the machines on the farm at an early age. At age 15 he started to work at the county clerk’s office‚ and by the time he turned 19 he left the county
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The poem “Richard Cory” which was written by Edward Arlington Robinson illustrates the theme of how ones appearances may not actually be the true reality. The speaker describes “Richard Cory” as a wealthy individual who seems to have it all but however in the last few lines of the poem he ends up taking his own life. Robinson is able to create an immense sense of situational irony through vivid and lucid imagery‚ a detailed setting and a mysterious speaker. The use of imagery is extensively used
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C. Wright Mills‚ the radical Columbia University sociologist who died 50 years ago (March 20‚ 1962)‚ has been defined by some as the pioneer of the new radical sociology that emerged in the 1950s‚ in which his book‚ The Sociological Imagination (1959)‚ has played a crucial role (Restivo 1991‚ p.61). Mills was a meticulous researcher and his writing combined outrage and analysis‚ but he did not wanted to be what he called a "sociological bookkeeper". Moreover‚ C. Wright Mills argued that perhaps the
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Throughout the autobiographical novel "Black Boy"‚ Richard Wright uses hunger to symbolize struggle in his life. He struggles dealing with a physical hunger‚ societal hunger‚ and an educational hunger. He constantly tries to appease this hunger by asking questions‚ but he soon finds out that he will only learn from experience. These experiences have a life-lasting effect on him and quickly instill the Jim Crow culture upon Richard. The first type of hunger in Richard’s life is a physical one‚ one
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