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    Smithers: a Small Man In Lord Dunsany’s “The Two Bottles of Relish” (1932)‚ Smithers‚ a relish salesman‚ partners with Linley‚ an intelligent gentleman from Oxford to solve the murder of the young Nancy Elth. After Smithers has discovered clues from the murder scene in Unge‚ he must rely on Linley because he cannot solve the case. Smithers’ self – deprecation‚ ignorance‚ and lack of creativity prevent him from solving the case. Smithers’ is extremely hard on himself. His self – deprecation hinders

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    BBC was the first national broadcasting organization of the world‚ which was established in 1922. Their activity overseas has brought high-quality‚ impartial and independent content – and the BBC’s editorial values – to the world for almost 80 years. Actually‚ early in 1920‚ John Reith‚ founder of BBC‚ had begun to advocate radio broadcast in UK. Two years later‚ this man‚ together with a group of radio manufactures formed a radio station named BBC. Then‚ they set a vision for themselves--bring the

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    1. Do you agree or disagree with Tony Hayward’s quote at the end of the case? Was this disaster strictly a BP failure or an industry accident? (One of my biggest mistakes was that I allowed myself to become the lightning rod for hatred and anger.” He went on to say‚ “I genuinely feel that this could have happened to anyone. This is not BP. It is an industry accident.) I mostly agree with Tony Hayward because an accident of that size is a result of a complex combination of mechanical failures‚

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    How important was the Privy Council It could be argued that the monarch was an important member of government however some may disagree and put forward the idea that the Privy Council was more important. This is for several reasons the first reason (for the monarch) was the fact that she could decide who could become a member of the Privy Council this is because it meant that she had total power over those who that would help run the country. However this did not mean that the monarch was the most

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    Joseph Lister was more significant in the fight against infection in surgery than Ignaz Semmelweiss? Discuss. Joseph Lister was one of the outstanding surgeons of the nineteenth century. He had research gangrene and infections and had a keen interest in the application of science to medicine. By using Pasteur’s germ theory‚ experimented with carbolic spray acid‚ which was used to treat sewage. Joseph Lister is one of the pioneers of Infection Control. Not only did he reduce the incidence of

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    which reveals the other meaning or the symbolical meaning of a certain piece. George Gordon Lord Byron George Gordon Byron was born on January 22‚ 1788 in Aberdeen‚ Scotland‚ and inherited his family ’s English title at the age of ten‚ becoming Baron Byron of Rochdale. Abandoned by his father at an early age and resentful of his mother‚ who he blamed for his being born with a deformed foot‚ Byron isolated himself during his youth and was deeply unhappy. Though he was the heir to an idyllic estate

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    LIFE HISTORY OF Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell‚ (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941)‚ also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell‚ was a lieutenant-general in the British Army‚ writer‚ and founder of the Scout Movement. Baden-Powell was born as Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell‚ or more familiarly as Stephe Powell‚ at 6 Stanhope Street (now 11 Stanhope Terrace)‚ Paddington in London‚ on 22 February 1857. His father Reverend Baden Powell was a Savilian

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    Introduction Sainsbury’s is now the third most important food retailer in the United Kingdom. In 1995‚ Tesco overtook the company to become the market leader after more than 20 years of constant growing. It has recently been pushed back by Asda in 2003. Sainsbury’s Supermarkets employ over 145‚000 people‚ including Sava Centre. A large Sainsbury’s Supermarket offers over 23‚000 products‚ 40% of these are Sainsbury’s own brand. The Sainsbury’s supermarkets serve over 11 million customers a

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    Analysis of Byron’s "She Walks in Beauty" Lord George Gordon Byron was most notorious for his love affairs within his family and with Mediterranean boys. Since he had problems such as incest and homosexuality‚ he did not mind writing about his love for his cousin in "She Walks in Beauty". Byron wrote the poem after he left his wife and England forever. Byron made his own trend of personality‚ the idea of the ‘Byronic Hero’. "Byron’s influence on European poetry‚ music‚ novels‚ operas‚ and paintings

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    Maddy Wilson Mrs. Haines English 10H 25 January 2012 More Than Meets The Eye Love poems are one of the most simple and easy to understand forms of writing. They have a basic formula consisting of an introduction of the subject that is being written about‚ several comparisons‚ and a profession of the author’s love towards the subject. Although this may vary from poem to poem‚ the initial idea remains the same. On the surface of these poems‚ the words seem to be very shallow and are general compliments

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