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    Four Social Reformers

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    Raja ram Mohun Roy Born: May 22‚ 1772 Died: September 27‚ 1833 Achievements: Founded Atmiya Sabha and Brahma Samaj. He played a key role in abolition‚ and Sati. He fought for the rights of women. Raja Ram Mohan Roy is known as the ’Maker of Modern India’. He was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj‚ one of the first Indian socio-religious reform movements. He played a major role in abolishing the role of Sati. Raja Rammohan Roy was a great scholar and an independent thinker. He advocated the study

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    Walt Disney Failure

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    1922. Unluckily‚ this studio went bankrupted because loaded with debt. These failures did not stop Disney‚ he and his brother Roy pooled their money and set up a new cartoon studio in Hollywood‚ the Disney Brother’s Studio in 1923. Iwerks joined them too. They deal with a New York distributor called Margaret Winkler to distribute the Alice Comedies. Then‚ Disney’s brother‚ Roy produced a cartoon called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit which was distributed by Universal Pictures. Then‚ he and his brother and

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    with serious crisis coming from both outside and inside the company. The former CEO‚ Ron W. Miller decided to remove the business focus onto the investment in the real estate‚ and thus cut down the creativity department‚ which angered Walter’s nephew Roy E. Disney‚

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    of a US Icon October 16‚ 1923 Walt signed a contract with M. J. Winkler to produce a series of Alice Comedies — this date is considered the start of the Disney company first known as The Disney Brothers Studio. In 1923‚ Disney joined his brother Roy O. Disney in Hollywood. By the time he arrived on the West Coast‚ word came from New York that a company wanted to purchase the rights to a series of Disney’s live-action cartoon reels‚ ultimately titled Alice Comedies. A distributor named M.J. Winkler

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    Although Roy D’Andrade’s and Nancy Scheper-Hughes’ arguments oppose one another they have fundamental similarities. As stated by Laura Nader‚ both D’Andrade and Scheper-Hughes are commenting on the overall adequacy of anthropology. D’Andrade argues that moral (defined as evaluative; good and bad‚ reward and punishment‚ and completely subjective) and objective (defined as telling about object being described‚ not about the describer) models should be kept separate‚ while Scheper-Hughes argues that

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    Abolition of sati

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    started collecting facts and figures on the practice of Sati in 1813. The data showed that in 1817 only‚ 700 widows were burnt alive in Bengal alone. From 1812 onwards‚ it was Raja Rammohan Roy‚ who started his own campaign against the Sati practice. His own sister-in-law had been forced to commit Sati. Raja Rammohan Roy used to visit the Calcutta cremation grounds to persuade widows not to so die. He also formed the watch groups. In Sambad Kaumudi he wrote articles and showed that it was not written in

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    “In 1925‚ Disney hired an ink-and-paint artist named Lillian Bounds. After a brief courtship‚ the couple married” (Biography.com 3). Walt Disney had a happy family with his wife‚ children and his brother Roy. Walt Disney was caring toward everyone‚ and helped others in need. His major life choices were featuring his own work and creating Disneyland. “A few years later‚ Walt Disney discovered that Winkler and her husband‚ Charles Mintz‚ had stolen the rights

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    References: Bass‚ Bernard M.‚ & Steidlmeier‚ Paul (1999). Ethics‚ Character‚ and Authentic Transformational Leadership Behavior. Leadership Quarterly‚ 10(2). Carter‚ Bill (2004‚ March 8) Disney‚ Roy. (2003‚ November 23). Roy Edward Disney ’s Resignation Letter. Retrieved March 12‚ 2008‚ from MiceAge.com Web site: http://craphound.com/roytoeisner.txt Economist (2004) Epstein‚ Edward Jay (2005). How Did Michael Eisner Make Disney Profitable? The Hollywood Economist

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    there‚ he met an artist and together they formed a new company. After this partnership ended‚ Walt Disney created Laugh-O-Gram Studios because he wanted to lengthen his short films. When that company became bankrupt‚ he joined together with his brother Roy‚ and created Walt Disney Studios. Throughout being a part of all of these companies‚ he has created amazing things. Walt Disney is one of the most creative people to

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    His father‚ Elias was the one giving out the punishments. He never allowed his sons an allowance or any type of fun. Roy was much older and too busy working on the farm. His mother Flora was exhausted by chores and broken in spirit by her mean husband had no time for her young son. The family moved again‚ this time to Kansas City. (Just Disney) There he enrolled in art

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