Abstract Sir Richard Branson learned‚ from an early age‚ not to let adversity stand in the way of accomplishing a goal. As a pioneering thinker‚ he has transformed many entrenched industry practices by turning the traditional business model on its end. A unique approach to business is his hallmark and he is a person that is not afraid to challenge convention and encourages creativity. Lack of success in a venture is not a deterrent‚ rather a motivator as this produces opportunity. His personality
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier By Ritchie Rocha The first French Canadian to become prime minister of Canada was Wilfrid Laurier. Although French was his native tongue‚ he became a master of the English language. This and his picturesque personality made him popular throughout Canada‚ and he led the young country in a 15-year period of great development. Wilfrid Laurier was born in St-Lin‚ Quebec‚ and studied law at McGill University. After three years in the Quebec legislature‚ he was elected to the Canadian
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By: Kozmo Kramer Thesis Statement: Through his early life experiences and with the knowledge left by his predecessors‚ Sir Isaac Newton was able to develop calculus‚ natural forces‚ and optics. From birth to early childhood‚ Isaac Newton overcame many personal‚ social‚ and mental hardships. It is through these experiences that helped create the person society knows him as in this day and age. The beginning of these obstacles started at birth for Newton. Isaac was born premature on Christmas Day
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The Transforming of Women in Medieval Literature as Seen in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Over the countless years of history man and woman have realized that they must come together in order to survive. Whether it was solely for the continuation of our race through procreation‚ or by uniting one with another in matrimony; the two genders have found it impediment to spend their lives in each other’s midst. Over the span of several millennia we not only see the evolution of these relationships
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Sir Winston Churchill is widely known and is considered one of the best statesmen of the 20th century. Winston Churchill has always been a peoples’ person and he has dedicated himself to providing what is best for the public service. “His legacy is a complicated one; he was an idealist and a pragmatist; an orator and a soldier; an advocate of progressive social reforms and an unapologetic elitist; a defender of democracy as well as of Britain’s fading empire (History.com).” Although his legacy is
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Why does a society require truth to function well? Truth is not always easy to find. Likewise in the medieval period‚ truth was overpowered by corruption. Similarly in the literature of the mediaeval period‚ Piers Plowman‚ The Canterbury Tales and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ one can find some examples of truth overpowered by corruption. Therefore‚ truth is concealed by falsehood and is only reveled through the words of the authors of these works. In Piers Plowman‚ the church is corrupted because
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Sir John A. Macdonald is revered as the father figure of Canada‚ and in his day united various conflicting factions such as the Maritimes and French Canadians - a powerful force in creating a unified Canada. The political quagmire of the 1860s provided no encouragement for Macdonald’s unification goals‚ as the interests of Canada East and Canada West were paralyzed by incessant political dispute. The French and English blocs in the legislature could not agree on any matter and adding to Macdonald’s
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Winston Churchill. For a leader to be followed they must lead. One of my favorite quotes about leadership is “A leader without followers is a man taking a walk” (Unknown). This uncredited quote is highly propagated and gets to the heart of leadership. Sir Winston Churchill was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice once from 1940 to 1945 and then again from 1951 to 1955. He widely regarded as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century; Churchill was also an
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individuals to develop paradisiacal ideologies that aimed to improved and reform the corrupt establishment; in some cases‚ these ideologies went on to become economic systems. The first among these thinkers to conceive a paradise free of corruption was Sir Thomas More. In his 1516 book‚ Utopia‚ More aims to illuminate and eradicate the socio-political corruptions in Europe by creating a more reformed society. Though his community is isolated from the rest of the world‚ scholars govern More’s Utopia; creating
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uninterested. We are no longer fighting at home. Dying for your country is now less glorified. Fighting used to have cause‚ but now you are just fighting for someone else’s arguments. 1940s: World War II: Home front‚ Sirs decades‚ web:10/2/12 1910s: World War I- America Moves Toward War‚ Sirs decades: web: 10/1/12 Wars used to be fought for good reasons‚ like basic human rights‚ freedoms‚ etc. As war modernized‚ the cause of it became less justified. As Ernest Hemingway said‚ “They wrote in the
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