industrial purposes or in the luxury sector (gemstones) Diamond jewellery is worth more than US$72 billion per year (very high profitability) The biggest slice of the cake A giant’s first steps Founded in 1888 in South Africa by Cecil Rhodes‚ De Beers quickly obtained a dominant position in the world diamond market. In just a few years‚ DeBeers became the leading company of an international cartel‚ mostly thanks to Ernest Oppenheimer and its heirs. “Common sense tells us that the only way
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’A bout de souffle’‚ Jean-Luc Godard’s eerste ’feature’ film (1960)‚ heeft een vrij simpele verhaallijn‚ dat geschreven is door vroegere collega en vriend Francois Truffaut: Een man steelt een auto in Marseilles en rijdt naar Parijs. Tijdens deze rit wordt de hoofdpersoon‚ Michel Poiccard‚ aangehouden door de politie wegens het overschrijden van de maximum snelheid‚ waarna hij een agent neerschiet en rennend verder gaat naar de lichtstad. In Parijs moet hij geld ophalen bij een vriend van hem en
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John Smith Prof. Robert English 085 19 September 2013 Spooky Story I woke up in the middle of the night to find you standing by my bed‚ shining your flashlight. It shone down on me‚ illuminating faces full of fear‚ both mine and yours. We clearly heard their voices downstairs. They had come for us and what was rightfully ours. John‚ himself‚ had seen them yesterday‚ down by the river. She was creeping along with him wearing that black hat of hers to hide her stringy‚ long hair‚ while he
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C. Characters Winston Smith is our protagonist. He images better world‚ better living conditions. He called there ‘The Golden Country’. He gives all his thought to the history of Oceania‚ especially he tries to remember pre-revolution Oceania. However‚ he cannot because of changing history. While reading the book‚ I saw more hopeful‚ determined and insubmissive man. However‚ in the movie‚ I saw a lover man. He thinks more emotionally in the movie. In the book‚ when Winston and Julia become a lover
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Some of the key reasons why Colding Smith‚ Jardine‚ and DeBusbecq suggest that some Europeans saw and created less threatening images of the Ottoman Empire and “Turks” is due to the different ways those Europeans were exposed to them‚ and how that influenced in the shaping of their perspective. In De Brusbeq’s article‚ he describes his very own experience of being in a town called Buda‚ Constantinople‚ inside the Ottoman Empire on an ambassadorial trip‚ and recalls his “first aquaintance” with
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recurre a las palabras en su esfuerzo por describirlos. Lynn Shostack‚ un precursor en el desarrollo de conceptos de diseño para servicios ‚ ha destacado cuatro riesgos en el intento por describir los servicios sólo con palabras. • Simplificación excesiva. • Incompleto. • Subjetividad. • Interpretación sesgada. 1 2. DESARROLLO DE NUEVOS SERVICIOS. Para el sistema de desarrollo de nuevos servicios debemos contar con cuatro características básicas: • Ser objetivo‚ no subjetivo. • Ser preciso
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Branded vs. De-branded: Customer Experiences at Ikea and Staples By Sampson Lee‚ G-CEM I recently had two unpleasant buying experiences. One was at Ikea‚ where I went to buy office furniture‚ and the other one was at Staples‚ whose online store I visited to buy a magazine rack. Every time I shop at Ikea‚ I swear I won’t be back again. But I keep coming back. On the contrary‚ it seems unlikely I will buy again at Staples. Why‚ if both delivered unpleasant experiences‚ does Ikea still win my
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George Smith Patton‚ Jr. was a United States Army officer best known for his leadership as a general during World War II. In WWII‚ he successfully defeated Nazi Germany on many battle fronts through his unique blitzkrieg military strategies. George Patton was a vital character in war history because of his tremendous achievements during his military years. Other than WWII he helped and inspired military ideas and strategies. For instance‚ he was the first to use a motor vehicle for battle. He was
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Josephine de Beauharnais Josephine de Beauharnais was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Josephine was born on June 23rd 1763.She was the daughter of wealthy sugar planter Martinique‚ in the West Indies. At the age of 17 Josephine married Vicomte Alexandre de Beauharnais. With her marriage to Vicomte Alexandre‚ Josephine gave birth to a son‚ Eugène‚ and a daughter Hortense. During the Reign of Terror Vicomte Alexandre was accused of poorly defending Mainz and was considered an aristocrat‚ and
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De Avonden Gerard (Kornelis Van Het) Reve Titel: Auteur: Gerard Reve. Titel boek: De Avonden (ondertitel: ’een winterverhaal’) Het Boek is voor het eerst verschenen in 1947. Thema Er zitten in de Avonden erg duidelijk verschillende thema’s. Thema’s als bijvoorbeeld: - Angst‚ depressie‚ ontreddering - Walging - Wanhoop - Verveling - Egoïsme - Humor Motieven De thema’s in “de Avonden” komen heel duidelijk naar voren. Ik zal de thema’s bijlangs gaan door dingen uit het boek te koppelen
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