“The Taipan” by S. Maugham A story of overweening ambition "The Taipan" tells of an eponymous central character living in Shanghai during colonial times who is extremely satisfied with life. He has plenty of money‚ a taste for liquor and good food‚ a successful business‚ an overweening sense of superiority (he has lasted longer than most expatriates in China‚ despite his gargantuan appetite)‚ and an unshakeable conviction that he had at last "beaten them all" - in other words‚ his rivals. He
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Mr. Coulter Thelma and Louise The movie Thelma and Louise show how a simple chain reaction can change even the kindest of people‚ and the rest of their lives. Thelma was a simple housewife that was invited for a simple get away by her good friend Louise. Even though Thelma knew she wouldn’t have permission by her husband‚ she went along anyway from peer pressure. The two girls started out excited‚ then they became scared after the murder‚ but Thelma and Louise came to peace to it then started
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William Somerset Maugham. Stylistic pecularities. Maugham became a witty satirist of the post-colonial world and wrote over thirty plays‚ mainly light satiric comedies. At one time he had four dramas running simultaneously; only Bernard Shaw has had more plays on at the same time in London. The British Library holds many of Maugham’s published plays‚ and the Library’s Lord Chamberlain’s collection contains a considerable number of typescripts. Though Maugham doesn’t denounce the contemprorary
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Gendering Expectations: Genre and Allegory in Readings of Thelma and Louise Aspasia Kotsopoulos Reflecting on the vociferous attention her film received‚ screenwriter Callie Khouri says that the social climate into which Thelma and Louise (1991) was released largely explains the furor around it. This was the year of the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case‚ which drew public attention to the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace. In the American media and in politics‚ women’s issues were constantly
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Student number: S152335 Date: 14.11.2013 Module: Strategic Management Assessor: Stephen Sawyers Assignment title: Analyse and evaluate suitable context of the organisation’s operations in terms of the internal and external environment. Rationalise strategic choice on the basis of contextual analysis. Word Count: 1603 (including refernces) Comment page. This Assignment will talk about world famous company - Louis
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The movie Thelma and Louise attempts to make a difference in the way that people think. It sets out to challenge a number of conventional attitudes toward women. Although it achieves some success in this area for women‚ it does not do a great deal to rebuff society’s stereotypical images of men. For the most part‚ men are portrayed in a negative light and in this paper‚ I will explore where these negative images appear within the movie. Thelma’s husband‚ Darryl is portrayed as a dirt-bag. He
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The contemporary artist that I chose to discuss in this paper is Louise Bourgeois and her piece of art Eyes". This abstract sculpture is made of marble and dated 1982. Eyes‚ 1982 Louise Bourgeois (American‚ born France‚ 1911) Metropolitan Museum‚ New York Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911and studied art at various schools there. In 1938‚ she immigrated to the United States and continued her studies at the Art Students League in New York. She began her career as a painter and
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Canadian Literature February 15‚ 2008 Louise Halfe – Healing Through Orality and Spirituality in Poetry Louise Bernice Halfe was born in 1953 in Two Hills‚ Alberta. Her Cree name is SkyDancer. She grew up a member of the Saddle Lake Reserve and at the age of 7 was sent to the Blue Quills Residential School in St. Paul‚ Alberta. . After leaving the school at the age of 16‚ she attended St. Paul’s Regional High School where she began to journal about her life experiences
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global supply chain. Somerset Furniture Company (SFC) was founded in 1957 in Randolph County‚ Virginia. Traditionally‚ SFC manufactured large‚ medium-priced‚ ornate residential home wood furniture such as bedroom cabinets and chests of draws‚ and dining and living room cabinets‚ tables‚ and chairs. Somerset prides itself on customer service. They believe that late deliveries to its customers would harm its credibility and result in loss of customers and excessive inventories. Somerset has recently set
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Louise Bennett BIOGRAPHY September 7‚ 1919 – July 26‚ 2006 Louise Bennett was born in Kingston‚ Jamaica‚ and attended Ebenezer and Calabar Elementary Schools‚ St. Simon’s College‚ Excelsior College‚ and Friends College in Highgate‚ St Mary. She received a British Council scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art‚ where she studied in the late 1940s. On her return to Jamaica she taught drama to youth and adult groups both in social welfare agencies and for the University of the West
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