dreams. Despite having no prior experience in the airline industry‚ he still went ahead to acquire an airline. With regards venturing into an industry he had no prior experience in‚ Tony Fernandes said‚ "It really was a little bit of stick your finger in the air and hope for the best.” [3] It is evident that Tony Fernandes was not a man who was afraid of taking risks and this can be illustrated by many examples. Acquiring a company that was heavily in debt coupled with having zero experience in
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Democracy implies equal chance for all. Such is not the case for the black children of the ghetto‚ as we learn through reading Toni Cade Bambara ’s "The Lesson". During the course of the story the narrator‚ Sylvia‚ develops as a character due to the trip that Miss Moore takes her on. Miss Moore‚ an educated black woman who comes to the ghetto to give back to the children‚ takes children from the ghetto of New York to F.A.O Shwarz which is an extremely glamorous toy store. She does this to make the
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The gorilla is the bulkiest member of the primate family; an adult gorilla may grow up to 1.8m high (although they seldom stand fully upright). There are three species of gorillas recognized worldwide. The most common race‚ the western lowland gorilla is not present in Uganda but an estimated 40000 live in the rainforests of west and central Africa. The endangered eastern lowland gorilla is restricted to patches of forests in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The most threatened specie is the
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Dato’ Sri Tony Fernandes is the son of the late Stephen Edward Fernandes‚ and Ena Dorothy Fernandez. When he was young‚ he used to follow his mother‚ a businesswoman‚ to Tupperware dealer parties and conventions. He was educated at Epsom College 1977-83 and then graduated from the London School of Economics in 1987. He worked very briefly with Virgin Atlantic as an auditor‚ subsequently becoming the financial controller for Richard Branson’s Virgin Records in London from 1987 to 1989.[1] Tony was admitted
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On March 2‚ 1991 a high speed police chased turned into a brutal police beating of the intoxicated Rodney King. Rodney King was driving down the 210 freeway at 12:30 AM when Tim and Melanie Singer spotted him. They pursude him at speeds of up to 117 miles per hour. King eventually went up a ramp and stopped at the intersection of Osbourne and Foothill Boulevard‚ where three more cop cars that were holding Laurence Powell‚ Timothy Wind‚ Theodore Briseno‚ Rolando Solano‚ and Sergeant Stacy Koon‚ showed
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1977 to 1983 and graduated from the London School of Economics in 1987. He worked very briefly with Virgin Atlantic as an auditor‚ subsequently becoming the financial controller for Richard Branson’s Virgin Records in London from 1987 to 1989.[3] Tony was admitted as Associate Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in 1991 and became Fellow Member in 1996. He is currently a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Upon his return
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David Morala Basic analysis Genre: Political advertisement or discourse. Mode: Exposition‚ argumentation. Text function: Persuade‚ convince people of the positive effects of government’s measures and political decisions. Text producer: Tony Blair. Former Prime Minister of Great Britain. This speech emphasizes the benefits that future social and economical measures will bring to Britain. Text receiver: Citizens of Britain. Adults and people who can vote. Time and place: The Labour
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The portrayal of a character throughout the plot of a short story or novel is essential to the successful picture a reader vividly imagines while interpreting a writer’s text. Main characters in such publications most certainly possess certain traits or characteristics intentionally expressed in order to resonate within the reader. Possible characteristics portrayed through the actions and thoughts of such characters may include: perseverance‚ stubbornness‚ or couragessness. While examining the
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narrator thinks‚ speaks‚ and feels about any particular situation. In Toni Cade Bambara’s "The Lesson‚" the events are told through the eyes of a young uptown girl named Sylvia. The reader gets a limited point of view because the events are told strictly by Sylvia. This fact can influence the reader to see things just as she does. The strong language gives a unfamiliar reader an illustration of how people in the city speak. Bambara does this to show a different kind of life that may be new to the reader
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By now everyone has heard of the 3 year old boy that managed to climb his way into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati zoo. Fearing for the boy’s life‚ zoo officials made the decision to shoot and kill the 400-pound silverback gorilla named Harambe. I’m not here to discuss whose fault it was or even if it was necessary‚ everyone else is doing that. What I am more interested in is people’s reaction to it. Several questions occurred to me. Why is it that people’s first reaction was not exaltation
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