Tom Wesselmann’s acrylic painting on linen Smoker #9 was created in 1973‚ a time when sex appeal could sell just about anything. His billboard style painting is simplistic yet very dramatic. The picture concentrates on a limited number of object: a woman’s mouth‚ a cigarette‚ a woman’s hand and smoke. Isolated on the wall‚ these elements are deprived of a background allowing the shape of the canvas provides an empathetic boundary between the world of the picture and the world around it. Tom uses
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Studies (CSIS) has grown from $975‚000 ten years ago to $8.6 million today. Over a somewhat longer period the endowment of the Hoover Institution has increased from $2 million to $70 million. At least twenty-five other noteworthy public-policy groups have been formed or dramatically expanded through the decade (Waldrough p.128-132). Conservatives are one of the big groups that influence politics. Conservative thinking has spread throughout our political and daily lives and stands poised to
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the forces‚ which affect industry profits‚ can be described as follows: Barriers to Entry: • Brand equity: Coke and Pepsi have established their brand identity over decades‚ and both brands have become part of the American culture. • Scale economics of advertising: Not only have Coke and Pepsi built their brands over decades but they also are much more effective at capturing the rewards of their advertising campaigns. For example‚ Coke spent about $10 million per share point in advertising
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My definition of "old-timer" would be someone in their 70s.80s. So I would take the age at which Mr. Old Timer was raising his children‚ which was apparently when he would have been at the age to determine respectfulness of his own children. Let ’s say 25 years old. That generation would have had multiple children by then. If he was born in 1940‚ he would have been 25 years old in 1965. I would take data from his geographic area from the years 1965 and 2010. Each group would have 20 people
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most sygnificant‚ is the energy saving’s that put into place when have DST. This is an argument that Ben Franklin had 200 years ago! Thus‚ Mr. Fanklin "touted the idea of DST to France back in 1784." (DST in America) Again‚ the argument began in the 70’s; a 1% savings was recorded. Following‚ a cleaner air quality‚ Americans were not using as much electricity. Furthermore‚ not using the central air-conditioning‚
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clear gel in young to a fibrous structure in adults. In old age there is advanced liquefaction with thickening and tortuosity of vitreous fibers‚ and collapse (syneresis) of vitreous (Fig. 2.3). Postmortem studies80 found syneresis in 70% of subjects in the eighth decade. Syneresis occurs earlier and is more extensive in myopic eyes‚81 and is accelerated with inflammation‚ trauma‚ and arthro-ophthalmopathies.82 Fig. 2.3 Gross appearance of posterior vitreous detachment in a phakic eye.10 Aging changes
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Embraer: Shaking up the aircraft manufacturing market. Embraer is the world’s leading regional aircraft manufacturer. Since 1994‚ Embraer has successfully introduced 7 commercial jet models in the market. Within past decade the demand for the small scale aircrafts has been rapidly increased in the world aircraft market. This has created high opportunities for Embraer. According to Embraer’s official website‚ their mission is: “It is Embraer’s business to generate value for its shareholders‚
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Americans think that we are intelligent‚ honest‚ and patriotic; which may be true. Other countries think that we are lazy‚ obese‚ and mean; which may also be true. However‚ I have found that people forget our past and how far we have come. Throughout the ages America has enhanced technology and warped society in a greater way. The America I believe in is an America of change. Let’s start back in the the 20th century. In the early 1900s America was at a time of rapid transformation. People were thinking
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Real Madrid is the most successful soccer club in the world. The Spanish team was nine times champion of Europe’s most important tournament‚ the UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid is also one of the richest sport clubs in the world. This team is known for signing the best players of the world. This Spanish club is also known for having the most luxurious and modern stadium in the world. Over time‚ this stadium has become a historical monument of the city of Madrid. Since the Bernabeu’s construction
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Explorations * 1925 - First elevator installed. * 1958 - Long term agreement with ECE. * 1985 – Terminated agreement with ECE and entered into a technical agreement with BBL‚ 12% equity stake in BBL. BBL became 2nd top player in 2000 decade 10-15% share. * 1996 – Collaboration with BBL ended and Schindler began considering options to establish its own operation in India. Indian Entry Project * Napoli worked with BCG to narrow down list of 34 potential partners to 8 candidates
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