It made Thanksgiving officially a national holiday for the Americans. It is now celebrated every November on the fourth Thursday. He made the Emancipation Proclamation. This meant that slaves were freed in the confederate states and they had to join the Union Army. This was one of the first signs of equality. He led the union to victory in the Civil War. Lincoln continued the fight to save the Union. He got general Robert E Lee to surrender
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The poets of both ‘Vultures’ and ‘What were they Like?’ present people in a very interesting way. ‘Vultures’ is a poem not just about vultures and the commandant‚ but rather explores whether there is hope because there is love everywhere‚ or whether there is despair‚ because even though love is there‚ evil is still always present. However‚ in WWTL‚ Levertov is obviously focusing on the effects of the evil of people rather than questioning the nature of evil itself in people. To begin with‚ Achebe
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considered one of the greatest scientists of all time even though women were not treated equally in her time. In order for Marie Curie to be grand‚ she worked through her setbacks and had many‚ many achievements. Marie Curie had many achievements but she also had many setbacks. Some of these were that she didn’t have enough money to get into Sorbonne for a long while. Another is that her husband died. Both of these difficulties were devastating but Marie persevered. She was the best in her class
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in the Great Gatsby are complex and they are all static characters. The whole book is centered on the relationships between the characters. Each relationship has kinks and each relationship has a shadow which leaves the relationships incomplete. The relationship between Gatsby and Daisy is the main one in the book‚ but the surrounding relationships all have a great affect on the main relationship and the whole book. In the end‚ through all the pain‚ love‚ and confusion‚ Daisy chooses Tom Buchanan
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Executive Summary Since LEGO Group’s (LEGO) inception in 1932‚ the world-famous toy maker overcame numerous challenging obstacles to become the leader in the building toy segment. By 2010‚ LEGO had witnessed all-time high annual sales of over US$3.7 billion to become the fourth-largest toy manufacturer in the world. Upon analysis of LEGO’s strengths through Resource-Based View‚ LEGO holds few key competitive advantages attributed to their success: strong brand name and innovative culture. These traits
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Summary of the case The LEGO Group’s vision was to “inspire children to explore and challenge their own creative potential”. Its motto‚ “Only the Best is Good Enough‚” had stuck with company since 1932 when Ole Kirk Christiansen‚ a Danish carpenter‚ established the company in the small town of Billund in Jutland‚ Denmark‚ to manufacture his wooden toy designs. As the company itself stipulated it: “It is LEGO philosophy that “good play” enriches a child’s life — and its subsequent adulthood. With
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What can we learn from the Stanford Prison Experiment? There is no doubt that the study conducted by Dr Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University was extremely valuable to not only the Psychology profession‚ but also to all social science fields. He tested and selected participates to recreate a prison environment separating one group into two‚ guards and prisoners‚ and the results were truly ground breaking. A lot of significant information was gathered and the results help us understand
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Case Write-Up: LEGO Group-An Outsourcing Journey Q1 LEGO’s main expectations and learnings from the relationship with Flextronics LEGO’s main expectation was to optimize its global supply chain by saving cost and reducing production complexity from the cooperation with Flextronics. However‚ the contract between those two lasted for only 3 years. In the end‚ LEGO re-took control of plants in Czech Republic‚ Hungary and opened a new site in Mexico Lessens LEGO received from this unsuccessful
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To what extent did opposition to the policy of appeasing Germany increase in Britain in the years 1936-1939? The policy of appeasement had reached its heights by the period between 1936 and 1939. It was felt by many to be the best policy at the time‚ as it allowed Britain to buy herself some valuable time in order to delay the inevitable war. Opposition during 1936‚ when appeasement was first seen as really taking the forefront of foreign policy‚ was small and weak. However it was by 1939 that
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What can historians learn about why the Spanish were successful in defeating the Aztecs? From sources of the time‚ historians can explain how Cortes was able to conquer the Aztecs for various reasons. In combination these reasons allowed him to have the upper hand in the conquest of Mexico. To begin with the Aztecs had a harsh tribute system that was not popular among the people of Mexico‚ and this tribute system allowed Cortes to befriend many tribes; meaning supplies were easily
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