if not‚ the most iconic literary character ever in text due to the fact that this character has been adapted and recreated from the original texts by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to films‚ stage plays‚ television series’ etc. The first text to be printed was in 1887 but due to Sherlock Holmes signature key elements‚ he has been endured enough to stay relevant to this very day. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by British author‚ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a “consulting
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by Don Milligan Why Marx Was Right Terry Eagleton New Haven & London: Yale University Press‚ 2011 ISBN 978-0-300-18153-1 Pbk “Was ever a thinker so travestied?” T erry Eagleton ends Why Marx Was Right with this rhetorical question: “Was ever a thinker so travestied?” This is a fitting end to a book which is a lament for the wicked ways of a world that has done so much damage to the thought and legacy of Karl Marx‚ piling misconception upon misconception‚ so that the emancipatory
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Tay Sachs Disease A mutation (or mutating) is changing a structure of a gene. Tay Sachs disease is a lethal mutation inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder‚ it is also known as Hexosaminidase A deficiency‚ GM2-Gangliosidosis‚ or TSD. Tay Sachs is an extremely tragic disease that has no cure. Tay Sachs was named after and discovered by english ophthalmologist Warren Tay and Jewish-American neurologist Bernard Sachs. Tay and Sach’s development and research of the disease was around the
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aShawn O’Connell PR 11 AP US 2 Free response #17 Although it was a novelty in the United States at the end of World War II‚ television became an important part of American life during the first postwar decade. Fewer than one out of ten American homes had television in 1950. Five years later the proportion had grown to two-thirds. New stations quickly took to the air and such networks. For the First time in history‚ political debates‚ issues‚ and other such important issues were capable
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talks and trip were successful? One way to evaluate the success was to go back to his remarks on May 29‚ at Hickam AFB. In his speech‚ he stressed that his trip would enable 5 families to reunite their long-lost loved ones and improve the U.S.-DPRK relationship. In a short term‚ at least immediately after the trip‚ he would feel disappointment as neither of his expectation was materialized. However‚ when we consider the dynamics of the two countries’ contact in the whole 1990s‚ Montgomery’s trip did
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Why was the Tsar overthrown in February 1917? Was it the work of revolutionaries like Lenin and Trotsky? Certainly not - they were mostly either in prison or in exile. Lenin had said in 1916 that he feared he would not live to see a revolution in Russia! Was it the War? The war certainly had a serious impact on all aspects of Russian society. Defeats undermined the army‚ and economic problems alienated much of the population. Lack of food and fuel in the cruel winter of 1916-1917 certainly
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Why Customer Retention Is So Important Good customer retention is vital to any organization because a slight reduction (5%) in the customer defection rate has a disproportionately positive effect on profitability (depending on the cost of acquisition‚ ranging between 25 and 80 %!). Companies with high retention also grow faster. However‚ customers can only be retained if they are loyal and motivated to resist competition. When customers are merely satisfied with the service they receive they may
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since the beginning of entertainment. Music has popular since the 1960s. During the 1960s’‚ music has changed from classical music to modern pop and rock from the artists such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Also‚ in the ‘60s‚ they were containing songs that were use to protest. For example‚ Soul singer Sam Cooke wrote “A Change Is Gonna Come” and Bob Dylan wrote “Blowin’ in the Wind”. Both songs are responses to racism during the Civil Rights Movements. Also‚ other songs such as “Masters of War”
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Pooh was written by Alan Alexander Milne in 1926 about a boy and the adventures he goes on with friends that happened to be stuffed animals. Pooh‚ Christopher Robin and their friends taught many morals during the stories that tons of people quickly loved; one of them including the quote by Pooh saying‚ “Weeds are flowers‚ too‚ once you get to know them.” A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh is arguably a story whose popularity has instilled life lesson ad influenced literature. Winnie the Pooh was popular
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intrigue us so much? 10.5 million people tuned in to watch Kim Kardashian’s fairytale wedding even though it aired months after her divorce.We tune in week after week to watch people try to survive in unknown locations or sit at home and eat salads and plan their next vacation.The point is we still always tune in.Why is reality T.V. so popular? The history of reality television is actually not very long.In 1971 PBS decided to film a documentary called "An American family revisited".It was aired in
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