Henry VII of England The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. [George Bernard Shaw] Innovation is the process of creating something new. Innovation is impossible without passion. Innovators ultimately see the world differently. Innovators end up becoming obsessed with taking the world from as it is to as it should be. Many innovators in the for-profit sector focus
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What is what? – Conqueror and Conquest Duchy A territory or domain ruled by a Duke or Duchess. Duchy A territory or domain ruled by a Duke or Duchess. Earldom The rank or title of an earl or the territory governed by an earl. Shire A county. Hundred A smaller subdivision of a county or shire. Hide A former measure of land used in England‚ typically equal to between 60 and 120 acres Danelaw The name given to the part of England where the laws of the "Danes" were in place and dominated
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Henry Ford Henry Ford was one of America’s greatest businesspersons‚ the founder of Ford Motor Company and the man largely responsible for mass production in the American economy. This achievement led Ford to becoming a rich and famous man. Ever since Ford was a child‚ he had a dream to become an engineer and to manufacture cars. He began to pursue his dream when he introduced the Assembly line‚ by breaking down production into simple tasks. He lowered the skill level needed to work in a factory
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However‚ there has been only one crime that sets history as “the crime of the century.” The crime was committed by Henry Thaw‚ an obsessed and insane man with affection over the actress Evelyn Nesbit. Evelyn revolved around the love triangle of Henry Thaw‚ and Stanford white‚ a well known architect. However‚ the Triangle gets weird when Evelyn was sixteen‚ Stanford White was fifty-two‚ and Henry Thaw was thirty-five. This story is filled with love‚ murder‚ revenge‚ and sex. Evelyn Nesbit was born on Christmas
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novel that satirizes Stalinś cruel treatment of people and role in the Russian Revolution by depicting all of the people involved in the Revolution as animals attempting to create a government in their farm after overthrowing the tyrannical farmer. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. occurs in a society where everyone is oppressed and all self-expression is prohibited in the name of equality. Even though the animals in Animal Farm eventually realize the society has become corrupt‚ they do not take
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WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT AND DOLLAR DIPLOMACY - Roosevelt’s successor‚ William Taft (1909-1913)‚ did not carry a big stick - Taft adopted a foreign policy that was mildly expansionist but depended more on investors’ dollars than on the navy’s battleships - Taft’s policy of trying to promote U.S. trade by supporting American enterprises abroad was given the name dollar diplomacy DOLLAR DIPLOMACY IN EAST ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA - Taft believed that private American financial investment in China &
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In Kurt Vonnegut’s‚ Harrison Bergeron‚ and Malcolm Gladwell’s‚ Outliers: The Story of Success‚ “The Trouble with Geniuses” Part I & II‚ are both similar because they tell stories that are about geniuses and how they live their lives. Being a genius does not mean that life is simple‚ but that life is filled with disadvantages and you just have to deal with the situations. In Outliers‚ the two main characters are Christopher Langan and Robert Oppenheimer are real people who struggle with their disadvantages
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back to the dark ages again…" This statement by George Bergeron sums up Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ’s short story in one line. "Harrison Bergeron" is a satirical story of a futuristic United States in the year 2081‚ where all individuals are made equal regardless of what their natural born characteristics were. In order to achieve this society needed to be made equal‚ and controlled. "Harrison Bergeron" is a suitable title given after the main character in the story. This tale is 100 years into the future in
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their poems and works that many of us today have analyzed and even criticized. During this time‚ several poets were kind of actively involved in a literary movement known as Romanticism and they were William Blake‚ William Wordsworth‚ John Keats‚ Samuel Coleridge and other famous poets in his time. William Blake as one of the members of the movement can be considered as a very radical poet during that time for he was somehow preoccupied with the issues of liberalism‚ radicalism and also nationalism
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green apple and other times like apples and oranges. In this case we are comparing Henry V‚ this great king who is honorable‚ noble‚ and a great leader and a young to some despicable peasant girl who thinks she can tell people what to do because she is a prophet from God. These two characters although have the same goals‚ be a leader and prove yourself to your people‚ could not be further opposites. In the plays Henry V and Saint Joan the difference in class is apparent with him being noble and her
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