Josephine de Beauharnais Josephine de Beauharnais was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Josephine was born on June 23rd 1763.She was the daughter of wealthy sugar planter Martinique‚ in the West Indies. At the age of 17 Josephine married Vicomte Alexandre de Beauharnais. With her marriage to Vicomte Alexandre‚ Josephine gave birth to a son‚ Eugène‚ and a daughter Hortense. During the Reign of Terror Vicomte Alexandre was accused of poorly defending Mainz and was considered an aristocrat‚ and
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Are You‚ the Best You? People everywhere are faced with the unanswered question‚ “When am I working too much?”‚ “When do I stop?” Due to the constant increase in our cost of living‚ people believe they are forced into working longer and more demanding hours. People need to learn how to split their time and energy between work and the other important aspects of their lives. In the two essays‚ “Hit the Brakes”‚ by Christopher Dewolf and “Stupid Jobs”‚ by Hal Neidzviecki‚ it is shown that spending
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WOULD YOU CONSIDER LABOURDONNAIS AS AN EXCEPTIONAL GOVERNOR OF ISLE DE FRANCE? DISCUSS It was in 1715 that the French claimed the island and named it Isle de France. Several governors have been appointed in the island; however‚ none of them have been able to succeed in developing the island. It was only when Mahe de Labourdonnais came as the governor of the island that the island began to develop and Labourdonnais was even able to make Isle de France a prosperous colony. Labourdonnais is even
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Madres de Plaza de Mayo is a social movement that emerged in Argentina military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 also known as (La Guerra Sucia) Dirty War. Madres de Plaza de Mayo started in Buenos Aires when after their children were suddenly kidnapped by the government military who never admitted of this crime. Madres de Plaza Mayo is an example of new movement formed mostly by women‚ who struggle fight for human rights abuses. Majority of Las Madres were housewives that had to step into the
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De Beers‚ the so-called cartel in the jewellery industry‚ is a company that dominates diamond industry. The core operational of De Beers includes diamond mining‚ diamond shops‚ diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors. De Beers is active in every category of industrial diamond mining: open-pit‚ underground‚ large-scale alluvial‚ coastal and deep sea. The company’s headquarter located in Johannesburg‚ South Africa. As the vertically integrated diamonds producer‚ De Beers
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Hernando De Soto Tours Hernando De Soto sent out on an expedition to find an empire abounding in gold and jewels. He had six hundred troops‚ 213 horses‚ a pack of fighting hounds to aid him in his search‚ and his heard of swine. He landed in Florida May 28‚ 1539 in Tampa Bay in search for his gold. Shortly after arriving in pursuit of Indians his men were surprised to hear one of them shout in Spanish‚ “Do not slay me‚ cavalier; I am a Christian!” They were lucky to find a survivor of the Narvaez
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Lee De Forest Lee De Forest was born Aug. 26‚ 1873‚ Council Bluffs‚ Iowa. De Forest was the son of a Congregational minister. His father moved the family to Alabama and there assumed the presidency of the nearly bankrupt Talladega College for Negroes. Excluded by citizens of the white community who resented his father ’s efforts to educate blacks‚ Lee and his brother and sister made friends from among the black children of the town and spent a happy although sternly disciplined childhood
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Esprit de Corps is a French phrase that was founded in 1780. The meaning of Esprit de Corps‚ philosophically‚ is that the common spirit existing in the members of a group and inspiring enthusiasm‚ devotion‚ and strong regard for the honor of the group (merriam-webster). A prime example of this would be the Marines‚ “never leave a fellow marine”. Their main slogan is “Semper Fi” which means “always faithful”. In a business sense‚ it can be seen as a value of morale. When addressing the term Esprit
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Ferdinand de Saussure Ferdinand de Saussure (/sɔːˈsʊr/ or /soʊˈsʊr/; French: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ də sosyʁ]; 26 November 1857 – 22 February 1913) was a Swiss linguist whose ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in linguistics in the 20th century.[1][2] He is widely considered one of the fathers of 20th-century linguistics.[3][4][5][6] One of his translators‚ Emeritus Professor of Linguistics (Oxford University)‚ Roy Harris‚ summarized Saussure’s contribution to linguistics and the study
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| |(3 cijfers‚ zijnde blok‚ taak en opdracht) | | |Opdrachtnaam (indien van toepassing) |De Wit&Meyer | |Datum van inzending |10-0-2012 | |Voor- en achternaam
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