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The Fall Of Roman Empire
631 wordsA deserted street lay before me (Empty of any trace of humanity except for the darkened buildings on either side and the debris that littered the street). I stumbled through the maze of abandoned carts, toppled market stands, and the rubble that used to be parts of the city. As I rounded the corner, I was stopped dead in my tracks by the horror before me. The Roman Plaza had been turned into a temporary hospital. As I walked through the rows of broken human bodies, (were either) quiet near death...
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Television Shows Watching Television
1,181 wordsSex, luxury, and drama sells. But by watching television shows are we putting fantasy thoughts of reality in our head? Isnt that why we watch television in the first place? No one wants to turn on the television and see chubby, middle class citizens go to a cubicle for 10 hours a day, sit in rush hour traffic, get drunk every Friday night with the boys, and spend the rest of the time on the John. I think they had a few movies like that in the last few years, what were they called? Oh yes, Box Of...
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Czech Republic Eastern European
1,285 wordsLOreal A Global Marketing Strategy Analysis. Because Theyre Worth it! L'Oreal Paris was first founded in 1907, by a French chemist Eugene Schueller in his apartment's kitchen in Clichy, France, when he created his first hair dyer. He did all the work himself, including selling the product in his little store in the morning, delivery in the afternoon and production at night. Only in 1909, did he hire his first employee. Today, LOreal Paris is the world's leading cosmetic company, with 17 global b...
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Marketing Concept And Segmentation In Practice Haagen
1,047 words... inks. For this, Haagen-Dazs has taken into account various national tastes and preferences in their innovative product line by introducing flavours like Cheesecake ice cream for the UK, Green Tea ice cream for Japan, Belgian chocolate for those in East Europe, and so on. Finally, probably the most important type of segmentation bases in this case is the psycho graphic segmentation. To be attracted to eating super-premium ice cream, people need to be part of a particular lifestyle segment. Th...
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Luxury Car Eight Years
1,987 words... the powerful D 1 sedan, the company's first foray into the luxury market under the VW name. He even seems to have settled on his heir apparent -- Bernd Pischetsrieder, the former boss of BMW and a supremely able executive in his own right. Looks like a job well done. Pich has already rewarded himself by buying a 102 -foot yacht to sail around the world with his family. The boat is the talk of nautical circles. The gossip is that the $ 15 million yacht, being built by the top-notch Dutch ship...
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Cruise Lines Joint Venture
1,469 wordsCarnival (NYSE: CCL) is the largest and most popular cruise line in the world, with 16 "Fun Ships" operating voyages of 2 to 17 days in length to the Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, the Panama Canal, New England, the Canadian Maritimes, Bermuda, and Europe. The company currently has five new "Fun Ships " two 88, 500 -ton "Spirit-" and three 110, 000 -ton "Conquest-class" vessels with an estimated value of $ 2. 2 billion US scheduled for delivery between now and 2004. Online Article T...
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Model T Henry Ford
1,391 words... introduced the moving assembly line, where parts were put on conveyor belts and moved from work station to work station. He sold more than 15, 000, 000 Model T's from 1908 to 1927. More than half the cars in America during this time period were Model T's. "The appearance of the Model T is generally regarded as the milestone in the transition of the car from its role as a 'toy of the rich' to a 'tool of the people. '" The advent of the Model T allowed new levels of society to buy and experien...
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Eighteenth Century Indian Culture
940 wordsThe Capitalistic dreams of the Europeans and the natural anarchy of the Indians; never before has a clash of cultures had such a great influence on the future of the world. The Indians were one with nature and shared a kinship with all living as well as nonliving things on earth. They respected each other and flourished under these ties of mutual reverence. The Europeans sought similar refuge in America (1). They longed for freedom from the overpowering monarchies of Europe which, by the 1640 s ...
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19 Th Century Mont Blanc
2,180 wordsThe Alps is a Europe's finest natural export, birthplace of downhill skiing, progenitor of the winter wonderland. In 2001, time of cheap flights and last-minute holidays, mini-skis and man-made mountains, the survival of the Alps' heritage is, you might say, nearing the point of no return. Evolving from a chain of valleys with distinct dialogues at the end of the 19 th century to the spa villages of the early 20 th, then from the jet-set destinations of the post-war years to the maximum-capacity...
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Rural Life Eighteenth Century
783 wordsCompare and Contrast of Gold Sarah Ajdarodini Dr. Shipment Eng. 261 December 14, 2000 Compare and Contrast of Goldsmiths The Deserted Village and Crabbe's The Village The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith (O. G. ) and The Village by George Crabbe (G. C. ) are two remarkable poems of the eighteenth century. Both of the poems are similar and different in many ways. The theme of The Deserted Village is luxury verses rural virtue. Goldsmith opposes the increase in wealth and the growth of cities....
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Rental Housing York City
2,044 words/ 5, 8 New York Citys rent stabilization system In the following essay I am going to examine New York Citys rent stabilization system and make a statement that the abolishment of the given rent stabilization system would have mostly beneficial effects on the NY community as a whole. I will state that rent stabilization act of NY in fact benefits the rich (mostly affluent individuals in lower and mid-Manhattan districts) and is of no use to the majority middle-income and minority lower income NY ...
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Bmw Series Bmw Bmw 7 Series Middle
537 wordsbmw Bmw Series BMW series bmw 3 series: Extra centimetres in the interior, more miles to the gallon, better emissions figures. Just three of the on-paper improvements in the third-generation 3 Series sedan. Yet the figures only tell half the story. does: in the effortless yet seductive way it delivers its power, in the way the cabin cossets its occupants with the finest materials, and in the unmatched poise with which it sweeps round bends. Its a package so complete, so sophisticated and so sati...
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U S Economy U S Goods
1,812 wordsThe Great Depression Despondency Despondency The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U. S. history, and one which spread to virtually all of the industrialized world. The depression began in late 1929 and lasted for about a decade. Many factors played a role in bringing about the depression; however, the main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920 s, and the extensive stock market speculation that too...
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Portrait Of A Lady House Of Mirth
2,880 wordsHenry James, book report Henry James The Portrait of a Lady and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth examine the societal constraints of their female protagonists, and the limited possibilities open to them in the midst of wealthy society. Isabel Archer and Lily Bart are victims of a rigid society in which the independent lifestyle they desire is only acceptable for women who are either unmarriageable or exceedingly wealthy. Despite this commonality, the two characters differ greatly in terms of t...
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2,040 words&# 9; Sweetness and Power is a historical study of sugar and its affect on society and economy since it was first discovered. Sugar has had a large impact on society and the economy that is not noticeable unless thoroughly studied. The following is an analysis of the work done by Sidney W. Mintz in his attempt to enlighten the " educated layperson" . &# 9; Mintz uses a very basic system for organizing the tremendous amount of data found within in the book. The book is divided into 5 ch...
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Writing This Book Production And Consumption
3,927 words&# 9; Why would anyone feel the need to write an entire book on such a mundane topic such as sugar? Look around at some food products you might have and you will realize that many if not all of them contain sugar in some form or another. For example, a can of soda, which most people drink everyday, contains (depending on the brand) approximately 40 grams of sugars. Look further and you might find that even things such as cheese or chips or soup contain several grams of sugar in them. The wide di...
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Rest Of Europe Louis Xiv
1,441 words1. Louis XIV lived up to the title? Le Grand Monarch? by building the great place of Versailles and by bring the arts back to France. He surrounded himself with luxury and had only the finest things money could buy. Yet he probably still hurt his country more than he helped it and I don? t think he was worthy of the title? Le Grand Monarch? Versailles what the palace that was ordered to be built by Louis XIV. Versailles was the most luxurious palace of its time. The palace itself stretched an as...
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Texas Tech Professional Sports
1,354 wordsThe cost of building a state-of-the-art facility has grown dramatically over the past decade. As the pressure rises on intercollegiate athletic programs to raise as much money as possible, universities have been depending increasingly on high-cost amenities such as luxury boxes, personal seat licenses and club seating. Luxury seating includes special sky boxes usually purchased by corporations at premium prices and another level of more expensive seating often referred to as club seats. Club sea...
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Ten Thousand Captain Smith
1,835 wordsLeaping over the side of the boat, passengers splash into the icy waters below. With one lifeboat left, people are fighting to get on. All of a sudden, a thunderous crack is heard, and a crewman screams out, The boat has cracked in two! Now the frightened travelers are moving frantically toward the stern. (This might have been the scene 86 years ago. ) The unsinkable Titanic went down catastrophically and the safety on the liner as well as the prevention of the incident became issues after the s...
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Collective Bargaining Agreement Larry Bird
3,132 wordsPay Them There was a time when men played for the love of the game; when competition alone satisfied the male ego. This age of basketball featured greats such as Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and Oscar Robinson. These gladiators, and those like them, battled repeatedly winning league championships, MVP? s, scoring titles, and other accolades. Then, the product of James Naismith moved into an era where the love continued, but money was added. Clyde Drexler, Charles Barely, Reggie Miller and Tim...
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