Robert Gordon Menzies was Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister. He held the office twice‚ from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966. Altogether he was Prime Minister for over 18 years – still the record term for an Australian Prime Minister. Robert Menzies was born in Victoria in 1894. He went to primary school in Ballarat‚ then to a high school at Wesley College in Melbourne. He graduated in law from the University of Melbourne in 1916 and became a barrister in 1918. He débuted in court
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Robert Clive The Empire Builder-Clive of India Introduction: Robert Clive (1725-1774) arrived in India in 1744‚ aged 19 to work as a junior merchant. Soon‚ bored‚ he decided to become a Company Soldier. He was popular with the Sepoy troops‚ and proved to be a brilliant military planner. He was quickly promoted and went on to help the British gain power in India. Clive’s job with The Company was as a junior merchant in Madras. This was the lowest rank of employee and Clive was paid very
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Robert Lowell’s Skunk Hour We all love a good scare once and a while‚ that is why we invite the nightmares and spooks ( especially around Halloween. ) what is unique‚ and‚ “ultimately disturbing” (Shmoop Editorial team) about this poem is that Robert Lowell didn’t have to write about scary stories to create that “spooky effect ” (Shmoop Editorial Team) the speaker of the poem admits to being mentally ill‚ has chronic depression and that is nightmarish enough.
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Robert Browning and Dramatic Monologue The dramatic monologue form which is now widely used‚ allows the author to engage his reader more directly by placing him in the role of listener. Often they are to interpret about a dramatic event or experience they are reading about. This allows the reader to become more intimate with the writer and the characters while being able to understand the speaker ’s changing thoughts and feelings. This is almost like being inside the mind of the speaker not
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Robert Johnson Crossroad Despite his early death and small list of recordings‚ Robert Johnson is without a doubt one of the most influential musician ’s of the twentieth century. Among those indebted to his music are: Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)‚ Eric Clapton (Cream) and The Rolling Stones. At the root of Robert Johnson ’s music is a relentless ability to express the deepest rawest emotion with unmistakable honesty‚ clarity and soul. Robert Johnson expressed his life experience through his music
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Passage (70) A small crowd had gathered round the entrance to the park. His curiosity aroused‚ Robert crossed the road to see what was happening. HHe found that the center of attraction was an old man with a performing monkey. The monkey’s tricks‚ he soon discovered‚ were in no way remarkable so‚ after throwing a few pennies in the dirty hat which the man had placed on the pavement‚ Robert began to move off; along with other members of the crowd. At this point the man suddenly let out a loud
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Biography: Robert Borden Early Life Robert Borden was born on 26th 1854 in Nova Scotia were he received his original education‚ until about the age of 14 were his intelligence was first recognized and was appointed an assistant to the school. Robert was said to have a very strong character‚ a phiolosiphical point of view and had high ambitions in life. After a brief period of time he began teaching at private academics until returning to his hometown to become the head of a law firm. He had studied
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Robert Kuok is a Malaysian billionaire and business magnate; he is the richest man since 2002 in Malaysia and of Southeast Asia. His current net worth is 15.9 billion dollars (as of July 19th 2013; according to Bloomberg Billionaire Index. He was well recognized when he succeeded to develop a world class hotel such as Shangri-La Hotels‚ which is a chain of hotel being managed in over sixty resorts and hotels worldwide in cities such as Dubai‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ Manila‚ Singapore‚ Tokyo‚ Paris‚ Hong Kong
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Case Analysis “Robert Princeton” Case Analysis “Robert Princeton” Tutorial of the Learned Needs Theory Learned needs theory is known as the Three Need Theory…the need of: • Achievement (nAch) • Affiliation (nAff) • Power (nPower) According to Schermerhorn‚ Hunt‚ Osborn & Uhl-Bien (2010)‚ the need for achievement (nAch)‚ is to do better or more efficiently…master the complex tasks. Need for affiliation (nAff)‚ establish a warm relationship with others. Lastly‚ need for power
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’The poetry of Robert Frost is very meaningful because it explores important ideas about life and death.’ Robert Frost’s poetry effectively deals with the critical ideas of life and death. Frost successfully relies on the forms and features of poetry to convey key philosophical views about meaning of life. Two poems that illustrate this are‚ “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “After Apple Picking”. Both of these poems are concerned with the persona contemplating the meaning of life
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