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    furnished‚ hunger and death soon prevailed. One individual‚ John Smith‚ is accredited for his leadership skills in order to save the failing New World. After many years of the colony struggling‚ John Smith stepped forward as the leader of the group. He executed many strict demands regarding the policies of the town. He was know for his smart thinking‚ fast skills‚ and leadership ability. After one encounter with an Indian hunting party‚ John Smith escaped death due to his proficient thinking. Smith’s life

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    Dear Mr. President‚ I am honored for having the opportunity to travel to the Okapaka Islands. As an Ambassador of America‚ I found that this trip was of utmost importance. The journey was long for it had been insisted to travel by vessel. After making port on Auckland Island in the Webling Bay‚ I boarded an outlandish dory with a native as skipper. The voyage was a bit unsettling for my stomach yet remarkable for my eyes. The water cleared of pollutants as we neared the desolate island. As we approached

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    The commander chosen for this voyage was Edward John Smith‚ this will be his last passage before he resigns‚ unknowingly that his last day would be April 14‚ 1912 (.  According to an article written by Goss (2016)‚ a British-owned White Star Line had decided to build the Titanic‚ this took place in Ireland between the years 1902-1912.  A documentary about how the Titanic: how It Really Sank (2016) pointed out‚ that in March 1912 the sister ship to Titanic‚ the Olympic has a crisis repair‚ making

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    Bessie Smith and Sun House were icons for their own genre of Blues. Both demonstrate common concepts of the broader genre‚ but key elements in both styles separate Classic Blues from Country Blues. Smith and Son House demonstrate individuality in their music through singing techniques such as drawn out vowels‚ long vibrato notes‚ shifting between octaves‚ and a gritty voice texture at certain times. Both singers use improvisation as a stylistic tool although it may be unnoticeable upon the first

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    Adam Smith‚ born in 1723‚ was a Scottish economist and philosopher who influenced the development of the laissez-faire economy. One of his most influential books‚ The Wealth of Nations‚ published in 1776‚ introduced his economic theories and propositions for maximizing a nation’s wealth and trading economy‚ expanding on his belief that free trade and restriction of governmental power will allow any nation to promote its welfare (“Adam Smith”). “Laissez-faire”‚ meaning “let

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    to any weakness or predisposition of the plaintiff to a particular injury or illness regardless of the defendant’s knowledge. An illustration of this rule can be found in the following case which are; Smith v Leech Brain & Co Ltd (1962) and Robinson v Post office (1974) 1 WLR 1176. The case of Smith v Leech Brain is about a galvanizer who is the plaintiff’s husband and work at the defendant’s company. His job is to lift articles into a tank of a molten metal via a crane. The plaintiff’s husband was

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    without any internal disputes. Theories by Katzenbach and Smith for high performance in team. High performance team have following qualities: • A deeper sense of purpose. • Relatively more ambitious performance goals compared to the average teams. • Better work approaches or complete approaches as the authors

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    environment? The concept of absolute advantage is the ability of a country to use less resources (inputs) to produce goods/products than any other country. For Smith‚ a country should specialize in the production of the product for which it has an absolute advantage and should buy at lower price others goods from other countries. Smith argued in favor of globalization because if boarders are open‚ countries will specialize in the output for which they have an absolute advantage in order to exchange

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    The main character in 1984 is Winston Smith. Winston is about 39 years old‚ he doesn’t know the age for sure as his parents had been gone for most of his life and there was no record of his birth. He has rough skin surrounded by light coloured hair‚ as well as a small delicate body. On the seventh floor of Victory Mansions in London (England)‚ in the superstate of Oceania‚ Winston lives alone in an apartment. Inside his apartment he has a telescreen (television). The telescreen broadcasts news and

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    George Orwell depicts Winston Smith as a typical individual readers can relate to the most. Though the readers aren’t physically going through what Winston went through‚ the reader can imagine the society the way the protagonist saw it. Winston shows that he is a loyal party member by working in the Ministry of Truth‚ where he changes historical records in correspondence to Big Brother’s wishes‚ regardless if the information was right or wrong. At the same time‚ Winston has an internal conflict for

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