Stereotypes in Anglo-German relations as portrayed in John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers 1. Introduction 1.1 Fawlty Towers “Listen‚ don’t mention the war! I already mentioned it once‚ but I think I got away with it all right!” (Fawlty Towers: The Germans). Fawlty Towers is a British situation comedy from the 1970’s‚ written by ex-Python John Cleese‚ which has become a cult series and is considered to be a legendary comedy milestone (Berman 14). The first series launched in September of 1975‚ introducing
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of the building. Thesis Statement: The Burj al Khalifa‚ the world’s tallest single-standing structure‚ is the most carefully designed and constructed architecture piece in the world. I. Introduction A. Being Chicagoans‚ we find the Willis Tower to be the largest building of the Chicago Skyline; now imagine if you lived in Dubai‚ the Burj Al Khalifa is almost 1.5 times the height of that! B. The Burj Al Khalifa C. The buildings architectural structure has not only attracted large crowds
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The tower of Pisa is a monumental and architectural wonder of the world. It is the bell tower for the cathedral and took about 200 years to build. It is‚ as everybody should know‚ on a slant. The slant itself is actually about 4 degrees and this is forcing the top of the tower over its edge by just under 4 metres. The likelihood of the tower falling over by 2026 is very slim because architects are always coming up with ways to correct the slant. THE HISTORY. Before 1173 a woman left 60 coins
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Conception[edit] Burj Khalifa was designed to be the centerpiece of a large-scale‚ mixed-use development that would include 30‚000 homes‚ nine hotels (including The Address Downtown Dubai)‚ 3 hectares (7.4 acres) of parkland‚ at least 19 residential towers‚ the Dubai Mall‚ and the 12-hectare (30-acre) man-made Burj Khalifa Lake. The building has returned the location of Earth’s tallest freestanding structure to the Middle East‚ where the Great Pyramid of Giza had claimed this achievement for almost
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The PRL in CNS comes from local synthesis and transport from the blood circulation. Besides‚ the presence of PRL receptors has been identified in different brain regions‚ such as choroid plexus‚ olfactory bulb‚ and hypothalamus [54]. Since 1980s‚ studies have suggested the relationship between PRL and CNS tumors. Ciccarelli et al reported in 2001 that high PRL levels and increased PRL receptors were found in some of the patients with meningiomas and schwannoms‚ indicating that PRL might be involved
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Title: The Oversized Mall General purpose: To inform Specific purpose: To inform my audience about amusement facilities in Dubai Mall. Central idea: Today I am going to take you on a tour around the amusement facilities of the largest mall in the Middle East. Method of organization: Spatial I-Introduction Good afternoon everyone‚ today I am going to take on a tour around the most visited places inside Dubai mall. But first let me introduce you to the mall so you have a little more knowledge
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seven hundred and twenty two feet. The tower is the largest man made tower in the worlds history. Starting construction in late September of 2004 the outer structure was finished in October 2009. While the interior was finished on the fourth of January 2010. The building itself sits on steel and is built that way all the way to the top with the glass shaped to fit the whole building. They have used over four thousand tons of steel in the process. The tower itself has seventy three floors to accommodate
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1260 By Shawn H. Harper Texas State University–San Marcos November‚ 2013 Abstract Located in Dubai‚ the Burj Khalifa (Burj Dubai) is currently the World’s tallest building after being completed in 2010. At 2‚717 feet tall‚ the tower has 163 stories‚ most are used for residential living but some are used for business suites‚ restaurants‚ commercial‚ and an eight-story Georgio Armani Hotel and nightclub. Skidmore‚ Owings & Merrill used a three-lobed design with a buttressed core
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1.0 Introduction Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world‚ standing at 828 metres (2‚716.5 feet) with more than 160 stories. This is the first world’s tallest tower to include residential space. It located in Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates. The building was named in honor of the ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates‚ Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The cost to build this building is around USD $ 1.5 billion. The purpose of this building is designed to be the centerpiece
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Unused life savers"‚ consumer reports (May 1990): 348. 2. While the Sears Tower is arguably the greatest achievement in skyscraper engineering so far‚ it’s unlikely that architects and engineer have abandoned the quest for the world’s tallest building. The question is: just how high can a building go? Structural engineer William LeMessurier has designed a skyscraper nearly one-half mile high‚ twice as tall as the Sears Tower. And architect Robert Sobel claims that existing technology could produce
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