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    all. He created schools called “Lycees” that were available to everyone and his schools even outperformed other European academies. Although a vicious military conqueror‚ Napoleon Bonaparte enhanced France and modern day society by aiding the French in gaining their freedom

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    Foster Electric 20 Years of Reform and Leadership (October 2013) Foster Electric is presently approaching its greater growth period in its 65 year history. For Fiscal year ending in March 2014‚ sales are expected to be a record 159 billion yen with profits of 4.8 billion yen. However‚ the path to achieving these stellar results has not been easy. Harsh times have included the bursting of the economic bubble in Japan‚ severe cost competition‚ and other impediments. The question becomes

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    few year ago. Do the texts have similarities? Despite there being about a 300-year difference between the two articles written there are actually quite a few similarities. Firstly‚ both the texts are written in first person and in a personal way. They use the same pronouns‚ the pronouns being ‘I’ and ‘us’. They both also talk about a very similar topic being a fire that took the lives and housing if a lot of people. Another similarity between them is that the people with the most power were the

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    In the period 1896 – 1915‚ the condition of Italy was relatively in a terrible state in many ways with various political‚ economic and social problems that hindered the country’s progress. Italy’s Liberal Governments during this period were generally very unsuccessful in dealing with these inherited and growing problems clearly contributing to the end of Liberalism in Italy. More so‚ the Liberal Government under the rule of Giolitti saw Italy progressing in some circumstances regarding the socio-economic

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    How does a company become successful and stay successful? Certainly not by playing it safe and following the traditional ways of doing business! Taking a strategic risk is what General Electric (GE) did when it launched its Ecomagination strategic initiative in 2005. According to Jeffrey Immelt‚ Chairman and CEO: Ecomagination is GE’s commitment to address challenges‚ such as the need for cleaner‚ more efficient sources of energy‚ reduced emissions‚ and abundant sources of clean water. And

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    because it tore itself apart and there were many reasons behind its failure. It never managed to obtain parliamentary support for the Charter. In July‚ 1839 a petition with over 1.25 million signatures in support of their aims was taken to parliament and it was rejected three times‚ by a vote of 235 against and 46 in favour. The middle-class people ignored‚ shunned or condemned Chartism. Even the government handled the movement firmly and calmly. Chartist demands were also very drastic and there was too

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    Socially‚ economically and‚ politically‚ the 1950’s were the "happy days." The 1950’s were marked with many historical events‚ positive and negative. The decade had its downfalls‚ but they were nothing compared to the improvement of life in all aspects. The economy was booming‚ making families feel more financially stable than they had in years. There was an "explosion of science and technology"(Brinkley 803). Medical advances‚ at this time‚ included the polio vaccination. Unemployment was down‚

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    30 Years of China’s Reform and Opening Up In the year of 2008‚ China arranged two mega projects for the whole nation. The country was chosen as the host for summer Olympics game. Also‚ the great progress of China’s space program to a space walk. The accomplishments of these two projects bring up a national pride and haplessness for the Chinese people. Actually‚ these two projects are just a part of transformation and opening up of the country over the past of 30 years. As a result‚ the 30

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    the American Dream because we all have our own personal goals‚ and we all follow different sets of values. One may argue that you must be successful to achieve the American

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    Studies have shown that most people define success as how well they are doing in life‚ but what is the true meaning of success and how do people become prosperous? Success is the final result of one’s achievement. The reason why one chooses to do a task. People want to be successful because they don’t want to fail. They don’t want to end up doing a career that they don’t enjoy for the rest of their life. They want to be like successful people who are living the dream. By having a job that they enjoy

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