Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of horror fiction; born in Providence‚ Rhode Island‚ the 20th of November of 1890; same city where he eventually died. Was the only child of a merchant‚ Winfield Scott Lovecraft and Sarah Susan Phillips. His father died on 1895‚ causing that he and his mother moved with his grandfather. Of his childhood is known that he was constantly sick and had frequently terrible nightmares‚ maybe one of the first sources of inspiration for his histories‚ also
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CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR OF MOTORCYCLE BUYERS (A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HERO HONDA AND BAJAJ AUTO LIMITED) Thesis for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Business Administration Under the Supervision of Submitted by Prof(Dr.) GP Sharma Ghanshyam Saini Department of Business Administration MBA‚ M.Phil‚ UGC
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Howard Gardner was born on July 11‚ 1943 in Scranton‚ Pennsylvania. His parents were refugees from the period of the Nazis‚ in Germany. As a child he loved music‚ he later became a great pianist. As a young man he enrolled at Harvard University. Gardner started to study other careers but ended getting inspired by the works of Jean Piaget to study developmental psychology. He is married to Ellen Winner‚ a developmental psychologist who teaches at Boston College‚ and they have four children together
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irrelevant‚ the answer to exceptional leadership remains relatively unclear. For example‚ does the early 21st century environment demand a different kind of leadership from earlier times? Certainly there has been a move away from ‘command and control’ models of leadership towards more flexible‚ collaborative and nurturing styles (Bennis 1999). The ability to cope with new and challenging imperatives such as increasing global competition demands the use of new leadership skills (Conger 1993). While the
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Zinn’s History There are always two sides to a story. Upon reading the chapters of A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn I found myself scrambling new ideas and hearing different points of views that have never been evident in my history classes before. I had always heard the side of the story from the point of view of the conqueror‚ not the conquered. Of course‚ there are to be basic similarities‚ but what about the harsh truth? Zinn’s historical writing possessed a refreshingly
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In what ways are the realist tendencies of Howards End undermined by the presence of the uncanny? Realism is both reliant on and thoroughly undermined by the uncanny. Realism was prominent during the 19th and 20th centuries. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms realism is a ‘general attitude’ of literature that ‘rejects idealization‚ escapism and other extravagant qualities of romance.’ It must be noted that realism is not simply a realistic “slice of life” but a ‘system of conventions
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watermark. Models of buyer decision making In an early study of the buyer decision process literature‚ Frank Nicosia (Nicosia‚ F. 1966; pp 9-21) identified three types of buyer decision making models. They are the univariate model (He called it the "simple scheme".) in which only one behavioural determinant was allowed in a stimulus-response type of relationship; the multi-variate model (He called it a "reduced form scheme".) in which numerous independent variables were assumed to determine buyer behaviour;
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Kost and Howard (2014) Purpose. This article discusses why the government seems always to have problems with technology. Authority. John Kost is a Group Vice President in Gartner Research‚ where he leads the team of analysts providing research for chief executives and has written many articles on business process and improvement. Rick Howard is a Research Vice President and government research Agenda Manager at Gartner‚ where he focuses on public-sector IT solutions‚ management practices‚ and technology
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When many people think of Howard Carter they think of an Indiana Jones type of figure; brave‚ fearless‚ personable and suave. After all‚ this man discovered the last great treasure trove of the modern age‚ King Tutankhamun’s final resting place. The massive implications and grandeur of his find however may have rubbed off on him‚ as some claim Carter is not at all worthy of the fame and praise lavished upon him. So‚ was Carter a hero of modern archeology? Or was he a lying‚ cheating rather smelly
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