John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8‚ 1839 in Richford‚ New York to a traveling merchant who sold medicines‚ and was away most of the time. He was born the 2nd of six children who were all raised by their strict mother. As his father was away most of the time‚ he took it upon himself to be the man of the house and scrounged up money any way he could. This included taking jobs from neighbors‚ selling candy‚ and raising turkeys. While saving money he always gave a portion of it away to charities
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Leonard Norman Cohen‚ is a Canadian singer-songwriter‚ musician‚ poet‚ and novelist. His work often explores religion‚ isolation‚ sexuality‚ and interpersonal relationships. He was born on 21 September 1934 in Westmount in Quebec‚ into a middle-class Jewish family.. His father‚ Nathan Cohen died when Cohen was nine years old. Cohen attended Westmount High School‚ where he studied music and poetry As a teenager‚ he learned to play the guitar‚ and formed a country-folk group called the Buckskin Boys
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Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist who has been convicted and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment in 1977. Peltier‚ a member of the American Indian movement was convicted for first degree murder in the shooting of two FBI agents during the 1975 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation conflict. In 1965‚ years before the conflict Leonard moved to Seattle Washington and became an owner of an auto body shop. While in Seattle Leonard became involved with many causes which supported
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Leonard Bernstein June 18‚ 2011 Introduction to art‚ music and literature Professor Terry Hammons Final Exam Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein was born as Louis Bernstein in Lawrence‚ Massachusetts. He was the son of Ukrainian Jewish parents who were Jennie and Samuel Joseph Bernstein; His father was a supplies wholesaler from Rovno‚ which is now Ukraine. Despite of his family name‚ he was not related to film composer Elmer Bernstein. His family spent summers on
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THABO MELI v R Fact of the case : The defendants had taken their intended victim to a hut and plied him with drink so that he became intoxicated. They then hit the victim around the head‚ intending to kill him. In fact the defendants only succeeded in knocking him unconscious‚ but believing the victim to be dead‚ they threw his body over a cliff. The victim survived but died of exposure some time later. The defendants were convicted of murder‚ and appealed to the Privy Council on the ground that
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Case Brief: R v.Shankar Citation: Regina v. Corey Shankar‚ 2007 ONCA 280 (CanLII) Facts: The accused was driving his car without the required laminated taillights when officers pulled him over late October 2004. The police asked Shankar for his licence‚ registration‚ and insurance. The accused handed over a licence in the name of Jason Singh‚ the insurance information handwritten on an informal yellow sticky note‚ and a photocopy of the vehicle registration. When inquired about the spelling of
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1.0 Executive Summary D&S Realty‚Inc.‚ is an corporation in the city of Georgetown Guyana. This corporation is capitalized by two stockholders: Shelroy Johnson and David Foo Jnr. who are both licensed brokers and sponsoring brokers of this firm. The licensed brokers of this firm will sponsor licensed real estate agents( independent contractors) in the country of Guyana. This corporation will formalize the real estate services offered. D&S Reality Inc. will be opening its doors for operation in
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Written by Sambhav Dhawan Advocating for the Appellant Multani v. Commission Scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys and Attorney General of Quebec The appellant Balvir Singh Multani and his son Gurbaj Singh Multani are orthodox Sikhs 1. Gurbaj Singh‚ born in 19892‚ as being a devoted Sikh follower. Gurbaj believes that his religion requires him to wear a kirpan at all times. A kirpan is as small religious object which symbolizes the purity of the faith and his commitment to defend it3.It bears a
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COMPANIES……………………………………………………....4 * CHANGING TRENDS IN R & D………………………………....5 * WAYS OF FUNDING FOR R & D…………………………….....8 * RESEARCH OPTIONS FOR INDIA………………………..........9 * THERAPEUTIC AREAS OF NEW DRUG RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.............................................................................9 * ROLE OF PUBLIC SECTOR…………………………………....11 * FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN R&D.............................................13 * EMERGING R&D STRATEGIES IN PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR.
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John D. Rockefeller was the founder of the Standard Oil Company‚ and he became once of the richest men and a philanthropist. He was luckily born into some great circumstances of oil business in 1863 by investing in a refinery. In the 1870’s Rockefeller than came up with the functions of the Standard Oil‚ this helped him climb to the top taking over about 90% of the U.S. refineries and pipelines. There were many thoughts going around about Rockefeller‚ he was being accused of doing some not so morally
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