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    The Georges Hotel

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    THE GEORGES HOTEL The Hotel ■ 163 guest rooms‚ 65-70 employees. ■ Front desk: 10 employees. ■ Valet parking services: 8 employees. ■ Housekeeping: 28 employees. ■ Engineering and facilities maintenance: 4 employees. ■ Management and administrative: 15-20 additional staff members assigned to departments throughout the hotel‚ including management‚ office support and sales. The Garden Terrace Restaurant ■ Approximately 35 employees. ■ The restaurant is open daily from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00

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    George Washington

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    After the colonists rebelled and declared independence‚ a war erupted as King George III wished to crush the “rebellion” leading up to the War of Independence or most commonly referred to as the Revolutionary War. The War of the American Revolution was a time of patriotism‚ nationalism‚ and an era of combat and battle. A primary figure from this time period was the Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Continental Army‚ George Washington. Washington’s leadership role in the American Revolution was

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    George Orwell

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    Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. George Orwell re-uses many of his themes in order to get his point across. In "Why I Write"‚ Orwell states that one of the reasons he writes is for political purpose. He expresses this theme in his essays‚ "An Episode of Bed-wetting" and "St. Cyprian ’s"‚ as well as his novels‚ "1984" and "Animal Farm". In "An Episode of Bed-wetting" and "St. Cyprian ’s"‚ Orwell expresses how he feels about the politics in the school

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    Georges Braque

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    Georges Braque Georges Braque (May 13‚ 1882 – August 31‚ 1963) was a French painter and sculptor who‚ with Pablo Picasso‚ developed cubism and became one of the major figures of twentieth-century art. Georges Braque was born in Argenteuil-sur-Seine‚ France. He grew up in Le Havre and trained to be a house painter and decorator as his father and grandfather were‚ but he also studied painting in the evenings at the École des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre from about 1897 to 1899.Braque’s paintings of 1908–1913

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    George Clemenceau

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    Georges Clemenceau (28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman who led the nation to victory in the First World War. A leader of the Radical Party‚ he played a central role in politics after 1870. Clemenceau served as the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909‚ and again from 1917 to 1920. He was one of the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Nicknamed "Le Tigre" (The Tiger)‚ he took a very harsh

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    George Pal

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    George Pal (1908 – 1980) George Pal was an American animator‚ although he was a American animator but he was born in Cegled‚ Austria-Hungary‚ he became an American citizen after emigrating from Europe. He was also a film producer‚ principally associated with science fiction genre. The reason I write about George Pal because of his talents and efforts. He was nominated for Academy Awards (in the category Best short subjects‚ Cartoon) no less than seven consecutive years (1942 – 1948) and received

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    George Balanchine

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    Essay George Balanchine I chose to research on George Balanchine because he became known as the most influential ballet choreographer of the 20th century. He not only was the most influential ballet choreographer‚ but he worked with leading figures of American musical theatre two revues‚ fourteen musical comedies‚ four operettas‚ five Hollywood films‚ and a circus spectacle that are milestones of American popular culture. He was a very versatile choreographer and that’s what makes him very special

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    Georges Braque

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    Georges Braque was born on May 13‚ 1882 in Argenteuil Val-d’Oise‚ France. He trained to be a house painter and decorator like his father and grandfather‚ and studied artistic painting during evenings at the École des Beaux-Arts‚ in Le Havre from 1897 to 1899. In Paris‚ he apprenticed with a decorator and was awarded his certificate in 1902. Braque then attended the Académie Humbert until 1904. His early works were landscapes and impressionism‚ but around 1905‚ he adopted a Fauvist style. In

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    George Westinghouse

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    George Westinghouse was an American entrepreneur and engineer. He was responsible for the introduction and development of altering current for light and power. Westinghouse invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry. He was one of Thomas Edison’s main rivals in the early implementation of the American electricity system. This man founded 60 companies‚ eventually receiving over 100 patents for his work with the desire to turn ideas into enterprises. George Westinghouse

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    George Gray

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    George Gray "George Gray" is a poem about a man who missed out on many of life’s opportunities because he was so afraid of failure that he did not even try. He passed up love because he was afraid of being hurt‚ ambition because he dreaded all the changes that came with it and sorrow because he feared the pain. The poem begins with "George" staring at his own gravestone and realizing that there was nothing special to be said about him because he had done nothing with his

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