William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon in 1564. His father sold gloves and became an important person in the town. William‚ one of eight children‚ was the eldest son and was probably educated at the local grammar school. He married when he was only 18 and his wife‚ Anne Hathaway‚ was eight years older than him. They had two girls and a boy (who died aged 11). Nobody knows how Shakespeare began to write or when he entered the theatre‚ but we know that he became a leading member of the
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Problem Set 2 – Strategy I 1. Why do price misreads (or more generally the inability to observe prices with precision) encourage firms to lower prices? [Note: assume all prices are subject to misreads.] Misreads occur when a firm are competing with no information about competitors and assumes that competitors have taken an uncooperative pricing action when in fact they are cooperative. This assumption makes the firm react in an uncooperative manner‚ lowering the price. This asymmetric information
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Should a person ever believe that they were cursed? Well this was my belief before Chadwin was born. As a teenager on a summer revival night‚ our pastor called all the young childbearing girls to the front of the church and had us vow that we will never become pregnant before we were married. Being of age where I understood everything he asked of me‚ I did exactly what he asked. I devoted my life to God and vowed to never become pregnant before I was married. As a young adolescent I became pregnant
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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon‚ England‚ northwest of London‚ to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. William’s father made his living primarily as a tanner and a glover but also traded wool and grain from time to time. John Shakespeare also served in various offices‚ including high bailiff (like a mayor)‚ the city’s highest public office. In the mid-1570s‚ John Shakespeare’s fortune began to decline mysteriously (some say it was because of his wife’s Catholicism‚ although
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An ordinary family Vladimir Putin was born on October 7‚ 1952 in Leningrad. “I come from an ordinary family‚ and this is how I lived for a long time‚ nearly my whole life. I lived as an average‚ normal person and I have always maintained that connection‚” Mr Putin recalls. Photo from Vladimir Putin’s personal archive Mother Photo from Vladimir Putin’s personal archive Vladimir Putin’s mother‚ Maria Shelomova‚ was a very kind‚ benevolent person. “We lived simply - cabbage soup‚ cutlets‚ pancakes‚
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How valid is the argument that the USSR achieved victory over Germany in spite of Stalin‚ not as a result of his leadership? Many historians‚ including myself would agree with the argument that the USSR achieved victory over Germany in spite of Stalin‚ not as a result of his leadership. However‚ its validity can be questioned as there are several points contradicting the argument‚ suggesting that Stalin was in fact a successful wartime leader. Even points such as Stalin being a hearty Georgian
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selection of applicants in the most effective manner (Pond III‚ 1999). In today’s world‚ there is a great demand for equal employment‚ equal pay and a satisfying yet productive workplace. These demands present many challenges for the organization and for I/O psychologists. Even more challenging are these same demands in a unionized workforce. A union is a group of workers who formed to make decisions about the conditions of their work (Trade union‚ 2007). Members of a union often earn better wages‚ health
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Medgar Evers was a civil rights activist who organized demonstrations and boycotts of discriminating companies‚ and whose untimely murder received national attention and made him a martyr to the American legacy of equality. He worked to investigate crimes against African Americans like the Emmett Till murder‚ making him a high-profile citizen in his state. As Medgar Evers was graduating college in the early 1950s‚ battles for civil rights were being fought valiantly. Several attempts were made
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Was Mozart the Greatest Composer in History? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has to be the greatest composer to ever live. He and his sister were both considered very gifted child prodigies. He started composing music when he was four and he started to write minuets by the age of five. When Mozart was around eight or nine‚ he started to write symphonies. Mozart also played quite a few instruments. When he was three years old he was already playing the harpsichord. He also was very talented on the keyboard
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employes; advocates of civil rights employ mass demonstrations of disobedience to the law to advance their cause; the Governor of a Southern state deliberately obstructs the enforcement of Federal laws‚ and declares himself thoroughly within his rights in doing so. Is It Ever Right to Break the Law? An observer can approve the motives that lead to some of these actions and disapprove others. All‚ nevertheless‚ raise the same fundamental question: Does the individual have the right—or perhaps the duty—to
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