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    The movie Selma that was directed by Ava DuVernay was a documentary about the events that lead up to the march in Selma‚ Alabama‚ the march itself‚ the aftermath‚ and the difficulties and emotions that Dr. King faced during the time. This movie focused on the brutality that African Americans faced during this time by emphasizing the march scenes using camera angles‚ editing‚ and sound. It also focused on the interactions between Dr. King and Lyndon B. Johnson‚ which was a very important

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    EQUAL Equal est une société anonyme spécialisée dans la distribution de montures de lunettes auprès des opticiens avec un capitale 5 millions francs et elle couvre 12% de la part de marché français de la monture‚ elle est la 6eme dans le marché français. Son chiffre d’affaires en 1992 est de 43 millions de francs. EQUAL SA est une multinationale elle adopte une stratégie de diversification (géographique) internationale. En effet elle dispose de bureaux au Japon‚ Singapour‚ aux États-Unis‚ au

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    seat for a white man. This event would go on to ignite the Montgomery bus boycott.

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    Analysis of a Figure of Speech November‚ 2013 Johnson C. Montgomery‚ the author of The Island of Plenty‚ uses many figures of speech in the article to support his opinion. Lots of different rhetorical devices are used such as comparison and repetition. In passage 8‚ author mainly uses the comparison which is a rhetorical strategy and method of organization in which a writer examines similarities or differences between two things. The article says that future of the world need children; however

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    The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest that took place shortly after an African- American woman‚ Rosa Parks‚ wouldn’t give up her seat‚ to a white man‚ on a Montgomery Bus. The Montgomery Bus Boycott meant that African- Americans would refuse to ride the buses in Montgomery‚ Alabama to protest segregated seating. Rosa Parks was arrested and fined for not giving up her seat. The boycott began on the day of Rosa Park’s court hearing and lasted 381 days. In 1955‚ African Americans still had to be

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    The course of the Montgomery Bus boycott was made up of various significant events. It all began with Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the Montgomery Bus on the afternoon of December 1st 1955. She was taken to jail‚ fingerprinted and was allowed to use the phone. This is when Rosa Parks made contact with the Black civil rights leaders and when they began to take action on there plan to boycott Montgomery busses. This was the beginning of the protest against segregation. The protest began

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    The story I read was Freedom Wakers The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The author of this story is Russel Freedman. This story is non-fiction. The main idea of this story is about how prejudice white people were to African Americans‚ especially on the bus. In the next few paragraphs I will explain how African Americans were treated unfairly on the bus and what they did to try to stop it. This story took place in Montgomery‚ Alabama. It all started in the year of 1949 with a girl named Jo

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    On September 1‚ the balance of the Accounts Receivable control account in the general ledger of Montgomery Company was $10‚960. The customers’ subsidiary ledger contained account balances as follows: Hurley $1‚440‚ Andino $2‚640‚ Fowler $2‚060 and Sogard $4‚820. At the end of September‚ the various journals contained the following information. Sales journal: Sales to Sogard $800‚ to Hurley $1‚260‚ to Giambi $1‚330‚ and to Fowler $1‚600. Cash receipts journal: Cash received from Fowler $1‚310‚ from

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    Brian Montgomery Introduction to Management 805 Assignment one The person I chose to interview for my case study is a Commercial Cleaning Manager with PAE (New Zealand) Ltd. PAE are a Facilities Management company who are engaged to supply knowledge and labour to upkeep the buildings of its clients. Interview: Q: What type of organisation do you work for? A: I work for a facilities management company‚ we specialise in building maintenance care and cleaning Q: What do you think managers

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    The Montgomery Bus Boycott The Montgomery Bus Boycott was started by a woman who stood up against unjust segregation by sitting down. It officially started on December 5‚1955‚ because an African American woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. It was started by the Montgomery Improvement Association‚ who created themselves for this purpose only. It continued for 381 days‚ a little over a year‚ until bus segregation was declared unconstitutional. The Montgomery Bus Boycott

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