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    Before the war, his garments was dreamed by the doomed heroines of Remarque's novels, after the war he dressed the richest women of the Old and New Worlds. At the end of May 2017, for the first time in the UK, the London Museum of Victoria and Albert opened a large-scale exhibition - a retrospective of the heritage of the Spanish couturier: “Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion.’. The project is timed to the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first studio Balenciaga in Spanish San Sebastian and the…

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    Author, Date, Title, Location Bunnell, T. (2008). The International Baccalaureate and its Middle East Challenge. Copenhagen, Denmark. Research Type Critical Analysis Summary In this article, Bunnell outlines the International Baccalaureate Organization’s (IBO) strategic plan, targeting growth for the IB programmes internationally, planning to “educate one million children by 2014” (p. 18). The paper illustrates the challenges that the IBO faces in meeting its goals. Bunnell argues that the…

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    Biography Steven Berkoff, born Leslie Steven Berks in Stepney, London, on 3 August 1937, is arguably the most influential figures in shaping modern theatre. The actor, author, playwright and theatre director belonged to a family of Russian-Jewish background, and therefore added the ‘off’ back to the end of his name and opted to go by his middle name. Berkoff had a troubled childhood and often felt like he didn’t get what he wanted and in 1952 he was sentenced to a stint in borstal for stealing a…

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    Coco Chanel Essay

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    doing this shop report. Chanel Chanel is a prestigious and recognized private company, found by Coco Chanel in 1909 and headquartered at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Chanel operates 310 boutiques worldwide; 94 in Asia, 70 in Europe, 10 in the Middle East, 128 in North America, 2 in South America, and 6 in Oceania. Chanel presents timeless classic, elegance, excellent quality and workmanship that appeal to all ages. Chanel specializes in haute couture, ready-to-wear, fragrances, cosmetics,…

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    sure the poor sod didn’t end up splattered on the side of a building, or worse, falling to his death. So, they continued at a slow place and high altitude, all lightning rods in place, while the Snake prayed for his life and pissed his pants, in that order. They didn’t make him suffer for long,…

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    with fear rather than hope, and thus April seems cruel rather than kind.” (Shahane- 26) The first section of The Waste Land endeavors to describe and interpret the burial of the dead gods of fertility as narrated by James Frazer in the Golden Bough (London, 1960, p-428). According to Cleanth Brooks, the theme of the first section is ‘the attractiveness of the death’ or ‘the difficulty in rousing oneself from the death in life in which the people of the waste land…

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    inhabiting the territories of the Western and parts of the Central Balkans ruled by the Ottoman Empire (Bartl 1967: 37-86). After the Congress of Berlin (1878) the Ottoman state was experiencing the ever-growing pressure of European Great Powers. By the end of the „long nineteenth century“ the politics of great powers dictated ever more the dynamics of power relations among the Balkan countries. While the Powers supported the nationalisms of the Balkan peoples, they were at the same time trying…

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    Diva Importance

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    needed for the attainment of diva status. Also creating something new and getting the attention. In the Middle East we have several Divas such as Sabah, Fairouz and Oum Kalthoum. Jeanette Georges Feghali the Lebanese singer and actress who is famously known as Sabah is considered one of the most important icons in Lebanese music history and one of the most well-known divas in the Middle East and Arab world. Born to a Christian family in the village of Bdadoun near Beirut in 1927. Her recognized…

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    Meaning Of Cockney Slang

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    at escaping from London to an open common. In addition, below are some example of Cockney slang that commonly used in their daily speaking by the semi literate and quite…

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    Inchgreen departed Lyttleton for London on the 16th of April and this was marked the following day in the Star, wherein Archibald’s “general urbanity” and the “handsomeness” of his ship” were both praised. Inchgreen returned directly to England, where she arrived in London on the 19th of July. From London, she sailed for Liverpool. Whilst in Liverpool, Archibald married Mary Uquhart on the 15th of August 1878 at the…

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