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    Beloved was her fifth novel and it explains both historical and gothic fiction, where fact and fable are combined. Morrison based the central event of the novel on a historical account of a slave woman named Margaret Garner. Like Morrison’s character, Sethe, Margaret Garner escaped slavery with her four children and later, when her slaveholder attempted to take them back to slavery, she killed one of her children. Morrison also sets the entire novel in a historical frame, referencing many actual…

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    Running Head: FRANCE – SAY “BONJOUR” TO HULU! 1 FRANCE – SAY “BONJOUR” TO HULU! 17 France – Say “Bonjour” to Hulu! International Marketing Anthony S. Arion Emporia State University Professor Joyce Zhou Abstract Currently, French citizens only have access to one Subscription Streaming Video on Demand Service. That service is Netflix. Two years after breaking into the French market, Netflix has shut down their Paris office and moved to the Netherlands. After mixed…

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    Elgin Marbles

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    One of the exhibits at the British Museum that has attracted millions of visitors is the collection of sculptures from the Parthenon known as the Elgin Marbles. These marbles have been at the centre of debate for years over where they should reside. They are originally from the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, and there is controversy over whether or not the Trustees of the British Museum legally acquired the collection. Lord Elgin’s illegitimate acquisition of the Parthenon sculptures along with…

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    fiancée’s boss, leading her to dump him. I will be rewriting the first chapter, as it details Richard’s and his fiancée, Jessica Bartram’s, relationship and its ensuing end from Jessica’s perspective. Jessica Bartram stood on the main floor of the Louvre, admiring a ridiculously large and important diamond. Or, rather, admiring her…

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    Dingo – in Australian this means “native dog” (slang dictionary.org) Bandicoot –are small marsupials indigenous to Australia (Wiki Bandicoot) Goanna – in Australia this is a type of monitor lizard with over 20 varies ranging in size and color (Outback) Going bush – to break away into “the bush” and be uncivilized (Dictionary.com) Bush (as Terrian) – an area of terrain covered by diverse plant life; terrain which is has been unfarmed by man (Dictionary.com) Dreamtime – “any remote period”…

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    As part of this they are required to produce a Sustainability Proposal and Strategic Environmental Assessment. * Longbridge Area Action Plan * Forming part of a larger development plan the Bournville College construction also falls within the Longbridge area action plan which incorporated a much larger development including housing, retail areas, youth centre, leisure facilities and highway improvements. This incorporated a landscape and environmental action plan so the design had…

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    His obsession with El Greco started when he went to study in Madrid where he was impressed by El Greco’s magnificent heads. As early as 1899 he had filled page after page of a sketchbook with caricatures of Greco-like portraits, often with flamboyant ruff collars, exaggerating their pointed chins, their schematic quality and their hyper-refined tonality. One of his heads even had the inscription: Yo El Greco, yo Greco! Shortly afterwards Picasso’s Blue Period followed and there his pictures were…

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    Four Seasons Paris

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    9-803-069 REV: JANUARY 8, 2003 ROGER HALLOWELL DAVID BOWEN CARIN-ISABEL KNOOP Four Seasons Goes to Paris: “53 Properties, 24 Countries, 1 Philosophy” Europe is different from North America, and Paris is very different. I did not say difficult. I said different. — A senior Four Seasons manager In 2002, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts was arguably the world’s leading operator of luxury hotels, managing 53 properties in 24 countries and delivering what observers called “consistently…

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