Margaret Thatcher

leadership is power and they end up becoming irresponsible leaders with misplaced priorities. Too many leaders get caught up in thinking about power rather than their responsibility to those they lead. In the words of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher: “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to say you are, you aren’t.” A responsible leader thinks about the future. Has a vision and sets goals based on that vision. Like I stated earlier the CEO’s of the companies who …

All the President’s Men is a film adaptation of the true life account written by Woodward and Bernstein, two reporters for the Washington Post, of how they made public the ‘complex web of political scandals between 1972 and 1974’ surrounding President Nixon. (Watergate.info, 1995) When the story finally broke it resulted in the resignation of the president himself and universal reverence for Woodward and Bernstein. They were viewed as investigative crusaders after the truth, critics of the…

1.0 Introduction Jeffrey Preston Bezos, also known as Jeff Bezos is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Amazon.com. He was born at 12 January 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His mother was Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen and his biological father was Ted Jorgensen. However, his parent were divorced and his mother married Mike Bezos, stepfather of Jeff Bezos. In his early life, he showed an early interest in computer technology. Therefore, he chose to study computer science and electrical…

L01 Increasingly in recent times there have been questions raised as to whether the interests of the Scottish people would be better served closer to home. Some have argued for greater legislative powers to be transferred to Holyrood, whilst others instead see separation from the Union as being the key to meeting the needs of the people. This essay will examine these issues and more surrounding the governance of Scotland. When looking at what events were pivotal on the road to Scottish…

Ronald Reagan: An Impactful President On a hot day in June, 1987, Ronald Reagan stood before a crowd of 10,000 people, Germans and Americans alike. He stood in front of the Brandenburg gate, but also in front of two panes of bulletproof glass. Behind that was the Berlin wall, designed to keep the West Germans out and the East Germans in. A panel sitting behind him was a group of diplomats and politicians, among them the West German President and the Chancellor. Although a large group sat…

Will Sheerin Professor Lorenz Music and Migration April 4 2016 Skinhead’s influence in Jamaican Ska During the 1950’s, Britain’s economy was in a recession and they reached out to many of their Western colonies to increase immigration to England. After World War II the economy was in bad shape and the United Kingdom government looked for immigrants to fill the employment vacancies. Many Jamaicans took the opportunity to start a new life and migrated to London in large quantities. With them…

are learnt through socialisation. Socialisation is talking to other people. There are two types; primary socialisation which occurs in the family and is the first form of socialisation encountered, and secondary socialisation which progresses beyond the family in various social settings such as nursery, school, and work. Therefore, norms (how people are expected to behave) are created. People are expected to have the right values and beliefs. Values are things that we believe to be important.…

One of the biggest postmodern examples of appropriation in visual culture is the imagery in the music industry. The music you listen to as child influences your style throughout youth; this has also historically created many different types of subcultures such as hippies, Punks and Mods, in addition, this extends to regional musical cultures. Musically the idea of appropriation is transferable, with bands & musicians taking heavy influence form the past and because of the advent of sampling; the…

Introduction We are currently in the era of the Postmodern. In turn, this era had to originate from another era with some kind of revolution of the mind as well as draw from that of several influences to strengthen and allow the notions and characteristics of the era to grow. Some of these influences came from that of the art world, especially with playwrights such as Sarah Kane. Kane was born in Britain, 3 February 1971 and died on the 20th February 1999. She was known for her plays that were…

The Great Recession—which authoritatively kept going from December 2007 to June 2009—started with the blasting of a 8 trillion dollar lodging air pocket. The subsequent loss of riches prompted sharp lessenings in buyer spending. This loss of utilization, joined with the budgetary business sector disarray activated by the blasting of the air pocket, likewise prompted a breakdown in business venture. As customer spending and business speculation became scarce, gigantic occupation misfortune took…