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    The ballot for the Conservative Party Leadership on February 1975 was a turning point for the History of late 20th century politics in England. The figure of Margaret Thatcher had emerged surprisingly as the new Party leader against the incumbent Edward Heath. Thatcher’s importance does not only lies on she being the first woman to lead the Conservative Party, but on the ideas and statecraft that later gave life to a new concept –Thatcherism- that marked British politics during her 11 years in command

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    Avon in China

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    Avon Products, Inc. (Avon), the US cosmetics giant, had considered China the keystone of its marketing effort in Asia. Years of effort and the development of a large direct marketing organisation in that country had made operations in China its most profitable and most rapidly growing market in Asia. On 21 April 1998 senior company officials from the New York headquarters and throughout Asia had gathe red in Guangzhou for what was supposed to be a festive occasion. During the meeting William Pryor

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    Have you ever wondered how medicine has progressed throughout the centuries? Medicine has gone from simple herbal remedies to powerful medications for pain and infections. Yet, how is it that physicians know so much about diseases, infections, the signs and symptoms, and the treatment of those diseases? In some cases, unethical medical experiments were conducted to figure out how diseases were transmitted and the symptoms that people would present if they were ill with that particular disease. This

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    Where would we be without them? During the 16th and 18th century many events occurred such as,”the town of Boston being founded in 1632”. Later,”Roger Williams arrives in what today is Rhode Island, where he is to establish a settlement with twelve "loving friends and neighbors” in 1636.” ( Timeline). All these events added to the idea that the explorers were more important than the scientific revolution and the reformation. Thus, the most important period for me was the explorers because without

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    their trust in a campaign, business, or company based on how they portray themselves ethically. However, there have been several instances where people have acted unethically in the field of Public Relations and still became successful. In the case of Edward Bernays, acting ethically was not a point of emphasis. In fact, Bernays’ unethical public relations tactics and use of propaganda brought him fame and

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    Edward Hopper was a quiet person but his art speaks louder that his words. His paintings are famous because they are mysterious and his scenes don’t seem to be complete. His paintings leave the viewer with questions which makes his painting even more interesting. Hopper started sketching and drawing at a very young age. Hopper has struggled throughout his career but in the end, he’s made it to where he is now. When Hopper was young he loved anything to do with art. He was extremely excited when he

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    History It all started out with an idea in 1886, an idea that allowed women become more self-effacement and successful. A book salesman named David H. McConnell, from New York created that idea. The idea was to give women an opportunity to sell perfume to help them become financially independent, this idea became a dream, a company named The California Perfume Company (CPC), currently named Avon. Avon represents a company focused on providing the additional beauty and complimentary beauty products

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    Heat and Dust, published in 1975 is a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala which won the Booker Prize in 1975. The novel was made into a film in 1983 by Merchant Ivory Productions. The initial stages of the novel are told in the first person, from the narrative voice of a woman who travels to India, to find out more about her step-grandmother, Olivia. She has various letters written by Olivia, and through reading these, and learning from her own experiences in India, she uncovers the truth about Olivia

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    Emoji And Semiotics

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    Emoji and Semiotics On the other hand, to further comprehend the reasons behind the continuous usage of emojis, we have to understand that according to Chandler, signs and symbols may take several forms such as words, images, sounds, gestures and/or objects and in the case of this study, they are the emojis. Semiotics, which is the study of signs will give light to how netizens make use of these man-made symbols, the emojis. Semiotics is the study of signs and there are two parts of it—the signifier

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    Aladdin Pan Colonialism

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    lands still negatively effect perceptions of the East today and widen the gap between Western and Eastern relations. In order to understand the ways in which Aladdin communicates negative stereotypes of the East, it is important to note the words of Edward Said in his book

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