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    The novel Pride and Prejudice was set during the late 1700’s and the early 1800’s. Jane Austen wrote the novel based on the events that occurred around her. Historical conflicts during the construction of the novel are present in the novel itself. While writing Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen was influenced by the war with France, the landed gentry, and marriage and gender roles in her society which caused the plot, characters, and the outcome of the book. The war with France stretched over twenty-

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    Born Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson in Paris, France on April 15th, 1991 to parents Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson. The family lived in Paris for the first five years of Emma’s life, her parents divorced when she was five, and Emma moved back to Oxfordshire, England with her Mother and Brother. Watson attended the Stagecoach Theatre Arts school at Oxford. There she engaged in classes about singing, acting, and dancing. She participated in school plays and poetry competitions. This is where her natural

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    prisoner (Elizabethan era, online). Many of the Queens supporters wanted to have Elizabeth executed but there was no evidence against her. Elizabeth was captive in the tower of London for two months before she was removed to Woodstock Manor in Oxfordshire. Elizabeth was kept at Woodstock Manor for a year; the manor was uninhabitable so she was lodged in the gatehouse with servants. Queen Mary’s husband Philip of Spain convinced her to allow Elizabeth to return to her childhood home of Hatfield in

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    uninviting nature when they visit further accentuates the value and importance of familial relations during times of hardship. In Chapter 7 (Wide Green Prison), when the Bradfords, a wealthy household decide to leave the plague-stricken village to Oxfordshire, they are greeted with respect “men doffed their caps and women

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    References Cooley, Thomas (2004). Advertising and Integrated Brand Promotion. Oxford Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. Knopf, Alfred Orange Roofs, Golden Arches: The Architecture of American Chain Restaurants. 1989 Chicago, IL: Ellison Publishing “The Privacy Act of 1974". United States Department of Justice.

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    Case Study: Oxfam

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    people can perk up their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that impact them. Each organization works jointly internationally to reach a larger effect via joint efforts. Oxfam was initially established at 17 Broad Street in Oxford, Oxfordshire, in 1942 as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief by a group of Quakers, social activists, and Oxford academics;

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    My two chosen contrasting businesses are Asda and Oxfam. The differences between Asda and Oxfam is that Asda is a public limited company and Oxfam is private limited company and is non-profitable whereas Asda is a profitable company. As Asda is a public limited company its shares can be sold to the public by selling its stock. Asda’s purpose is to supply goods of a certain quality to customers and as well earn money to stay in the retailer’s competition which include Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrison’s

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    Seeing the light: Smart glasses enhance vision for partially blinded people Visually weakened people could recover a degree of spatial awareness, cheers to some specially-developed smart glasses. Smart glasses that can benefit people with partial visualization to pilot and evade walking into obstacles have been developed by researchers at Oxford University. The smart glasses, which contain of a video camera attached on the frame of the glasses and a computer processing component that is slight

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    How have Marx and Durkheim’s Views Contributed to our Understanding of Crime and Deviance? Karl Marx’s Marxist theory and Emile Durkheim’s functionalist theory were both significant in their own ways and therefore made a large contribution to our perception and understanding of how crime and deviance occurs and is dealt with in society. The Marxist theory on crime was focused on the concept that the huge shift towards a capitalist society was the root cause and driving force behind the formation

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    Nicomachean Ethics

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    Throughout our lives, many of us are presented with difficulties and experiences that shape who we are and what we believe in. Eventually, these characteristics solidify, becoming the guiding force in our decision making. Many may argue that this conditioning to a certain behavior takes away the freedom of choice; all decisions are a direct cause of our habituation. This assumption is false; every choice we make with regard to the characteristics we take upon ourselves, or rather personal virtues

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