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    The evolution of selling: a study of historic and contemporary sales methods and attitudes Selling as an offer of exchange of goods for other items or money exists and accompanies the world’s economy since the very beginning of a human existence. As long as there has been something to sell there have been salespeople taking care of those who might be willing to buy. This occupation requires selling skills as well as specific abilities and characteristics to uncover

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    Coco Chanel

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    Gabrielle was shaped by the nuns who raised her. Chanel never admitted to her years at Aubazine, where she lived from the age of 11 to 18, in an orphanage run by the sisters of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Mary. Her father, a feckless peddler always on the run from his family, left his three daughters there after the death of their mother from TB and disappeared forever. The nuns who still live at Aubazine are more concerned with the worship of God than the antecedents of fashion, yet

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    Trade expresses the buying and selling of goods and services for money. It can be made up of transferal or exchange of goods and services for money. Industrialists create the goods, then moves on to the wholesaler, followed by a retailer and finally to the final buyer (Akrani). Trade is necessary for the contentment of human wants. Trade is driven not only for the sake of earning revenue; it also delivers service to the consumers. Trade is an important social activity since the general public needs

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    Kate Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour” was published in 1894 in Vogue, during a time when women do not have any legal rights. They have low education level and have no opportunity to work; what they can do is stay at home and manage the family. All their lives, they rely on their husband. Women at that time do not think about why they should be treated this way; they were being silenced by society. Kate Chopin uses the character Mrs. Mallard as the representative of all women who wants freedom at that

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    Barn Burning Analysis

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    The theme of loyalty is woven throughout American Literature. In the 20th Century as the Realism and Naturalism of the 1800s faded, American culture developed into a modern and post-modern one, values shifted. William Faulkner, winner of the Nobel prize in 1950 (Encyclopædia Britannica, 2017), captures this exploration of loyalty in his short story, ¨Barn Burning¨. From construction work, to care taker to celebrated author, John Steinbeck weaves deep themes into simple settings, captivating his readers

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    Anti-Sematic Film

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    During World War II, there were various different tactics used by each of those countries involved, of which they thought was the best way to reach victory. Other countries had their opinions of such strategies, being supportive if they were on their side, or against, if they were the opposing country in the battle. With the United States being part of the Allies, they had produced an anti-Japanese media film during the war displaying the horrifying methods and ways of development of Japan. While

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    Peyote and Native American Culture Peyote was originally described in 1560, however it was not until the middle of the nineteenth century that botanists were able to conduct field research and correctly classify the cactus (Anderson, 1980). Field studies have concluded that there are two distinct populations of peyote which represent two species. The first and most common, Lophophora williamsii extends from southern Texas reaching south to the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi. The second and least

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    The Theme of Identity in Sonny's Blues Essay

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    brother, who feels threatened by "his jazz-oriented life style and his continued attraction to Greenwich Village" (Albert 179). By the beginning of the story, Sonny has rejected his family and his home, constructing a new life as a musician and drug peddler in a new location foreign to the narrator. Sonny's devotion to jazz is another thematic element that emphasizes the conflict between individualism and conventionalism. Jazz music is "a kind of music noted for individuality because it depends on

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    Siva Naga Raju Talisetty Dana Escobio English-101 30th November, 2015 Topic: Discrimination Word Count - 1,898 Holocaust: The dead bodies of Jews killed in concentration camps during Holocaust Last year during a festival day in my town mass were gathered in streets of Begum pet a part of town to celebrate the Festival. In the crowd a Jew (head of regional Jewish community) was stabbed from the back by a Muslim. He died there due to bleeding

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    Trim and Lee (2004) assert that a learning organization is especially skilled at regular problem solving and is better prepared with the power of communication and information technology to confront arising challenges in the external environment. A learning organization can be defined as “an organization that concentrates on developing and using its information and knowledge abilities in order to produce higher-valued information and knowledge, to alter behaviors and enhance outcomes”, which yields

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