Technical Middle Class: This is a new, small class with high economic capital but seem less culturally engaged. They have relatively few social contacts and so are less socially engaged. The technical middle class, about 6 percent of British society, shows high economic capital, very high status of social contacts, but relatively few contacts reported, and moderate cultural capital. They typically have jobs like aircraft pilots, pharmacists, natural and social science professionals and physical
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Bob Dole was born on July 22, 1923 in Russell, Kansas, the son of Bina M. (née Talbott; 1904–1983) and Doran Ray Dole (1901–1975).[4] Bob Dole's father, who had moved the family to Russell while Dole was still a toddler, earned money by running a small creamery. One of his father's customers was the father of future Senator Arlen Specter. [5] During the Great Depression, which severely impacted Kansas and its residents, the Dole family moved to the basement of their home and eventually rented out
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Derek Ajamian The different topics in the movie weren’t all accurate. Back then gladiators were supposed to make it believable but no actually kill each other. Also the pointing of a thumb down or up was changed in the movie then it really was. Another difference was some of the men had good bodies and weren’t plump or chubby. I think this movie is very believable. Hollywood added the drama between the crazy emperor and Maximus. Maximus was sold into slavery and back then Gladiators did that
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Welcome Dr Lara Cathcart and Professor James Sefton Programme Directors of the MSc Finance Suite of programmes Imperial Facts & figures Founded 1907 Students from 126 countries Taught courses 242 Imperial Research Assessment Exercise 2008 (% 4* and 3*) 1 Imperial College London 72.9% 2 University of Cambridge 71.2% 3 University of Oxford 70.3% 4 London School of Economics 68.4% 5 University College London 65.8% 6 University of Manchester 65.4% 7 University of Warwick 64.9% 8 University
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Loretta Polk Mrs. Lorna Ivey English Comp. I 3, March 2014 Maximus’ Death Gladiator is a movie about a beloved General of Rome named Maximus. He is informed by the aging emperor, Marcus Aurelius, that he would like Maximus to be his heir. However, the emperor’s son Commodus overhears this and becomes furious. Commodus wanted the position himself; he killed his father before he could inform the empire of his decision about Maximus. Commodus became the new emperor and orders Maximus’s and his
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Instead of telling you what advantages a degree from a prestigious British University of Sheffield will give to my future career development, I am going to tell you this: There is a serial movie called “Flashforward”. Each and every episode starts this way: “On October 6, the planet blacked out for two minutes and seventeen seconds. The whole world saw the future.” The question is: What would you do if you knew what your life would be in a time? Would you do anything possible to change what you saw
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the death, looked as if it were the actual coliseum being used by the gladiators. Scott gives the film a sense of realism by showing blood and gore as it might happen if they were actually fighting in a ring. The film’s main character, Maximus (Russell Crowe), is made a slave by the new ruler of Rome, Commodus, (Joaquin Phoenix), because his father, Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), was murdered by Commodus in a jealous rage because Marcus decides to make Maximus his successor, which does not go
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The film gladiator is a 2000 historical action/drama film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe. The film won five Academy Awards in the 73rd Academy Awards ceremony. Ridley Scott also directed other films such as Blade Runner, Legend, A Good Year, American Gangster, Alien and Thelma & Louise. Overall, Gladiator cost $145.7 million to film and promote, with much of the production cost spent on computer special effects. However, the movie grossed over $187 million in American theatres and
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Film paper: Gladiator “My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius; father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.” In the 2000 film, Gladiator, Russel Crow plays a victorious Roman general, Maximus, whose charismatic leadership and order to return Rome back over to the Senate led the emperor’s son, Commodus Aurelius, played
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gave a very frightening point of view on the so-called Big Brother society, where the surveillance on society would be huge. The British comedian Russell Brand has changed the phrase to: “Big Brother isn’t watching you” in comment of the then recent UK riots, where he thinks that there clearly is no one, who is watching or controlling the riots. Russell Brand, married to the world famous Katy Perry, is especially known for his role in Get him to the Greek, where his very distinctive British accent
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