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    Traces of Modernism in Art

    TRACES OF MODERNISM IN ART The ancient parallel between literature and visual arts –i.e. painting, sculpture and architecture becomes newly relevant in the twentieth century. Painters were the first to explore the revolutionary possibilities of modernism, so that painting became the leading art form. Modernism refers to the style and ideology of art produced between the 1860s and the 1970s. As traditional art forms had become outdated due to industrialization, modernism emerged in Western Europe

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    Nestle «Pure Life» Sustainable Development

    Nestle «Pure Life» Sustainable Development Nestle, being a world largest food and beverages company produces over 100 brands including many household names. And one of the major parts of company's bussiness known as Nestle Waters has increased its profits for the past decades due to its acquisitions, organic and sustainable growth. Nestle Waters has accquired such big brands as Vittel and San Pellegrino and has become a leading bottled water business more than in 130 countries all over the world

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    Consulting Assessment

    Presence – Their presence in the community ensures citizens are at ease and safe while they are there to take action in emergency cases like terrorist attacks, stand offs, riots and civil disturbances. Securing Areas – high risk areas of the metropolis are constantly on the radar of Edmond police and actively patrolled as ensuring safety lowers the likelihood of illegal activities. In the event of illegal activity adequate policing measures will be taken quickly to contain the situation. Providing

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    Fairhope Atlanta Compare And Contrast

    Fairhope, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia are both amazing cities in their own right. One is enormous, and the other is small. Atlanta is a financial hub that attracts people from around the world, Fairhope is a far less populated city that grows from within. Both cities have astounding beauty that share the same warm feeling that is only found in the southern region of the United States. Although they differ in many aspects, Fairhope, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia share several similarities. The

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    Factors Influencing Growth of Microfinance in Ghana

    MBA RESEARCH PROPOSAL TOPIC: FACTORS INFLUENCING THE INCREASE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MICROFINANCE IN THE GHANAIAN ECONOMY NAME: BELINDA AKU ATEPOR INDEX NUMBER: 10224399 SUPERVISOR: DR. CHARLES ANDOH TABLE OF CONTENT Background of the Study ………………………………………….......................................3 Problem Statement ……………………………………………….........................................4 Objectives of the Study ……………………………………………………………………..5 Research Problems …………………………………………………………………………

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    Virginia’s London Complex in Mrs. Dalloway

    Virginia’s London Complex in Mrs. Dalloway Fang Yuling Introduction Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), an experimental novelist, critic and essayist of the 20th century, has been regarded as a major modernist writer, whose great contribution to the innovative techniques is undeniable. Susan squire once said: “Whether she thought it "the most beautiful place on the face of the earth" or "the very devil," to Virginia Woolf the city of London was the focus for an intense, often ambivalent, lifelong scrutiny

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    A Review of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

    BOOK TITLE – HOW EUROPE UNDERDEVELOPED AFRICA AUTHOR –WALTER RODNEY (1972) Re: Published by Panaf Publishing Incorporated, Abuja – Nigeria. (By arrangement with Howard University Press, Washington) Book page: 361 (Three Hundred and sixty one) REVIEWER: NSE VICTOR O. Modern Africa historians have correctly stressed that Africa had a meaningful past long before the coming of the Europeans. Also Africa has been argued to be the cradle of the world civilization, but whether or not Africa went to

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    Reviving the Citiness of the City

    Reviving the citiness of the city The local train signals decisively and pushes off from metropolis. The interminable platform, the huge suspended bridge, level crossings, smoking factories, flats growing sparser by the minute – are all eventually left behind. Come numerous ponds invaded by hyacinth, perimetered by mud walls covered in splash. Periodically passing by my window are stations with funny – flavored names… Myriad un shaded stations – each with a couple of deep green benches (mostly

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    History of Police

    departments were beginning to form (Sagepub, 2014). These were the first organized publically funded efforts to control crime. “In 1829, Sir Robert Peel (Home Secretary of England) would introduce the Bill for Improving the Police in and Near the Metropolis (Metropolitan Police Act) to Parliament (Sagepub, 2014)”. This bill would become law and would establish the London

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    How Did The Thirteen Colonies Influence British Colonization

    The participation of England in the maritime expansion of Europe to new lands occurred subsequent to the works carried out by Portugal and Spain, which since the fifteenth century had launched expeditions to the Atlantic Ocean. Despite the time difference, the English colonization of North America was very important for the economic development of England and its colonies in the north of the American continent, known as the Thirteen Colonies. The first attempt at occupation of North America by the

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