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- 5581: Chanel, Gabrielle
- ... 1920's. Her rebellious styles liberated women from the past and became the symbol of modernity. In 1921, Chanel introduced her first fragrance, Chanel No. 5. She continued to lead the fashion world until her death in 1971. Coco Chanel wasn't just ahead of her time. She was ahead of herself. If one looks at the work of contemporary fashion designers as different from one another as Tom Ford, Helmut ... really a genius. It's hard to pin down exactly why, but it has something to do with her wanting to be different and wanting to be independent." Certainly her life was unpredictable. Even her death--in 1971, at the age of 87 in her private quarters at the Ritz Hotel--was a plush ending that probably would not have been predicted for Chanel by the nuns in the Aubazine orphanage ...
- 5582: Cathrine The Great 2
- ... to marry Peter III the future emperor and grandson of Peter the Great. During her reign as empress Catherine encountered many conflicts, which she surpassed so successfully that even now so many years after her death she is still remembered. Even though she was known to have many lovers during her lifetime and had three illegitimate children two of who survived, her strong spirit, willingness to make Russia a better place ... one-third of the Polish kingdom between them. (Erickson 312). She did this at a time when England had troubles in North America, Spain could not do anything, and France was just getting over the death of Louis XV. These countries were to busy dealing with their own problems to even notice. Catherine knew from the very beginning of her rule as empress that she wanted to do more. She wanted ...
- 5583: Lord Of The Flies
- ... Jack represents dictatorship and a primitive hunter. His leadership depends on in the ability to threaten and frighten those under him. His victory over piggy represents the triumph of violence over intellect, his knife represents death and destruction. It is through jack we see Brutality and savagery. Piggy is a typical obese young boy with brains, but in more he can be seen as a boy with civilised and scientific mind ... the wild piglet for the fear of blood. In the end everyone had changed so much that even Ralph and Piggy, two of our more innocent character join in the dance which led to the death of Simon. One of the most important themes of the novel was victimisation/prejudice. In the beginning and through out the novel the main victim was Piggy. We have been shown heaps of time Shut ...
- 5584: Poverty -
- ... food, clothing, and money. Poverty has raised the rate of crime due to the lack of essential items they need for survival. It also has caused hunger across the world. Lastly, poverty has caused much death due to the lack of medicine and unsanitary living conditions. Along with poverty comes the fear of safety. Not only a fear for the common, middle class, people but also a fear for the children ... housing built that means that they will get the proper education and hopefully reduce poverty by getting out of it and getting a job. Also if the people have a shelter they will have lower death rates and people going to jail. This is cause they will have a place to live that has little to no disease. This also gives them a chance to get back on their feet. Lastly ...
- 5585: Biography Of Frank Zappa
- ... released plenty albums such as; "We're only in it for the Money", "Lumpy Gravy", "Cruising with Ruben and the Jets", "Uncle Meat", and "Mothermania". Frank Zappa released approximately 52 more ablums before his untimely death on December 4th, 1993. The cause of his death was of prostate cancer that was acquired earlier. Frank Zappa lived an interesting life and has produced more albums than people can buy. From a family of 3 kids, who barely made it out of ...
- 5586: Persuasive Essay On Becoming A
- ... by donating Nicholas organs. His future was taken away from him. We thought it was very important to give his future to someone who had lost theirs said Reginal Green. In the days following Nicholas death, organ donation in Italy increased 400 percent. The Country s Consul General told the Green family, You made a miracle. For seven very fortunate Italians, the Greens gift may mean just that. Nicholas liver when to a 19-year old Sicilian woman who was within 48 hours of death. . We d given up on her, said her Doctor She is now a vivacious beauty who turns heads as she walks down the street. An 11-year-old boy and 14 year-old girl each ...
- 5587: King Lear -
- ... wherefore base?" asks Edmund. The bitter illegitimate son resents his father and brother. He is determined to "prosper" and "grow." Ruthlessly, he plays on old Gloucester's weakness and persuades him that Edgar seeks his death to obtain his inheritance. Edgar, being told that Gloucester seeks his life for some reason, flees. With Edgar thus removed, Edmund now seeks to destroy his father and reports his alleged "treason" to Cornwall who ... his father rivals that of the sisters as does his hate for his brother and theirs of Cordelia. Most significant of all, it is Edmund who has Cordelia killed and who, indirectly, causes Lear's death. It is Edmund who causes the deaths of Goneril and Regan, and indirectly, his own father. He is the evil link between the two plots, a prime mover in the subplot and a catalyst in ...
- 5588: Kafkas The Metamorphosis
- ... and however great and wonderful he may be is altered by his physical self. it shows the superficial nature of man and its prevalence over what is true and meaningful, as demonstrated by gregor's death. the life and fate of this insect, gregor, is very ironic as well. a family who brings a person up and cares for him should be able to overlook gregor's hideousness. a loving family ... under all of those shiny, black shells, and that he hasn't really changed at all. the family proves to be very self centered, however, and resumes its "normal" functioning soon after gregor's pitiable death. the father doesn't feel attachment or remorse. with gregor out of the picture, herr samsa turns to his budding daughter as a source of the family's future comfort, never thinking again of the ...
- 5589: Pascals Wager
- ... in other words, there is a price to be paid in accepting the bet, namely forgoing the unbelievers life of "luxury and glory" for the sake of an afterlife that may never be realized, if death is indeed the final end." (Pascal 1995 no418) Here we see that there is a price to be paid. If one's life is permanent than the belief in God may lose the only one ... do we know it is not an evil person who sends its followers to hell regardless of their love for it. After all, he did leave us on the earth with so much suffering and death in the world. Believing in God may in fact cause people to be harmed and unhappy for eternity.(Flew,1960 pg. 70) Moreover, Pascal also states that even if one does not believe in God ...
- 5590: Nutrition And Health
- ... role in supporting health. Today, over consumption of foods -- especially those high in fat -- is a major concern for people in the United States. When we look at the ten leading causes of illness and death in the United States, the top categories are heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes. Diet influences the development of the chronic diseases. Taken together, these four diseases account for about two-thirds of the nation s 2 million deaths each year (FamilyHaven: Food choices pp.15). These causes are stated as if single conditions such as heart disease caused death, but most chronic diseases arise from multiple factors over many years. A person who died from heart failure may have had preexisting conditions, such as obesity and high blood pressure, may have been a cigarette ...
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