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- 901: Commonwealth
- ... son of an unsuccessful wholesaler and grew up shy, poor and lonely. Shaw decided to become a writer and moved from Ireland to London. He was at first so unsuccessful that he had to seek employment as an art and music critic but had his big break with "The Devil΄s Disciple in New York". William Butler Yeats studied Art and became friendly with a group of mystics. He had been ...
- 902: Deng Xiaoping
- ... France. Deng arrived in France in 1920, just barely two years after the First World War. While it was easy for the wealthy Chinese to study in France, less well off people had to find employment in order to study. Work, however, was not easy to find and so Deng went through a variety of unskilled labour positions while he went to school where he learned about a variety of things ...
- 903: Netherlands
- ... played a major role in the European economy for many centuries. Since the 16th century, shipping, fishing, trade, and banking have been leading sectors of the Dutch economy. A diversified manufacturing base was created as employment in agriculture fell and the country became a major energy exporter as large deposits of natural gas were discovered. Most firms are privately owned even though the government distributes about 40% of the Dutch national ...
- 904: Communism
- In the beginning Communism seemed to the people of Russia as a utopian ideal. The promise of the elimination of classes, of guaranteed employment, "The creation of a comprehensive social security and welfare system for all citizens that would end the misery of workers once and for all." Lenin's own interpretation of the Marxian critique was that to ...
- 905: The Rebellion Against Victoria
- ... predominantly working class children. When the upper class saw the state that these children where in the showed pity and concern. Other factors which brought the populace together was a consolidation of national opinion, full employment and the previous mentioned speeches of Churchill. Thus, it can be seen that the period of 1890's to the end of World War II marked the end of Victorianism. This end was achieved by ...
- 906: National Constituent Assembly
- ... members' ultimate goal was to keep the sovereignty in their own hands. At the same time as the Declaration of Man, the Constituent Assembly also abolished government workshops that had been set up to find employment for the poor. They also demolished union guilds - similar to workers unions - to make sure no organised labour force would rise up against them - such acts were known as Le Chapelier law. A similar system ...
- 907: The Life Of Mahatma Ghandi
- ... a sorry figure. Turned down even for the part-time job of a teacher in a Bombay high school, he returned to Rajkot to make a modest living by drafting petitions for litigants. Even this employment was closed to him when he incurred the displeasure of a local British officer. It was, therefore, with some relief that he accepted the none-too- attractive offer of a year's contract from an ...
- 908: Slavery
- ... other ships fired at the slave ships. The slaves were the ones manning the guns and Equiano tells how he had to do his job or they might kill him..."We were also, from our employment, very much exposed to the enemys shots; for we had to run nearly the whole length of the ship to bring the powder" (p.77). Other jobs that he posed paid him well for ...
- 909: Excellence Redefined
- ... the importance of his family and the person they had raised him to be. During a scene in the hanger at Blue Star Airlines, Bud goes to visit his father a short time after his employment with Gekko. The normal camaraderie is present, but the quick and choppy camera shots of conversation stray from what the normal visit would be. After Fox finds his dad and hurries the conversation between the ...
- 910: Egyptian Cosmogony
- ... but those white executives who own the means of production and distribution within the political economy of Jazz; and the decisions of the owners within the recording industry are essential in determining the amount of employment for black musicians. Blacks in the main own nothing but their own talent (p28 Coltrane) Paul Whiteman was an incredible influence in Jazz music, making millions as the King of Jazz . He has been described ...
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