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History - Henry VIII
Henry VIII , Tudor king of England ( 1509-1547 ), and founder of the Church of England . The son of Henry VII , he profoundly influenced the character of the English monarchy . Henry was born in London on June 28 , 1491 , and on the death of his father in 1509 succeeded to the throne...
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The history of The British Museum
Some important dates in the history of The British Museum. 1753. On 7 June, King George II gave his assent to the British Museum Act for the purchase of the collections of Sir Hans Sloane and the Harleian collection of manuscripts. To this was added the library of Sir Robert Cotton, which had formed the nucleus of the...
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Colorado River - Grand Canyon
Immense gorge cut by the Colorado River into the high plateaus of northwestern Arizona, U.S., noted for its fantastic shapes and coloration.The broad, intricately sculptured chasm of the Grand Canyon contains between its outer walls a multitude of imposing peaks, buttes, canyons, and ravines. It ranges in width from about 0.1...
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The Gallic Wars
With these words, Caesar begins the Bellum Gallicum, his own account of the Gallic Wars. The books of this unique work, which were written at the end of each year, were sent to the Senate in Rome, probably as supplements to an eventual application for a Triumph. The excuse for the war was the supposed crossing of the Helvetii...
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Bleak House
Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 at Lamport, Portsmouth, being the second of the eight children of John Dickens, a clerk in the Naval Pay Office.John Dickens' work took him from place to place, so that Charles spent his childhood in Portsmouth, London and Chatham. In 1823 the family moved to London, faced with...
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The Survival of Tragedy
"It may be that there are demoniac forces within us, and outside, set to destroy us; it may be that we will finish in darkness and despair and suicide. And it is of the eminent dignity of a man and a woman to look this possibility in the face: to know at last this may be. The greatest Greek tragedies are a constant education...
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Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi, is a famous Romanian sculptor (b. 1876 Hobita-Pestisani, Gorj, Romania - d. 1957 Paris, France), one of the first great creators in the modern art. In 1894 he entered the Craftsmanships School in Craiova, to go then to the National Fine Arts School in Bucharest (1898-1902), where, for a short while, he...
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The civil war
During his conquest of Gaul, Caesar had seen to it that his part of the Gallic loot was wisely spent in preserving and fortifying his position in Rome. His Populist acts as Praetor and Consul had severely alienated the middle group of senators and he needed to use Pompeius's connections with this group to legitimate his...
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CHEYENNE HISTORY
Nothing in the Cheyenne legends recalls migration to the North American Continent. Rather it was believed that the first Cheyenne lived under ground and were led to the surface by one fo their more adventuresome people, who, following a small source of light, discovered the world above them.It is suspected the Cheyenne were...
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Washington Square
Henry James (1843-1916) was born in New York. Coming from a rather well-off family, he enjoyed good education and travelled extensively to England, Switzerland, France and Germany. He graduated from Harvard Law School. He started his literary career with a volume of short-stories, "A Passionate Pilgrim" (1871). In 1876 he...
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Triunghiul Bermudelor
Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle and the Limbo of the Lost, a geographical area of about 3,900,000 sq km (1,500,000 sq mi), between Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Melbourne in Florida (located 55°W to 85°W and 30°N to 40°N), in which there have been numerous unexplained disappearances of ships and aircraft....
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Julius Caesar
In 1598, Francis Meres described Shakespeare as "the most excellent in both sides - comedy and tragedy". His comedies are unsurpassed for the marvellous harmony they establish among so many apparently discordant elements. His tragedies, rightly interpreted, do not reveal a spirit of gloom and disillusionment. Yet, if we...
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People and Traditions
Artistic and cultural activity in Britain ranges from the highest professional standards to a wide variety of amateur involvement. London is one of the leading world centers for drama, music, opera and dance. Other cities are serve as centers of artistic excellence in their regions. Some 650 professional arts festivals take...
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Short history of USA
The territory now part of the United States has been inhabited for from 15,000 to 40,000 years, as attested by local evidence. The aboriginal peoples, ancestral to today's American Indians, left no firm monuments on the scale of contemporaneous cultures elsewhere, but both the pueblos of the Southwest and the great mounds of...
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare was born 23rd of April 1564, the same day as the day of his death, 52 years later - at Stratford on Avon, a small town in Warwickshire, in the heart of England.His father, John Shakespeare, was a glover, a wooddealer and perhaps a butcher. About 1565 John Shakespeare was elected to various public offices. His...
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Agatha Cristie - Detective Fiction
"Agatha Christie is the most widely published writer of any time and in any language. Only the Bible and the plays of Shakespeare have sold more edition than the murder mysteries".One could ask, after reading the fragment quoted, a simple question: "Why?" and we believe that the answer to this question would make an eloquent...
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Engleza - Test paper
My personal qualities are:confidence - there are many situations that demonstrate the level of confidence that I have in myself or my manager has in me.creativity - there are many situations where I came up with creative solutions to many problems.independent/self - starter is my ability to work independently.pressure is my...
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Process of Privatization and Restructuring of Enterprises in Romania and Poland after the Fall of Communism
After decades of domination of centrally-planned economic system, countries of Central and Eastern Europe began a long and difficult process of economic transition to market economy. This process consists of economic stabilization, trade liberalization, major changes in social system, development of sound financial system,...
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Like Joyce and Proust, Hemingway is a writer who uses the material of his own life to construct fiction. For example, "A Farewell to Arms" (1929) was inspired by his war experience in Italy, and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1940) reflects part of his experience after travelling in Spain. He believed that the writer's role was...
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HENRY JAMES
Henry James was in many respects the inspirer of the modern experimental novel. His theory of the novel is based on the premises laid down in his famous essay "The Art of Fiction", where he asserts that the novel should be concerned with the major values of life: "The only reason for the existence of the novel is that it does...
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The History of The Great British Museum
The British Museum is one of the greatest museums of the world. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1753 and is now governed under the British Museum Act 1963. General management and control are vested in a Board of twenty-five Trustees (one appointed by the Sovereign, fifteen by the Prime Minister, four nominated by...
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William Shakespeare
A complete, authoritative account of Shakespeare's life is lacking; much supposition surrounds relatively few facts. His day of birth is traditionally held to be April 23; it is known he was baptized on April 26, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. The third of eight children, he was the eldest son of John...
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Brooklin bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge from New York City S.U.A. , Crosses the East River connecting the Island Manabattan with the Long Island near Brooklyn. The bridge had been a great impact over New York .It was finished on 1883, and from that day Brooklyn and Manbattan were never two separated cities The Brooklyn Bridge is a...
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Vienna-fact life
Population: 1.5 million,mostly German-speaking Austrians; also Czechs and HungariansFamous former residents: Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert,Strauss Location: North-east Austria, south bank River Danube, eastern end of narrow plain between Carphatians and Alps. Area: 415 sq km. Famous buildings: St. Stephen's...
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Me and the deserted island
Today, captain Scott's boat is still floating. I am on his boat too and I'm a sailor.'Land!Land!'It was true, the island named 'Kanaby' was near us.After three hours,we managed to disembark. Every sailor kissed the land and soon after that we tried to find some food.We managed to find some coconuts and some bananas. They...
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Spring day in Europe
Spring day in Europe represent the wonderful become of the bloom season on this continent.That makes as see a more unitary Europe.Passing the time and the cold winter we hope that wars between nations remain a neghtmaire. A lot of things must be changed in Europe and we rely on the children from worldwide because...
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TV advertisements
In TV advertisements, every family has two childrens and everyone lives in a house with a garden.Everyone has got a car and a mobile phone.When they drive their cars, the roads are empty. Everyone has got a job.No one is unemployed.Everyone works in a hightech office which is full of shiny new computers.No on e works in a...
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Castles
Peles Castle, nestled in the valley of the western Bucegi mountains about an hour north of Bucharest, Sinaia is home to the fabulous Peles Castle, a fairy-tale-like edifice built by King Carol 1 in the 19th century as the royal family's summer residence. Its interiors are an opulent display of elegant design and historical...
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Blue jeans
Blue jeans are probably the single most representative article of American clothing. They were originally invented by tailor Jacob Davis, who together with dry-goods salesman Levi Strauss patented the idea in 1873 as durable clothing for miners. Blue jeans (also known as dungarees) spread among workers of all kinds in the...
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Where do they make Hondas?
Twenty years ago, if someone asked:'Where do they make Hondas?', the answer would be easy.'Hondas are made in Japan.'Nowadays, the question is not easy to answer. Making cars is a multinational business.Cars are not only manufactured in their original country, they are also produced in other countries. Japanese car giants...
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