.... "sent over" (for a Queen would never actually go shopping) for the Royal Family to purchase. The span of the store's influence on London was so far reaching that there was even a bridge over the River Thames painted in the traditional "Harrods colors" of gold and green. Of course, I had never actually been there myself, but being the well-informed traveler that I was, I had read the many travel books on the subject and decided such was a place that I must visit, perhaps get lost in. I was in for a shock, however, when I finally reached my destination, for not only was it the most fabulous department store as far as clothing was concerned, it was the best depart .....

.... companies become so huge that they lose focus, gain overhead and increase their expenses dramatically. Ultimately they can be less innovative and competitive than before.” Big companies tend to care only for making money and devalue things such as the quality of the product they produce. “Smaller companies by contrast, can hold some clear advantages. They are leaner, more focused and nimble than giants and relatively speaking, the can be more profitable.” Smaller companies, I believe, are out to make a living and care for the consumer’s satisfaction more then just the money they will receive. They know that if they don’t produce well and make peop .....

.... in the West (which includes Colorado) and South, where a culture of honor persists, there is a higher rate of argument-related homicide that in other areas of the country (the North). More specifically, in the South and West, more organized societies have a higher rate of argument-related homicides than less stable ones. Argument-related homicides are far more prevalent in the South and West than they are in the North (Cohen 412). This is not merely supported by the number of argument-related homicides in the given regions, but also by the beliefs within the cultures. Southerners and Westerners support honor-related violence more than Northerners and al .....

.... misunderstandings may arise from these misperceptions. My physical appearance, having long hair, often denotes extroversion and other mostly negative qualities. But in reality, I am more of an introvert than the opposite. I do not drink, neither do I smoke. Despite my academic achievements and fluency in the English language, several people still stereotype me as an "Ah-Beng", which is basically the Hokkien translation of a punk. From my feedback, some people actually consider me quite a benevolent person. I'm amiable by nature, even I do not realise it. Even so, I sometimes, am still discriminated because I have long hair. Many young people out there have s .....

.... and courage as does no other sport. However, many people believe bullfighting is barbaric and inhumane. The contest begins with a colorful grand entrance by the participants. The actual fight starts when the picadors, who are horse-mounted members of the cuadrilla. They fend off the bull's charges with sharp steel-tipped pikes, called pics. They weaken and anger the bull by piercing its neck and shoulders. Then come the banderilleros, named after their banderillas, or decorated barbed sticks. Clutching a stick in each hand, they rush the bull on foot and plant the barbs in the animal's neck, weakening and angering the beast even more. Finally the matador .....

.... in daily physical activities are more fit. In North America, forty percent of all five to eight year olds can be classified as obese, and beyond the age of twelve only ten percent of Canadian youth are active enough to receive any kind of health benefit. I am proud to be among this minority, however; I recognize that our nation is experiencing a health crisis. What we need to do (both parents and students) is encourage the introduction of a new school program, which develops and maintains cardio-respiratory efficiency, muscular strength, muscular endurance and flexibility. This program must be for everyone, not just the elite athlete. We need a pr .....

.... Native Americans. They were here before anyone else, and they were moved because they did not live with all the violence our ancestors did. The founding fathers continued to push them further and further away because it was beneficial to them at the time. They said if you stay here we will not bother you anymore, then when they decided that area was nice and they needed it for the white man. Then we began to take the black man out of Africa and use them on our plantations so the white man could get more money. The President ended slavery, but there were ways around it and everyone knew it. No one ever said any persecution of the black man is wrong for .....

.... was supposedly an omen, the force that would destroy Asia had entered the world. Alexander was a smart man and there was one main person to thank for that, his father. Philip II, knowing that someday his son would be a powerful figure arranged for none other than Aristotle to be Alexander’s tutor. Alexander grew to love his tutor almost as much as his father. Alexander’s favorite book was the Iliad by Homer, it was a story about some of the things he hoped to do when he got older, such as fight in wars. As a youth Alexander also enjoyed hunting and martial arts. Alexander feared that by the time he became king there would be nothing left for him to conquer. A .....