Against All Odds

or the motorised bicycle. One of Ricard's proudest achievements was to have two Ricard jugs smuggled into the grotto at Lourdes. Ricard was a classically French figure, famously bad-tempered but also famously generous. In other ways, he was at odds with French tradition: a great entrepreneur and a great salesman, who detested the power of the French state and bureaucracy, which he called the "mediocrate". In a fit of temper with state controls, he resigned from day-to-day activities in his company

French), the emphasis falls more on the knights of the round table than on the table's owner. And now there is a new element, in the prominent part played by a woman, Queen Guinevere. The ideal of courtly love becomes part of the tradition. Among all the innovations of French authors in the 12th century, none is more influential than courtly love. This theme - of a gentleman's devotion to his often unattainable lady - is quintessentially romantic in concept. It long outlasts any other literary tradition

single-handed. Coriolanus’ words, «Alone I did it» spring to mind (5.6.116). Such heroes are loners, uncommunicative and unsociable and what they share is a tendency to resort to the unrestrained use of violence in the righting of wrongs. It is not at all my intention to place Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and these somewhat flat, modern offshoots on the same level, but rather to show the longevity and the continuing popularity of this character-type. Coriolanus too is an urban warrior, a warrior of

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the utilitarian tradition, under the format of a contract that allows him to provide a moral foundation to his principles of justice. He targets the moral shortcoming of utilitarianism, insofar as it confuses justice and utility. His arguments against the systematic maximisation of the overall good in society are founded in an intuitive sense of justice. The calculus of social welfare is intolerable in the light of his principles. In order to assess Rawls’ defence of this view, an evaluation

financial theories have failed to explain. In addition, we hope you gain insight into some of the underlying reasons and biases that cause some people to behave irrationally (and often against their best interests). Hopefully, this newfound knowledge will (Page 1 of 21) Copyright © 2010, Investopedia.com - All rights reserved. Investopedia.com – the resource for investing and personal finance education. give you an edge when it comes to making financial decisions. Background Before

Luxembourg, United Kingdom), the United States, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Iceland, Norway and Portugal. The main aim of the association was to ensure the security of the West after the Second World War in keeping a watch on Germany and in fighting against the soviet invasion. The first NATO Secretary General, Lord Ismay, famously stated that the organization's goal was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down"1 (Reynolds, 1994, p. 13). Greece and Turkey joined the organization

different result. The only way to get a different result is by changing the approach. If you don’t like the way Nigeria is, ‘Just Change It.’ The power to do so lies within you and the change starts with you. Nigeria is unquestionably in a critical state where all that we desire now is nothing but a change. Up till now, it’s unfortunate that the more we need change, the more it eludes us and the more we hope for it, the more we remain the same. The kind of change that we need will not come from the north nor

lives - the moment that they meet for the first time. The office party is a moment of historic importance in their personal lives because it is the moment where they go from being alone in the world, to finding a "soul mate". The office party is, in all senses of the word, the true "beginning" of their story. At the same time, by the end of this passage, Lessing wants the reader to have a good understanding of her two main characters. She wants to show what brings them together, and what "separates"

d'une courte synthèse du document.] | International relations theory REALISM Realism is the conservative theory of international relations that has maintained its place throughout the development of modern political science. Its premise is that all states are rational actors and their main goal is to attain power to survive. There are five basic assumptions that explain the realist theory. The first one is the anarchy. The world is anarchic, meaning that there is no global government. A government