... . Within the MCO category, however, there are shared traits. Most are location-driven. Expansion usually results from creating a concept to fit an attractive site rather from aggressively seeking locations to proliferate a brand as chain-restaurant companies do. Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group opened a lavish high-end restaurant concept ... within New York's City's Plaza Hotel, in a space that previously had been the fabled Edwardian Room. The site was an offer they couldn't resist but the concept had to fit the plaza. The Olives and Figs restaurant also taper their concepts to the .....

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... way to live. By using superblocks he transformed the amount of land use by using tall towers that opened up over half of the site while keeping the population density the same and in some cases even increasing it, accounting for growth. Moses knew that he had to recapture ... the problem as Moses. Le Corbusier was very confident in architecture's role in social transformation, even suggesting that there would be a revolution if Paris did not accept the Radiant City Plan. Ironically his optimistic belief in design has been blamed for failures in housing projects in America. He vastly ... ...

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... . Some of these decisions that he must make involve international relations with the United States. These relations are very active through visits and more. In Paris, France on November 29, 1932 Jacques Chirac was born. He was the only child of a one-time cavalry officer. In 1968, Chirac attended ... only to lose it in a power struggle. In 1976 he formed the conservative Rally of the Republic movement, and later became the mayor of Paris. In 1995 Chirac was awarded the title of the President of France. . Jacques Chirac has been transformed into one of the most powerful presidents ... 2...

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... was built in 1887 and finished in 1889. The tower provided a dramatic symbol for the exposition and elevators to make it possible for fairgoers to have fabulous view of Paris. Gustave Eiffel set out to design a pleasing structure and was disguised the underlying modern grid frame on which the work is engineered with sweeping curves and dramatic proportions. The design ... was the winning entry from 700 submissions in a competition to design a temporary structure for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889. Various pamphlets and articles were published throughout the year of 1886, then on...

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... . Although it is the lesser known of the duo's work, it is not of lesser architectural value. It is set approximately 35 miles outside of Paris in the French countryside. Construction of the palace began in 1641, and was officially completed in 1661, the gardens however took much longer to complete because ... of the time required for the foliage to fully develop. The entire site is placed in a dense area of trees, which provides the gardens with somewhat a sense of seclusion (figure 1). The fact that it is surrounded by trees ... paths, and circulation spaces run to or from this main ax...

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The royal Abbey of St. Denis is named after the first bishop of Paris and his companions martyred in 270; a small chapel was built over the place of their burial, which is now the site of the Abbey. In 630 the abbey was founded for Benedictine monks, and used as a place of education. Over the years the abbey went through many additions and ... architecture not only because of its new developments in design, but also because of its political standing. New churches throughout France were designed with the Gothic style. Notre Dame in Paris is an example of a cathedral designed after the Gothic i...

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... an affair, than that eliminates most of Miller"'"s reasoning for Abigail to call witchcraft on Elisabeth. Abigail is repeatedly called Reverend Paris"'" niece. Although she was somehow related to him, it is not listed in any kind of record that Paris was her uncle. It is also claimed that Abigail becomes a prostitute but this easily could be made up. '"'No one knows ... that Tituba knows Barbados curses. '"'Tituba was An Indian woman, not a Negro slave, from an Arawak village in South America'"', states Douglas Linder (womenhistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm'site). The play also d...

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... his hatred to woman and their femininity. The suicide of a friend in 1901 led to what is known as Picasso's blue period. It was a time where Picasso was moving around Paris and Barcelona. His paintings were in blue tones and represented his sadness and depression at the time. His depiction of the blue period included half thin starved bodies and unattractive ... his rose period. The Second World War had an enormous impact on Picasso, and led him to designing the poster of the white dove announcing the World Peace Congress in Paris in 1949. He was an advocate for peace for the rest of hi...

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... were sent to Poland by the gestapo. They scape and managed to scape to France. In 1941 he and his brother and sister were sent to concentration camps in Drancy, Paris, that was the last time he ever saw them. In one of the cattle cars he met Ludwig Lash from Hamburg who later bacame Jack's best friend. Lash had lost ... architecture found in Wiesbaden is seldom seen in other German cities. When the Air Force was established as a separate branch of the service in 1945 Wiesbaden was selected as the site of the Air Force Headquarters in Europe until 1975. Wiesbaden served as the hub for ac...

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... to be a draftsmen on the Hotel Astor in Times Square. After winning the Pairs Prize William Van Alen continued his education in architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was then married on January 16, 1916 to Elizabeth Bag. Over all William was known for his intricate and modern style designs. By 1911 he started his own firm ... a design in 1934 to mass produce modernistic copper-clad houses. Later in 1936 he constructed a steel house. Sadly in 1938 William Van Alen lost his property for the apartment building site to foreclosure. With little success in reviving his career ...

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... the cost incurred by Icann in implementing the new policy. A smaller portion will also go to charities that cannot get the endings they want (Stevenson). Several organizations such as .unicef, .paris, .nyc, .canon, and .hitachi have already publicized their plans to claim a domain name, but many companies and governments refuse to comment for competition reasons (Gross). Retailers are excited at the ... could cut down on phishing and other online scam attempts. For instance, if a certain bank only has domains with a specific suffix, scammers would have a difficult time leading users to ...

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... Emma, "as for Emma, she didn't think she was in love with him. Love, she believed, should arrive all at once with thunder and lightning-(111). Leon unexpectedly leaves for Paris to study law without ever taking the chance to confess his love for her. Emma is regretful of her timidity in not letting Leon know her true feelings. While at ... into a great fairy tale love due to the things she reads in her romantic novels. The fact that she wants him to be everything to her causes her to lose site of their true relationship. Rodolphe soon grows tired of her and "what he didn't understand wa...

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... 150 feet up) clearly shows the initial construction from its fishing construction in 1876. The Washington Monument was the world's tallest structure for five years, when it was surpassed by Paris' Eiffel Tower. Constructed entirely of stacked granite and marble blocks with no metal structural supports. The only metal portion is the uppermost tip " a 100-ounce pyramid of aluminum, which ... work is complete the elevator will meet all operation and safety standards and perform safely and reliably. National Park Service staff, inspectors and contractors are working diligently to reopen the...

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... still suffer from self-esteem problems. Women still feel unhappy about the way the advertising industry portrays females. "Fashion magazines deliberately promote fantasy," says Mary Peacock of Women.com, a Web site for women. A typical fashion magazine reader can't afford the clothes or achieve the body depicted in these publications, she says. Peacock says women's magazines have regressed in their portrayal of ... dubbed "heroin chic- because of the ultra-thin, strung-out appearance of models like Kate Moss and Shalom Harlow, the look dominated fashion capitals such as New York, London...

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... doctor and Pam. So some people say he could still be alive, and he just happened to get out of site from people because they tore him up I guess we will never know. He was buried at Pere-Lachaisse cemetery in Paris. Where thousands still flock to see his grave. Jim Morrison was more than a poet, he was a songwriter and a performer, and ... ...

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... persons if used to its full capabilities. It had hundreds of spectacular rooms with marble columns, polished inlaid floors, brilliant rugs and tapestries, and painted ceilings it was a very beautiful site. All of the countryside surrounding it was formed into formal gardens and parks with classical Greek statues and fountains for the kings leasure time. Avenues were on all sides of ... depend on his bounty for the means of subsistence. This was a plague which, once introduced, became a scourge to the whole country, for it did not take long to spread to Paris, and thence to the armies an...

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... 's feeling after observation of museum can be different because we have all different social, cultural, and academic backgrounds. In my case, I felt the Louvre Museum which is located in France, Paris while I was traveling the Europe, and I believed that I have different feeling than others because of my unusual background as a Korean student who is majoring finance at United States. Throughout this ... . That is why I want to illustrate this building. Actually, this multi-purpose venue was constructed with the purpose of the home of Buckeye basketball and hockey... as well as the site of...

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... world and the industrial scientific one" which Gellner said (Davis, Vol.32) " has always been for me absolutely central to understanding the world." Ernest Gellner was born December 9, 1925 in Paris, France. He was raised in Prague until 1938, at which time his Jewish German family escaped to England. He attended an English grammar school and went on to Oxford. He ... individualistic mode of thought and a desire for the spiritual comfort of community."(Mattick The New York Times) In commenting on Gellner and his writings, the Santa Fe Institute Notebooks web site said: "Most of Gellner'...

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... , the award for best set design went to Mauritanian director, Abderrahmane Sissako for his film "Heremakono-, which received the Stallion de Yennenga for best film. According to the BBC's official site for FESPACO 2003, "from 1985 onwards, the Festival has adopted several different themes for the event, starting with the cinema, people, and liberation. This year's theme [was] the actor in ... , a total of ten films were featured at the festival. Awards were given out for best actress - Tunisian actress, Awatef Jendoubi; best actor - Cheick Doukoure of Guinea, director and actor in "Paris ...

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