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Christine Hamilton

Christine Hamilton (born November 10, 1949) is a British television personality and author, and the wife of former MP Neil Hamilton. Her forceful personality made her an easy target for cartoonists as the scandals that cost her husband his parliamentary seat seemed endless.



After many years working as secretary to various MPs – including Gerald Nabarro and latterly her husband – she came to wider public attention when she confronted her husband's opponent Martin Bell on Knutsford Heath during the 1997 genera

Elizabeth Hardwick

Elizabeth Hardwick, or Hardwicke, Countess of Shrewsbury, known as Bess of Hardwick, (1527-1608) was the 3rd surviving daughter of John Hardwicke of Hardwicke in Derbyshire.



At the age of fourteen she was married, the first of four marriages, to 12 year old Robert Barlow, heir to a neighbouring estate. However they were too young, and he too sick, to consummate their marriage before he died. As Robert's widow she was entitled to one-third of the revenues of the Barlow estate.



She rema

William Patrick Hitler

William Patrick Hitler (March 12, 1911–November 1987), nicknamed Willie, was the nephew of Adolf Hitler. He was the son of Alois Hitler, Jr., Adolf's half-brother. Alois had moved to Dublin, met an Irish woman, Bridget Dowling, and eloped to Liverpool where William Patrick was born in 1911. Alois soon abandoned the family to return to Germany leaving William Patrick to be raised by his mother.



Alois remarried, bigamously, but re-established contact in the mid-1920s writing to Bridget asking her to send William

Catherine (Kate) Elizabeth Middleton

Catherine (Kate) Elizabeth Middleton (born 9 January 1982) is the girlfriend of Prince William of Wales.



She was raised in Bucklebury Berkshire, in the south of England, and attended the public school Marlborough College. Like the Prince, Middleton was a student at the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. She graduated with a 2:1 in history of art.



She is the eldest daughter of Michael Middleton, a British businessman, and his wife, Carole. Her parents own Party Pieces, a mail order

Maria Coventry, Countess of Coventry

Maria Coventry, Countess of Coventry (1733–September 30, 1760) was a famous London beauty and society hostess during the reign of King George II.



Born Maria Gunning, she was born in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, the daughter of John Gunning of Castle Coote and his wife, Bridget (a daughter of the 6th Viscount Mayo) and the elder sister of Elizabeth Gunning. The family was relatively poor and when the two sisters came of age, their mother urged them to take up acting to earn a living. They then travelled to Dublin, were

Brad Pitt

William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American film actor.
He was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to Southern Baptist parents of mainly English and Irish descent and was raised in Springfield, Missouri. In high school, Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student government, and school musicals. He attended the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri - Columbia where he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He was two credits shy of graduating with a journalism degree before trying h

Jenifer Anistone

(born February 11, 1969) is an American actress, best known for playing Rachel Green on the highly popular television sitcom Friends, and for her much-publicized marriage to actor Brad Pitt.

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Early life
Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California to Greek actor John Aniston (originally Ioannis Anastasakis) and his then-wife Nancy Dow, an actress of Scottish and Italian

Why are the investors coming to Slovakia.

Slovakia is very attractive country for the foreign investors. Every day new investors are coming to Slovakia and there are interesting in to investing their money over here or just start with some kind of production. Just a few years ago Slovakia was not very investor’s friendly and a lot of companies rather choose different country. Nowadays the situation is different. Every day present government is doing changes which are very good for investors. A lot of experts in economy claims that Slovakia is know one of the best countries for invest

Case analysis:South West airlines

Executive Summary
The Leader is one of the most important parts of any company. Southwest Airlines Inc. has a great leader his name is Herb Kelleher, he is the legend in airline industry. Even the fact that he was not the founder of Southwest airlines; he is the spirit of the company. Southwest Airlines were established in 1966 by Rollin King in Texas. He visited Herb Keller in his law office with his idea, to establish low cost low fare airlines. The Airlines started to operate in “golden triangle” which consists of three cities Aus

How does the European Union work?

What are the origins of the European Union? The European Union, or the European (Economic) Community as it was originally known, arose from the ashes of World War Two. Its goal was then as it is now to ensure peace, prosperity and a new start for a continent whose political and economic foundations had effectively dis­integrated. A number of different organizations, with different priorities, were established in order that this goal could be realized.



Focusing on military and security issues were the North Atlantic

Piercing

What is this about? Piercing. Everyone knows what that is. It's modifying the body by making holes... or stretching ones. Whatever you want to do. Yes, it can be painful, yes it can be a hassle, but it's all about aesthetics. Some people think them to be beautiful and some people just like the way that the jewelry looks. For some it is also a spiritual experience. Maybe you just like the pain. Maybe you got one because you thought it looked cool and then you became addicted to getting them. You don't have to have piercings to joi

Piešťany

Location– Piešťany are located in the south-western part of the Slowak Republic,in the nothern extremity of the warm Danube Lowland,in the broad valley of the Váh-river,under the western slopes oh the Považský Inovec,in the altitude of 162 metres.


The municipal part of Piešťany with its thirty-five thousand inhabitants,the shopping network and services,hotels and cafés,several significant spa buildings,recreational,cultural and social facilities,an extensive municipal park,sports grounds and playgrounds are situat

English Syntax

The main concentration is on sentence. To constrict a sentence we need a lexicon which must have some meaning- it is the issue of semantic and words interfere within the sentence- it is the issue of syntax.

However, we do not learn only how to compose a correct sentence as an isolated unit but we learn how to use sentences in different context. A learner needs to know how to make and understand utterance which performs certain communicative acts.

Communicative grammar considers sentences in discourse groups sentences

Shimano Inc. - company profile

Shimano Inc.
History
Shimano was established as Shimano Iron Works in Japan in February 1921 by Shozaburo Shimano and about ten years later Shimano began to export its original freewheel. Shimano walked through a long history, through hard times until 1991, when Shimano adopted its current name. Many production plants, organizations sponsored by Shimano, local branches and sales offices all around the world were established, like factory Shimano Czech Republic, s. r. o., in Czech Republic for example.

Shimano today <

Slovakia

The official name is the Slovak Republic. It is an independent state situated in the heart of Europe. The capital city is Bratislava. Slovakia has 5 neighbours: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine. In our country live about 5,5 million inhabitants. Slovakia has 49 000 square kilometres, so it belong to smaller countries of Europe. Here live people of different nations and ethnic groups. The strongest nationality are the Slovaks. Here live minorities like Hungarians, Romany people, the Czechs, the Ruthenians, the Ukrainians, the

Great Britain

Great Britain is situated in the British Isles. It consists of three parts: England, Wales and Scotland. The British Isles are situated in the north-east of the Atlantic Ocean. From Europe they are divided by the English Channel. The surface of G. B. covers the whole British island and a small part of Ireland. The islands are divided by the Irish Sea.


The most mountainous area of G. B. is Scotland. The highest British mountain is Ben Nevis – it measures 1 343 m. The biggest river in G. B. is the Thames. The longest river

Role - models and ideals

Every human being is a unique personality, having a lot in common with other people but also being different from other people. What we have in common is the fact that we are born, live our individual live and when our life comes to an end, we die.


During our life we learn how to get on with other people, how to cope with problems, how to overcome difficulties. It is not easy but most of us try hard. As individuals we have different personal qualities which sometimes cause problems, because we have both positive and negativ

Books - reading

In the antique world were works of literature very valuable. After then, when the letter-printer was invented, books were available for everyone.


Nowadays, some people prefer to watch films and they forget to books. I think that reading books is much better. And why? The firs reason is, that when you read a book you can imagine all the characters, situations, country and a lot of things around.



The Books are much expensive and libraries too. We have to pay 50 crowns in our town's library eve

Multicultural society

In Slovak Republic are a lot of nationally customs and traditions. Slovaks have various churches and national holidays.

One of them is Christmas day. This day is on 24 December. People have a big decorated Christmas tree. For dinner we have honey with waffles and garlic, mushroom soup, pies with potatoes or with cabbage and a carp. We drink white wine and men drink some alcohol f. e. Vodka. After dinner we unpack presents, which are under the Christmas tree. This evening is very interesting, because all the family members are happ

Food

Everybody likes eating something different. A traditional Slovak breakfast is very simple. Some families prepare pancakes, scrambled eggs, toast or hot sausage. Some people have a bread or roll with butter, jam or honey. But nowadays many people just have a cereal with milk, because cereals are very healthy.

During breakfast we usually drink a milk, herb or fruit tea or juices. Some people drink a coffee or coffee with milk. We must always remember that breakfast must be healthy.
About ten o'clock a. m. comes time for

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