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    Just as the music gets faster it will stop and start over slow and work its way back up to fast again. Instrumentation – This composition is written for a large orchestra‚ Stravinsky used each instrument tried to work each to its highest and lowest notes. The composition called for: Woodwinds: Piccolo‚ 4 flutes‚ 4 oboes‚ 5 clarinets‚ English horn‚ 5 bassoons Brass: 8 horns‚ 5 trumpets‚ 3 trombones‚ 2 tubas Percussion:

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    On a planet overcrowded with dreadful occurrences prior to the Cold War‚ a cipher clerk for the Soviet Union. Igor Gouzenko‚ shed light on the existence of a Soviet embassy spy ring. This resulted in a massive investigation which changed his life‚ and shaped the future of Canada. Igor Gouzenko’s actions throughout his life had a profound effect on Canadian Identity. He took action and revealed the Soviet spy ring to the Canadian government‚ which forced Canada to become involved in military decisions

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    Main Point Topic Sentence: First I’m going to talk about the early beginnings of helicopters as well as the first helicopter that took flight‚ and how helicopters helped in the wars. 1. Claim: The early beginnings of helicopters began in 1909 when Igor Sikorsky built the world’s first helicopter. a. Support: Although stated on popsci.com‚ on March 1931 Clayton Slawter they state‚ “it was more than 30 years later for Sikorsky’s first helicopter to successfully take flight.” b. Impact: This was

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    The Fatuous Roaming of Igor Novikov On the eve of the 16th of January in the first year of the Tsardom of Muscovy. A man named Igor Novikov‚ a merchant‚ went to the royal capital alongside thousands of the others to witness the auspicious crowing of Ivan the fourth‚ who due to his capricious nature would one day be known as the Ivan the Terrible. As Igor was listing to Ivan’s pedantic imperial decree‚ a small thought slowly expanded in his mind and he was not fatuous enough to believe those false

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    Case study: Ovelle pharmaceuticals Question 1: The company ovelle was founded in 1934 in Dundalk. This Irish family business is specialized in the production of dermatological‚ pharmaceutical and beauty products. The granddaughter of the founder‚ "Joanna Gardiner" took over the company in 2000. At that time the company had few Difficulties. She had financial difficulties and was sterile in terms of innovation. Now after Joanna’s work we will diagnostic the situation of the company. For this we

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    Ansoff Matrix of Virgin Groups‚ McDonald’s and eBay Introduction Ansoff Matrix was introduced by Igor Ansoff‚ a Russian-born pioneer of strategic management and corporate planning. He was also the strategist who first identified the fact that competitive advantage in the market was vital in the element of planning process (2001). Ansoff matrix helps to define two vital factors for marketing: what is sold and who it is sold to. Therefore‚ it pertains on the products

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    were all key factors to the way music of this time period sounds. Some compositions even received hostility because they had broken so far off tradition. In Paris on May 29‚ 1913 the most famous riot in music history took place. It was the premier of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Le Sacre du printemps. There were hecklers at this premier that booed and made animal noises as members in the audience tried to watch this ballet

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    The Discredited Hero Igor Gouzenko was a Russian who did a great deal of damage to communism and the USSR. Some may see him as a selfish man‚ who betrayed his country for money and personal freedom‚ but others may see him as a selfless man‚ who despite the severe consequences for him and his family‚ did what would ultimately benefit the whole world. My opinion is that he was a great‚ selfless man who sacrificed all he had for the freedoms we enjoy in democratic countries around the globe. Gouzenko’s

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    In this passage‚ Stravinsky discusses orchestra conductors‚ making observations and conclusions concerning their true necessity. He seemingly has carefully studied conductors’ behavior and effectively conveys his view to the reader. To present his point of view clearly‚ Stravinsky makes use of diction‚ satirical statements‚ and comparisons. Stravinsky manipulates his diction throughout the passage. He often uses quotations to place emphasis on certain words. His placement of quotes around the words

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    the manipulation of rhythms rather than the usual melodic/harmonic schemes. The tried and true genre of the symphony‚ albeit somewhat modified by this time‚ attracted such masters as Gustav Mahler and Dmitri Shostakovich‚ while Igor Stravinsky gave full rein to his manipulation of kaleidoscopic rhythms and instrumental colors throughout his extremely long and varied career. While many composers throughout the twentieth-century experimented in new

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