A Société means company in French and “Société BIC, the French consumer products company, makes the ubiquitous lighters, pens, and shavers” (Hoovers). The founder of BIC was Baron Marcel Bich, and has begun his company in 1953 with his partner Edouard Buffard, they didn't truly invent the pen, Hungarian Ladislao Bir was the creator of the parts, so Bich had purchased it off Bir (Los Angeles Times). Edouard Buffard was the... “executive Vice President and Director of Société BIC” (BIC Group). In Italy
Verisimilitude in The English Patient One critic has written, "Ondaatje has always been fascinated by history - seen as a series of arcane stories about the past. In his hands, even the documents of history slide away from factual representation toward a haunting apprehension of indeterminacy." (Barbour 207). In The English Patient Ondaatje blends fiction and history into a socially conscious story. Verisimiliude is the aspect of belivability present in a novel. Ondaatje's use of the element of
Technology has had a huge impact on the universe ever since the first tools were created. Everything that has been discovered or invented in the technological aspect has revolutionized rapidly to create the technology we have today. Every invention has come from the basic idea of another piece of technology to improve or create something so much better than before. There are six main categories of technology: transportation, science and math, construction, manufacture, communication and other
The fabulous late 1930s The late 1930’s was full of many political, entertainment, style, and technological advances. The entertainment industry contained many new types of films and songs. New political leaders came to power and dealt with many trying events. Men, women and children began changing the way they dressed. As the 1930s continued, the world also began to invent new technology. The late 1930s was full of popular films, songs, and dances. The following movies were voted the best of
The history of technology begins two and a half million years ago with the stone age. Flint was split and sharpened to be used as a tool. Within a hundreds of thousands of years these stone tools became specialized for boring, scraping, cutting and sharp points. Five hundred thousand years ago in China, man discovers fire. The Neolithic period 8000BC of the Stone age brought about many new technologies. These technologies are pottery, textiles, bricks made in Jericho made of clay or mud and