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Fortune Cookie
Fortune Cookie Background A fortune cookie is a crescent-shaped, hollow cookie with a paper inside imprinted with a short saying or "fortune." Fortune cookies are often presented with the bill at the end of a meal in Chinese restaurants. Each diner selects a cookie and... Read more |
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T. Thomas Fortune
T. Thomas Fortune 1856–... Read more |
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Fortune
Luck BIBLIOGRAPHY Luck exerts a dramatic influence over people’s lives. It has the power to transform the improbable into the possible; to make the difference between life and death, reward and ruin, happiness and despair. But how do psychologists examine this elusive concept, and what... Read more |
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Dion Fortune
Dion Fortune Occultist, medium, and author Dion Fortune (1890-1946) presented her beliefs in Christian mysticism, pantheism, magic, and psychology through her published works and her association with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the establishment of the Fraternity of the Inner Light.... Read more |
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Sir Robert Cecil
Cecil, Sir Robert (1563–1612). Jacobean statesman, the younger son, but political heir, of Elizabeth I's chief minister William Cecil (Burghley). Small in stature, humpbacked, and physically frail, he devoted himself to the service of the monarchy. Following in his father's footsteps, he... Read more |
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Ganesha
Ganesha Ganesha, the god of good fortune and wisdom, is one of the most popular Hindu deities.People call upon him at the beginning of any task, because his blessing supposedly ensures success. Ganesha is portrayed as a short man with a pot belly, four hands, and an... Read more |
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Downsizing
DOWNSIZING DOWNSIZING is the act of reducing the number of employees within a company in order to decrease costs and increase efficiency, with the ultimate goal of greater profitability. Downsized companies either continue the same work functions with fewer employees or they decrease the scope of... Read more |
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Brand identity
Edward T. Welburn 1950— Automotive executive Edward T. Welburn became chief designer of General Motors Corporation, the world's largest automaker, in 2003. The appointment made him the first African American to rise to what is considered one of the most prestigious jobs in the... Read more |
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Donald Alexander Smith
Donald Alexander Smith Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820-1914), was a Canadian politician, diplomat, philanthropist, and business leader with extensive interests in the fur trade, railroads, and banking. Donald A. Smith was born on Aug. 6, 1820, at Forres,... Read more |
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Fortuna
Fortuna , in Roman religion, goddess of fortune. Worshiped under several forms, she appears to have originally been a goddess of fertility. She was later identified with Tyche, the Greek goddess of chance, and like her was represented with a ship's rudder and a cornucopia.... Read more |
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