current city is Egypt ’s leading port‚ a commercial‚ tourism and transportation center‚ and the heart of a major industrial area where refined petroleum‚ asphalt‚ cotton textiles‚ processed food‚ paper‚ plastics and styrofoam are produced. Contents 1 Early settlements in the area 2 Foundation 3 Ptolemaic era 4 Roman era 4.1 Roman annexation 4.2 Late Roman and Byzantine period 5 Arab rule 6 Modern history 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Early settlements in the area Just east
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My Favourite Subject at School I must say that I study at an ordinary secondary school in a small town in Vitebsk region. It’s common knowledge that we study many different subjects at school. Well‚ I can’t say that I like all of them or that I’m really good at all of them. In fact it’s much more pleasant for me to speak about the subjects I like best. My favourite subjects are humanities‚ English in particular. I began to study English on a regular school basis when I was in
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Abstract The essay to follow will discuss what is meant by liberal democracy. The term will be defined and further discussed. In addition‚ it will be contrasted with that of a socialist democracy. This democratic system will be defined in political terms with reference to valid examples as too will liberal democracy. The following essay is based on a contrast between liberal and socialist democracy from a political perspective. An analysis of the terms‚ concepts and the question will then
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more comprehensive or more useful than yours‚ clearly that means their BATNA is stronger- at least in one area. 5.0 Information: The more information we have about the subject matter of the negotiation‚ the greater our capacity to assess our BATNA and parties with whom we’re negotiating. 6.0 Experience: informs us about the subject matter of each negotiation. In addition‚ our experience working with other parties gives us a sense of their level of sophistication‚ their capacity to make and fulfill
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In todays society; religion‚ race‚ and even abortion are very taboo subjects that conversationally most try to avoid entirely. One of the biggest “taboo subjects” that reside next to religion is the topic of politics: Liberals versus conservatives versus independents. In my AP government class‚ taught at a military base in Okinawa Japan‚ we had to give a speech on what our political views are and why it is the ideal political ideology to have. This assignment proved nerve racking for me because kids
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Change is defined as the transition from one thing into something else‚ which Aristotle and his predecessors describe as "coming-to-be”. Theories on how this alteration occurred and what was subject to change vary among the pre-Socratics‚ and one such philosopher of this era went so far to claim that change is logically impossible. The Greek philosopher Parmenides argues that all change was merely an illusion and that reality‚ which only is‚ is unchanging. He uses the word “is” to demonstrate what
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The Role of Liberal Arts in a College Education Henry Rosovsky’s article entitled The Purposes of Liberal Education is a brief‚ but extremely accurate and clearly-written explanation of what he feels a liberal arts education entails. The author has had extensive experience in the field of education and has been able to shape and impact many students while being the Dean at Harvard College. For this reason‚ consideration of his ideas on the liberal arts is merited. His standard of liberal education
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Is it fair to call Hegel an authoritarian liberal’? Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is one of the most influential and most difficult political theorists in the history of western thought. This is one of the first points that is realised when researching his works and readings. His name is invoked by many philosophers that followed him yet not often truly understood. This can often be put down to the different way his political theory was perceived by the reader. Even the supporters of Hegels thought
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In determining where a case can be brought‚ multiple factors are considered by the courts such as subject-matter jurisdiction‚ as well as in personam or in rem jurisdiction. Subject-matter jurisdiction determines what type of court will hear the case. These types of jurisdiction include exclusive federal jurisdiction‚ state jurisdiction‚ and concurrent federal jurisdiction. While state jurisdiction usually only gives jurisdiction within the state‚ federal jurisdiction extends beyond geographical
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of literary discourse from a linguistic orientation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disciplines: Linguistics Literary Criticism Stylistics Subjects: Language Literature ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some useful concepts in Stylistics: Foregrounding – emphasis on a textual feature; may be achieved
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