First Anglo-Afghan War is widely considered the worst military defeat in British Imperial history. Also known as Auckland’s Folly‚ it was a contest between the British East India Company and the tribes of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. Approximately 4‚500 British and Indian Sepoy soldiers‚ and 12‚000 camp followers died in the ruinous retreat from Kabul through the Gandamak Pass to Jalalabad. Famously (if exaggeratedly) only one British survivor‚ assistant surgeon William Brydon‚ made it to Jalalabad
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Reason why people communicate People communicate to express their feelings‚ means of expressing needs‚ share experience give instructions‚ share opinion‚ give encouragements etc. Effective communication Individual communicate to express their needs and preferences and to ensure they are met. As a carer discuss the options and choice available to the individual to allow him to make decisions on the options and choice available. Observation in communication In face to face communication
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People move for many reasons. It seems a normal thing that most people experience at least once in there life. So then why is it one of the hardest things to do? I often ask myself that many times. I have moved several times in my life. The hardest move though without a doubt was when I moved from Pasadena‚ Maryland to Casey‚ Illinois. I was originally from the Effingham area‚ I moved to Pasadena when I was six or seven. When lived there for about eight to nine years. When my grandparents moved back
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Why were the Bolsheviks convinced that imposing a state monopoly over the media in the short-term would inevitably lead to media freedom for everyone in the long-term? Introduction The Bolsheviks‚ originally also Bolshevists were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903. The Bolsheviks were the majority faction in a crucial vote‚ hence their name. They ultimately became the Communist
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The reasons why strategic planning fails Strategic planning seldom fail‚ it is the implementation of the plans that fail. Implementing strategic plan may sound as easy as putting plan and strategy into action. In reality‚ it is not at all easy. Business repeatedly fails to truly motivate their members to work with enthusiasm‚ all together‚ towards a strategic plan. They are multitude of reasons as to why strategic plan fail to be implemented. Crucial among them are: 1- Failure to motivate
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environment and people. Poaching is a crime that isn’t all black and white. There are many different methods and reasons as to why people do it that may seem right or justified to them. We have five reasons why poaching is beneficial to the environment and people. Our first reason why poaching is beneficial is that we think that people who poach make pretty good money. This may sound like a stupid reason but think about it‚ people who poach live in countries like India‚ South Africa‚ Madagascar‚ and Indonesia
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In the book Thirteen Reasons Why‚ by Jay Asher it follows two main symbols the color blue and scars. The symbols represent and reflect thoughts about a young freshman girl named Hannah. Hannah is the main focus of the book because she is the one who committed suicide and gave out thirteen reasons why she committed suicide. An adolescent boy named Clay is on one of the tapes of her suicide reasons. But he does not know that yet. “Well‚ you’re right. Something did happen. Justin grabbed my hand. We
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The only thing that surprised me was on the card titled "Why the Missions were Founded" it is in this a part that states " The Spanish law under which the California missions were founded was part of the “New Laws” issued in the 1540s. The code said that: (1) Indians should be permitted to dwell in communities of their own; (2) They should be permitted to choose their own leaders and councilors; (3) No Indian might be held as a slave; (4) No Indian might live outside his own village nor might any
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There are so many reasons why students should be able to graduate early‚ such as all credentials‚ college opportunities‚ and jobs are reasons why people should agree on students graduating early. That doesn’t even cover it all there is many more reasons to be able to graduate early. First of all students should be able to graduate earlier because most students already have most of their credentials. Why not give them the opportunity to graduate early if they have all credentials. To me students
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American and British English pronunciation differences From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Comparison of American and British English | American English British English | Computing | Keyboards | Orthography | Spelling | Speech | Accent Pronunciation | Vocabulary | American words not widely used in BritainBritish words not widely used in AmericaWords having different meanings in British and American English: A–L · M–Z | Works | Works with different titles
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