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    Now‚ girls are supposed to be fastidious‚ but I was the one who suffered most from this. Nora‚ my sister‚ just sucked up to the old woman for the penny she got every Friday out of the old-age pension‚ a thing I could not do. I was too honest‚ that was my trouble; and when I was playing with Bill Connell‚ the sergeant-major’s son‚ and saw my grandmother steering up the path with the jug of porter sticking out from beneath her shawl‚ I was mortified. I made excuses not to let him come into the house

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    their new form of democratic government. While democracy provides equality and justice for everyone‚ it also allows the ignorance of the masses to control the state. The first advantage pointed out by the Greeks is that democracy protected the many from being ruled by the few. Everyone had a say in state affairs and not just some group of aristocrats. Consequently‚ the poor and middle class Greeks upheld this form of government. Since they formed the majority of the population‚ democracy survived

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    Beatrice: Plot: Act 1 a) Supports Catherine’s request to be allowed to take a job‚ “Listen‚ she’s gotta go to work sometime”‚ and then hints at the perverse nature of their relationship to Eddie‚ “she’s seventeen years old‚ you gonna keep her in the house all her life”. She comments on other similar issues to support her claim‚ “First is was gonna be when she graduated high school‚ so she graduated high school. Then it was gonna be when she learced stenographer‚ so she learned stenographer. So

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    Except that miss Jean Louise and mister Jim‚ were really astonished about trial. At the court about Tom Robinson and of course that is very gloomy‚ but if they would spend more time with Atticus‚ maybe they wouldn’t be that depressing and.... I think from the beginning‚ Atticus always had a sentiment that Tom will be find guilty. Remember I asked why‚ but he said that just people think that if they were born white that is giving them some privileges in that life. And they can’t even recognize that we

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    police/officers that Eddie was the one with the gun and robbing the innocent people at night. 4. Marcus and Eddie’s reaction to the film The Count of Monte Cristo was that in the film there were scenes of a hero sword fighting and how a friend turned on away from his other friend. That scene relates with Eddie and Marcus and how either Marcus would let Eddie down and criticize/blame him about the robbing or if Eddie will let Marcus down. In the book Marcus had a choice to criticize his Eddie but he didn’t.

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    persuade Alfieri that Rodolfo is breaking the law. He also tried to prove Rodolfo is not a "real" man meaning he is Homosexual. "He ain’t right" quote was always repeated in Eddie’s speech showing he is obsessed and strongly believes in what he says. From an earlier scene we know that when Rodolfo sings ‘Paper doll’ to Catherine‚ there’s a bit of tension between everyone in the house after Eddie tells him to stop singing‚ so when Catherine invites Rodolfo to dance to it‚ it builds up a lot of anger

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    shift freight traffic from road transport to rail? I believe that it is in the best interest of South Africa to shift freight traffic from road transport to rail for various convincing and some obvious reasons. The most convincing reasons being a result of reduced road maintenance costs and congestion‚ greater safety on the roads‚ overall transport and logistics cost reductions‚ reduced overall impact of rising fuel prices and the fact that South Africa has an extensive rail network‚ connecting

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    Look at how Beatrice and Eddie talk and behave. What does it tell you about their relationship? (P.51) Throughout the passage‚ a lot is unveiled about the dynamic of Eddie and Beatrice’s relationship. From the start‚ Eddie’s unveiled as a domineering and demanding persona in the relationship (unsurprisingly as most men were seen as dominant at this time) when he exclaims‚ ’I want my respect!’. The exclamation mark puts emphasis on the command thus furthering his belligerent portrayal. Despite

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    Triple Bottom Line Theory & Organization Profits Theory All corporations are concerned with how much revenues and expenses they are generating‚ which in turn determines their overall profits‚ also known as their bottom line. The bottom line is what is used to measure the profitability of a company. The Triple Bottom Line Theory not only measures a company ’s bottom line‚ but it also measures the company ’s overall impact on the surrounding environment. In fact‚ according to the article‚ Leading

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    1. Introduction The notion of the triple bottom line has become fashionable to be applied to management‚ consultation and investment over the last few years. The trend towards greater transparency and accountability in public reporting is reflected in revealing a more comprehensive performance which includes not only financial factor but also social and environmental ones. Despite the trend‚ there are still some people in mainstream sectors are to make profit regardless of environmental and social

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