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    Kamasutus Woman

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    “A VIRTUOUS woman‚ who has affection for her husband‚ should act in conformity with his wishes as if he were a divine being” (Wiernser-Hanks). The emphasis on the word “VIRTUOUS” represents that a woman is supposed to present herself in a modest way and behave morally. This document is not laid out like the previous one. Different topics do not contain headings and are bunched in multiple paragraphs. Reading the documents displays many chore duties a woman is supposed to perform. A woman is immensely

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    Islam for Woman

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    men and women (4:1). The Holy Quran enforces the idea that all men and women were created equal‚ regardless of origin‚ race or wealth. The fact that Islam gives women equal rights‚ but not identical‚ shows that it takes her into due consideration‚ acknowledges her‚ and recognizes her independent personality. Despite these ideas‚ many so-called Islamic countries have alienated many of women s god given rights. But this is not the fault of Islamic ideology but rather the misapplication or sometimes the

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    Michael Hansen Honors Economics‚ McQuillan March 22‚ 2013 Cyprus Is Sitting On A Natural Gas Gold Mine A recent discovery off of the coast of Cyprus‚ an island miles off the coast of Turkey‚ has found a large field of natural gas. The field is said to be between 5 trillion and 8 trillion cubic feet of gas. Cyprus is currently trying finance their huge budget deficits and bad bank holdings. Major energy companies around the world might want to invest in mining some of the gas as well. If Cyprus

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    Woman Rights

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    the world? How the roles of woman are now different based on their location in the world. Woman should have the same opportunity as men. “Equally rights”. In places such as India‚ Taliban and South Sudan woman are having their right held against them. These women have hard times getting what they need and want. Throughout this the rest of this passage I will go deeper into their living environment and everyday life. In South Sudan Rose Mary Adare and her two-week-old baby was dragged out of their

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    Woman in the Dune

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    Woman in the Dunes aka as “Suna no Onna” directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara‚ which is a film adaptation of Kobo Abe’s novel. Scene description (Time code) Narration Man seating in the small house. (24:21 – 25:01) The story begins with a school teacher‚ who is on an expedition collecting sand bugs alone in the sand dunes area. He missed the last bus out of the dessert and so the local villagers offer to let him stay overnight in one of the recently widow’s house which is below the dunes. From

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    Girl and Woman

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    comments on her relationship with the New Yorker‚ publishing‚ and gardening.] A teenage girl in the mid-1960s abandons her home on Antigua‚ a tiny island in the West Indies‚ bound for New York and not to return home for 19 years. She becomes an au pair for a family in Scarsdale‚ N.Y.‚ then for a different family in New York City. She breaks off all contact with her mother‚ takes photography courses at the New School‚ dyes her hair blonde and changes her name. A few years later‚ in her early 20s

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    house

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    House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the American city of Chicago in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized circa 1984 in Chicago‚ but beginning in 1985‚ it fanned out to other major cities across North and South America‚ as well as Europe and later Australia.[1] Early house music commercial success in Europe saw songs such as "House Nation" by House Master Boyz and the Rude Boy of House (1987) and "Doctorin’ the House" by Coldcut (1988) in the pop charts. Since

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    The old gringo

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    Written Assignment An appraisal of the novel “The Old Gringo” Written by Carlos Fuentes The phenomenal history our world has encountered in the past decades has brought such diversity in not only Americans but all over the world. The separation and isolation brought upon by the arrogance of the nation into culture has become such a tragic fate in years as early as the 1700’s to the present. In the novel “The Old Gringo” Carlos Fuentes develops a very dynamic controversial

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    No Old People

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    Modest Proposal Many people can agree with me when I say that we use a lot of our money on old people. Us Americans work hard for that money and we are just giving it up to help support the elders across the nation through Social Security and Medicare. What do we get in return for this noble act? Nothing‚ we get to watch the old people soak up our money and not give us anything back. So‚ I created a simple solution to this problem. Once a person hits the age of 62‚ we just end their life and see

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    The Fallen Woman

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    The ’Fallen Woman’ A Familiar Feature of Victorian Writing Victorian social conventions placed the female inside the male domain‚ a domestically cultivated flower rather than a wild one‚ uncontrollable and free to roam. Woman was idealised: the angel in the house‚ the wife complementing her husband‚ the helpmate of man. Social conditions offered the Victorian woman little in occupation so her aim in life was to secure a husband‚ succumbing to the political propaganda. As Foster states: Because

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