Advertising - a necessary evil? By Brigitte Heyer "Advertising is the art of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it." Stephen Leacock Every business needs advertising‚ like it or lump it. Although there are some geniuses around who have the knack to get it right‚ for most people effective advertising is a long‚ and often costly‚ learning experience. You soon learn what does and doesn’t work‚ and try bravely to withstand the lure of clever‚ well-trained reps working under
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right to do so. Low wages are obviously the priority issue discussed when contracts are up for renewal and one of the basic reasons for calling a strike. Even though most union officials often seem to go overboard in their demands‚ it may be a necessary tactic used to wake up the administrators who never want to give even the basic cost-of-living raise. While teachers and nurses are called "professionals" and spend years of time and money to train for these positions‚ when it comes to dollars
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ALAGBE OLUFUNMILOLA DORCAS “The State is a necessary evil. Discuss. State‚ can be defined in political science‚ as generally a group of people inhabiting a specific territory and living according to a common legal and political authority; a body politic or nation. In this definition‚ the term state includes government; in another usage‚ the two terms are synonymous. [Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserve]. George Washington said that government is not
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8 November 2011 ENG 221 Dr. West A Government is a necessary evil Authors have debated the role of governments for hundreds of years. Two of these authors‚ are Thomas Paine and Henry David Thoreau. "In Common Sense by Thomas Paine‚ he expresses his opinion on how the government is a "necessary evil"‚ and in the 21st century the government still appears to be evil." Thoreau also expresses his concern with a government in “Civil Disobedience”. Both of these authors had valid opinions‚ and
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Tuitions: A necessary evil? TRENDS: Is it just exam phobia or more? Chitra Aiyer speaks to parents and teachers to analyse the surging popularity of tuition classes in the City. Tuition classes have come to be a mainstay and are a big part of our educational ecosystem. With the kind of competition children these days face at every stage‚ parents are stressed like never before. Age they start going Children in Bangalore seem to normally start tuition classes somewhere around the 7th or 8th
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LAW IS A NECESSARY EVIL A law is “a rule of conduct or procedure established by the Custom‚ Agreement or Authority” by which a society is governed. Law is different from the other type of rules which govern certain types of behavior. Rules in regards to the Sports or other Games could not be treated as Law. This is principally because not everyone is governed by the Rules of the Sports‚ only those who participate in the Sports are governed by such Rules. The existence Law in a society means that
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“Facebook is a necessary evil” Discuss? Facebook in simple terms can be defined as a social networking website that enables around a billion people worldwide to connect with each other via the internet. Following its initiation Facebook was labelled as an essential tool for communication whereas these days it has mostly been used as a tool for practising of evil deeds in the society. Recently Facebook has been used as a tool for unnecessary evil in the society with main examples social uprising
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Women: A Necessary Evil Shane Ali-Kanhai Daniel Mcclarnon CLT 3378-08 The origin of mankind has been one of the most controversial issues among different cultures throughout history. Themes such as the creation of Earth‚ the first appearance of man‚ and the meddling of the gods have sparked debates among scholars for centuries. Among these arguments‚ the creation of women has played a big role in the facade of the world today. In several cultures one woman fueled the debacle of man’s
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14th September 2013 Torture is a necessary evil. After reading this article and evaluating both sides of the argument‚ my opinion remains the same. I disagree that torture is necessary; it is a barbaric breach of human rights. After looking at statistics‚ only 8% of Guantanamo detainees were Al Qaeda fighters‚ this is a shockingly low percentage in proportion to the 517 Guantanamo that were detained. British laws have deemed torture illegal and yet at least 6 detainees alleged that British forces
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examiners; evaluation and allotment of marks; results published… Why examination taken: To test student’s mental ability and knowledge. Why examinations are necessary: To make students work – fear of failure and humiliation; to know the comparative merit of students and place them accordingly in their careers… Why examinations are evil: Examinations encourage cramming rather than true and applicable knowledge; a game of chance and skill; standard of making not uniform; personal moods and
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