found Vikram Chandra’s amalgam of literary fiction and crime in Sacred Games remarkably tedious. But my failure with Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy was downright weird. An absolute 5-star epic‚ I was enjoying it. Unfortunately I had listened to an abridged audio a few years before‚ so I knew where it was heading and I couldn’t motivate myself to read the extra 1000 pages I needed to reach the end. So 2008 heralds a change of tactic. For starters‚ a short novel by an Indian authoress. Desai was
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adhere. Change is not going to come if we wait for some other person‚ or if we are waiting for some other time we are the ones for whom we were waiting for‚ we are the change that we seek. One man is enough to cause a revolution in the world; MAHATMA abridged his thoughts in a single adage. Being a normal person one can become MAHATMA in life which not only be an acme for there life but also for this world. Mother Teresa said "I alone cannot change the world but can cast a stone which can cause many ripples
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The National Basketball Association and NBA Properties‚ Inc. v. Motorola‚ Inc.‚ 105 F.3d 841‚ Decided 1997 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Facts: Motorola manufactures a paging device called SportsTrax that transmits game information to users. In the “current” setting‚ the pager displays real time game statistics‚ including the name of the teams‚ the score as it changes‚ which team has possession of the ball‚ and the time remaining in the game. The information
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Before World War I the country remained culturally and psychologically rooted in the past‚ but in the 1920s America seemed to breakaway from these attachments and usher in the birth of modern America This dramatic break between America’s past and future was shaped by the evolution of technology‚ sports‚ entertainment‚ and women’s roles. Many of the trends that converged to make the twenties distinct had been building for years. The 1920s were a period of technological change that transformed the
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relieve the bottleneck‚ the cranberries need to spend less time in the dryers than they do in any other part of the process. The next longest process is the separating process. Assume that‚ according to exhibit 1 in the National Cranberry Cooperative (Abridged) case‚ RP1 receives approximately 18‚000 barrels of cranberries a day. (see exhibit 3) • The cranberries spend 15 hours in the separator. To speed the
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There are instances when freedom of speech is impaired‚ even though it is a constitutional right given to all Americans. This fundamental freedom is abridged when someone is bound by ludicrous Non-Disclosure Agreements‚ or NDA’s‚ on college campuses by enforcement‚ and in some forms by social media. According to Joanna Vamvaka‚ a speech writer‚ states‚ “In that sense‚ fundamental right to free speech serves as limitation to its own limitation” (Vamvaka 1). NDA’s‚ in some cases‚ harshly restrict
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Finally‚ after about three decades of rioting‚ picketing‚ and holding conventions‚ on August 18th 1920‚ congress ratified the 19th Amendment. This Amendment states that‚ “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” Everything that women worked for during the late 1800s to the early 1900s eventually helped them earn the right to vote. However‚ this amendment was not passed on it’s own. There were a
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What if your right to vote was taken away? The government should allow ex-felons to vote. Today I will remind you of both sides surrounding voting‚ persuade you to support democrats and provide ways to get your voice heard. This rule has been a controversy with many polls because over 5.85 million citizens are not allowed to vote due to disenfranchisement. This could determine our current leaders in charge by their votes that they do not get the chance to use. With this over 38% of the felons being
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The majority of people that grew up in the United States remember being taught about the Civil War in elementary school‚ and received the abridged version of history from the Civil War period. Many teachers simply state that the Civil War had one cause: slavery‚ or if the ones being taught live in the south: state’s rights. However‚ despite what many believe‚ the Civil War that took place from 1861 to 1865‚ truly happened in a time span of many more years‚ and had a multitude of causes. While most
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Sub Section‐ I Issues by Indian Companies in India This sub‐section attempts to cover the basic concepts and questions related to issuance of securities by unlisted Indian companies1 offering the shares to public and by listed Indian companies2. For full particulars of laws governing primary markets‚ please refer to the Acts/Regulations/Guidelines appearing in the Legal Framework Section . FAQs are presented under following 12 broad headings. 1.
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