Old is Better than New My brother-in-law Marcus loves antiques. That was the main reason why his grandmother left him an old cupboard in her will. He had often admired it in her home and told her how much he liked it. The cupboard is now in Marcus’ house‚ where it gives character to the cloak-room. It is a traditional Swedish cupboard‚ hand-made over 200 years ago and painted in the rustic style that was characteristic for the taste of the countryside people of that time. Its colors have faded
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The sport of soccer has been around since ancient civilizations. The first trace of soccer dates way back to around 2‚500 BC in Ancient Egypt‚ with balls made of animal intestines or skin‚ for better bouncing. Around 2‚000 years later‚ the sport was picked back up again in ancient China‚ called “Cuju”. Instead of just kicking around a ball‚ the Chinese decided to make the game more interesting; adding a piece of cloth in between two poles‚ making a goal box. As time progressed‚ the sport changed
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ARE FIVE HEADS BETTER THAN ONE? CASE 3 SUMMARY OF ARTICLE The management at Advert has decided on a team of their best producers to take charge of a special project. It doesn’t take a long time to decide as they were all very good in what they do. The creative team was like an ace in the hole‚ there are similarities in their characters‚ age‚ and duration of their time in Advert. They seem to get very well
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Is homeschooling better than public schools? Regular schools in the real world seem to breed particular behaviors and feelings. I know many adults who still have the immature behavior that is learned all throughout highschool. Success in life has nothing to do with success in highschool. The type of competition taught in most highschools is detrimental to the cooperative teamwork that is needed for real success in life beyond highschool. It breeds "followers" who cannot take a step out on
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Multitasking is the handling of more than one task at the same time by a single person. Some people‚ are able to multitask better than others. There’s nothing wrong if a person has trouble multitasking‚ some people are just able to conduct more activities at the same time. Research says that the ability of multitasking‚ can depend on the gender of a person. Scientist say that men are slower transitioning from task to task than women. Although‚ women are faster‚ they also struggle with managing various
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many sources of electronic means to keep in touch with those who are away from you‚ nothing can beat the experience meeting your loved ones in the flesh. When they visit the loved ones they always try to kill two birds with one stone as they do not forget to see the hot spots of the country and the surroundings of the area the host lives. Also on the other hand their loved ones are dedicated to entertain the visitors. 3) Romance motivate some of the travellers to take off on an air plane to go
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I would like to live in Athens rather than Sparta. This is my choice. I would like to suggest this to you. It is interesting and I think you will agree too. There are several reasons why I think Athens is better place to live than Sparta. First‚ Athens is a democratic city. I think it is very important to let us have a chance to vote or to choose things that we want‚ or I think the city will be very cruel and scary. However‚ Sparta is one of the city-states that have communist government. It is seem
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Computers are probably the most important innovations of our times. Technological advancements in computer development have led many people to think that processors are faster than human brains. Inquiries have been made into the subjects. Different researchers and institutions have tried to study the subject to establish facts on this subject‚ but no satisfactory answers have been drawn. Background of the Study World War II had catastrophic losses on many nations‚ but at the same time it attacked
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Failure can be a noteworthy teacher because it clearly demonstrates what not to do. Nobody wants to fails but‚ failure can educate us on many things. It can build character‚ drive us to improve‚ and provide us with wisdom and experience. If failure is accepted with an open mind it can contribute valuable knowledge and drive progress towards the goal of success. It is the journey which makes us or breaks us. In essence our success is largely dependent upon how we fail and most importantly how we
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that the evidence is clear girls are better at school until higher education at least. Girls tend to mature faster and they are less easily distracted during the lower education years. Also girls and boys learn differently‚ boys more visually‚ girls are better at verbal and written learning. This gives an obvious advantage in most classrooms. In addition to learning different‚ the mind works different. Girls all through life (not just the school years) are better at communication in most cases (I
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