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    CORRUPTION

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    MAKE MY COUNTRY CORRUPTION FREE BY DOING ........ The cancer of corruption has afflicted each and every domain of our lives. It stems from the desire to make fast and easy buck. What others earn in their life-time‚I will earn within a year. Too many government rules and regulations‚ wide powers given to bureaucracy and authority excercised on administration by political leaders can be attributed as main sources of corruption in our country. At present India ranks 94th in corruption index in the world

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    Canterbury Tales

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    In The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ A band of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury take turns telling stories. The main characters of each pilgrim’s tale face their reckoning and whether they are punished or absolved; their judgment is specific to the pilgrim who told the tale. The Knight from the Wife of Bath’s tale is judged and forgiven when and the three men from the Pardoner’s tale meet their end when they let greed‚ what the Pardoner calls the root of evil‚ impair their judgment. The

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    Corruption

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    corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement. Government‚ or ’political’‚ corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for his or her own personal gain. Being corrupted may be the easiest way-or indeed the only way-to get what they want. At times‚ a bribe may provide a convenient means of avoiding punishment. Many who observe that politicians

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    Corruption

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    Thousands of citizens from over 40 cities poured into the streets on 30th January to participate in the nationwide campaign for “March against corruption”‚ started by Param Pujya Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankarji along with Swami Ramdev‚ Swami Agnivesh‚ Kiran Bedi‚ Anna Hazare‚ Arch Bishop Vincent M Concessao‚ J. M. Lyngdoh and many others. The campaign demanded the setting up of the citizen-drafted Lokpal as an independent body at the center and Lok Ayuktas in the state. These bodies will have powers

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    Kino's Greed

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    valuable could bring one’s simple and innocent mind to the opposite direction‚ greed. Greed can change one’s outlook on life and their appreciation for the valuables they already have. John Steinbeck‚ the author of‚ “The Pearl” presents to the reader many examples of how Kino’s life changed dramatically because of this said to be‚ “fortune”. In the duration of the novella‚ the plot is to help the reader understand the difficult times of one’s life all because of greed. Steinbeck uses Kino’s thoughts

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    The Pardoner’s Tale and The Wife of Bath’s Tale‚ both are interesting story by Geoffrey Chaucer. Both tales utilizes irony to showcase problems present within the Medieval era and relate to today‚ such as rape and thievery to the lifelong lessons such as‚ Greed is the root of all evils and content featuring woman’s dominance‚ rights‚ and morality in general. In the Pardoner’s Tale‚ Chaucer writes about a man who preaches to his audience for money. The pardoner speaks of three men that lost their

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    Corruption

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    literally means "utterly broken".[1] [edit]Different Scales Corruption can occur on many different scales. There is corruption that occurs as small favours between a small number of people (petty corruption)‚ while there is the corruption that affects the government on a large scale (grand corruption)‚ and corruption that is so prevalent that it is part of the every day structure of society (systemic corruption). [edit]Petty "Petty" corruption occurs at a smaller scale and occurs within established

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    Greed is Good.

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    all over the world have been arguing whether greed is beneficial. Michael Douglas said in the film Wall Street‚ "Greed is good"‚ as it motivates investors to earn more and leads to competition among companies. Yet many still feel greed does more harm than good. Several religions see greed as a sin‚ together with sloth‚ lust and gluttony. Dictionaries define greed as an excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves. Though greed does bear a negative meaning‚ the question

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    Sustainabili and greed

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    within the next one hundred years. The most probable result will be a rather sudden and uncontrollable decline in both population and industrial capacity.” My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by: A. I don’t believe this tale of doom. B. Yes we are consuming natural resources too fast‚ but I don’t think this is a problem as there is plenty of time to find technological solutions to problems that emerge C. Yes we are consuming natural

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    The Necklace And Greed

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    the obsession of greed and or materialism in society? Also thinking about the Bibles perspective and say about these problems? What about the historical context of a very popular short story‚ “The Necklace” and the morals (which would be greed and materialism) that this story teaches? So maybe society has more to talk about than what kind of makeup was worn during the event of the Oscars. The Historical context‚ The twist from The Necklace‚ and the obsession over items and greed is growing and becoming

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