The Last Years of the Poor Law During the interwar period the Poor Law served as a residual safety net‚ assisting those who fell through the cracks of the existing social insurance policies. The high unemployment of 1921-38 led to a sharp increase in numbers on relief. The official count of relief recipients rose from 748‚000 in 1914 to 1‚449‚000 in 1922; the number relieved averaged 1‚379‚800 from 1922 to 1938. A large share of those on relief were unemployed workers and their dependents
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A Small Plea to Delete a Ubiquitous Expletive Response In this essay‚ Elizabeth Austin describes her feelings about the “F” word. She gives a detailed explanation on why it should not be used in the colloquial language. Austin first gives background knowledge about the “F” word and how it came to be as the word it is used now. Austin’s thesis is that the “F” word should not be used in any certain way. Austin first states that the word should be deleted from our use‚ but before that we must remove
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Jimmy castro Unit: The Historical Process This Unit Activity will help you meet these educational goals: Inquiry Skills—You will apply disciplinary concepts and tools; analyze societal issues‚ trends‚ and events; develop credible explanations of historical events and developments based on reasoned interpretation of evidence; gather‚ evaluate‚ and use evidence; and communicate your conclusions. 21st Century Skills—You will employ online tools for research and analysis‚ use critical-thinking and problem-solving
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The Elizabethan era was a time associated with Queen Elizabeth I’s reign (1558–1603) and is often considered to be the golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of English poetry‚ music and literature. This was also the time during which Elizabethan theatre flourished‚ and William Shakespeare and many others composed plays that broke free of England’s past style of plays and theatre. It was an age of exploration and expansion abroad‚ while back
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Baya brewing has been a tradition in Ifugao and it is best appreciated during the Gotad ad Ifugao Festival. The whole process of baya making is‚ basically‚ not done during the festival for it takes a month to prepare baya (Ifugao native rice wine) and it takes a longer time to have its best taste. The process of attaining the heavenly sensation of the baya starts in the preparation of the needed materials and ingredients. First‚ one and a half kilograms of Ifugao native rice or any variety of ordinary
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon Mary Braddon a very creative writer of her time. She was named the "Queen of Sensation" in the year of (1835to 1915) because she had successfuly wrote more than eighty novels. Some of her novels were published in various literary magazines because of her husband decided to published them in his magazines. Some of her accounts in her life she used the year 1835 as the year she was born. She was also born at a place called Soho‚ London. She was the youngest child of a solicitor
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Elizabeth Bishop Similitude could be seen even when comparing people from different ages and time periods. When I first started researching Elizabeth Bishop‚ I noticed that both my sister and Bishop shared many common characteristics‚ ideas‚ and hobbies. Both Molly Turban and Bishop’s ideas and writing styles have affected the lives of those around them. During Elizabeth Bishop’s life she was respected‚ however‚ it was not until after her death that her reputation grew. Many critics‚ including Larry
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films are not just intended to be entertaining‚ they are designed to be imaginative. Shekhar Kapur’s 1998 film ’Elizabeth’ presents us with a contemporary art film. Although it does offer entertainment through a fascinating narrative‚ the film as a whole is presented in a creative way‚ owing to the auteurish vision of Kapur. Indeed‚ as the film is arguably British‚ abroad ’Elizabeth’ by definition becomes as ’art film’‚ since Bordwell and Thompson also define the term ’art house’ as a phrase "used
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Elizabeth Bishop What I admire about the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop is her combination of precise‚ imaginative description and thought provoking insight. The poet closely observes and vividly describes the world around her. Her famous eye for detail and original imagery gives her poetry a strong visual quality‚ drawing the reader into the world she describes. However‚ what makes her poetry particulary appealing to me is her desire to probe beneath the surface of things. We see how her close observation
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children have‚ such as Desdemona and her father in Othello‚ or Hermia and her father in A Midsummer Nights Dream. Issues between parent and child are evident in Hamlet‚ but the single parent is a mother‚ not a father. The poem Meditation at Elsinore by Elizabeth Coatsworth embodies the situation between characters‚ and has hidden morals within the prose. There are many morals and life lessons in Hamlet‚ one of which is the effects of poor parenting. In Hamlet‚ emotional suppression and lack of parenting
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