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    CORRUPTION Anytime corruption is mentioned in Ghana‚ politicians and especially government ministers become the easy targets. Why not them? Because the impression has been created that it is only when you are a minister or a politician that you can make ill-gotten wealth or be corrupted. As a result‚ many low level officials in governmental institutions and agencies who daily rob citizens of Ghana for services rendered are left off the hook. Just imagine this. A friend of mine who lives in Belgium

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    RWS 200 Costello 2/21/13 Consumerism in America Consumerism is a integral part of people’s lives in the United States. It evolved into something similar to what is advertised today once the Industrial Revolution was in full gear‚ making mass production and factory life a norm. Advertisers began to focus on convincing the public that they need certain products to be happy. The advertisers started to play off of people’s needs‚ such as the need for affiliation‚ the need to escape‚ etc.‚ to convince

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    CORRUPTION SCANDALS IN THE PHILIPPINES Nowadays foreigners and citizens alike say that the Philippines has the most corrupt leadership and economy. Corruption in the Philippines has become "a humanitarian crisis" and scandals increasingly seem to dominate the news. The worsening corruption has eaten up the right of every citizen to good governance‚ freedom‚ decent life‚ and more importantly his or her dignity. Corruption is a serious obstacle to the social and economic development of a

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    Consumerism Is Killing Us

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    Consumerism is eating the Future The world fails to realize that the human race is what will lead the Earth to destruction. The population is only doing what every other creature does to survive; however humans are doing it better. Therefore‚ all the expanding going on is going to eventually lead to an end to the population‚ because there will be no more room so the race will go down in its own waste. The reason for all this consumption is because humans have made consuming a necessity and this

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    In philosophical‚ theological‚ or moral discussions‚ 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. The father of the nation‚ Mahatma Gandhi had once quoted: “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” Isn’t that what

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    Doll and Consumerism Lures

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    Consumerism has to confront people in order for them to actually take action and resist it. The concept of consuming is drilled into us from a young age and as we grow older we see the detrimental effects of it on children. The attraction of consumerism lures people in to the temptation of it without realising and after we have gone too far we acknowledge that we have to resist it. Everyone is affected by texts that force them to encounter the results of consumerism and how it is instilled into us

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    behavior is the Nigeria Oil‚ its oil have brought great revenues to the country. Actually‚ Nigeria is listed among the “NEXT ELEVEN” economic. Now day‚ the corruption in this vast country is become as normal operation; people talk bribery before laws or rules. In Africa‚ Nigeria as known as the best place for business because of its level of corruption‚ it’s easy to have anything with couple dollars or Naira (Nigeria money). Who was involved? In this case‚ the guilty man is James Ibori; Ibori was

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    tionSAY NO TO CORRUPTION Skeletons keep tumbling out of the cupboard of the Indian political class as corruption scandals tear apart the moral fibre of the nation. The common people knew all along that bribery‚ nepotism and swindling were omnipresent‚ but they used to suffer these cankers stoically. All that has changed lately. More and more courageous souls are coming out to take the bull by the horns. So how do the youth view the rampant corruption in the country? Why are they hesitant to join

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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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    bruce dawe consumerism

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    Consumerism as we understand as individuals is the need to acquire objects and possessions often beyond our essential needs‚ just for the sake of acquiring them. This universal theme is made patent through two of Dawes poems‚ Americanized and Televistas 1977. Dawe is successful as he discusses and ultimately utilizes the theme of consumerism in a negative‚ derogatory way. Additionally‚ Dawes employment of techniques such as metaphors‚ rhetorical questions‚ repetition‚ figurative language and tone

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