within their sphere of Governance so as to avoid any clash between the two. However the basis on which this federal structure would be implemented was not certain. Right after independence‚ Jawaharlal Nehru‚ opposed the formation of states based on linguistic lines. According to him this would lead to the emergence of sub-nationalities that would cause agitation and then to the rising of sovereign states. Thus‚ initially after Independence the country was divided into states belonging to 3 classes Class
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tragedy at the conclusion of World War II and the Cuban Missile Crisis of the Cold War. On August 6‚ 1945 United States released a nuclear bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It eliminated or injured almost 130‚000 individuals. Three days later‚ the United States bombed another Japanese city‚ Nagasaki‚ which resulted in 150‚000 dead or wounded. Japan surrendered on August 14‚ 1945 and lost the war. The second atomic crisis was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. In October 1962‚ Leaders of the U
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Systemic Functional Linguistic Comparison of News Text and Spoken Conversation. Introduction A news text and a spoken conversation will be considered by using a systemic functional linguistic approach. Linguistic evidence will be given to support the register analysis of field‚ tenor and mode which highlight the differences and similarities between the context of use of the two texts‚ and an explanation given as to why the variation in registers occurs. TEXT 1 – NEWS TEXT
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There are a vast array of similarities and differences when comparing and contrasting the Berlin Blockade and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The United States had been trying to make Germany a democracy since the end of World War II‚ but had faced much opposition from the Soviet Union‚ which wanted to make Germany communist. The United States and Germany ended up splitting the country and capitol city‚ Berlin‚ in half; half communist and half democratic. In Berlin City the people just kept moving from
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A Queer Revolution: Reconceptualizing the Debate Over Linguistic Reclamation Robin Brontsema University of Colorado at Boulder The debate over linguistic reclamation‚ the appropriation of a pejorative epithet by its target(s)‚ is generally conceived of as a simple binary of support and opposition. I offer an alternative conceptualization that shows both the complex contrasts and commonalities within the debate. Specifically‚ I identify three perspectives: (1) that the term is inseparable from
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Within the recent adventure to the AIC‚ there was one piece that wholly struck out with great interest which demanded to be analyzed. That piece was the Polychrome Jar with Rainbow Macaw and Floral Motifs (Ascension Number: 2006.749)‚ which was done by an Acoma Pueblo artist with no given name‚ in New Mexico during the 1880s. The piece on its own merit features a wide variety of floral designs as well as some birds in either in flight or sitting. Around the piece itself‚ there are some smaller and
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The United States became a key influence in the Cuban-Filipino war of 1898 in order to expand their economic sphere as an imperial power. The intervention in Cuba and the surrounding islands in this way were to protect U.S investments and businesses from foreign encroachment. Spain was that foreign presence at the time as they lingered in South America since its discovery for the past 400 years. The island of Cuba at the time was bustling with sugar production whilst the creole residence was plagued
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lands it come from. It further supports information which gives a bird’s-eye-view of the cultural resource developing from early times up to the present; and devotes itself primarily on the cultural implications it has given across cultures and linguistic boundaries through time. The tales which are orally transmitted and composed over the course of several centuries‚ are mainly of Asian and Arabic origin‚ they have become an inextricable part of the Western cultural heritage as well. The stories
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families‚ their businesses‚ their property‚ and their individual freedoms. As in any communist state‚ a single person (or small group) took total control of the government‚ economy‚ military‚ infrastructure‚ land‚ citizenry‚ et al. Freedoms that Americans have were taken away and outlawed‚ e.g. freedom of religion‚ of speech‚ of expression (written‚ artistic‚...)‚ to protest and congregate‚ to vote‚ of thought (academic‚ philosophy)‚ of movement‚ and more. Those who opposed Castro were imprisoned
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The Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Diplomacy and United States Aggression The Cuban missile crisis brings to mind visions of a great triumph over the Soviet Union and the defusing of an all-out nuclear war. However‚ this "crisis" was not so much the product of true Soviet advances towards war as much as it was a series of misinterpretations and miscommunications between the United States and Soviet governments that culminated in excessive aggression by the U.S. and unnecessary escalation of tensions
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