Great China A Comparative Study of the CCTV Spring Festival Galas‚ 1984-86 and 2004-06 Xiaoyan Xu Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts In Political Science Dr. Timothy W. Luke‚ Chair Dr. Scott G. Nelson Dr. Yannis Stivachtis June 7‚ 2007 Blacksburg‚ VA Keywords: China‚ TV‚ CCTV‚ Spring Festival‚ ideology‚ nationalism‚ media‚ symbolic politics
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Feasibility Study Infrastructure Support to the Economic Program of the Municipality of Sarangani‚ Davao del Sur June 2002 Project Development Assistance Center Regional Development Council XI Davao City ACKNOWLEDGMENT This pre-investment study was completed with assistance from the Project Development and Monitoring Fund‚ a facility established pursuant to Republic Act 8182 (ODA Law) in furtherance of the latter’s overall goal of achieving equitable growth and development in the provinces
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Easter in Russia As you may know Russia has been claimed to be a religion center during the scores of decades. Russian people honor their traditions and most of them follow the Orthodox religion. That is why Easter in Russia is one of the most important religion events for whole nation. This holiday is dedicated to the resurrection from the dead of Jesus and rooted in the Christianity history. So at this holiday tens of thousands of people flocked to the country’s churches to attend solemn midnight
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The holy month of Ramadan is speedily came to an end bringing so many cheers‚ laughter‚ mirth and celebration for the muslims all over the world. Eid ul fitr celebrates the completion of the month of Ramadan‚ in which muslims fast and increase their spiritual devotions and is meant to be a recognition the material and spiritual favour of God to his creation. On this day‚ Muslims all over the world thank god for the gift of fasting‚ in which they avoided food‚ drink and intercourse from down to
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Other notable annual occasions Easter is far less important than Christmas in Britain. Although it involves a four-day weekend‚ there are very few customs and habits associated generally with it‚ other than the mountains of chocolate Easter eggs which children consume. Some people preserve the tradition of eating hot cross buns on Good Friday (Calendar of special occasions). Quite a lot of people go away on holiday as this time. Bc in this time has Valentine’s day (St. Valentine’s Day and Gretna
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Nonna’s Wine Taralli In a tiny house surrounded by a forest of fig trees in Rende‚ Cosenza‚ Calabria‚ my great great grandmother taught her little granddaughter how to make “Nonna’s Wine Taralli.” That little girl would eventually become my grandmother and she would also teach me the art of wine taralli-making. Two cups of my grandfather’s homemade white wine‚ fourteen ounces of canola oil and sugar‚ two teaspoons of baking powder‚ an envelope of “Lievito Bartolino‚” three and a half pounds of
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The main argument of this article is that the rituals that the TSA do to check and make sure everyone is safe are violating our personal civil rights. It says that when the TSA officers do the screenings or pat downs that we lose our right to personal privacy. The main point discussed in this article is that since the attacks of September 11th‚ 2001 most people have become more worrisome and fearful of things like 9/11 recurring. According to the article this has caused them to lose trust in counter-terrorism
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INDEX 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................... 2. DOLLAR ANALYSIS 3. EURO EVOLUTION . 3.1 Euro Depreciation 1999 2002 . 3.2 Euro Appreciation 2002 2004 4. SHORT TERM FORECASTING . 5. LONG TERM . FORECASTING . 5.1 5
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1. Introduction Since the appearance of the EURO () in the international trading system‚ the American dollar ($) has lost its domination and role in the financial world. Consequently‚ there is not only a great disparity in the exchange rate between the two currencies in favor of the EURO‚ but a growing problem in the US economy as well. Table 1‚ which can be found in Appendix B‚ shows the course and relationship of the exchange rates of the two currencies from 1999 until now. The scope of this
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The Birth of the Euro and Its Effects The Birth of the Euro and Its Effects ROBERT SOLOMON Guest Scholar The Brookings Institution T he euro was born at the beginning of this year as the currency of the newly formed European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). As has been widely observed‚ this is a historic event. Not since the Roman Empire has a good part of Europe had the same currency. EMU was conceived in 1988–89 by a committee consisting mainly of central bankers chaired by Jacque
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