Women’s Reservation Bill or the The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill‚ is a pending bill in India which proposes to amend theConstitution of India to reserve 33 per cent of all seats in the Lower house of Parliament of India‚ the Lok Sabha‚ and in all statelegislative assemblies for women. The seats to be reserved in rotation will be determined by draw of lots in such a way that a seat shall be reserved only once in three consecutive general elections. The Upper House Rajya Sabha passed the bill
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On the Latest Development of Modern English Vocabulary Abstract： As one of the three elements of language‚ vocabulary is sensitive to the fastest change. Modern English vocabulary distributed in many areas always keeps developing. Though scholars at home and abroad make great progress on English new words‚ it is far from satisfaction. This paper‚ which is based on the previous findings‚ begins with the definition of English new words and its study actuality. As new vocabulary is a mirror of social
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Music is the most powerful form of human expression. It has been a way for man to express himself since the dawn of ages through the embodiment of love‚ disapproval‚ happiness and experience through melodies and words. During the twentieth century music has been a major factor in the American society that helped change the course of history by stimulating the masses to “get up and stand up for their rights” as the reggae legend Bob Marley once said. Thus music has helped the American culture to achieve
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Historical Developments for Women in the 19th Century Bert Jackson HIS 204 March 05‚ 2012 Tim Johnston Historical Developments for Women in the 19th Century American women today are afforded many rights. They are thought of as equal to their male counterparts. This hasn’t always been the case. Women had to fight for the rights that are often taken for granted. In the 19th century‚ America experienced changes that expanded the role of women. Women were needed to help carve out
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place in Africa from the 19th and into the 20th century. It has a long history of oppression and effects‚ and Africa proved to have been shaped by imperialistic powers that ruled over them during the 19th and into the 20th century. This era left ideological‚ political‚ social‚ economic‚ and psychological impacts of colonialism on the African continent‚ and the people living within it shows the byproduct of what foreign authorities manipulated during their time of rule. Firstly‚ to look at different
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In this historical study an analysis of the reformation ideology of the urban slum will be defined through the clearing out of the lower classes in New York City’s Five Points Tenements during the late 19th century. The 19th century “slum” was a negative social and economic development that was based on locating immigrant workers in New York City into low-income tenement projects‚ which was an attempt to accommodate the massive influx of low-cost labor from Europe. The Five Points is an important
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STENTHGS AND WEAKNESSES OF PARLIAMENT ------------------------------------------------- 2008 Question 9 ------------------------------------------------- ‘Two strengths of parliament as a law-maker are that it makes laws which reflect the views of the community and can make laws whenever the need arises.’ ------------------------------------------------- Critically examine these two strengths. (6 marks) The following points could have been used to develop an evaluation of the strengths noted
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The period 11th -12th centuries saw the Normans spread out hither and thither to many parts of the world‚ different lands and countries. Not like the conquest of England or other invasions‚ the Normans’ conquest of southern Italy and Sicily shows more ‘Norman Achievements’ compared with other conquests that time. Southern Italy and Sicily were divided land for complex political and religious groups. However‚ under the rule of Normans‚ the cultural syncretic of Southern Italy and Sicily was never
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Impact of Silver During the 16th- 18th Centuries In the year 1571‚ the global trade started based on Boxer’s logic. The city of Manila was gthe first ever city to initiate trade across the Pacific Ocean. Global trade is the exchange of valuable and substantial products that are desired by a continent‚ and in this case‚ it was silver. Silver played a prominent role throughout the global trade with China being the primary end-market for world silver for several centuries. (#2‚ p.393) The reason China
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The misogyny of women in art during the twelfth century is clearly relevant in art especially seen in churches. The depictions of Adam and Eve from the bible were examples seen in most of this church art as well as the Mother of Christ‚ Mary‚ and other important religious figures. As the relationship of men and women began to change from the tenth century until the fourteenth century it changed throughout the art as well depicting the role of women during each period. In this paper I am going to
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