Receptionist: Hotel Serusa here. Good morning. Can I help you? You : Yes‚ please. I would like to book two double rooms for three days. Receptionist: When do you need the rooms? You : I would like to reserve the rooms from 12 May to 14 May. Receptionist: Could you please hold on for a minute? I’ll have to check the reservations first. You : Yes‚ of course. Receptionist: Let me see. Yes‚ you are in luck. There are two rooms available. What name shall
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Tannen: "Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation" #2 The first thing that comes to my mind when reading an article like this is‚ "Has this writer maybe encountered frustrating situations like this before?"‚ or "Is the writer possibly trying to express personal emotions in the topic discussed?" Whatever the case may be‚ the point she is trying to make is clear to me. It is the events and relationships that happen early on in life that may interfere and have effect on the intimate relationships that occur
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The Athenian Oath is intended to be the first thing you see when you enter the Maxwell School of Citizenship. The glow of the shiny letters strike you as a bronze statue of George Washington in-between the text faces the door. The purpose for both the text and the statue is that it is supposed to define citizenship and show what the founding principle the Maxwell school established itself from. However‚ when further analyzing both the text and the scenery that it is presented on‚ it is clear that
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Harmony is tuning of our lives to those around us and the natural world that sustains our wellbeing. We listen and watch so that we can move in time with that Great Dance in which we all have a small part. To live in harmony requires that we be conscious of the hopes and needs that surround us and flexible in our own course of action. In a harmonious relationship each party at times sets aside his or her own desires to nurture the relationship itself. We can be in harmony with others only when
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regarded as pessimism‚ but he considered to be realism. Generally people want to maintain a positive self-concept of themselves which causes them to agree with the overly idealistic views of human nature‚ such as that presented by Gandhi. The Athenians held the belief that the three motives for human nature are security‚ honor‚ and self-interest‚ and these cause people to be inherently violent. When there is a breakdown of law and order‚ a state of unprecedented lawlessness occurs and during the
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The Athenian Government. Good morning‚ ladies and gentlemen and chairperson. Before I begin‚ I would like to point out some imperfections in the previous speaker’s case. She mentioned that........ (insert first rebuttal point) Also‚ she made the allegation that..... (insert second rebuttal point). Our first speaker praised our wondrous military. I will be continuing my team’s argument that Athens is far superior to Sparta by examining the mindset of the Athenian government. To prove/support my belief
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Greek. Some examples of oligarchies include Sparta and modern-day Africa in the twentieth century. It is easy to see since the South African form of oligarchy was based on race. There are many forms of oligarchy‚ used all around the world. In the Spartan Oligarchy‚ twenty-eight men joined by two kings all over the age of 60 ruled. These groups of rulers were called the Council of Elders. There are many forms of oligarchies. These include Aristocracy‚ Plutocracy‚ De Jure Oligarchies‚ De Facto Oligarchies
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OWN VIEWS Go tell the Spartans Stranger passing by‚ That here obedient to their laws …….we lie. Thus reads an ancient stone at Thermopylae in northern Greece‚ the site of one of the world’s greatest battles for freedom. The book is told in a circuitous way; I found the jumping back and forth in time a bit distracting‚ but more off-putting was the way Xeones forecasts an event or subplot before narrating it in detail later. Already knowing how Thermopylae turned out‚ I was hoping for some suspense
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creationism and intelligent design‚ these theories all demonstrate the human ability for people to decide how our world as evolved. These theories all have their pros and cons‚ similarities and differences. It is important to evaluate the position of these theories based on other forms of methodology and foundations in science. This way‚ it can help us more fully and or come close to determining the credibility of the theory that we choose to further evaluate. I personally think that intelligent design holds
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A Critical Book Review: Spartan Women by: Sarah B. Pomeroy It goes without saying that during the time of Ancient Greeks‚ the lives of human beings and the things considered important vary greatly compared to those living today. More heavily centered on male-dominance and government‚ the land of Sparta was very different from its surrounding Greek counterparts. It was known for not only its great warriors‚ but also for its unusual treatment of women. By unusual‚ I don’t mean treatment of inequality
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