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    AES-Telasi: Power Trip or Power Play? (A) It would take too long to explain why there was very little electricity and no heat in Tbilisi in the winter months….The reasons were so intertwined with Georgian networks of “patronage‚”‚ black hole‚ patchwork‚ and jerry-rig that it was impossible to separate sabotage (a strange and sudden fire at Gardabani‚ the country’s only thermal power station) from corruption (the bungling and greedy idiots as SakEnergo‚ the state energy concern) from non-payment (less

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    Introduction The purpose of this essay is to analyze in depths and details two major theories of international relations - Classical realism and Neorealism. There are many shared values and core concepts in both of the theories. Nevertheless‚ being similar in many aspects‚ a range of notable differences distincts ideologies. The definitions‚ brief explanations and core values of each of the ideology are going to be provided at the beginning of the essay. Secondly‚ ideologies will be compared and

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    12:00-2:50) 10 April 2012 Realism in Lim Soon Rye ’s movies Lim Soon Rye is a well known movie director in South Korea. Lim was born in 1960 in Korea She studied English Literature at Han Yang University in Korea in 1985 and earned a Associate Degree in Film at Université Paris-VIII in France in 1992. To understand the prominent influence of Korean Realism and Italian Neorealism in Lim ’s movies‚ understanding of early Korean film history is essential. Korean Realism is established under special

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    The Social Realism in War and Peace It is hard to truly understand the unbelievable detail and descriptions of Tolstoy’s writings without actually having read some of his work. Leo Tolstoy was a unique man with a different perspective on life and everything around us than anyone else. Influenced by the experience of fighting in the Crimean war‚ Leo Tolstoy composed his masterpiece‚ War and Peace‚ whose Victorian qualities included incredibly realistic descriptions which would inspire future

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     and tailors‚ produced stunning garments for glamorous movie stars. During the 1930s and 1940s the field of costume design was dominated by men. But‚ that didn’t stop Edith Head‚ who would become one of Hollywood’s most prolific designers‚ working on more than 500 films‚ a record for a career such as hers. One thing that separated Edith from her colleagues was that she was making clothes to suit a character; for her‚ the character always came first. (Head‚ Forward) It was Edith’s belief that only

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    Kayla Ferry Political Science 150 Dr. Byron October 5‚ 2010 1) Neo-realism‚ also known as structural realism see international politics as a power struggle between states. Conflicts between states and security competition are due to a lack of “an overarching authority above states and the relative distribution of power in the international system” (Dunne 98). Scholar Kenneth Waltz defined the structure of the international system in three elements: organizing principle‚ differentiation

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    Nice Girls Finish First Gender roles are how society defines men and women. There are many different categories. Some women are "homemakers‚" others are "rebels‚" some are "bookworms‚" and some are "brilliant." In Edith Wharton’s short story‚ "Roman Fever‚" the females begin as two different stereotypes and end as something unexpected. Even the title‚ "Roman Fever" has an unforeseen meaning‚ proving that things are not always what they seem. Even the most sheepish woman can be a Lioness

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    In the short story‚ “Four Great Adventures‚ Phaethon” by Edith Hamilton one of the seven cultural elements found in the myth was vaules. Values was a cultural element because the fact that Phaethon wanted to know who his father is and that he wanted to get to know him and have the opportunity to build that strong relationship with his father. It is important that he wanted a relationship with him because most people do not want to know who their parent or parents are because for one they left their

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    Realism is a form of expression that truly boomed in the nineteenths century. In fact‚ realism opened up the eyes of many as it revealed the reality around them‚ specifically the lives of the middle class‚ and allowed the public to draw connections to the social/economic changes that were occurring at the time. Plus‚ in the introduction of the Norton Anthology of American Literature book‚ Nina Baym informs us that realism “took on many forms and exposed readers to a wide range of subjects and perspectives”

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    pacifism‚ realism‚ and just war theory are way to interpret problem solving for war. Just war theory has shared characteristics of realism relating to war being apart of our lives‚ and the pacifist motives to not going to war but differing because there are some reasons to go to war. Just war theory allows war to have morals. This leads to limitations on the amounts of wars that would happen if realism was the main approach and pacifism having unrealistic expectations of no war. Realism approaches

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