udy Iakovou recalls friends and loved ones being smitten with the Statue of Liberty when they visited her family and toured nearby New York. But the harbor destination she longed to see as a child was called Ellis Island. Back | Next "It was this castle out there‚ in the middle of the water‚" Iakovou said. "I’d always wonder what that was." The curiosity never faded for the Athens resident and writer‚ who thought of the historical site as a great setting for a novel. Her husband and
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corruption has a number of meanings that cover a vast amount of human actions. A general dictionary defines corruption as debased by errors or alterations; synonymous with acculturation ‚ contamination‚ vitiated‚ polluted. Obviously all negative images. In dealing with corruption and its effect on a country’s economy or political system the World Bank defines the term as the abuse of public office for private gain ( World Bank Report‚ September 1997). In recent years global concerns for corruption
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various quarters for a budget that has quadrupled in the last seven years to a government panting to meet deadlines‚ not to mention public inconvenience. While the Commonwealth Games haven’t even started‚ many are already looking forward to their end. The country no longer seems to be enjoying its status as the next Games venue‚ rather‚ worrying more about how the expenditure will burden a common man’s pocket. So‚ is hosting the event a waste of national money? Does India really need mega sports
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According to Morris‚[3] corruption is described as the illegitimate use of public power to benefit a private interest. Senior‚[4] however‚ defines corruption as an action to (a) secretly provide (b) a good or a service to a third party (c) so that he or she can influence certain actions which (d) benefit the corrupt‚ a third party‚ or both (e) in which the corrupt agent has authority. Scales of corruption[edit] Corruption can occur on different scales. There is corruption that occurs as small favours
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An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.[1]Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century.[1] Elections may fill offices in the legislature‚ sometimes in the executive and judiciary‚ and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations‚ from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. Suffrageedit
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Protecting Sensitive Labels in Social Network Data Anonymization ABSTRACT: Privacy is one of the major concerns when publishing or sharing social network data for social science research and business analysis. Recently‚ researchers have developed privacy models similar to k-anonymity to prevent node reidentification through structure information. However‚ even when these privacy models are enforced‚ an attacker may still be able to infer one’s private information if a group of nodes largely share
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Topic – Divorce and how it affects children Question – What details surrounding their parents’ divorce should children be exposed to? Thesis statement: Although divorce can be necessary in some situations‚ it can have a physical‚ mental and emotional effect on children and can influence their everyday lives. Unresolved feelings and expressions of favouritism towards one parent by a child‚ can be the outcome of attempts to shelter children‚ by withholding details of their parents’ divorce. The pain
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Research Paper Outline & Thesis: Eminent Domain Some people simply are not prepared for the new neighbors moving into America: the abuses of eminent domain. Although it has been around a great deal of time‚ eminent domain is unjustly taking land from the American people at an alarming rate. Eminent domain really is defined as being the government power exercised to purchase land or property from the people in order to develop the land or property for economic or community expansion. This topic is
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Essay Outline Topic: Cause of a divorce Audience: Person’s looking for causes of Divorce or what may lead to a Divorce. Purpose: To bring to light the different reasons that lead to a Divorce. 1. Introduction: A. Lead in Strategies 1. Define Divorce 2. The types of person’s affect by it 3. How did I learn about it – Personal experience B. My thesis & Essay map: There are as many theories on this issue divorce as there are people offering the usual explanations are communication‚ compromise
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Outline: Research Paper: Reality TV and its influence on the younger generation I. Introduction A. Media has a huge impact on how people truly see themselves‚ particularly in women and young female teens. Reality television has made the standards of beauty quite high these days and there is a definite change in society’s view on what is truly beautiful. Turning off the TV has simply become too hard when it comes to reality TV shows 1. Turning into their favorite movie star is becoming
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