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    Custom House Agent

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    Custom house agent | Definition: | The clearance of goods on Import or Export‚ including unaccompanied baggage‚ involves quite a lot of procedural formalities. These formalities have to be observed by Importer / Exporter / Passenger‚ as the case may be. But in most cases the Customs station would be far away and it may not be possible for the Importer / Exporter / Passenger to attend to such work promptly. Unlike the work related to Central Excise or Income Tax‚ the Customs formalities cannot

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    "Customs and traditions in the USA" Customs and traditions are important part of our culture‚ of our lives. Customs and traditions unite‚ build community. They provide identity. They tie us to our ancestors and heritage. They remind us of where we came from. Every country and every nation has it’s own traditions and customs. It’s very important to know traditions and customs of different people. It will help you to know more about the history and life of different nations and countries. Custom is

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    Custom Mold Inc

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    Case Study Background Custom Molds Inc produces custom made molds for plastic parts and manufactures connectors for the electronics industry. The father founders of Custom Molds Inc are father and son‚ Tom and Mason Miller‚ in 1987 which is located in Tucson‚ Arizona. Tom Miller who is a mechanical engineer‚ had vast experience in the connector industry with AMP. Mason Miller is a double degree holder in chemistry and chemical engineering‚ a graduate from Arizona State University. Originally‚

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    Dowry; a Custom or a Crime?

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    of ordinary women of our society. This social crime has recently made footings in some countries‚ which were traditionally free of this evil like Afghanistan and Bangladesh‚ but our focus here remains Pakistan. The paper concentrates on the religious‚ social and economic structures of the Pakistani society to explain the age-old tradition of extortion of dowry that has taken a brutal form today. This immoral custom has adversely affected our women‚ individually‚ and our society as a whole. Gender

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    different methods of conducting its business. Some are old and some are new‚ but possibly the oldest one that has been around since before the Army was officially established and still lives today is the Army’s rules‚ regulations and policies on customs and courtesies. In this form of a remedial block of instruction given to me‚ due to what I believe to be false targeting‚ I am to explain the Army’s customs and courtesies and their importance. Customs and Courtesies are among the main fundamentals

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    Customs reflect what people usually do and the way how they do it and can be divided into different groups‚ such as: calendar customs which are activities related to certain days in the year or lifecycle customs which are activities connected with the key moments in people’s lives like getting married or dying. (GREEN‚ 169‚ 1997) This essay will describe 3 calendar customs which people in Ireland celebrated and will show how they celebrated them. The first one will be Saint Brighid’s day which is

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    Medieval Weddings and Customs By Kelly Bell When we think about marriage today‚ we think about two people who are in love and want to spend the rest of their lives together. It is considered a serious commitment and not taken lightly for most people. You wouldn’t likely marry a stranger you had just met but in medieval times marriage was quite different. Women didn’t have a choice as to who they would marry and most of the time they didn’t even know the man before they were married. Despite

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    Business Customs: Germany

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    Business Customs Business Customs in Germany Germany is a European country about the size of Montana with a population of about 81 million people (“‚”). Germany has come into its’ own as an economy of force in recent history. In fact‚ today the economy of Germany is the fourth largest in the world (Export). A strong presence of American troops and the creation of the European Union have made Germany a preferred expansion location for many American corporations. Due to its location‚ population

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    Strange Fruit Analysis” In response to the terrible act of lynchings‚ a poem was written in protest to the terrible acts. The poem “Strange Fruit”‚published in 1939‚ and written by Abel Meeropol and popularized by Billie Holiday is a poem that was written in protest to lynchings. Abel Meeropol was a teacher‚ poet‚ and social activist who was haunted by pictures of lynchings‚ which is when a mob takes black men who have been accused of wrongdoing‚ and usually hang them. The pictures haunted him

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    A Land so Strange

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    Dealing with Strangers in Strange Lands The book‚ A Land so Strange‚ tells of an expedition of 300 men‚ women‚ and enslaved Africans who set sail from Spain in 1528 under the leadership of Pánfilo de Narváez with the dream of settling Florida. Yet‚ a hurricane‚ lost ships‚ navigational errors‚ leadership follies‚ and challenges from Indians well capable of holding off would-be European conquest added up to a colossal disaster. Expedition members ended up wandering along the Gulf Coast before

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