A gadget is a small tool such as a machine that has a particular function‚ but is often thought of as a novelty. Gadgets are sometimes referred to as gizmos. History The origins of the word "gadget" trace back to the 19th century. According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ there is anecdotal evidence for the use of "gadget" as aplaceholder name for a technical item whose precise name one can’t remember since the 1850s; with Robert Brown’s 1886 book Spunyarn and Spindrift‚ A sailor boy’s log of a voyage out
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my ongoing commitments and save enough to tide me over on my return until I could find another job. The country was the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea‚ better known in the west as North Korea. The job entailed raising translations into English that Koreans had made of the works of their President‚ Kim Il Sung‚ his son and heir apparent Kim Jong Il‚ and sundry other propaganda. A certain amount of kudos seemed to attach to this job. The advert stated that the successful applicant would
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2011 HSC Paper 2 Module A Advanced: Comparative Study of Texts and Contexts Elective 2: Texts in Time In what ways does a comparative study accentuate the distinctive contexts of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Room of One’s Own? Sample response: Drama and non-fiction Prescribed texts: A Room of One’s Own‚ Virginia Woolf‚ 1928 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?‚ Edward Albee‚ 1962 |Establishing the thesis of the response: |At first glance‚ Virginia Woolf’s 1928 critical essay
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Ortons Loot‚ the character of Inspector Truscott is presented as far too disturbing a character to fit comfortably within a comic world. What is your view of the character and comic role of Truscott? The play ’Loot’ was written by Joe Orton‚ an English playwright. The first draft was completed in 1964 and premiered in early 1965 in Cambridge. According to Aristotle‚ ancient comedy originated with the komos‚ which was a ritualistic drunken procession performed by revelers in ancient Greece. A group
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Text One - Poem: A Small Keen Wind Thomas Blackburn My wife for six months now in sinister Tones has muttered incessantly about divorce‚ And‚ since of the woman I’m fond‚ this dark chatter Is painful as well as a bit monotonous. Still‚ marvel one must‚ when she fishes out of that trunk‚ Like rages‚ my shadier deeds for all to see With ‘This you did when you were sober‚ and that when drunk’‚ At the remarkable powers of memory. For although I wriggle like mad when she whistles up Some particularly
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Analysis Essay In the essay “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” Deborah Tannen finds that it is difficult to communicate with men when in a relationship. She suggests that men are more talkative when in public‚ but when at home the women has to make the conversation. This is caused by a difference in gender‚ body language‚ and reaction. Tannen explains cultural differences between men and women when having a conversation. Is failure to communicate between sexes result in divorce divorces? She says
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A study on Leisure reading habits and interests among secondary school students in Sri Lanka P.H.A.S ABEYRATHNA FACULTY OF COMPUTER SCIEINLE ANL iNi OKMATION TECHNOLOci 3 UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR 2004 P serpu takaan Uniyersi t Mal aya iii 5 2 2 II I ABSTRACT This is an exploratory study of the leisure reading habits and interests among secondary school students and their use of the school library facilities. Using simple random sampling‚ three hundred male and
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Daven Thomas Mrs. Ellis 2nd Hour English 4/16/14 Gulliver’s More Dangerous Travels As Gulliver is swimming away from the Island of the Brobdingnagians he is caught off guard by a Giant 400 ton whale. It snatches him up in his mouth as if he were krill and carries him over 10‚000 miles across the ocean‚ then blows him out at the Island of Abarat. Gulliver is unconscious for at least a few hours. When he finally comes to‚ he is awoken by great band of hearty Pirates. They quickly tie him up
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Publicity (c) Departmental Organisation and Public Corporation (d) Wholesalers and Retailers (4×5) 5. Write short notes on the following: (a) Development Banks (b) Insurance (c) Government Company (d) Warehousing (4×5 Foundation Course in English - 2 (FEG-02) Assignment All questions are compulsory. Course Code: FEG-03 Assignment Code: FEG-2/TMA/ZO I 1 - 12 Max. Marks: 100 1 Write a paragraph on any one of the following topics. (1 50-200 words) (1 0) .1. Protecting the environment
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Impact of science on Man Science is a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method and research. Science is also a continuing effort to discover and increase human knowledge and understanding. Modern science is relatively new having it’s origin about 350 years ago. Inspite of it’s recent origin it has made very rapid progress and completely transformed outwardly the manner of our living. But before that Science was not an organised branch and neither were there any scientists. Instead
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