1. Abstract language – Language that deals with concepts and intangibles‚ as distinguished from concrete language‚ which names physical objects (lesson 14) 2. Adage – A traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation. 3. Ad hominem – Appealing to one’s prejudices‚ emotions‚ or special interests rather than to one’s intellect or reason. Attacking an opponent’s character rather than answering his argument. 4. Allegory – A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through
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ONE WOMAN’S WISDOM ON RELIGION AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN GHANA Dr. Elizabeth Amoah‚ University of Ghana. This topic‚ I realise‚ is so broad and complex that one faces with problems of specifically‚ defining religion and environment‚ the two basic concepts in the title of this paper and linking the two concepts together. Again‚ there is the problem of selecting which aspects of the two concepts to focus on in such a short presentation. From the indigenous Akan[1] world-
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I. Introduction The Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) or Optical Mark Reader (OMR) technology system adopted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) under the present political conditions and capability of the nation’s election manager‚ the Comelec‚ will make the whole electoral process bereft of credibility‚ transparency‚ or voter participation. With no electronic technology being invented that is safe from human intervention such as hacking and other types of computer attacks‚ the system will
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Business Strategy Review‚ 2001‚ Volume 12 Issue 2‚ pp 50-58 Does It Matter What Managers Do? Colin Hales After half a century of research‚ we now have a fair idea of what managers do. This differs both from the “heroic selfimage” idealisation and from the sanitised “management science” idealisation. Despite IT and all the talk of empowerment‚ management as a profession in its own right is‚ if anything‚ becoming more‚ not less‚ widespread. What managers do therefore matters simply because so many
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY The Unestablished Disciple: John the Baptist’s Beliefs and Unique Lifestyle Submitted to Dr. David Mappes‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of NBST 515 – B08 LUO New Testament Orientation I byBryant Eubanks October 4‚ 2014 Contents Introduction1 Basic Biographical Information1 Levite Lineage1 Life as a Priest2 Life as a Prophet4 Lifestyle5 Living in the Wilderness5 Preparing the Way8 Ministry12 Discipleship12
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philippine studies Ateneo de Manila University • Loyola Heights‚ Quezon City • 1108 Philippines The Stories of Alejandro R. Roces Arturo G. Roseburg Philippine Studies vol. 6‚ no. 2 (1958): 139–154 Copyright © Ateneo de Manila University Philippine Studies is published by the Ateneo de Manila University. Contents may not be copied or sent via email or other means to multiple sites and posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s written permission. Users may download and print articles
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incorporation of the teaching of culture into the foreign language classroom. More specifically‚ some consideration will be given to the why and how of teaching culture. It will be demonstrated that teaching a foreign language is not tantamount to giving a homily on syntactic structures or learning new vocabulary and expressions‚ but mainly incorporates‚ or should incorporate‚ some cultural elements‚ which are intertwined with language itself. Furthermore‚ an attempt will be made to incorporate culture into
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THE MAJOR CHARCTEROF NOLI ME TANGERE Noli Me Tángere (Touch me Not / Don ’t touch me) is a novel written by José Rizal‚ the national hero of the Philippines‚ during the colonization of the country by Spain to expose the inequities of the Spanish Catholic priests and the ruling government. The title‚ in Latin meaning Touch me not‚ refers to John 20:17 in the Bible (King James Version) as Mary Magdalene tried to touch the newly risen Jesus‚ He said "Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father
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The struggle now being waged in the professoriate over which writers deserve canonical status is not just a struggle over the relative merits of literary geniuses; it is a struggle among contending factions for the right to be represented in the picture America draws of itself. (Tompkins 201) In 1850‚ with the help of her well-known father‚ James Fenimore Cooper‚ Susan Fenimore Cooper published Rural Hours‚ a natural historical account of one year in the Otsego Lake area of New York state.
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