was a poet‚ writer‚ painter‚ translator‚ dictionary and Sanskrit grammar book compiler‚| |anthologist and Buddhist monk. | |In 1903 Su Manshu translated Victor Hugo ’s Les Misérables‚ a long novel consisting of 5 volumes (9 books). The | |translated version was presented in 14 chapters with 2 lines of titles at the beginning of each chapter to tell readers | |about the main content. He started with
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Democracy? The Netherlands can use the work of Hugo Grotius‚ Justus Lipsius and Dirk Van Coornhert to support the claim that they are the birth of Liberal Democracy. However‚ one must also look at the influence Ancient Greece had on the birth of Liberal Democracy‚ as many of the leaders and theologians helped to create Liberal Democracy. One of the key figures that support the idea that the Netherlands can claim to be the birth of Liberal Democracy is Hugo Grotius. Grotius was one of the first people
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that a change in political regime can result in the enactment of laws that are less favorable to international business. (Hill‚ pg. 82) Currently the government and all those who serve are controlled by the President. The populist socialist politician Hugo Chávez won power in 1998‚ was reelected as president in 2000‚ and was reelected again in 2006. Chávez has declared himself to be a “Fidelista‚” a follower of Cuba’s Fidel Castro. He has pledged to improve the lot of the poor in Venezuela through government
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crisis. Economic crises in the 1980s and 1990s led to a political crisis in which hundreds died in the Caracazo riots of 1989‚ two attempted coups d’état in 1992 ("America’s | Profile: Hugo Chavez.")‚ and the impeachment of President Carlos Andrés Pérez (re-elected in 1988) for corruption in 1993. Coup leader Hugo Chávez was pardoned in March 1994 by president Rafael Caldera‚ with a clean slate and his political rights reinstated ("Venezuela."). The President of Venezuela is currently Nicolás Maduro
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During one incident‚ they help a woman who is dying of smallpox‚ leaving just before her sons‚ who had been imprisoned by the local lord‚ escape and arrive home. As The Boss and the king move through the night‚ they see the glow of a fire in the distance‚ and they discover the corpses of a number of men who have been hanged. Near morning‚ they come to a hut‚ and they finally convince the woman who greets them to give them
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The saga of the Venezuelea Bolivar Fuerte Q1: Why must a country’s currency must be devaluated? What is failing in the economy? First‚ the reason would be for stimulating the exports of goods=> more money in the country => push the production‚ economy in general and employment rate and set premises for economic growth. Somewhere between 92 and 94% of export income in Venezuela comes from oil‚ and the money obtained heavily contribute to the local manufacturing development‚ and agriculture
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propane and butane gas was detected an hour before the blast. However‚ workers and residents living nearby have reported on the smell of gas days before the incident. Despite this‚ no actions were taken to contain the situation. Political In 2003‚ Hugo Chavez‚ the president of Venezuela fired 18‚000 PDVSA employees and replaced them with party loyalists. As such‚ the company lost many employees with expertise in industrial safety. It is also reported that PDVSA failed to invest in regular maintenance
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There are numerous instances in which Homer’s The Iliad is able to illustrate the lives of normal people although the epic was generally based around war heroes. In it‚ Homer expresses to us that these war heroes are no different than us‚ as they also make mistakes‚ are stubborn and often need to apologize as shown by the example of Agamemnon and Achilles. During the progression of the plot of this well-known epic‚ Agamemnon attempts to apologize to Achilles by a rather “low” method. He hopes to
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Be Your Own Boss Virtually everyone at some point in time dreams of being their own boss‚ for many that means owning a business. That however is much easier said than done. There are many steps to starting and owning a business‚ a mistake on any of them can derail‚ postpone or kill that dream. The most important step to starting a business is to develop a viable business plan. A business plan will layout the remaining steps and help ensure fewer mistakes are made. In addition to developing
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everyone in the world is not as lucky. As technology becomes more important to our society‚ many government officials fear social media for its power to end careers or start rumors - but does that give them the right to regulate online content? Hugo Chavez‚ the Venezuelan president‚ seems to believe he has the right to impose restrictions on Internet content‚ similar to those seen in countries such as Iran and Cuba. He was quoted as saying‚ "the Internet cannot be something open where anything
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