Can language be used as a political instrument? Language is a system of signs and meanings that usually shared by a community of people. There is no doubt that language is very important and necessary in the society. Language offers people the means for interaction and to depict ‘people‚ places and things’. (Butt and David‚ 1986) Edward Sapir (1884–1939)‚an American linguist and anthropologist‚ was the first one who proposed the idea that the power of language can influence culture and thinkings
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the September 11‚ 2001 terror attacks. The United States retaliated by declaring war against al-Qaeda‚ Osama Bin Laden‚ leader of al-Qaeda‚ and Saddam Hussein leader in Iraq. President Bush claimed that the people who attacked U.S. soil were in possession of WMD‚ weapons of mass destruction. This is still going on even though Bin Laden and Hussein both have been captured and killed. There are many differences in The Cold War and The War on Terror. First‚ and probably the most obvious‚ is the fact
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Iraq had to dispose weapons of mass destruction under the supervision of the United Nations (U.N.) and an inspection system was set up. However‚ by the mid-90`s Saddam Hussein delayed or even denied inspectors access to possible weapons-development sites they wanted to visit. Other reasons to attack Iraq were that Saddam Hussein was an enemy of the U.S.‚ he started two aggressive wars in the region of Iraq‚ and Saddam brutally oppressed his own people. Moreover‚ after the terrorist attack on
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In his masterwork Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ George Orwell famously wrote that war was peace. It was only through perpetual conflict that Oceania was able to maintain internal security. Indeed‚ since the end of World War II the United States‚ through the expansion of the Military-Industrial Complex‚ seems to have taken this message to heart. While the second half of the 20th century was devoted to the Cold War with the Soviet Union‚ the beginning of the 21st century has witnessed the rise of perpetual
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In Samantha Power’s “A Problem From Hell”‚ she describes the terrifying and devastating effects of genocide. She thoroughly explains occurrences of genocide throughout history in nations such as Cambodia‚ Iraq‚ Bosnia‚ Rwanda‚ Srebrenica‚ and Kosovo. The other subject of this book is related to the subtitle‚ “America and the Age of Genocide”. Power describes the invention of the word genocide due to Lemkin‚ and also the struggles of Lemkin‚ Proxmire‚ and other leaders to acquire U.S. involvement
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20th century themes in Midaq Alley Cairo Egypt‚ as well as the rest of the world today‚ is going through fast changes quite often. In Midaq Alley‚ Naguib Mafhouz slows down the fast paced changes in Cairo during World War 2 by revealing the intimate lives of the Alley inhabitants. The roles that the characters are born into are no longer wanted by the younger generations due to the hopeful gains offered in the material world. By referring to and utilizing the four 20th century themes of‚ global
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PMs of Malaysia - Tun Abdul Razak | TUN ABDUL RAZAK HUSSEIN(1970-1976)Born in Pulau Keladi‚ Pahang on March 11‚ 1922‚ Tun Razak is the only child to Dato’ Hussein bin Mohd Taib and Hajah Teh Fatimah bt Daud. A bright student‚ Tun Razak received his early education at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar in 1934.After joining the Malay Administrative Service in 1939‚ he was awarded a scholarship to study at Raffles College in Singapore in 1940. His studies at the college ceased with the onset of the
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History of Malaysians Politics The politics of Malaysia takes place in the framework of a federal representative democratic constitutional monarchy‚ in which the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong is head of state and the Prime Minister of Malaysia is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the federal government and the 13 state governments. Federal legislative power is vested in the federal parliament and the 13 state assemblies. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature
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by fixing previous problems‚ the best example would be the Persian Gulf War were we went into Iraq and Kuwait in !990 because the Dictator of Iraq ordered an attack on Kuwait‚ And because Hussein disobeyed the terms of the UNSC and the blame of killing 300‚000 lives‚ But out of the outcome of the death of Hussein‚ the
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but 2 situations: self-defense and when authorized by UN Security Council. The alibi for the invasion given by George W. Bush and senior members of his administration was their assertion that Suddam Hussein (Iraqi leader) was actively funding and sheltering Al-qaeda. They also claimed that Suddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction at his disposal that he was prepared to use on US. A careful review and analysis by the bipartition 9/11 commissions concluded both the allegations false. This makes
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