story is to always tell the truth. The king had given a goldsmith ten pounds of gold and trusted him to make a crown using all of the gold he had given him‚ and no other materials. Instead‚ the king later discovers that the goldsmith had indeed betrayed him and went against his orders. His friend‚ Archimedes‚ begins helping the king prove the goldsmith guilty. The king becomes weary of his crown once his friend comes over. His friend begins telling him about how he thinks it looks plain‚ and he believes
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AGRICULTURE SECTOR OF PAKISTAN By Sajjad Raza To Akbar-Ullah Department of Economics Pakistan Institute of Development Economics Islamabad Spring‚ 2013 1. INTRODUCTION Economy of every state depends on three sectors i.e. agriculture‚ industry and commerce. These three are interrelated with each other as the progress or retrogress of one sector effects the other two. Pakistan is an agricultural state thus agriculture gains are of much importance than any other sector. Importance
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Girl with a Pearl Earring -Tracy Chevalier Genre The story is told in the first person narrative voice by Griet who is the main protagonist of the plot. She uses an honest and sincere style of writing and this lends an air of realism and authenticity to the story. The style is vivid and descriptive. Cultural Context The novel is set in mid seventeenth century in the Netherlands. It deals with a middle class family and their relationship with a young peasant girl who comes from the working classes
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India and English From 1857‚ when English was introduced by the Imperial Government as the only medium of education‚ the English language has played a significant role in the lives of Indian people. After a long struggle by national leaders‚ in the 1920s‚ the British rulers reluctantly permitted school education through the medium of Indian languages (designated as vernaculars). In 1947 when India gained independence from the British rule‚ English was to have been replaced by national languages
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British Literature II March 2‚ 2012 Final Paper Romantic and Victorian Literature and writers have an endless about of similarities that make both of them the overall most influential eras of literature. It is in following paragraphs I will attempt to bring together the most fascinating points and authors that built the road on which future writers try to compare their works to these masterminds. It is in the social issues‚ religious doubts and social prosecutions that have previously withheld
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Lords and The House of Commons! British Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the United Kingdom and its territories. ?The British Parliament‚ in its famed Longitude Act of 1714‚ set the highest bounty of all‚ naming a prize equal to a king?s ransom (several million dollars in today?s currency) for a ?Practicable and Useful? means of determining longitude‚? Davy Sobel. The history of British Parliament surpassed several milestones
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Warren Buffett Professional Career: Warren Edward Buffett is an American Investor‚ Business Magnate and Philanthropist. He is widely considered as the most successful Investor of the 20th century. Buffett is the primary Shareholder‚ Chairman and CEO of BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY and consistently ranked among the world?s wealthiest people. He was ranked as the World?s Wealthiest Person in 2008 and as the 3rd Wealthiest Person in 2011.In 2012‚ American magazine TIME named Buffett as one of the
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In 1763‚ a worldwide imperial conflict called the Seven Year’s War ended in resounding victory for the British Empire‚ which smashed its European rivals to emerge from the conflict as one of the largest and most powerful empires in world history. During the war the British and Americans became a unifying force standing side by side‚ but short while later they were the ones in conflict with one another. England was left with an even larger debt‚ from the French and Indian War‚ than what they had started
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When India attained independence‚ she was no nation‚ she was divided into princely states and provinces; she was backward economically‚ educationally‚ scientifically and even culturally. It needed men of genius and destiny like Gandhi‚ Nehru and Patel to knit her into a nation. Since the dawn of independence‚ we have been striving to solve various problems facing the motherland to make her a united democratic and solvent nation. What we have achieved is praiseworthy‚ what we have failed to achieve
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