Week 9 Class 1 2012 10:03 17 Based on the questions after class last time - they are going to be explained again. The opposites as the conservatives at the time were known as Whigs. Literature in this period people who write it are also politically engaged. So the lecturer gathers… we seem to have been confused by the description of Johnathan Swift - the simplistic division between catholics and protestants… we are talking… America is predominantly a protestant country - but there are different
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1. THE BRITISH MONARCHY IS AN OUTDATED GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD A monarchy is political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person. The term applies to states in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch‚ an individual ruler who functions as the head of state and who achieves his position through heredity. Succession usually passes from father to son or follows other arrangements within the family or the monarchical dynasty
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Politics & Military A number of social‚ economic‚ religious‚ political and military reforms had been imposed by the British without any consultation with local population. Social British introduced a new system of education. in this system they had to send their children to co-educational schools which was hated since it appeared to improve the British system without due regards to their rights. Persian was the official language of the sub-continent for centuries since Mughals
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British India (today known as India‚ Pakistan‚ Bangladesh) was controlled by Britain and thus India officially declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939. The British Raj‚ as a possession of Great Britain‚ formed part of theAllied Nations and sent over two and a half million volunteer soldiers to fight under British command against the Axis powers. Additionally‚ several IndianPrincely States provided large donations to support the Allied campaign during the War. India also provided the base for
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Oil sands Issue briefing bp.com/sustainability Oil sands Issue briefing How we operate BP recognizes that we need to produce energy responsibly – minimizing impacts to people‚ communities and the environment. BP’s systems of governance‚ management and operation are designed to help us conduct our business while respecting safety‚ environmental‚ social and financial considerations. Across all BP international operations‚ established practices support the management of potential
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ЭКЗАМЕНАЦИОННЫЙ БИЛЕТ № 9 1. Беседа на тему: “The British / American / Canadian People: A Social Profile”. British nation is considered to be the most conservative in Europe. It is not a secret that every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. In Great Britain people attach greater importance to traditions and customs than in other European countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. The best examples are their queen‚ money system‚ their
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David Lloyd George: David Lloyd George‚ 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor‚ (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945)‚ was a British Liberal politician and statesman. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and led a Wartime Coalition Government between 1916 and 1922 and was the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1926 to 1931. During a long tenure of office‚ mainly as Chancellor of the Exchequer‚ he was a key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern welfare state
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South African airways Presented by: Hadeir Shahin Khaya Ngqula‚ the CEO of South African airways is facing a big challenge‚ which is the striking of SAA ground staff and cabin crews‚ this action won’t affect only the overall performance of the company and slows down operations‚ but it will have a negative long term consequences as well‚ it may affect the company’s reputation‚ and thus affecting it’s prominence and perceived quality in the
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social policies pursued by Margaret Thatcher‚ British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. There are many different notions of what Thatcherism comprises‚ but core elements include deregulation and privatization‚ combined with authoritarian social policy. The word was first coined in the late 1970s‚ when the Conservatives were still in opposition. After the Party’s election victory 1979 it became a regular item in the vocabulary of media comment on British politics. It also spawned a cottage industry
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British Literature Annual Booker Prize is televised as an important national event‚ causing a great deal of discussion. The rich variety of theatre performance available in London is one of literature attractions to visitors. Early Writing: much early British writing was concerned with Christianity: Anglo-Saxons produced beautifully illustrated. Few people in this period were literate‚ because the English language was so different that make native English people give up reading. One of the
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