Is English a ‘Killer Language’? The Globalisation of a Code Tanja Eckert‚ Andrea Johann‚ Anna Känzig‚ Melanie Küng‚ Bianca Müller‚ Cornelia Schwald‚ Laura Walder Abstract: Does English act as a Killer-Language or not? The fact that English has gained the status of a world language goes back to British colonialism. English was imposed on the indigenous populace in order to strengthen the power of the colonists. As the example of Papua New Guinea shows‚ this can have serious consequences for people’s
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Poverty: a silent killer The merciless chain of poverty is enclosing its arm around America. Children are storming the streets starving for a modest meal and a heated room. It confines them‚ forcing them to live a life of nightmares. It is evidently noted that poverty is the silent killer all over the world. The danger is‚ no one truly knows what poverty is‚ and who is to blame. A snapshot of poverty would seemingly resemble the poorest of the poor. As an experienced person who lived through childhood
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Poverty: The Silent Killer Poverty is a significant issue in our world today where many cannot afford the basic necessities to stay alive. Approximately 1.2 billion people live in poverty and go to bed hungry every day. Poverty is well-known throughout the world; poverty may affect anyone who lives from month to month pay check. In addition‚ some poverty is so extreme that someone has to live outside and under a bridge with their clothes in a shopping cart and some poverty is where you can’t get
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A new police chief investigates a series of macabre murders involving a sadistic killer called “Carma” who traps his victims in driverless horror cars. . BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Recent widow MS. ORSON (30’s) leaves the funeral of her elderly husband. Ms. Orson enters the funeral car when she receives a phone call from a Blackmailer wanting his money. Ms. Orson mocks the blackmailer. The car picks up her lover‚ BRENDAN (30’s). As the funeral car drives‚ Orson and Brendan engage in sex until they discover
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The Killers Most of the story takes place in Henry’s lunchroom‚ owned by a man called George. It all begins with two men walking into the lunchroom. They are called Max and Al‚ and are clearly from out of town. They are rude to the staff and act like jerks by giving George a hard time. They also tease Nick Adams‚ a young man sitting at the other end of the counter. When they had finished their supper‚ one of the strangers‚ Al‚ ties Nick Adams and the cook‚ Sam‚ up in the kitchen. The other stranger
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Chris Hill 10/15/2016 CJI 202 Juvenile Killers Unleashed Growing up as a kid‚ life can either be optimistic or rough and stressful‚ all depending on how they are raised. The childhood of Eric Smith‚ Lionel Tate‚ and Mary Bell were all full of dark and twisted memories. At the early years of their teenage lives‚ the three kids decided to make one of the worst decisions anyone can make; taking the lives of another innocent person. But why? Growing up Smith‚ Tate‚ and Bell all had one thing in common
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Famous Canadian Criminal James Hutchison & Richard Ambrose “Cop Killers” Canadian Criminals are a major part of Canadian society. In our country if you were not the direct victim of a crime you tend to forget the members of society that take pleasure in causing societies grief. As in the case of James Hutchinson and Richard Ambrose‚ whose crimes were committed in December of 1974.1 They were convicted of killing two Moncton City Police officers. Today‚ years
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The Silent Killer: Diabetes Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death by disease. It is a chronic disease that has no cure. Therefore it comes to no surprise that this disease has acquired countless number of attentions. Unfortunately‚ 5.4 million people in the United State are unaware that they have this disease. Until they do‚ they have already developed life-threatening complications. This may include blindness‚ kidney diseases‚ nerves diseases‚ heart diseases‚ strokes‚ and amputations
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In terms of 2007‚ the case of the homicidal Zodiac killer that caused so much mass murdering and panic which sprung a case through the late very late 1960’s through the very early 2000’s of San Francisco‚ kind of feels like one of those events that could be considered “too soon” to make into a movie. Not due to sensitivity issues‚ or out of fear of offending those involved‚ but because there are so many factors to consider in the case and so many moving parts to the whole enterprise that it could
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The Setting and Characters in The Killers The locations where the story takes place is the lunchroom and the boarding house. Take a look at the names you find out in the first line that the diner is called "Henry?s lunchroom." Except George is the guy running the place. We never really know or find out anything about who Henry is or his life.. Then you take a look at the boarding house which is owned by Mrs. Hirsch but the landlady we meet is Mrs. Bell. Mr Hirsch is a lot like Henry in the fact
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