working-class children‚ everyone had a right to education‚ a job and a roof over their head. As a result‚ the GDR became probably the most egalitarian society in Europe. This too is a break from Nazi Germany as equality was definitely not top of Nazi policy. Konrad Adenauer was the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. Like many politicians of his generation‚ Adenauer had already realised following the First World War that lasting peace could only be achieved through a united Europe‚ it was this
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< HYPERLINK "http://www.derivepolitics.com/2010/05/economic-value-of-democracy.html" http://www.derivepolitics.com/2010/05/economic-value-of-democracy.html>. Burgdörfer‚ Stefan. "Democracy‚ Democratisation‚ and Economic Development." Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung‚ 29 May 2006. Web. Apr. 2012. < HYPERLINK "http://www.kas.de/wf/en/33.7924/" http://www.kas.de/wf/en/33.7924/>. Beggs‚ Jodi. "Laissez-faire Versus Government Intervention." About.com Economics. The New York Times Company
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The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum Knowing about the writer of a literary text can shape significantly the way that it is read. Consider the effect of the writer’s context on your understanding of The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum. "As a writer of fiction Böll was interpreting history‚ creating patterns of meaning‚ ordering his material to enable his reader to make sense of it." The experiences of Böll and his values that arose from these events have been influential on the content and themes of
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General Knowledge questions and answers on various inventions and discoveries in the world. These questions are important for various competitive exam point of view. 1) Who invented the telephone ? a. J.L Baird b. Alexander Graham Belt c. Marconi d. James Dewar Show/Hide Answer Answer =B 2) Who propounded the Quantum Theory ? a. Albert Einstein b. James C. Maxwell c. Heisenberg d. Max Planck Show/Hide Answer Answer =D 3) Who is the inventor of railway
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Joseph Conrad was born Joseph Teodor Konrad Korzenioski in 1857 in Berdichev‚ Ukraine. He officially changed his name to Joseph Conrad in 1886‚ when he became a British citizen (Liukkonen). Although Conrad discouraged people from interpreting his literature through analysis his life‚ his life did shape his writing. Much of his anti-imperialistic views could have sprouted in childhood‚ when he was under the rule of Russians the Ukraine. His father Apollo Korzeniowski was arrested for suspicious
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conditions in others. Those in favor of a unified Europe usually had something to gain from it‚ while those who were against it had something to lose. Many countries were tired after WW1 and WW2‚ and interested in finding a possible source of peace. As Konrad Adenaver states "Nations cannot continue to live exclusively according to their own desires and inclinations."(Doc 6). The ideas of new imperialism and nationalism were being replaced with ideas of peace and unification. In this hope for new found
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How does the English language enable us to express ‘politeness’? The definition of politeness is ‘Having or showing behavior that is respectful and considerate of other people’(Oxford Dictionary) it is a social construct that has formulated by humans to communicate in society. They are usually taught in the home and in society through our norms and values of socialisation .Linguistically‚ politeness is a form of pragmatic‚ ‘the study of how interlocutors use their own knowledge of a language to
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Domestication is the process of gradually and selectively breeding wild animals into tamed versions to produce more desirable qualities. Domesticated animals are typically dependent on human care or actions to survive‚ having been primarily "created" by human interaction and activity for a specific purpose. Numerous animal species have been domesticated and brought under human influence. Archaeological evidence demonstrates that dogs were the first animals to be domesticated by humans. . This process
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‘Describe and Evaluate two psychological explanation of crime. ‘ In this essay I’m going to describe and evaluate two psychological explanation of crime. The crime is an act that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by state and is punishable by law. (FreeDictionary‚ 2013) Bandura’s Social Learning Theory says that people learn from one another by observation‚ imitation and modelling. Social Learning Theory‚ is when people observe it first so if goes by Attention. Then they
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Evolution of Programming Languages Generations Most books and articles on history of programming languages tend to discuss languages in term of generations.This is useful arrangement for classifying languages by age.I agree that whatever a few of we ‘more mature’ software engineers get together‚ we cannot ever seem to agree on wht constitutes the generation of computer languages.We know that Formula Translation (FORTRAN) was probably a first-generation languges.Does that make FORTRAN 77 and WatFor
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