Throughout the term we have worked on a variety of writing assignments‚ each designed to develop skills needed for critical analysis and argumentation. On day one of the class we went over our course goals and every assignment or in-class exercise—no matter how mundane or seemingly non-academic the task—was designed specifically in order to meet the course outcomes. Your job in this portfolio of your work is: 1. To demonstrate to your audience (myself as well as the English Department at
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Policy Forum Globalization and Culture C ritics of globalization contend that‚ even if increased trade promotes material prosperity‚ it comes with a high spiritual and cultural cost‚ running roughshod over the world’s distinctive cultures and threatening to turn the globe into one big‚ tawdry strip mall. George Mason University economist and Cato adjunct scholar Tyler Cowen has for years been one of the most insightful and incisive debunkers of that view. At a recent Cato Book Forum‚ Cowen
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The Religiosity of Presidential Elections In early 2012‚ the political tumult over providing contraception to employees of religiously affiliated institutions reminds us again of the symbiotic relationship between American government and religion. The debate has taken on greater significance in light of the most recent presidential election last November. The buildup to that election brought an increased level of political religiosity beyond just this issue. The primary process was filled with
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Capture. Deliver. Excel. Applying the Principles of Business Writing Ilja van Roon / Lucid Communication © 2006 Ilja van Roon/Lucid Communication All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form This book can be downloaded for free at www.capturedeliverexcel.com. Written and edited by Ilja van Roon‚ Lucid Communication (www.lucidcommunication.nl) Proofread by Mark Biss‚ WordsRU (www.wordsru.com) Designed by Made of Man visual identity (www.madeofman
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Contents 1. Doreen Pope 2. Education: Doing bad and feeling good 3. Dance cards 4. Language and literature 5. Inflation DOREEN POPE by Mary Loudon (The Independent Magazine‚ 20 August 1994) 1. Practically no one reading this will have heard of Miss Pope. Her greatness is not obvious and it has never been documented‚ but she is my hero nevertheless. This year she retires after a lifetime’s teaching‚ the last 25 years of which has been spent as a junior-school headmistress
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Clash of Civilizations THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS Samuel P. Huntington Foreign Affairs. Summer 1993‚ v72‚ n3‚ p22(28) from the Academic Index (database on UTCAT system) COPYRIGHT Council on Foreign Relations Inc. 1993 THE NEXT PATTERN OF CONFLICT World politics is entering a new phase‚ and intellectuals have not hesitated to proliferate visions of what it will be--the end of history‚ the return of traditional rivalries between nation states‚ and the decline of the nation state from the conflicting
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Oral exam English 1. Banning guns Owning a gun is legal in the USA. Actually‚ it’s the second amendment. The USA has the highest civilian gun ownership rate in the world. US civilians own about 270 million guns‚ compared to about 3 million guns owned by the military and less than 1 million guns owned by the police‚ also in the USA. In 2009‚ gun deaths actually outraced motor vehicle deaths in 10 US states. The 20% of gun owners possess 60% of all guns in the USA. Gun violence and gun
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Small States in International Relations INTRODUCTION Lilliputians in Gulliver’s World? IVER B. NEUMANN AND SIEGLINDE GSTÖHL 1. Small States in the International System Edited by CHRISTINE INGEBRITSEN‚ IVER NEUMANN‚ SIEGLINDE GSTÖHL‚ and JESSICA BEYER 2006 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS • SEATTLE International Relations (IR) is a state-centric discipline as well as a powercentered discipline‚ and this volume will not challenge either of those two foundations. Our aim is rather to draw attention
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France: Factors Shaping Foreign Policy‚ and Issues in U.S.-French Relations Paul Belkin Analyst in European Affairs May 20‚ 2009 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov RL32464 CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress France: Factors Shaping Foreign Policy
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[pic] CONTENTS CONTENTS 2 The Apostate 3 Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology. 3 by Lawrence Wright February 14‚ 2011 3 The Obama Memos 54 The making of a post-post-partisan Presidency. 54 by Ryan Lizza January 30‚ 2012 54 The Caging of America 78 Why do we lock up so many people? 78 by Adam Gopnik January 30‚ 2012 78 The Story of a Suicide 89 Two college roommates‚ a webcam‚ and a tragedy. 89 by Ian Parker February 6‚ 2012 89 Spoiled Rotten 116 Why do kids rule the roost? 116
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