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    Dowry Menace Assault‚ harassment‚ death‚ torture‚ suicide‚ murder‚ it is a consistent flow of thoughts‚ is it not? Well‚ I consider this to be a synonym of none other than the word dowry. Dowry is the money‚ goods or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage. When we look back into history‚ dowry was widely practiced in most parts of the world until the early modern era. In England‚ failure to provide a customary‚ or agreed-upon‚ dowry could cause a marriage to be called off. Vast

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    Merisi Mary The Virgin

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    physical‚ and emotional during the contemporary and modern history of art. Both artists express filling for the era in which they live using filling and interpretation of what society represent for them. The first scene is a composition of a woman (Mary the Virgin) who seems dead and surrounded by plenty masculine figures (the apostles); sitting next to the virgin a female apostle called (Mary Magdalene). This piece of excellent art has been made in early 600 by one of the most representative Italian

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    Manohla Dargis wrote a review on the film The Grey Zone in the Los Angeles Times. She is one of the chief film critics for The New York Times and formerly a film writer at The Village Voice‚ the film critic for the Los Angeles Times‚ and the editor of the film section at LA Weekly. She has written for a variety of publications‚ including Film Comment and Sight and Sound. In her review‚ Manohla compares The Grey Zone to Schindler’s List saying: “Steven Spielberg’s decision to show water rather than

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    In Louise Gluck’s poem‚ “The School Children‚” Gluck focuses on the difficulty that mothers face when their children leave and the success they desire from within their children. The poem essentially depicts the power struggle between mothers and teachers‚ as the mothers try and protect their children from the outside world‚ while the teachers expose them to reality. Gluck utilizes biblical allusions‚ negative connotations‚ and fragmented imagery to portray the war over control for children between

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    On my first day on campus at University of Colorado Boulder‚ my friend described the hike she wanted to take me on. She told me how beautiful the sun setting behind the mountains was‚ how perfectly the leaves seemed to fall off the trees showing the start of fall‚ and how cute the chipmunk was that scampered past her feet. Starting as early as writings from Henry David Thoreau‚ nature is described and viewed in a romantic sense. We seem to ignore the parts about destruction‚ pollution‚ and disturbance

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    Chapters 1 and 2 Notes Chapter 1 Living with Art Megaliths are large stones that are surrounded by a circular ditch. The monument is presumably the marking of graveyard and once was accompanied by other monuments. The Neolithic era is known for the uses of new tools and constructive materials such as hardening clays using a flame. Pottery was used to create bowls‚ food jars‚ cups‚ and a variance of other objects. Each culture characterizes art in its own way. Artists perform tasks such as create

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    “The oldest and most often invoked argument is that art‚ whatever its form‚ is a public good” (Ginsburgh‚ 2001‚ p. 759). Why? Because as the author referred‚ it can benefit not only those who attend or see it‚ and who pay for it‚ but also all other consumers‚ who do not necessarily wish to contribute voluntarily to its production or to its preservation‚ in the case of museums‚ so they are free riders. We can easily understand that artistic activities also produce externalities to all civilization

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    Publication: Children and Parents Journal Date of publication: 2013 Retrieved from: http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/music-arts/the-benefits-of-music-education/ The main idea of the article “The benefits of musical education” is how music works on children’s development and what opportunities have music .According to this article music helps to work the small muscles as ears

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    should use cosmetic contact lenses or not” Abstract In Asia‚ girls wearing the cosmetic contact lenses are already become trendy‚ it is very popular these few years. What are cosmetic contact lenses? When you go shopping or buying something online‚ you may seen some cosmetic contact lenses that they say wearing the cosmetic contact lenses you can get a big eye or switch your color from brown to blue. They also use many models who are charming and wearing the cosmetic contact lenses to attract more

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    Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in India. Introduction A Special Economic Zone in short SEZ is a geographically bound zones where the economic laws in matters related to export and import are more broadminded and liberal as compared to rest parts of the country. SEZs are projected as duty free area for the purpose of trade‚ operations‚ duty and tariffs. SEZ units are self-contained and integrated having their own infrastructure and support services.  Within SEZs‚ a units may be set-up for the manufacture

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