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    Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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    Mother Teresa Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997)‚ born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu[1](pronounced [aɡˈnɛs ˈɡɔndʒa bɔjaˈdʒiu])‚ was a Catholic nun of Albanian[2][3] ethnicity and Indiancitizenship‚[4] who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta‚ India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor‚ sick‚ orphaned‚ and dying‚ while guiding the Missionaries of Charity’s expansion‚ first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death she was beatified by

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    Inventories Ias 2

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    rivets attention on IFRS tax issues. CFO.Com | US‚ Johnson‚ S. (2008‚ December 22). One beneficiary of IFRS switch: The taxman. CFO.Com | US‚ Mirza‚ Abbas Ali‚ Magnus Orrell and Graham J Holt. Wiley IFRS. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc.‚ 2008. Nikolai‚ Loren A and John D Bazley. Intermediate Accounting. Thomson South-Western‚ 2003. Watson‚ K. (2008‚ September 30). US prepares for major change; SEC decision means investors will be able to craft decisions based on a single set of principles rather

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    Power in Politics

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    The Kronstdat rebellion holds tremendous significance in the shaping of Russia‚ it was the first attempt by the people to achieve a social revolution for themselves as Voline states "the first entirely independent attempt of the people to liberate itself from all yokes and achieve the Social Revolution‚ an attempt made directly‚ resolutely‚ and boldly by the working masses themselves without political shepherds‚ without leaders or tutors."(1)‚ furthermore the the rebellion also highlighted the failure

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    leadership of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was neither easy nor inevitable. Following the incapacitation and subsequent death of Vladimir Lenin‚ there were many legitimate claimants to this leadership: Grigory Zinoviev‚ Lev Kamenev‚ Nikolai Bukharin and‚ particularly‚ Leon Trotsky‚ Lenin ’s right-hand man and heir apparent. Among such company Stalin - the bureaucrat from humble origins in the Slavic republic of Georgia - seemed unlikely to fill the political vacuum left by Lenin ’s death

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    Greek Mathematical Development Michael Morton Baker College Ancient knowledge of the sciences was often wrong and wholly unsatisfactory by modern standards. However not all of the knowledge of the more learned peoples of the past was false. In fact without people like Euclid or Plato we may not have been as advanced in this age as we are. Mathematics is an adventure in ideas. Within the history of mathematics‚ one finds the ideas and lives of some of the most brilliant people in the history

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    The cause of Tsar Nicholas II downfall is controversial but I believe there are three main reasons for it. Rasputin and the Russian people’s resentment towards his influence over Nicholas contributed significantly. However‚ world war one was also a discernible cause of the downfall of the Tsar due to the terrible state it left the country in and the negative effects this had on the people. The most important contributing factor to Nicolas’ downfall was himself because he was an ineffective‚ autocratic

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    The Lottery Ticket I. The Author and It ’s Background : Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in the small seaport of Taganrog‚ southern Russia‚ the son of a grocer. Chekhov ’s grandfather was a serf‚ who had bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught himself to read and write.Yevgenia Morozov‚ Chekhov ’s mother‚ was the daughter of a cloth merchant. "When I think back on my childhood‚" Chekhov recalled‚ "it all seems quite gloomy to me." His early years were shadowed

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    Festivals in Lebanon

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    What is a Festival ? A festival or gala is an event ordinarily staged by a local community‚ which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival. Festivals‚ of many types‚ serve to meet specific needs‚ as well as to provide entertainment. These times of celebration offer a sense of belonging for religious‚ social‚ or geographical groups. Modern festivals that focus on cultural or ethnic topics seek to inform members of their traditions . Lebanese Festivals:-

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    R.K.Narayan R. K. Narayan (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001)‚ shortened from Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami‚ was an Indian writer‚ best known for his works set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He is one of three leading figures of early Indian literature in English (alongsideMulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao)‚ and is credited with bringing the genre to the rest of the world Narayan broke through with the help of his mentor and friend‚ Graham Greene‚ who was instrumental in getting

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    Spontaneous human combustion

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    THE MICROSCOPE • Vol. 60:2‚ pp 63–72 (2012) C R I T I C A L FOCUS Brian J. Ford Solving the Mystery of Spontaneous Human Combustion L human combustion (SHC) ast November‚ a 42has been well docuyear-old man was In a matter of minutes‚ people have mented‚ and television has standing outside a record sought to demonstrate an store in Sweden‚ appar- burst into flames and were completely answer. But in the scienently waiting for someone. destroyed. All that remained was a heap

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