Dictionary. English incorporates words from a large number of different languages. Many of these words have French‚ Latin‚ Old Norse or Dutch and of course Sanskrit origins. English is written in the Latin alphabet (also known as the Roman alphabet). A few amazing facts of English language are- The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha‚ bēta. The longest word in the English language‚ according to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis
Premium English language
statutory regulations regarding civil aviation were introduced under the Civil Aviation Act‚ 1959 (2015 BS). Nepal obtained the membership of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 1960. | CAAN’s Establishment | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) was established as an autonomous regulatory body on 31 December 1998 under Civil Aviation Act‚ 1996. CAAN has been set up with the objective of making aviation safe‚ regular‚ standard and efficient. Its prime goal is to ensure flight
Premium Kathmandu Airline Airport
Underemployment in the Philippines According to the last quarter report of the National Statistics Office (NSO)‚ the underemployment rate slightly dipped to 19.1 percent in October 2011 from the 19.6 percent in October 2010. National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Director-General Cayetano Paderanga‚ Jr. said this could be attributed to the higher quality of jobs generated in the different sectors last year.For example‚ some jobs in call centers require engineering or medical expertise and not only
Free Unemployment Employment Economy
Vigils‚ Jerry still refuses to sell the chocolates. Jerry’s refusal is on instinct. As Jerry continues to refuse the chocolates he’s also refusing both Brother Leon’s authority and the authority of The Vigils. This is of great significance because this is the only time that an individual stands up against the abuse of their authority. When Jerry refuses to fall into selling the chocolates‚ he distributes the order of peace at Trinity. Another complication arrives later in the story as well‚ as Archie
Premium Short story White people Black people
Tax & Taxation The term ’tax’ has been derived from the French word taxe and etymologically‚ the Latin word taxare is related to the term ’tax’‚ which means ’to charge’. Tax is an obligatory payment in the part of the citizen without the expectation of any direct benefit. Taxation is the obligation of non-penal‚ yet compulsory transfer of resources from the private to the public sector levied on a basis of predetermined criteria and without reference to specific benefit received. It is one of the
Premium Tax Taxation
David Higgins: 2006-2011 Chief Executive of the Olympic Authority Beginning July 22‚ 2005 David Higgins accepted the position of Chief Executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) ("David Higgins Appointed Head of Olympic Delivery Authority‚" 2005‚ para. 2). The ODA was in charge of building key Olympic venues‚ facilities and infrastructures for the 2012 London Olympics. Higgins was directly involved with the construction of the Olympic Park‚ the Athletes Village as well as other site related
Premium Summer Olympic Games Olympic Games United States
Hobbes argues that the sovereign’s absolute authority is vital to the self-preservation and maintenance of civil peace of the commonwealth. Without these‚ there would be civil war and chaos. He believes that the benefits of having a sovereign outweigh the disadvantages‚ despite the many rights that the sovereign is entitled to. This is why Hobbes believes that those living under the rule of the sovereign still exercise freedom. For Hobbes‚ liberty is defined as the ability to act in accordance to
Premium Political philosophy Social contract State of nature
directions that were given by an authority figure (Milgram‚ 1965). The researchers who were apart of this study expected anyone who participated would go beyond 150 volts shock point. The “victim” stated they no longer wanted to participate in the experiment. In 1965‚ Milgram reported that this study had a high level of obedience. Milgram (1965)‚ stated that regardless of the participant’s protests‚ majority of the individuals completed the entire experiment. Level of obedience shown in the experiment was
Premium Stanford prison experiment Psychology Milgram experiment
In the article “Where Have the Good Men Gone?‚” Kay Hymowitz has very good points. I agree with most of the things she has to say. Our generation is very different from every other generation. I feel like not only men but women are lazy too. We were all raised different and raised with very different morals. As stated in the article men used to have their things together by the age of 20. Already married with children and in college on their way to getting a good job‚ now they want to sit around
Premium Gender Woman Gender role
The society which the Sermon on Obedience supports is highly ordered and interconnected. Every function of the society is appointed by God and is part of a very delicate system in which everyone is defined by their relationship with others. In this society‚ the authorities‚ having been appointed by God‚ are unquestionable. Thus‚ the Sermon describes a society in which all people are appointed to their roles by God‚ and in which all people‚ having been assigned to fit a very specific role in the world
Premium Religion Christianity Bible