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    (direct country to country)‚ multilateral aid (country to World bank to country) and NGO aid (aid given by Oxfam‚ Red Cross etc non government organizations). Food aid could also be split into long term and short term‚ depending on the situation and the need. Recently‚ cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on the 2nd of May‚ a poor LEDC in Asia. Their infrastructure is poor and housing was appalling‚ resulting in deaths of over 80‚000 people‚ and two million survivors waiting for food aid/shelter. Food aid

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    EST1 Task One While evaluating Company Q’s attitude toward social responsibility it seems they made some decisions based on the severe lack of revenue over a period time‚ which motivated them to close a couple of stores. Those stores‚ which were located in a major metropolitan area‚ were also characterized as high-crime areas. By closing those stores‚ it no doubt had a negative economic impact both directly and indirectly on the people in those store locations. For the now unemployed people

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    Act One Scene One Questions Please answer each question in complete sentences. 1. Why did Walter ask Ruth what was wrong with her? She was acting crabby and was tired looking. 2. Why was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis the money? Because Ruth told Travis that she didn’t have any money to spare‚ Walter also didn’t back her up and undermined her authority as a parent. 3. Who are Willy and Bobo? Both friends of Walter and they want to open a liquor store with Walter 4. Walter said‚ "Damn

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    construção da autoconsciência do sujeito Aurora Gedra Ruiz Alvarez* Lílian Lopondo** ABSTRACT This paper is about the dialogue on the threshold whose origins are in the Socratic dialogue and the diatribe (a dialogued internal gender)‚ both understood as privileged mechanisms in the construction of the main character of Dostoevski´s novel Uma criatura dócil [The Meek One]. Its aim is to discuss the materiality of the text – mainly the dialogue on the threshold when the main character is

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    ”Shopping for one” Summary of the text: The text is about a girl named Jean who is out shopping for groceries. She is standing right behind or before them in line they are having a conversation. They are talking about how a girl they know would react‚ if she were to find out‚ that her boyfriend was cheating on her. The two ladies is constantly expanding the conversation and is now talking about how the former boyfriend of the black lady‚ came back to beg for her forgiveness‚ but only to

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    Research: Elizabeth Bishop “One Art” One Art by Elizabeth Bishop is a villanelle poem. A villanelle poem is a nineteen line poem that consists of five‚ three-line stanza followed by a quatrain. Bishop’s poem brings a fascinating irony between different levels of losses. Between each stanza‚ the development of trivial losses escalates into a bigger and traumatic loss that was unprepared for. An intense repetition of the phrase “the art of losing isn’t hard to master” suggests a few given things (Bishop

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    “long-expected one and twenty.” Housman ties coming of age with finding love. He mentions love several times throughout the poem‚ “but not your heart away (line 4)‚” “but keep your fancy free (line 6).” Housman states his point of becoming older through his first-person point of view and a regretful tone. He reminisces about when he was twenty-one. He looks back and he wishes he had heeded the counsel of the wise man. The wise man said‚ “Give crowns and pounds … but not your heart away (line 3-4)‚” meaning

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    One for the Money Sarah Denobriga Mrs.Edwards ENG3UE Friday June 14th 2013 Money‚ Mystery and Murder. The three M’s that always intrigues a person to know more about the situation. The three M’s are all characteristics of the novel. To determine the differences between the novel and the movie‚ you first have to know the plot and be able to identify the characters. In this essay‚ the plot will be distinguished as well as the characters and the overall

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    Dear Government of China Hello. I am Ailing who is living in Shanghai. I’m 11 years old now‚ and I love drawing. I know that you will be wondered ‘why this young girl is sending me the letter?’. The purpose of this letter for you‚ is to tell you my life story. Please read carefully. I was born in Shanghai 11 years ago. I was the first baby for my parents‚ so they loved me very much. One day‚ my mom became pregnant again. It was 3 years ago. I remember how much they felt happiness by that

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    I have mixed feelings about whether rich countries should help poor countries or not. There are different reasons why I believe that they should‚ and different reasons why I believe that they should not help. Rich countries should help poor countries because if things were reversed they would want help. Opening up trade barriers so that poor countries can sell their goods is another good way to help. Rich countries could also send money to help pay off debt. People have no idea how lucky they

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