INTRODUCTION This textbook is for advanced students willing to build up their comprehension of political‚ social and economic texts. The textbook has six chapters: 1. Rule of Law 2. Elections 3. Visits. Talks. Agreements 4. International Organizations 5. Economy Matters 6. Natural Disasters Each chapter is a coherent unit presenting and practicing vocabulary points‚ skills of summary translation‚ annotation and rendering. It also aims at helping students expand their knowledge of extralinguistic
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in this desert climate (ranging from 59 -115 degrees Fahrenheit)‚ citizens live in very close proximity to the coastline. The UAE ’s per capita GDP‚ $48‚500 is on par with those of leading West European Nations. The CIA Factbook states the main economic industries in Dubai consist of oil‚ fishing‚ aluminum‚ cement‚ handicrafts‚ textiles‚ and fertilizers. While Dubai started as a small fishing village‚ it was take over in the 1800 ’s to become a separate emirate of Abu Dhabi. In order to seek protection
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development of a Haitian state after 1804 The American Revolution of 1776 proclaimed that all men have “inalienable rights‚” but the revolutionaries did not draw what seems to us the logical conclusion from this statement: that slavery and racial discrimination cannot be justified. It took the Civil War of 1861-65 to bring about emancipation. Just when the American constitution was going into effect in 1789‚ a revolution broke out in France. Like the American revolutionaries‚ the French immediately proclaimed
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Was the American Revolution really a revolution? A revolution‚ as defined by the Oxford English dictionary‚ is the overthrow of an established government or social order by those previously subject to it. Although‚ the colonists did overthrow the British monarch‚ there was not enough change in American society for it to be a revolution. After the colonists won the war with Britain‚ they created their own form of government. A foundation and basis for the newly formed government was the Articles
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Amounting to a Revolution The United States experienced a time period full of changes between the years of 1860 to 1877. During this time period‚ many constitutional and social developments brought about great change in the country‚ in both constitutional and social areas. Some constitutional developments that caused conflict include the Emancipation Proclamation‚ three civil rights bills‚ and the reconstruction. Meanwhile‚ some social developments during this period include the Freedmen’s Bureau
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Years’ War and the American Revolution came in‚ caused France in an even bigger trouble. Finally‚ Louis XVI rose in throne‚ and he chose Jacques Necker as his advisor. Necker had made some good advice for Louis XVI‚ until he enforced taxation on the First and the Second Estates‚ which made the nobles mad and forced the king to get rid of him. In 1789‚ France was still using the old social system called the ancien regime. In this system‚ the France was divided into three social sections. The highest
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progress. However‚ what is perhaps even more remarkable is how receptive the public was to their new philosophies. The philosophies that were developed by these philosophers such as the Social Contract were vastly woven into the constant political revolutions of that time. These revolutions and constant political turmoil had to do in a large part with the immense and growing poor population.
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Political and Economic Changes In Bulgaria Over the course of the past two months‚ January and February 1997‚ Bulgaria has undergone some sweeping political changes and its economy has deteriorated into further collapse. The following is an attempt to describe the events which took place in Bulgaria in January and February of 1997. This is somewhat of a difficult task given the current rate of political‚ economical and social changes which are occurring in Bulgaria. What follows is an account
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Events That Led to the American Revolution The American Revolution started for plenty of reasons‚ such as; long haul social‚ financial‚ and political changes in the British settlements‚ preceding 1750 gave the premise to and began a course to America turning into a free country under its own control with its own government‚ not a dictator many miles away. An immense part that lead to the American Revolution was the French and Indian War throughout the times of 1754 and 1763; this changed the deep-rooted
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Emily Thou Mr. G./ Period 1 September 14‚ 2012 Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution began in 1755 as an open conflict between the thirteen colonies and Great Britain. The Treaty of Paris had ended that war in 1783‚ giving the colonies their own independence. There are many factors contributing to the start of the Revolution‚ but the war began as the way The Great Britain treated the colonies versus the way the colonies felt they should be treated. For example‚ the French
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