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    “The Wedding Ring” by Denise Levertov is about the speaker in the poem coming across a wedding ring that had been stored away‚ and remembering the failed marriage attached to the ring. In the first line “My wedding ring lies in a basket as if at the bottom of a well.” The wedding ring itself being a symbol of marriage and the word bottom brings ideas of the dark taps and loneliness. A person feels when they are at the bottom‚ emotionally speaking. The next line “Nothing will come to fish it back

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    Almost every child in America would recognize “Ring around the Rosie”‚ or any of its variations‚ from its first appearance in the famous “Mother Goose” rhymes‚ to the version used today. What few seem to realize‚ however‚ is that this mays not merely be a clever and unique rhyme. In truth‚ a much darker and morbid theme could possibly surround this nursery rhyme: The Black Death. The Black Death‚ also known as the Bubonic Plague‚ was a horrific and deadly disease which began sweeping Europe

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    The Deal With Corruption in the Philippines Corruption is prevalent in the Philippines. It is even something that sticks to the idea of the Philippine “Government”. According to Transparency International in their 2013 Corruption Perception Index‚ the Philippines ranked 94th of the 177 countries in the survey. But knowing there are 83 more countries which are said to be more corrupt than us in the said survey‚ it still could not lighten the fact that our government is indeed corrupt‚ and that

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    uses a story of the ring of Gyges to illustrate the natural unjust of people. He claims that no man‚ given the opportunity‚ would reject the chance to do injustice without punishment. I agree with Glaucon’s perspective. Humans would do absolutely anything if they couldn’t be held accountable for their actions. In the story of Gyges’ rings‚ as Glaucon tells it‚ Gyges was a shepherd who had the good fortune of finding a dead body wearing nothing but a golden ring. He took this ring‚ without regard of

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    Office of the Lupon Tagapamayapa Barangay South Cembo City of Makati To: Dir. Herminigildo San Miguel (MAPSA) City of Makati COMPLAINT The undersigned accuses Francisco Roxas (Mapsa) the crime of indirect contempt of court committed as follows: That on or about 10:00 A.M. 17 Oct 2012 in the session hall of lupon tagapamayapa‚ Barangay South Cembo‚ Makati City while we lupon tagapamayapa were conducting the hearing of the said accused Francisco Roxas (Complainant) of Barangay case No. 09-16-12

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    4/6/13 Punjab Technical University Print ptuexam.com Punjab Technical University Jalandhar 1/2 4/6/13 Punjab Technical University Punjab Technical University Jalandhar Jalandhar-Kapurthala Highway‚ Kapurthala (www.ptuexam.com‚ email:coeptu@gmail.com) EXAMINATION FORM FOR EXAMINATION : April-2013 For Re-appear Semester Only Institute : Branch : Roll No. / Name Father / Mother Name : Mobile / Email : Sem ester 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 74 / Swami Parmanand Engineering

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    Cause of black money: 325 Black money is cash received from underground economic activity or black market on which tax is not been paid to the government. Black money in economic terms is regarded as unaccounted money or unrecorded gains. Rationing system: Black economy originated in India during World War II when India was facing acute shortage of daily necessities. This was the time government adopted rationing as a remedy measure to resolve the demand supply mismatch. By rationing government introduced

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    ETHICS Ethics‚ also known as moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is‚ concepts such as good and evil‚ right and wrong‚ virtue and vice‚ justice‚ etc. Major branches of ethics include: Meta-ethics‚ about the theoretical meaning and reference of moral propositions and how their truth-values (if any) may be determined; Normative ethics‚ about the practical means of determining a moral course of action; Applied ethics‚ about how moral outcomes can be

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    CORRUPTIONCorruption is notoriously difficult to measure. It’s not just because it is an illicit activity. In part it’s because the concept itself is undefined and relative. “the abuse of entrusted power for private gain.” Corruption is damaging because it gives an undue advantage: Corruption in India is a major issue and adversely affects its economyIn 2011 India was ranked 95th out of 178 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. Some of the largest sources of

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    1A‚ a story “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us .” JRR Tolkien‚ from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The carefree "Oh‚ my dear." my mother cried from the side of the hospital bed. I took her hand and pressed it lightly to my lips. "It´ll be all right‚ you will survive without me." I said. "But Bella‚ I don’t want you to die." she whispered. It was true‚ I‚ Bella McGregor was dying. Which was of course very sad‚ special since I was only seventeen

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