A figure of speech is the use of a word or words diverging from its usual meaning. It can also be a special repetition‚ arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it‚ as in idiom‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ hyperbole‚ or personification. Figures of speech often provide emphasis‚ freshness of expression‚ or clarity. However‚ clarity may also suffer from their use‚ as any figure of speech introduces an ambiguity
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The Postwar Political Economy: Institutions and Growth * The first post-war period (1945-1975) witnessed strong economic growth and gradual increase in globalization under the Bretton Woods institutions. What do we mean by “the Bretton Woods institutions” (Background Brief: Bretton Woods Institutions)? What role did the US play in setting up these institutions and what were its motives? The Bretton Woods Institutions take their name from a multilateral conference held in July 1944 at the Bretton
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English 1A 27 April 2012 Death penalty The death penalty is one time punishment‚ usually imposed on one‚ by the court of law. It follows as a punishment against acts caused against humanity. One may receive a death penalty after being proved guilty of an act like murder. Mostly‚ a crime involving death receives a penalty of death. One may also be sentenced to death after being proved guilty of robbery with violence. All these are crimes that the criminal justice court endeavours to eliminate from
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Electricity Part II -Questions 1. Explain the two methods of connecting resistors in circuits with the help of circuit diagrams. 2. Write the formulae to calculate the effective resistances when resistors are connected (a) in series and (b) in parallel. 3. How is the total potential difference calculated across a combination of resistors in series? 4. Example 12.7 An electric lamp‚ whose resistance is 20 Ω‚ and a conductor of 4 Ω resistance are connected to a 6 V battery
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Good Morning respected teacher‚ and my dear class fellows. I am here to share with you all a product which could be very helpful to all the teachers‚ students and even the corporates. But before I begin with the details about this product‚ I want to ask a few questions from you all. Do you feel uncomfortable carrying your heavy books‚ registers‚ handouts and other notes‚ all the time to your classes? Have you ever forgotten your important notes at home and not having them during lectures? Don’t
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Rashae Cartwright. “Blazing New Trails to Success” When I look up in the sky at night and I see the stars‚ I think about the mystery… “How did they get up there?” Did they climbed the highest mountain or swam the deepest sea just to look right back at me? Or Maybe did they walked the longest pathway or ran to the brightest light just to shine so brightly at night. I say this to say even the stars in the sky has steps toward success. Invited guest‚ ladies & gentlemen‚ judges and my fellow achievers
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CPR: CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSITATON D= Danger R=Response S=Send for help A=Airway B=Breathing C=CPR D=Difibulation What is CPR Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a combined of mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing and chest compressions. It helps to keep blood And oxygen circulating to the heart and brain of a person whose heart has stopped beating. The term CPR is used to save life’s. Knowing how to do CPR and doing it as soon as someones heart stops beating can save a persons life. CPR buys
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A new research and training facility at Imperial that will construct DNA at industrial levels has been announced today by the Universities Minister. Designing‚ constructing and testing DNA is a crucial element of synthetic biology‚ an area of science which combines biology and engineering to create new biologically based devices that will help solve a range of different global challenges. These devices are made from harmless cells‚ such as yeast cells. Manmade yeast genes could then be used to
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Beauty contests are bad for body image • Beauty competitions‚ or as some people call them‚ beauty pageants‚ degrade women and present a bad body image. If the beauty competition was based on skill or ability‚ that would be fine however people judge them for their appearance. • For example‚ if five people were running in a race‚ only one will win‚ there is no doubt as to who ran the fastest. There is also no need for anyone to subjectively judge such competitions. • Exploitation of women
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GRAPHICAL PASSWORD AUTHENTICATION WITH SOUND INTEGRATION ABSTRACT: Here‚ a graphical password system with a supportive sound signature to increase the remembrance of the password is discussed. In proposed work a click-based graphical password scheme called Cued Click Points (CCP) is presented. In this system a password consists of sequence of some images in which user can select one click-point per image. In addition user is asked to select a sound frequency or time which he wants to be played
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