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    1. The canonical of “Strictly Ballroom” consists of a world in which ballroom dancing is the norm. Scott comes from a family with a history of ballroom dancing and has been training since childhood. Scott becomes very good and encounters resistance when he tries to dance his own steps instead of the more traditional ballroom moves. 2. The Inciting incident of Strictly Ballroom would happen when Scott and Liz are dancing in the very beginning and Scott tries to pull off his own moves. The rest of

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    WARNING! Life as we know it will cease to exist in about 10-15 years. Costal areas will flood‚ the air will be tainted with carbon dioxide‚ all volcanoes will erupt‚ and mountains will slide into oceans. We are to blame for this terrible disaster‚ humans have created global warming! You can minimally increase the amount of time we have by taking drastic measures that will inconvenience our day to day routine which we are so dearly accustomed to. I know that many of you are unconvinced that humans

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    Rewarding Mediocrity is dangerous‚ especially with kids‚ because it will shape their expectation to be winning trophies in everything they attend. Because as a kid‚ they will ask themselves “ I have achieved this big trophy‚ why don’t I have this one?” and over the time there will be 2 things can happen. One is this kid will have a mindset of winning and have narcissistic about themselves about being number one‚ then when they attend a true competition or selective events‚ they will extremely disappointed

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    question that needs to be asked before playing this strange sport. It is one of the oldest sport in South Asia‚ and is played by two teams. Originally devised to develop physical strength and speed in young Indian men‚ it involves wrestling seven people while holding your breath. The catch? Only one member of each team is allowed to cross into the opponent’s territory. It is still widely played in South Asia in the present

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    Power of China Shifting the World Introduction: Americans Are Convinced That China Is the Most Powerful Economy in the World‚ said an American writer Lisa Mahapatra in her report in Business Insider on Feb. 28‚ 2013. My talk today will deal with‚ ‘Power of China Shifting the World’‚ most powerful economic country. How many of us know about China?  Or had you ever go to China for vacation or honeymoon? Now I will bring you to focus on China Economy. My presentation is split into 3 key areas;

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    UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Department of Economics Economics 420 / 523 International. Economics Mid-Semester Examination October 20‚ 2005 Professor W. Baer a) Bretton WoodsSystem Marshall-Lerner conditions .’.F’ Purchasing power parity‚ ......_..-.--d) Amortization‚ ‚-~" ~ Offer curve‚ ‚:’\ ’~"--/ f-) Foreign trade mu1. tipl.ier. ~ g); Impact of capital. movementon exchange Autonomouscapital. movements ’" .$J i .\.~i h-!J. ‚" ~. !.. . "..... to’ :·-.r of citizens

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    Nasira Sharma’s Hunger is a satire on the socio economic condition that prevailed in Iran after the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79. The country’s fortunes surged but the masses suffered. The apparent prosperity of the nation with the ‘petroleum storehouse’ concealed the actual reality and the ordeals of the masses. In the beginning of the story we see that things are expensive but people were buying them anyway. Huge investments were supposed to generate more avenues for employment but it’s ironic

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    daughters” (Austen‚ Pride and Prejudice 1). These first sentences of Austen’s novel immediately establish a central motif of the work—marriageability—and equally demonstrates Austen’s use of irony. The novel is considered an Horacian satire‚ a direct form of satire which pokes fun at humble foibles with a witty‚ even indulgent tone. Austen described her work metaphorically as miniature

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    parents as a “minor matter” which serves to further prove that all of the priorities that we are accustomed to are turned on their head by Lady Bracknell. Lady Bracknell’s common sense is far from common to us‚ perverse even. Love is perceived by these people to be a technique in which to “form an alliance” and Jack is refused marriage for being a man with no genetic family relations to speak of. Lady Bracknell’s notions of “nature” or “natural ignorance” strike us as

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    young‚ all they want is to be old. Little do young children know‚ growing up has it’s side effects. Today‚ senior citizens make up a majority of the world’s population. While growing old‚ it has it’s benefits like learning from mistakes and becoming wiser. It also has it’s disadvantages like health risks. As people grow older‚ they come closer to death but also experience a lot throughout their life spans. While some people look forward with confidence to growing old‚ other fears the aging process

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