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    A Canticle for Leibowitz (chapter summaries 8 - 19) Chapter 8 Summary Arkos relaxes once the Dominicans take over the cause‚ eleven years after Francis’ incident. Francis devotes years of free time labor to his project‚ which blends with the tedium of days and seasons that for everyone ends with Extreme Unction and the Just King’s judgment of "come" or "go." Sarl completes a fifth page before dying‚ leaving notes someone may use to finish the task. Fingo is restored to the carpentry shop and

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    The term subaltern alludes to any individual or group of inferior rank and station‚ may be for race‚ class‚ sex‚ gender‚ ethnicity or religion. It is the social group who is socially‚ politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial country. It is derived from the social authority or hegemonic work of Antonio Gramsci‚ which distinguished the social groups who are excluded from a general society’s set up structures for political representation

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    Gone with the Wind

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    A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook Title: GONE WITH THE WIND Author: Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) eBook No.: 0200161.txt Edition: 1 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII--7 bit Date first posted: February 2002 Date most recently updated: February 2002 This eBook was produced by: Don Lainson dlainson@sympatico.ca Production notes: Nil Project Gutenberg of Australia eBooks are created from printed editions which are in the public domain in Australia‚ unless a copyright notice is included

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    The Chinese Massacre of 1603

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    The massacre of 1603: Chinese perception of the Spaniards in the Philippines José Eugenio Borao National Taiwan University From a historiographic point of view‚ the incident of 1603 acquires special significance in the long and tragic history of Chinese massacres in the Philippines. For compared to all the rest‚ this has been the best chronicled‚ not only in Spanish‚ but also in Chinese sources. Moreover‚ both coincide in the presentation of facts and are alike in the ordering of events. When

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    American English I. Introduction American English‚ variety of the English language spoken in the United States. Although all Americans do not speak the same way‚ their speech has enough in common that American English can be recognized as a variety of English distinct from British English‚ Australian English‚ and other national varieties. American English has grown up with the country. It began to diverge from British English during its colonial beginnings and acquired regional differences and

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    Graft and Corruption

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    113TH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE PARTICIPANTS’ PAPERS GRAFT AND CORRUPTION: THE PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE Nelson Nogot Moratalla* I. INTRODUCTION This paper will present a condensed report on graft and corruption in the Philippines. Information was compiled by the author from documents‚ articles‚ newspaper clippings and other data gathered from the reports and journals of the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan‚ two of the constitutional bodies mandated by Philippine law to investigate and act on

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    Definitions -Stereotypes -Culture -Ethnicity -Nationality -Race -Minority -Class -Prejudice Stereotype: When you cant prove it‚ its a stereotype. When you can prove it‚ it isn’t a stereotype. Fixed and overly simplified but widely held‚ beliefs about individual‚ based on perceived group membership. Not based on fact Culture: Traditions and beliefs How you treat other people with respect Good behavior Value expectations All about groups Manifest by your behavior Artifacts “A set of shared

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    INTRODUCTION Our report covers the major effects of corruption in the economy of the Philippines. We focused on the many issues caused by corruption being faced by the government today. We also included some essays and opinions from several users online. The first part of our report is the definition of corruption and its cause. To introduce our topic‚ we first defined what corruption is. We included a definition taken from the website of Philippine Anti-Graft Commission‚ the government agency tasked

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    p us history master terms Unit I Terms Bacon’s Rebellion-1676 - Nathaniel Bacon and other western Virginia settlers were angry at Virginia Governor Berkley for trying to appease the Doeg Indians after the Doegs attacked the western settlements. The frontiersmen formed an army‚ with Bacon as its leader‚ which defeated the Indians and then marched on Jamestown and burned the city. The rebellion ended suddenly when Bacon died of an illness.                                       John Winthrop-He

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    A Abominable—thoroughly unpleasant or disagreeable Abscond—leave hurriedly and secretly‚ typically to avoid detection or arrest. Affable— 1. easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable. 2. gentle and gracious. Alexithymia— inability to describe emotions in a verbal manner animadversion— strong criticism; a critical or censorious remark annihilate— 1. to destroy completely; to reduce to nonexistence; to defeat decisively; vanquish. 2. to nullify or render void; abolish. apposite (AP-ah-zit)

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