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    Collectivisation was Stalin’s answer to his belief that Russia’s agriculture was in a terrible state. Stalin believed that Russia had to be able to feed itself - hence collectivisation - and that at the very least the peasant farmers should be providing food for the workers in the factories if the Five Year Plans were going to succeed. There was barely any mechanisation‚ the use of scientific measures was minimal and peasant farmers produced usually for themselves and the local area. This was not

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    large and small towns. Living in a city or a small town can have many differences. Some people may prefer to live in a city rather than in a small town or the opposite. There are a few advantages of living in a large city over living in a small town‚ but yet living in a small town may also have some advantages. The first advantage a city over a small town is that it has large quantities of shopping stores such as Wal-Mart‚ Target‚ and malls. On the other hand‚ in small towns there are not many

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    Surat - a Success Story

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    The rapid urbanisation and rise in population in Surat led to the growth of slums‚ increase in garbage and overflowing drains. In 1994‚ Surat was struck by an outbreak of a virulent disease somewhat like the plague. The disease caused panic countrywide and while the citizens blamed the municipality‚ the civic authorities in turn blamed the citizens for their lack of civic sense. It was a harsh reminder of what negligence in the area of solid waste management can lead to. But what was most amazing

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    An Experience in My Lfe

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    31‚ 2004‚ while everyone else was celebrating New Year’s‚ my family and I were moving from one city to another. It was hard for me to move another city because I was leaving behind the town where I was born and all my friends. This was one of the biggest impacts that I have experience in my life. Moving from one town to another was like moving to another world where I did not know anyone. But the hardest part of moving for me was moving to another school where I did not know anyone and I did not know

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    of being somebody in an unknown town and being a “nobody” in a big town mirror this proverb. While there certainly are many advantages to living in a small town‚ the question that begs to be asked is whether or not these advantages far outweigh those of living in a big city. Further‚ living in a small town means that one is residing in a relatively small community and that the people manifest a certain familiarity that goes beyond normal conversations. The town grocer or shopkeeper may remember

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    Midwest in the late 1800s. The times were changing. Small towns were no longer adequate places for success for the ambitious. Now‚ the big towns were the place to be. Sherwood Anderson‚ a well known American writer‚ was caught in this transition.The situation and place he was born in made his life tough. The difficult and problematic upbringing he had in Ohio allowed him to describe the isolation and lack of opportunities in small Midwestern towns‚ which he portrayed in his works by using imagery‚ conflicts

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    Living in Village

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    ESSAY:Big City or Small Town April 5‚ 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized Some people prefer to live in a small town while others prefer to live in a big city. Both have there own advantages and disadvantages. And which place would you like to live? It depends on personal opinion.However; for me‚ I prefer living in a big city because it has many benefits and move opportunity than small town. Firstly‚living in a big city can provide us with a modern and adequate academic environment.As we know

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    Human Settlement

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    The term ’urban’‚ as opposed to rural‚ is related to towns or cities. Urban settlement is a large nucleated settlement in which the majority of the employed inhabitants are engaged in non-agricul­tural activities. Urban areas may be defined by national governments according to different criteria; for example‚ size‚ population density‚ occupation of the people‚ and type of local government. This division between urban and rural is arbitrary and that is why today most of scholars use the term ’rural-

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    who terrorizes Merricat at every chance he gets‚ and Mr. Summers‚ whose jovial exterior manages to soften the fact that every year he runs the lottery. Jackson is well known for her style of gothic novels that feature persecution and hatred in small town New England. These two works are no exception. Shirley Jackson creates a setting where mob mentality is able to flourish through the everyday evil that resides in everyone‚ façades‚ and the hostile environment. Despite the villagers’ exterior‚ they

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    The bane of living in big cities in Malaysia When we discuss about living in big cities or small towns‚ different people have different point of view. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. From my personal opinion‚ big cities have more advantages as compared to small towns‚ which I quiet disagree with the topic. There are three points I would like to highlight here on why I said living in big cities brings more benefits. Firstly‚ big cities have far better quality education from lower

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