know more about customs‚ habits‚ way of life of people from other countries. Secondly‚ all traditions and customs are really different. On the one hand‚ there are some which are famous all over the world. Bowler hats‚ drinking tea and talking about the weather‚ for example. Every person is aware that they are specific for the British. On the other hand‚ not all people know that the red color has an important‚ rooted meaning for the Chinese. It is a visual expression of happiness and joy. So it is
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Columnist Response #2 Kathleen Parker’s op-ed‚ “So we’re banning words now? Here’s my list‚” published December 19th‚ asserts that it is absurd for the government to ban words that are simply discomforting. Parker achieves this by giving a background on the recent banning of seven words by the US government and then offers her own list of words which she has has a problem with to show the ridiculous nature of trying to ban words. This op-ed argues that the government cannot ban words and that usage
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The stylistic analysis The Doctor in the House by Richard Gordon Done by Dasha Ashurova‚ 45gr The main feature of Richard Gordon’s art is the deal with the practice of medicine. The novel “Doctor in the House” is not an option. It should be mentioned that Richard Gordon is most famous for his comic nivels on a medical topic starting with the very novel “The Doctor in the House”. In the passage under discussion the author presents the emotional atmosphere of the most important days of the students
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George Eliot George Eliot taking the life of a woman and making it into something big. Mary Ann Evans also known as George Eliot was an English literature writer. In 1819 on November 22 Mary Evans was born. People that she was around for a long time were later put into her books. In the days that George Eliot was writing was when women couldn’t choose writing as a profession (“George Eliot.”www.kirasto.sci.fi web.‚ Kirkpatrick‚ D.L…). Eliot’s first fiction book was Scenes of Clerical Life (Kirkpatrick
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George Washington George Washington‚ born on February 22‚ 1732 is referred to as the Father of our Country. He was born near Wakefield‚ Virginia. Military arts and Western Expansion were Washington’s biggest interests. George Washington displayed great leadership throughout his involvement in the foundation of the United States. He was a talented military commander. He fought in the the French and Indian War as well as leading the Continental Army to final victory at the Battle of Yorktown in
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Charlie Gordon showed us that surgerys are very risky and we should really think before we do risky things. In the science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keys‚ Charlie has a passion to get intelligent but in my perspective the surgery was useless and risky. Charlie Gordon should not have had the Artificial Intelligence surgery because i was risky and it wasn’t permanent. Charlie Gordon lost his friends because of the AL surgery. His “friends” didn’t like how smart he get and I
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In The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1991)‚ Gordon S. Wood argues there were three distinct periods of social ideology in early American society‚ monarchy‚ republicanism‚ and democracy. While each era progressed chronologically‚ they were in no way distinct‚ with considerable ideological overlap occurring between them. The monarchy‚ which dominated American culture during the colonial period‚ was a series of hierarchical relationships denoted by various levels of dependency through personal
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After the colonists rebelled and declared independence‚ a war erupted as King George III wished to crush the “rebellion” leading up to the War of Independence or most commonly referred to as the Revolutionary War. The War of the American Revolution was a time of patriotism‚ nationalism‚ and an era of combat and battle. A primary figure from this time period was the Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Continental Army‚ George Washington. Washington’s leadership role in the American Revolution was
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Essay George Balanchine I chose to research on George Balanchine because he became known as the most influential ballet choreographer of the 20th century. He not only was the most influential ballet choreographer‚ but he worked with leading figures of American musical theatre two revues‚ fourteen musical comedies‚ four operettas‚ five Hollywood films‚ and a circus spectacle that are milestones of American popular culture. He was a very versatile choreographer and that’s what makes him very special
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Georges Clemenceau (28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman who led the nation to victory in the First World War. A leader of the Radical Party‚ he played a central role in politics after 1870. Clemenceau served as the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909‚ and again from 1917 to 1920. He was one of the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Nicknamed "Le Tigre" (The Tiger)‚ he took a very harsh
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