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    FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS–17‚ UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT‚ 2007 Roll No. ESSAY TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100 NOTE: Write a COMPREHENSIVE essay (4000 – 5000 words) on any ONE of the topics listed below. Make sure you use different forms of discourse; viz: exposition‚ argument‚ persuasion‚ description and narration. Q.1. Q.2. Q.3. Q.4. Q.5. Q.6. Q.7. ’The more developed a country‚ the more lethally it is armed

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    Introduction The terrorist attacks in America have since publicized controversial attitudes in understanding and defining terrorism. There is a misconception of terrorism as it was only in actuality brought to light after the attacks in America on 11 September 2001 (Best & Nocella‚ 2004); this has guided many to assume that terrorism arose in light of the 11 September attacks‚ when actually terrorism did not begin in 2001; nor is it restricted to extremists in the Middle East. Here is where much

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    . Make sure that you LINK to the text – this is not a new idea‚ so if you forgot to do that‚ you’ve instantly lost quite a few marks. It can be a superb piece of writing‚ but if you haven’t linked to the text‚ you can kiss a good third of your marks goodbye I reckon. – You can link OVERTLY – that is‚ use a character or set in 1930′s Australia to explore the conflict b/w white settlers and indigenous Oz (One Night The Moon‚ obviously!) – or more SUBTLY – using landscape metaphors from the film –

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    The Mind Locke The notion of personhood was introduced by Locke. For him the stream/continuity of consciousness defines a person. In other words the memory‚ since being conscious of something implies remembering it. When someone is drunk and is not co Locke diverted from the traditional understanding of the self. In dualism it is the soul‚ which is conscious of what he is doing‚ then he will not remember the event. Thus whilst being unconscious of something‚ one is not a person. constant and

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    Maryam Nasibzadeh/881131464 2013 Japanese Haiku vs. Western Haiku World Literature Master: Dr. Ali akbari Introduction Haiku is a form of poetry which concerns the relation between nature and its link to human condition‚ and is expressed in the smallest of literary fragments. A poem‚ which traditionally consists of only 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines of 5‚ 7‚ 5‚ is written in extreme briefness but makes clear statement and imagery to capture the moment. Originally

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    taught rhetoric with success; in 384‚ at the urging of the Manichaeans‚ he went to Milan to teach. His years at Milan were the critical period of his life. Already distrustful of Manichaeism‚ he came to renounce it after a deep study of Neoplatonism and skepticism. Augustine‚ troubled in spirit‚ was greatly drawn by the eloquent fervor of St. Ambrose‚ bishop of Milan. After two years of great doubt and mental disquietude‚ Augustine suddenly decided to embrace Christianity. He was baptized

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    The Jacobean Era‚ Cromwell‚ and the Restoration Elizabethan literature generally reflects the exuberant self-confidence of a nation expanding its powers‚ increasing its wealth‚ and thus keeping at bay its serious social and religious problems. Disillusion and pessimism followed‚ however‚ during the unstable reign of James I (1603–25). The 17th cent was to be a time of great upheaval—revolution and regicide‚ restoration of the monarchy‚ and‚ finally‚ the victory of Parliament‚ landed Protestantism

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    * Early Medieval Europe Founding of the Church * 2. Introduction: The Roots (This Series) Judaism Greece Rome Christianity and Christ Himself The Early Theologians * 3. Introduction: Fluorescence (The Next Series) Dark Ages Feudalism The Sociopolitical Structure Eve of the Renaissance * 4. Roots of Medieval Era: Judaism of Abraham Hebrews: a population in the city of Ur in Sumeria The word is derived from Greek biblia‚ which means “book‚” hence “People of the Book” Abraham was said

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    Every system of thought‚ every worldview has a concept of God.   This even applies to the atheist because whatever a philosophy or religion chooses as its foundation is its God.   Our entire western civilization was built on Christian principles.   Today there are many views of God and many views of the world.   The majority of the worldviews can be summed up into two major worldviews: a Catholic worldview and a secular humanist worldview. Most people in America consider themselves to be Christians

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    International Islamic University Malaysia Kuliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences Semester Two‚ 2008/2009 Islamic KNOWLEDGE AND CIVILIZATION UNGS 2040 Section 19 The Abbasids Era: Rise And Fall By: Sri Atikah Md. Samuji 0736506 Siti Aisyah Mohd. Kamal 0739532 Mastura Hashim 0735072 To: Dr. Aliza Elias Table of Contents |No. |Contents |Page |

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