reflect on the challenges and opportunities of indicators‚ referring to the extract from Cynthia Grabo’s Anticipating Surprise. The outcome of this reflection‚ is that indicators need to be carefully selected and validated to bring an added value to the analytic process‚ and not exclusively relying on military attitudes. In the extract from Cynthia Grabo’s Anticipating Surprise‚ the author makes a clear distinction between military and political indicators. Grabo argues that military indicators
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After the twin towers fell and condensed to rubble on September 11‚ 2001‚ the Bush administration quickly formulated a plan to maintain the nation’s sense of national safety and security. John Lewis Gaddis summarized the administration’s directions to the public when he wrote‚ “Bush requested‚ and only partially received‚ what amounted to a global police action against terrorism‚ combined with a call for vigilance at home and abroad‚ combined with the suggestion that‚ despite what had happened‚
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Planning a surprise party is never easy‚ but it is often the most rewarding. When planning‚ keep in mind how many people to invite‚ the location‚ and a theme. Whether it is a large or small party‚ taking a few minutes to create a plan ensures the party will be a success. Deciding the location is the most important aspect because it affects all others: the guest list‚ the budget‚ the menu‚ and to an extent‚ the theme. It needs to be large enough to accommodate everyone invited‚ have a large
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Surprise! Krampus is good! Not great‚ but certainly better than anyone could have expected. It’s a film that has hysterical commentary‚ and even uses it to play with the audience. The real meaning of Krampus is to reveal the true meaning of Christmas… but with gore‚ and monsters and stuff like that. It’s not a perfect film‚ but the opening certainly is. The film from minute one seems less concerned with actually being scary in the sense that it’s trailers reveal‚ but more scary in the sense that
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Hayne 201304542 1 The truth about “Happy Endings” In Margaret Atwoods Happy Endings the narrator introduces 6 different alternative storylines each with there own version of a happy ending. The stories are labelled A-F‚ throughout the stories the author is challenging the idea of a “happy ending.” Throughout our culture whether it be in movies
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Comparing Endings In ancient Greece plays were a big part of society. They had festivals to celebrate these plays and crown the best at each of these festivals. Many plays were written and‚ thus‚ many different types of endings were created for them. Sometimes this would entail a technique known as Deus ex Machina. This would involve a god coming in at the end of the play and settling all of the issues. To act this out they would have the actor come down from a crane like machine. Other playwrights
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The Fox and the Horse Alternate Ending “When the master saw him he was delighted‚ and said to him; “You shall stay with me‚ and have a good time as long as you live.” Indeed they did‚ the fox and horse became close friends and enjoyed each other’s company. They eat lavish and laughed each night about the story of the foolish lion. At gatherings they told the story to the guest. It was like a tradition. Everynight they had their laughs‚ but the horse never told the fox the true story of what had
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the beginning lines of the short story‚ Happy Endings‚ written by Margaret Atwood. Most stories have developed settings‚ characters and established plots. However‚ Happy Endings is structured in a unique way that makes it stand out among others. After reading Happy Endings several times‚ it is obvious the story was written to expose a heartfelt message that would encourage the reader to think about his or her life. The tone of voice in Happy Endings was different than what I was used to‚ but overall
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Brooke McInerney 3/25/12 6th hour The ending of 1984 Winston and Julia were on their way out of town for another night where they get lost in their love with each other. All they wanted to do was get away and be together without being watched or having the chance of getting caught. They have been getting away more and more often lately. Every day they become more and more in love with each other. They were finding new and exciting places to go away to and different things to do with each
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SPM ESSAY - NARRATIVE ESSAY (Ending) 2011 : Write a story that ends with: "...They looked at each other and smiled meaningfully." ( This is an actual SPM question for the year 2011 - If you are asked to end with certain phrase / sentence then do end your Ending with the given phrase / sentence.) * In the question above‚ the key word which you need to understand is’MEANINGFULLY’ which means ’full of meaning / purpose / value etc’. Therefore‚ before you write your essay‚ make sure your draft
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