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    What factors propelled many countries to implement Import Substitution Industrialisation? To what extent did the strategy succeed in helping economies to boost growth rates and to overcome balance of payments constraints? According to Braer‚ ‘import substitution and industrialisation is an attempt by economically less developed countries to break out of the world division of labour. (Braer 1972)‚ This division of labour meant that the developing nations from Latin America‚ Africa and East Asia

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    "MANY FILMS ARE A BAD INFLUENCE ON YOUNG PEOPLE."WHAT IS YOUR VIEW? The film industries of the world are developing day by day. Today there are so many films being produced that you can barely keep count. Some of them are for the benefit of the community but most of the films have a bad influence on the young people as well as on the community. These films are responsible for increase in violence‚ crime‚ illegitimacy in the society. And I completely agree with the statement that many films are a

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    There are too many Disadvantages in Keeping Kosher Kosher is the name given to the food that Jews are allowed to eat. This manly includes all fruit and vegetables but Jews normally avoid some animals and their meat. To be Kosher‚ an animal much chew the cud and have split hooves. They are allowed fishes that have both fins and scales. Finally‚ they are allowed to have birds that breed domestically. They are all part of Kosher guidelines. To be Kosher‚ animals should be killed with respect and

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    College Degrees Affect More Than Just A Career New York Times reporter‚ Kate Zernike‚ in her article‚ "Why Are There So Many Single Americans?‚" elaborates on the effects of graduating from a university. Zernike’s purpose is to persuade her audience that education affects all aspects of life rather than just a career. She creates a didactic tone in order to coerce the idea that by furthering one’s education after high school‚ it will directly increase a woman’s chances of marriage and decrease her

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    Ancient Greeks made many influential contributions to western civilization such as in the areas of philosophy‚ art and architecture‚ and math and science. The Greeks were a remarkable civilization and contributed things people use in every day life then‚ and currently. Some very important people of Ancient Greece include Socrates‚ Aristotle‚ Pericles’‚ Hippocrates‚ Euclid‚ Sophocles‚ Plato and Galen. All of these people shaped western civilizations‚ while Greece was in two wars at the time. They

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    Explain why the NEP was unpopular with many Communists in the 1920s USSR. The New Economic Policy‚ known as the NEP was an economic system used in the USSR 1921-1928. The NEP was introduced after war communism. This was because war communism involved kulaks and other peasants being forced to give up their crops in order to support the army‚ this in turn made them quite upset and angry which made them destroy crops. This meant that the growth of crops and food was falling back to 1913 standards and

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    A good example of free will is Glooscap‚ from the oral tale of Glooscap and the Water Monster. Free will functions by doing something readily/voluntarily‚ based on one’s morals/personal values without worry of the constraints of necessity or fate. In the story‚ Glooscap is described as a spirit‚ medicine man‚ and sorcerer who never grows old‚ never dies‚ and what he desires‚ will be. With this being said‚ we can infer that Glooscap has free will‚ even more so than most characters and ourselves because

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    LAND OF BONDAGE‚ LAND OF THE FREE By: Raul Manglapus   Once upon a time‚/ the tao owned a piece of land.// It was all he owned.// But he cherished it‚/ for it gave himthree things‚ having which‚/ he was contended:// life first of all‚ /and liberty‚/ and happiness.//                 Then one day‚ / the Spaniard came and commanded him/ to pay tribute to the crown of Spain.// The tao paid tribute.// And he was silent--/ he was certain that he was still master of his land.//                 The Spaniard

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    In the article “The Land of Opportunity” written by James Loewen the author argues that most students leave school (preferably high school) with no understanding of social inequality‚ mainly due to their assigned textbooks. When they are told by their teachers that America has a great deal of social inequality that continues to this day‚ the student’s reactions are never positive and almost always defensive. “The students blame the poor for not being successful. They have no understanding of the

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    How was Napoleon Bonaparte able to win so many battles in the Napoleonic wars? Napoleon Bonaparte was able to win many battles in the Napoleonic wars because of his army size and the superior tactic and strategy he used. Those were the main reasons for many of napoleon’s military victory against the other European countries. France was also the biggest country with the biggest population through out Europe making it easer to mobilize an army. Napoleon graduated form Ecole Militaire with the rank

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