TYRANNY OF CUSTOM Customs‚ traditions and usages are the result of long experience of people living at a particular period. When certain things are found to be useful for a certain society‚ these things are being adopted by the people of that time. Later on those practices are transmitted to the posterity‚ and then they take the form of the customs and traditions. Customs an therefore‚ the expression of the accumulated wisdom of our ancestors Our ancestors in all walk of life setup. Customs and traditions
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The big problems of the electoral system were particularly evident in the 2000 elections: There may have been significant discrepancies between the voter decision and the electoral vote; a candidate who obtains the most vote’s nationwide‚ does not necessarily have to combine the most electors. Al Gore won in 2000‚ the absolute majority of votes‚ but received fewer votes in the Electoral College as his opponent George W. Bush. Another disadvantage is the focus of the candidates on states where pollsters
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The presidential election in 2000 between George W. Bush and Al Gore was a close race‚ unfortunately for Al Gore‚ the election was not fair. When Florida voted the first time Bush won all 25 electoral votes‚ he won by 15‚000 votes. Palm Beach county in Florida demanded a recount because many citizens believed they voted for the wrong person due to the confusion of the ballot. The machine which counted the votes didn’t count correctly and somehow took away thousands of votes away from Gore and gave
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today is the Army’s rules‚ regulations and policies on customs and courtesies. In this form of a remedial block of instruction given to me‚ due to what I believe to be false targeting‚ I am to explain the Army’s customs and courtesies and their importance. Customs and Courtesies are among the main fundamentals of military life‚ the other being the Seven Army Values‚ upon which Soldiers are expected to live and rely upon both on and off duty. Customs and Courtesies date back to the inception of the military
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Customs and Courtesies As soldiers we are taught to live the seven Army values defining the basics of what a soldier is all about. One of those being respect. Relying on the golden rule‚ “How we consider others reflects upon each of us‚ both personally and as a professional organization.” I believe this is an extremely important value to live by each and every day. As a soldier I pledged to treat others with dignity and respect while expecting others to do the same. Respect is what allows us to
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Customs and Trade Much of the history of international relations and trade concerns efforts to promote free trade among nations. The 17th century saw the growth of restrictive policies that later came to be known as mercantilism. The mercantilists held that economic policy should be nationalistic and should aim at securing the wealth and power of the state. Governments were led to impose price and wage controls‚ promote exports of finished goods and imports of raw materials‚ and prohibit the exports
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The Padaung Custom In the wild mountainous regions of Burma (known as Myanmar there)‚ there lives a Padaung tribe‚ where the Padaung women are known by wearing brass rings around their necks for life. The name “Padaung” is derived from the Karen words pa‚ meaning to have round‚ and daung‚ meaning brass. The rings are added on every two to three years starting from a very young age until a certain age of twenty and above. The rings holds the neck stiffly that it restrict any movements of the
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Outline I. Introduction Thesis statement: The Customs Union for Russia‚ Kazakhstan‚ and Belarus is a purposeful union‚ which serves to meet several aims. II. Body A. In the light of common aspiration to the WTO accession‚ it is worth of examining why preference of states was given to multilateral over preferential trade. B. The idea of the multilateral cooperation and creation of a common economic space‚ elimination of borders and regional integration is not new in the post-Soviet
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Chapter One A General Introduction to Folk Customs 1. Folk customs: a definition Folk customs‚ or folk ways‚ comprise the part of cultural life that people of a country or nation have created‚ practiced and transmitted in their endeavors to satisfy their needs at various stages of their history and society. Deep-rooted in the cultural life of a community‚ folk customs are passed down from generation to generation in a temporal dimension and spread from one place to another in a spatial dimension
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CUSTOMS & COURTIOUSY Marine customs are simply desirable courses of action sanctioned by tradition and usage. In the Marine Corps‚ practically every custom has grown out of the manner in which Marines of the past conducted themselves. Many Marine customs have been incorporated into regulations in order to standardize conduct throughout the Corps‚ but some of them cannot be found in written directives. Knowing and observing these customs‚ both written and unwritten‚ is important to each Marine
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