Corruption Can Destroy Democracy K S VENKATARAMAN Defining Corruption The term corruption is very common but it is difficult to give a dogmatic definition of it. Broadly‚ it is any dishonest or illegal or selfish behavior for getting any undue benefit. It has a special reference to those who occupy a position of trust or confidence but act in violation of generally understood or specified terms of behavior. Corruption involves two sides: One side trying to get some undue advantage
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Characters Roles In The Good Earth In The Good Earth‚ the introduction states that “The Good Earth endures because it reminds‚ once again‚ that despite our differences- in language‚ culture‚ and religion- there are certain qualities that we share as humans.” (Buck viii) The Good Earth written by Pearl S. Buck is an outstanding book that portrays people in many ways. In The Good Earth‚ many characters have many personalities. Some can be malevolent‚ some can be nice‚ but all of the characters
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A speech for Mother Earth. We are all human beings. All people‚ You‚ me‚ our neighbors. No matter where You live in this world‚ if it is in Africa or South-America‚ if it is in Asia or Europe‚ Australia or North-America‚ we are all sisters and brothers in humanity. All people of the world. Whether rich or poor‚ whether color‚ religion‚ culture or political conviction‚ we are all residents on this one planet‚ our home - Mother Earth. The time is now for us to carry
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Driving a car is the most air polluting act an average citizen commits. Air pollution is not a good idea for a variety of reasons‚ large and small. The right ideas for remediation of environmental degradations involve unselfish and compassionate behavior‚ a scarce commodity. The right ideas involve long-term planning‚ conservation and a deep commitment to preserving the natural world. Without a healthy natural environment‚ there will be few or no healthy humans. To understand air pollution you can
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PLANET OUR HOME” God create our planet earth for us to have a home so we have to take care of our planet because God gave it to us and if we don’t take care of our planet someday our planet earth will be destroy or it will be gone. We have to protect our nature specially the trees because if we don’t protect our nature and if we cut down all the trees we will experience stronger floods and typhoon that will destroy our planet. We can save our planet earth by simply throwing your garbage in the right
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Earth is changing Introduction We often think of the Earth as a stable and safe place to live. The landscape we see seems timeless and impossible to influence. At the same time‚ we know there are a lot of forces that affect our planet and change it. Some changes are quick‚ such as when earthquakes and volcanic eruptions break the ground or covering it with lava. Other changes may take millions of years‚ such as wind or the abrasive forces of water. The hunt for food‚ searching for land to cultivate
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My Final Speech - Why you should live a healthier lifestyle. Everything below this is my rough outline of my final speech. The point of this post is that I want to follow through with what I’m going to say. I don’t want to sound like a hypocrite and say “oh you all should do this” when I can’t even do it myself. It’s like lying to everyone‚ I shouldn’t say things I can’t do myself. “Don’t make promises you can’t keep.” So from now until the end of the quarter (or even better‚ the rest of my life)
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Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment. Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22‚ 1970. While this first Earth Day was focused on the United States‚ an organization launched by Denis Hayes‚ who was the original national coordinator in 1970‚ took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations.[1][2] Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth
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The theme is Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth is more than just one man’s struggle to rise to economic success. She portrays and focuses on the feminism and depiction of Chinese women probably during or before the Xinhai revolution. The appearance of Railroads suggests the novel took place after 1908‚ which is when the lines of shanghai to the north were constructed‚ relatively connecting southern and northern China. This allowed an escape for farmers like Wang‚ who had to move to the city with his
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In “Tourists Could Destroy Venice—If Floods Don’t First” by Simon Worrall‚ a Venetian named Settis explains how the city of Venice could become lost. To begin with‚ important representatives of the city have thought about opening Venice as a theme park. However‚ Settis argues that tourist should not have to pay to explore the city and that the city itself can tell its own history because of its beauty. Also‚ he is a strong believer that Venice should not be famous for its tourism‚ but for the first
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