Intercultural Communication Studies XVII: 2 2008 War and Peace of Languages and Cultures? Svetlana Ter-Minasova‚ Moscow State University Ter-Minasova The future of mankind depends largely on its ability to communicate. Technical progress provides mankind with an ever-increasing variety of more and more powerful devices and forms of communication: tele-conferences‚ multi-media bridges‚ His or Her Majesty – the Internet! However‚ “the human factor” presents a number of problems hampering
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Less is More Meaningful Throughout life some people have created a mindset where having the latest and best gadgets‚ clothes‚ and shoes illustrates how popular they. Many may think that their favored because they own such items‚ but in actuality it only creates problems for them. Living a lifestyle where people only possesses what they need to survive is known as minimalism. In Thoreau’s lifetime he believed in the need for minimalism‚ and that need is still relevant in today’s society. Thoreau’s
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In Mark Edmunson’s article “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?”‚ he directs this article to incoming freshman and talks about going to college with very little resources and being the only one in his family to goto college; he also talks about what students need to do in college to be successful. Edmunson thinks everyone should find out who they really are in college so you know what you want to do in your future career. Not just going to college pursuing a career thats not much of an interest
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pretty unpopular in the British press‚ quite aside from the fact that he’s been convicted of a felony. (His scandalous lifestyle is straightforwardly presented here.) Whatever the man’s personal flaws‚ however‚ his first book‚ Not a Penny More‚ Not a Penny Less‚ is a lot of fun. The story begins wheh Harvey Metcalfe‚ a self-made American millionaire‚ finalizes an elaborate scam in which he cheats four strangers out of a million dollars. All four of them thought they would be rich; the next
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How far do you agree that Garibaldi played a more important part than Cavour in the Unification of Italy? Garibaldi and Cavour were two very influential people in the unification for Italy and without them the unification may not have occurred. Although they both ultimately wanted the same thing‚ the unification of Italy‚ they went about it in different ways. Cavour was a highly intellectual man‚ who orchestrated things from a political stand point ensuring good relations with countries like France
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In the nonfiction novel "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles‚ there are many themes. One theme that appears in every chapter is "war and rivalry". The novel "A Separate Peace" presents many examples of the theme "war and rivalry" like World War 2‚ enlisting for the war‚ and Gene and Finny’s egos. One way war is represented in this novel is the setting‚ WWll. In chapter 1‚ the setting is stated in the first paragraph. "Perhaps the school wasn’t as well kept up in those days; perhaps varnish‚ along
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Then novel War and Peace was written by a famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy in 1865. The novel describes the war with Napoleon in which many countries were involved such as Russia‚ Austrian‚ Prussia‚ Spain‚ Sweden‚ and Britain. The novel mainly focuses on Russia. It reflects the different views and participation in the war of Russian aristocracy and peasants and also shows Tolstoy’s negative viewpoint on the war. Showing the war‚ Tolstoy describes Napoleon’s attack on Russia‚ the battle of Borodino
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support for everything. Gigantic logs hit the houses that caused for it to be destroyed‚ foul odor came from unfound bodies buried under the muds‚ lacking of food supplies‚ potable water‚ and not enough space suitable for people to stay‚ dress and many more ---- common things that people from affected areas suffers. Due to the existence of media their demand were heard all over the continent. Making many people empathized and sympathized to their agony‚ I wonder‚ why some people need to vulgarize and
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Shady Bahsoun Amst 276 December 8‚2009 Research Paper #2 “Tell me what you eat‚ and I’ll tell you who you are” “Tell me what you eat‚ and I’ll tell you who you are” once said French lawyer and gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. With the growth of food import/export around the world and the opportunities of expansion in foreign coutries: Could Brillat-Savarin’s statement still be possible today or has it completely lost ground? Food is one of the fields in which globalization has
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Sweat Summary The story starts with the protagonist‚ Delia‚ as she is sorting clothes at her home. She is wondering where her husband‚ Sykes is since he has her horse and working equipment. She feels something like a snake fall around her shoulders and screams‚ only to look up and see her husband standing over her with the bullwhip he uses to ride the horses. Delia is angry because her husband purposelly made it look like a snake. He does not seem concerned with her feelings and yells at her
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