An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow This poem‚ written by Les Murray‚ reflects upon all aspects of the human condition‚ from the fear of change to the need for conformity‚ uncovering the ultimate truth of the universal desire to belong. Set in a society which significantly resembles today’s world‚ where feelings and emotions are kept hidden and people are caught up in their busy lives‚ it explores the realms of acceptance and the ways in which societal norms shape a sense of self. Although not quite an
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large firms have over smaller firms and vice-versa‚ in the pursuit of entrepreneurial activity. As an enterprise can be defined as private business‚ it can thus be separated into two main categories which are small firms and large firms. Within many countries and many industries there are normally a large number of small firms and a smaller number of large firms as can be seen in the United Kingdom where there are only a few thousand large firms and over 4 500 000 small to medium sized firms according
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Capital‚ Surplus Value and Exploitation Marx’s account of the exploitative relationship of capitalist to labor remains powerfully compelling and seems by many to be vindicated in history. Essentially‚ Marx argues that the mechanism of exploitation built into the capitalist economic system is the source of social antagonisms that will eventually lead to the dismantling of capitalism itself. In the early Hegelian writings‚ Marx looks to a notion of alienation‚ the estrangement of the worker from
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What I Would Place In A Time Capsule As the turn of the millennium approaches‚ the human race will continue to develop new technology and new ways of thinking. It is always enjoyable to take a visual journey back in time‚ to view what was considered advanced and what thoughts of future times represented. A time capsule stored with precious documents and possessions from a past era can serve as a visual and material presentation of what past times were like‚ and put in prospective the
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agriculture’s contributions to the nation’s economy: In the 1960s‚ agriculture accounted for 65-70% of total exports; it fell to about 40% in the 1970s‚ and crashed to less than 2% in the late 1990s. The decline in the agricultural sector was largely due to rise in crude oil revenue in the early 1970s. Usually several factors can be said to be responsible for the dismal performance of the Nigerian agricultural sector. Pre-eminent among these factors is the macroeconomic environment. The macroeconomic
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What would happen nowadays without cars? How would it be to use everyone public transport? Cars are the answer to our needs to be independent of each other and to travel freely wherever we want. History The cornerstone of the BMW empire dates back to 1916 in Munich‚ when Franz-Josef Popp and Max Friz set up Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke (Bavarian Aircraft Industry) on March 7th. Thus‚ contrary to expectations‚ the beginnings of BMW consisted of the production of aircraft engines‚ not cars. Two years
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Bartholomew’s story Ordinary World- Bartholomew lived alone‚ with no friends and no family. He lived in the slums‚ where the streets were cold and violence was everywhere. His daily routine was to trudge down to the street corner and beg the rich‚ who walked by and only ate a few harsh rations a day. One cold and miserable day‚ Bartholomew was at his usual spot when he heard the rumbling of the nearby patrolling Roman soldiers in the distance. Bartholomew would always get made fun of by the Roman
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Success? How is one supposed to define the word success‚ when the definition of success supposedly varies from person to person? One may let their wealth and riches define their success‚ while another would view his/ her life as being a success just so long as their family was happy and healthy. With all of the different varying opinions in this world‚ one is not able to set a finite definition for success. For this reason‚ it makes it very difficult to judge as to whether or not Gilgamesh lived
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Ghenghis Khan Empire a few generations before. Timur never learned to read or write‚ but despite his illiteracy‚ historical records show him to be very intelligent with a strong intellectual curiosity. Timur is also known as Tamerlane‚ which means to "Tamer the Lame" and refers to a physical handicap in which the left part of his body was partially paralyzed due to an injury sustained in battle. The word "timur" means "iron" in mongolian. In 1941‚ Russian anthropologist Mikhail M. Gerasimov exhumed
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What brand of clothing are you wearing right now? Where was your shirt made? Do you know what went into the making of your clothes? It could be the blood of a child‚ the sweat of a child‚ the tears of a child‚ or simply the life of a child. India is a major home to child labor. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO)‚ an estimated 120 million children from the ages of five to fourteen work fulltime or more; of these‚ India is responsible for about 44 million. (International Labor
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