Beyond the Bounds of Historiography: Reconstructing the Transitory Phases of Africa in African Poetry By Akwu Sunday Victor Holds a BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature from the Department of English and Literary Studies‚ Kogi State University‚ PMB 1008‚ Anyigba‚ Nigeria. He is the author of Breaking the Cycle of Silence [play] and editor: New Voices from the Confluence: An Anthology of Creative Writing [Anthology] and a private researcher. Abstract Poetry as an art form is not
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important but controversial issue in America‚ and it has been for years‚ as it affects the lives of every person living in the country. One person in particular stands against the war he lives to experience the effects of: the Vietnam War. In his speech‚ “Beyond Vietnam - A Time to Break Silence‚” Martin Luther King Jr. presents a persuasive argument against America’s involvement in the Vietnam War through his word choice and anecdotal evidence. King provides descriptions of America’s condition during the
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Beyond language: the postmodern poetics of Ang Lee’s adaptation of Lust/ Caution Shaoyan Ding Abstract Based on Robert Stam’s notion of filmic adaptation as a cultural critique and through a detailed analysis of the postmodernist styles of intertextuality‚ dissolving the history‚ parodic representation‚ and the body narrative in the filmic text‚ this article argues that Ang Lee’s film Lust/Caution (2007) adapted from Eileen Chang’s fiction Lust‚ caution is a re-creation embedded with subtle
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An idealist is someone who strives for perfection without considering the practicalities. A realist on the other hand‚ has a firm grip on reality and cannot be swayed by impractical ideas. In Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer‚ a Man Who Would Cure the World‚ written by Tracey Kidder‚ Pa2ul Farmer is portrayed as a realist and an idealist. Farmer’s actions demonstrate realism as he does what he can to provide treatment to his patients‚ whilst acknowledging the limitations of
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morality; however‚ the corporation itself is not a moral agent (Klaus M. Leisinger). The discussion that follows is about corporations being moral agents or otherwise; however I will reach a conclusion that corporations do have an obligation that extends beyond obeying the law; evens so this obligation have been derived from the corporations quest for profit making. Corporation’s obligation A corporate company has social responsibilities that affect the public and their business is society’s business even
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Higher Education in India: Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012–2017) and beyond FICCI Higher Education Summit 2012 Contents 1. Foreword 2. Executive summary 3. Higher education in India: on a high growth trajectory 4. Challenges continuing to plague the sector 5. Twelfth Five Year Plan: strategic framework and key initiatives to address these challenges 6. Way forward: an enabling environment is critical for equitable and quality growth 7. Glossary 8
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Riverside Church in New York City‚ New York to deliver a speech concerning the current situation and the Vietnam War. From the first sentence of the speech it is evident why Martin Luther King Jr. is there‚ and what side he is on. In Kings’ speech Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence‚ while King used terms and phrases that were appropriate and understood by the audience present that day‚ but for the ears of the general public the speech may have been too bold to be accepted. After reading through
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the near past to nowadays as the slavery‚ the Holocaust‚ the political prisons and the prisoner-of-war camps we would see the cruelty is not mere bloodshed‚ cut-off limbs‚ beatings and other atrocities which all are included though. The cruelty goes beyond that- it affects the self-respect‚ self-esteem‚ all of that which makes person a person and destroys it. So the cruelty not only (often) kills the body‚ it first kills the spirit‚ the soul‚ the life inside. As professor Hallie uncovers the cruelty
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1 TiVo 2007: DVRs and Beyond Harvard Business Case 9-708-401 INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND The following provides a case study analysis of a 2007 Harvard Business School case study on TiVo‚ the Silicon Valley consumer electronics company best known for its innovative digital video recorders (DVRs) (Yoffie & Slind‚ 2007). The case concerns the challenges facing TiVo now that it is no longer the only competitor in the DVR market and TiVo’s efforts to craft a winning strategy in a changing environment
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MKT4628 E-Marketing SID: 52574588 Topic: Growth Hacking - How to Market Your Way to One Million Users and Beyond Speaker: Mr. Simon NEWSTEAD (Co-founding CEO of Frenzoo) Comment: I do learn a lot after attending the guest talk by Mr. Simon Newstead‚ the founder of Frenzoo. Firstly‚ I learn that create value to customers and allow exchange values are the keys for an e-marketing business to be successful. When Mr. Simon talked about the business of 3D chat‚ I thought it was successful as I
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