Introduction The article that I have abstracted from the channelnewsasia.com‚ is about the recession that hit Singapore back in 2008. In the said article‚ the recession in 2008 was so bad‚ that it left many Singaporeans jobless due to high rate of retrenchment‚ that was possible to reach as high as it was during the 1998 Asian financial crisis and 2001 economic downturn that left up to 30‚000 workers retrenched. Besides causing loss of jobs for many workers‚ the recession in 2008 subsequently
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proof by Bishop Zumárraga‚ “Protector of the Indians‚” (first bishop of Mexico)‚ the virgin tells him to bring roses. When he unfurls his mantle to deposit the rose‚ the image of the virgin is revealed. 1550-1551 Junta de Valladolid: Formal debate within Catholic Church whether Indigenous people of the Americas were naturally free deserving protection or should be enslaved “in order to uproot crimes
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Immigration’s Aftermath Through his essay‚ "Immigration’s Aftermath" Alejandro Portes portrays the long term effect of the ongoing events of the immigrants getting into America and taking the lob paying jobs. Portes starts his essay by giving statistics of the U.S census and keeping his readers interested in how the face of America is being changed by immigrants. I agree to that statement and I also believe that America is a melting pot meaning‚ America is made up of many different people from many different
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3. What impact did the War of the Austrian Succession‚ 1744-1748‚ have on relations between the British and the Acadians? The War of the Austrian Succession from 1744-1748 developed in Europe when the succession of the throne in Austria was ready to be claimed (Conrad & Finkel‚ 2009). Britain and Holland were supporters of the Archduchess Maria Theresa having the right to take over the throne‚ however France and Prussia disagreed. This disagreement quickly developed into a war and many attacks
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This essay will examine the impact of the Conservative party during their period in office between 1951 and 1964. The assessments by historians of these thirteen years vary widely as the Conservative rule left behind a mixed feeling about its achievements. We will therefore be discussing to what extent their period in office can be described as “thirteen years wasted”‚ based on their performances in the political‚ economic and social sectors. When the Conservative Party came to power in 1951‚
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The beginning of the American Civil War until the end of Reconstruction‚ the United States of America went through what many believe was a revolution. During this time many constitutional and social developments brought about drastic change in the country. Some constitutional developments that caused conflict were the Emancipation Proclamation‚ three civil rights bills‚ and the reconstruction‚ never the less some social developments which could potentially lead to a revolution were the Freedmen’s
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Title: The Siege at Jadotville (September 13th 1961 to September 17th 1961) and it’s aftermath. Outline Plan: I have chosen the siege at Jadotville which took place in the Congo in September 1961 as the subject of this study. I have chosen this subject because I am an African living in Ireland and this event involved Irish soldiers on peacekeeping duty in Africa. The aim of this study is to describe the events that took place in Jadotville and also the subsequent treatment by the Irish authorities
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Mexican muralism offers us one of the most politically charged and expressive art forms of the 20th century. David Alfaro Siqueiros and Jose Clemente Orozco are two of the three so called triumvirate of Mexican Muralists‚ the third being Diego Rivera. Both of the artists have a unique style and a strong sense of morals and political ideals. Their styles are similar in the sense of the amount of expression and movement in their pieces They also share a common ideology that shows up often in their
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To what extent did feudalism affect the societies in the Middle Ages? Plan of Investigation The investigation assesses the significance of the feudal system in the middle ages. In order to evaluate the feudal system’s significance‚ the investigation evaluates each role of the social classes in a Middle Ages society. This includes the kings‚ nobles and lords‚ knights‚ and peasants and serfs. Articles and secondary sources are mostly used to evaluate the feudal system’s significance. Two of the
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the role of‚ the family. Indeed‚ as Morgan notes in his criticism of Murdock’s view on the family‚ Murdock does not answer ‘to what extent these basic functions are inevitably linked with the institution of the nuclear family’ (Morgan‚ 1975). By doing this‚ both Murdock and Parsons fail to depict the form that alternatives to the family may take‚ and thus cannot reflect the modern role of the family in society today accurately. Another criticism of the functionalist representation of the family
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