Realism and Local Color The intent of local color writing was to show the culture and uniqueness of specific regions. Writers who wrote using local color were‚ in most cases‚ connected to the region they were writing about. Mark Twain‚ who is commonly known as being one of the greatest American writers‚ if not the greatest‚ used copious amounts of local color in his stories. In Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi he uses local color that gives the reader a better sense of what he experienced
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The tour to the USST NATIONAL SCIENCE PARK Today‚ we go to the USST national science park. Through the presentation made by the staff‚ we know the science park basically. National Science Park is founded by USST‚ Yangpu district government and Shanghai Association for Science &Technology. The science park’s purpose is to develop modern servicing business and advanced manufacture industry. It has three core functions: technology transfer ‚ entrepreneur incubator‚ and service platform. Its industry
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Competitive strategies: Global vs. local © Professor Daniel F. Spulber Global competitive strategies The G5 Platform strategy Network Strategy Intermediary strategy Entrepreneur strategy Investment strategy 2 Global competitive strategies • Home‚ supplier‚ partner‚ and customer countries of competitors – differences as sources of competitive advantage • Differences in global value connection • Differences in products‚ brand‚ technology • Differences in impacts of political‚ legal and
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THE NEWS To most people the news is the gateway to finding out what is "new" in the world today. The news is supposedly filled with facts and is definitely filled with predictions. The news tells us what is going on in local communities and tells us about the crime and what is going on in society. To me‚ personally‚ I think that the news is just entertainment that pulls in a lot of viewers and money. They are heavily influenced by commercialism. I believe that the news is almost like a talk show
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tiJournal of International Management 17 (2011) 68–82 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of International Management Institutional distance and the internationalization process: The case of mobile operators Nicolai Pogrebnyakov a‚⁎‚ Carleen F. Maitland b a b Department of International Business and Management‚ Copenhagen Business School‚ Frederiksberg 2000‚ Denmark College of Information Sciences and Technology‚ The Pennsylvania State University‚ University Park‚ PA 16802
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Although self-governed‚ Pompeii and Herculaneum had some direct contact with Rome through the appointment of a town patron who would represent the town in the government of Rome. An incident in Pompeii in AD59 saw the roman government intervene in local matters when people’s lives were lost in a riot at a gladiatorial event. The emperor implemented a 10 year ban on gladiator combats. This instruction was later lifted. Statues‚ inscriptions and shrines throughout the towns are evidence of the loyalty
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Amber Scoubes Mr. Burton English 1010‚ Period B-2 12-17-2013 Solving a Local Problem The Hazards of Driving Many people take for granted their ability to drive. When we drive‚ we are putting ourselves in dangerous situations. At some point‚ one small mistake in judgement can cause serious injury or even death to another person. This is a power no human should yield. The only reason that driving is necessary is to better our lives and to make things much simpler and easier to do. Driving is
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Sinsuat‚ Maguindanao LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION I – Introduction: The history of national-local relations in the Philippines is characterized by centralism. The central government from the Spanish regime up to now maintained a very strong control and influence over local governments. The evidence of such centralist tendency is Section 4‚ Article X of the 1987 Constitution which provides that‚ “The President of the Philippines shall exercise general supervision over local governments. Provinces
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Nevertheless‚ over the years we can see that the texts that are used across local schools include more non-local literary texts than the local ones. For example‚ the poems In the Midst of Hardship by Latiff Mohidin and Nature by H.D. Carberry. An addressable issue that we can see is most students will have difficulties in relating the cultural context and relevance as foreign texts are used. Hence‚ it is advisable to promote our own local literature which allows students to have a more progressive and pragmatic
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internationally-recognized hotels‚ while others prefer to stay in small local hotels. Compare and contrast these two chives. There are many people choose to go outside for having a travel to relax themselves. The problem they should face is accommodation. There is having two choices for them. One of that is internationally-recognized hotel and the hotel environment is global chain. Other is small local hotel and this hotel with local characteristics. Both of them have different aspects to attract passengers
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