Ladies and gentlemen of Parliament‚ I would like you to think about living in a country where there is civil and political unrest‚ and you‚ as an inhabitant‚ cannot do anything about it‚ nor are legally able to seek refuge. You may be thinking that this doesn’t exist‚ but I am here to assure you that even in the 21st century there are countries‚ like Syria‚ where the population is constantly fearful‚ wondering whether they will make it to see the next day. For the millions who are trapped inside
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Document-based Question: American and Muslim Slaveries Slavery is as old as the world ’s first civilizations. Two important slave movements were the one across the Sahara Desert and another along the East African coasts of the Indian Ocean‚ both of which terminated in slave markets in the Muslim world. The subject of slavery is viewed in contrast by different parts of the world. Narrowing to the topic of slavery in the Americas and the Muslim states‚ it is apparent that the two regions contain
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‘Voronezh’ and ‘Everything Is Looted’ are poems of loss which respond to the enormous tragedies unfolding in Russia in the first half of the twentieth century. ‘Voronezh’ is a bleak poem that looks intimately at the impact of exile on an artist. ‘Everything Is Looted’ is a more general reaction to the ravages of war and revolution on her country. Osip Mandelstam was exiled by the Soviet authorities to Voronezh before his re-arrest and death in 1938. ‘Voronezh’ is dedicated to him. In free verse
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras 2011/12 2º Semestre Indústrias da Cultura EUA Prof. Mark Yakich Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras 2011/12 2º Semestre Indústrias da Cultura EUA Prof. Mark Yakich Question 2 No sentence can define social networking better than “The real spectacle that draws us here is us”. I will focus on Facebook because it is the social network that‚ in my opinion‚ discloses more this concept of putting a show of ourselves to everyone else.
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appease Italy’s leader Mussolini by agreeing to offer him the better land in Abyssinia) had been deeply unpopular and had eventually brought down the government. * French military forces had previously been moved from the Rhine to the Alps and Tunisia because of the political tension with Italy. As such‚ their forces near the Rhineland were weakened. * French generals also overestimated the German occupying forces;
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Rationale: The media has a rather tremendous power regarding setting political discourse. Favoritism in the media front has been increasingly growing in a pernicious weed kind of way. The article is related to media simply by being a written source. The writer of this article did so without reflecting on the meaning and support that the assumptions and premises had on the practice. The article relies on a narrow number of sources to come up with conclusions and lacks diversity in its premises.
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form of government under the Communist Party. China and Vietnam followed the Soviet Union’s model and thus their nationalistic movement ended in dictatorship. African nations also acquired a single-party system with their nationalistic movements. In Tunisia‚ for example‚ nationalistic movements‚ led by Habib Bourguiba and the Neo-Destour‚ led to a single-party system since the nation’s independence in 1956. Kenya‚ as well‚ was governed by the Kenya African National Union since its independence in 1963
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Chabros International Group: A World of Wood The Chabros International Group started with fairly low-key beginnings in the late sixties‚ but has gradually become a respected name in a wealth of different timber markets. In particular‚ it has become a well-known wood and veneer supplier due to the relentless and often pioneering efforts of its president Antoine Chami‚ who has carefully built up a reputation for high quality products and exceptional service. The company employs more than 600 staff
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Cape Verde Short introduction of the country as a tourism destination o History and tourism development o The current tourism industry o Facts and figures Analysis of the sustainability development in all its aspects o Definition and Outlines of your investigation o Issues o Solutions Conclusion and outlook Introduction: Many destinations have beautiful surroundings but rarely are they untouched and diverse as the islands of Cape Verde‚ Cape Verde is a volcanic archipelago made
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Bond Ratings and Cost of Debt This table summarizes the latest bond ratings and appropriate default spreads for different countries. While you can use these numbers as rough estimates of country risk premiums‚ you may want to modify the premia to reflect the additional risk of equity markets. To estimate the long term country risk premium‚ I start with the country rating (from Moody’s: www.moodys.com) and estimate the default spread for that rating (US corporate and country bonds) over the treasury
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