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    Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9‚ are apt at critiquing victorian society. Yet‚ the plays are somewhat thematically different. The critiques present in The Importance of Being Earnest focus on the victorian obsession with appearances‚ whereas those in Cloud 9 have a greater emphasis on colonialism and the repression of gender and sexuality. Both works are highly relevant to the society and time in which they were published. Hence‚ although both critique victorian society‚ Churchill also discusses modern society

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    Inflation Facts

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    Inflation Facts 1. In economics‚ inflation is a sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. 2. As inflation rises‚ every dollar will buy a smaller percentage of a good. For example‚ if the inflation rate is 2%‚ then a $1 pack of gum will cost $1.02 in a year. 3. A dollar from 1950 is now worth only $0.12 4. The term “inflation” is from the Latin term inflare‚ meaning to “blow up or inflate‚” and it was first used in a monetary sense

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    Japan Facts

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    My Part a lot of coastal shipping‚ especially around the Seto Inland Sea‚ pays for the lack of sailing rivers. The Pacific coastline south of Tokyo is described by long‚ narrow‚ gradually low inlets produced by sedimentation‚ which has created a lot natural harbors. The Japanese islands are the best of mountain ridges uplifted near the end of the continental shelf. About 73 percent of Japan’s area is made of mountains‚ and scattered plains and intermontane basins cover only about 25 percent

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    Bingo Facts

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    25 Interesting Bingo Facts True Facts Revealed Many online bingo players will know‚ that playing the game of bingo‚ can be exciting and fun. But do they know all the facts? There are many interesting facts involving bingo‚ but many people who play and love the game‚ probably don’t know them. We are going to reveal twenty five ‘Fun Bingo Facts’ and we are sure you will be blown away with some of our finding. Let us take out our magnifying glass‚ and really close at just what they are. Bingo Traces

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    Jacksonian Era

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    The Jacksonian Era (1824-1848) Although the "Age of Jackson" wasn’t a time era‚ which brought forth a great political‚ social‚ or economic freedom and equality to the U.S.‚ it did in fact put our country through a metamorphosis in our political lives of the nation. The start of a new presidency (Jackson’s presidency) was accompanied by huge numbers of Hickoryites (Jacksonian supporters) and official hopefuls. Many of these hopefuls were granted their desire of holding office‚ which is one of the

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    fact sheet

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    disappearing thought of violence. We can be also with ourselves without feeling worried about being picked on because of your clothing. We’ll not find a hard time on choosing and preparing what to wear. “Students that wear uniforms or follow the common dress codes going to school know what clothes are acceptable and do not spend extra time each morning preparing for school. Many students got late in going to school deciding what to wear and what are the outfits they need to avoid (Pedzich‚ 2002)

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    A Paper presented on “FACTS & HVDC TRNAMISSION SYSTEMS” PRESENTED BY NITIN K. MOHURLE (T.E.ELECTRICAL) SHRAM SADHANA TRUST’S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY BAMBHORI‚ JALGAON E-mail:- nitin.mohurle2000@gmail.com FACTS AND HVDC TRNSMISSION SYSTEMS Nitin Mohurle Shram Sadhana Trust’s College of Engineering And Technology‚ Jalgaon nitin.mohurle2000@gmail.com Abstract — Development of

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    Logistics in Fact

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    1. INTRODUCTION Fertilizers and chemicals Ltd‚ popularly known as FACT‚ is the first large scale fertilizer manufacturer in India. The bulk movement of raw materials ships to their storage areas and reclamation of these materials to their different plants at various sites is a tedious and expensive task‚ for which different material handling systems and equipments are being made use of. Based upon the principles of Material Handling Institute (MHI) of U.S a detailed study of the material handling

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    social facts

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    SOCIAL FACTS  9/29/2013 1 SOCIOLOGY: A DEFINITION  Sociology is the scientific study of human activity in society.  More specifically‚ it is study of the social forces that affect human activities and behavior.  Social Forces are the human - created ways of doing things that influence‚ pressure‚ or force people to behave‚ interact with others‚ and think in specified ways. SOCIAL FACTS  When are “facts” only true because we think they are true?  Social Facts are collectively

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    Hard Drives

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    Hard Drives Hard drives have been around longer than you think. In 1956‚ I. B. M. had invented a disk storage unit that was very large but did not store a lot of data. It was twenty-four inches in diameter and could hold only five megabytes‚ which is the equivalent to three and one half floppy disks. Originally called “fixed disks” later became known as “hard disks” opposed to floppy disks. In 1973‚ I. B. M. released a hard drive that could hold seventeen and one half megabytes. In 1980 Seagate

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