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    European Union

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    BACKGROUND The European Union (EU) was founded as the European Economic Community (EEC) by the Treaty of Rome in 1957 to promote economic and political integration in Europe. The beginning of the EEC followed the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community‚ created after World War II as a means of promoting integration among former enemies. The EEC has expanded from its original six members (Belgium‚ France‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ Luxembourg‚ and Netherlands) to include United Kingdom‚ Ireland

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    person but someone who would love to do a mistake togather and still keep smiling and laughing‚ my friend should also be an honest person‚ and tell me the truth whether it’s about me or someone else‚ because that’s what real friends do‚ A real friend will always tell the truth no matter what! It’s not important that my friend should be the most popular in school or the most fashionable or the brainy one but also not a fuddy-duddy one too‚ or not someone who would hit the books too often‚ equally I would

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    “IT IS NOT WHAT YOU LOOK AT THAT MATTERS‚ BUT WHAT YOU SEE” - H.D. THOREAU To look is to see and vice-versa! Admittedly to a layman and also in common parlance‚ we use the two interchangeably or synonymously. However‚ there’s a difference between the two if we contemplate it. ‘Visualisation’ is a curious issue having various aspects of interpretation. To look at something and to actually realise your vision is not always possible. There is just too much‚ all around

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    OrgCom Cummunication Across Culture Arthur Kiskisol MBA Professor: Dr. Concepsion Sumadsad Tickler different people different point of view Seven Habits by Stephen Covey Culture and Communication “Culture is communication and communication is culture” (Hall‚ 1959) Founding Role of Edward T. Hall The term “intercultural communication” was used in Edward T. Hall’s (1959) influential book‚ The Silent Language‚ and Hall is generally acknowledged to be the founder of the field

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    European Diseases

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    unsuspecting population that had no immunity to such diseases. The Europeans were said to be thoroughly diseased by the time Columbus set sail on his first voyage (Cowley‚ 1991). Through the domestication of such animals as pigs‚ horses‚ sheep‚ and cattle‚ the Europeans exposed themselves to a vast array of pathogens which continued to be spread through wars‚ explorations‚ and city-building. Thus any European who crossed the Atlantic was immune to such diseases as measles and smallpox because of battling

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    Chandler European colonization of what would become North America was motivated by various reasons‚ including the desire for religious freedom‚ profit‚ or a chance to start over. The colonies were populated by religious groups seeking freedom to practice their religions without interference from England‚ indentured servants‚ debtors seeking a clean slate‚ settlers hoping to find a profit and people who were brought to America involuntarily as slaves from Africa. The establishment of European colonies

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    The Decline of the West

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    A: The Decline of the West The Decline of the West is a short story by Hanif Kureishi. It is about a husband and father‚ named Mike‚ who comes home from an over twelve hour day at his job‚ to find his wife annoyed and not pleased with him‚ his oldest son the same‚ and his youngest son happy to see him because he have promised to buy him a guitar‚ an amplifier and a microphone. Because of these troubles at home‚ he does not get a chance to tell his wife or the children that he earlier the same

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    EAST WEST

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    East/West Characterising Toilet attendant: “this in nothing yet.” “I don’t know if it’s a threat or a boast. This is what they call Berliner Schnaeize –snont. Its attitude; it in your face.” Anna: “I liked the sweeping rouge of words from ‘heartfelt’ to ‘heartsick’. And I liked the order‚ the directness that I imagined in the people.” On the former GDR “….its bewildered people.” “The demonstrators‚ in shock‚ obediently pulled their cards from their wallets. Then they seized the buildings

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    european motivation

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    Advanced Placement U.S. History 2014-15 Summer Reading Assignment AP US History is jam-packed with information about our past…all our past‚ from pre-Columbian civilizations to the election of Barack Obama. We will “push” through over five hundred years of American History‚ and hopefully have a little fun while we’re doing it. We’ll find many American historical figures to admire‚ and we’ll find plenty of others to despise too. Our past is not always pretty‚ but we will study it all. In

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    Letters from an American Farmer‚ Crèvecoeur describes why European immigrants were glad to leave Europe for America. In Europe‚ they were treated like they were worthless. The European immigrants were starved‚ they didn’t get food. Crops started to fail causing a shortage of grains‚ therefore raising the price of bread. They Europeans were treated horribly; they were thrown into jail for reasons unknown. They didn’t even own one foot of land. Europeans were glad to leave Europe; I know I would’ve been.

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