Can English be dethroned? Roland J.-L. Breton‚ geolinguist and emeritus professor at the University of Paris VIII. Major languages other than English are spoken by over half the people on the planet. What can be done to give them more clout in international bodies? Back in 1919‚ U.S. President Woodrow Wilson managed to have the Treaty of Versailles‚ which ended the First World War between Germany and the Allies‚ written in English as well as French. Since then‚ English has taken root in diplomacy
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Stage 1 Tourism Summative Task 2: Understanding Tourism and the Natural Environment The health and sustainability of the earth’s natural environment is critical to the long term conservation of the delicate ecosystem that is crucial for all living things. For many destinations‚ the natural environment is one of the primary attractions for leisure visitors. A wide range of recreational‚ activity based‚ educational‚ cultural activities and experiences‚ can be accessed by visitors in
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Health‚ education and trade are important for rising countries and their nations. Poor countries in some situations need support from other rich nations. Nevertheless‚ some people hold their opinions that rich countries should take responsibilities trend these nations to help them. Other thinks against this topic. However‚ poor nations should take more responsibility by themselves and depend on their recourses by trading with rich countries to be able to confrontation difficulties such as poverty
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a joint responsibility with the tourist industry‚ local authorities and other stakeholders. They together must base their activities on principles of good‚ sustainable use of resources and best eco-practice. In other words mutual cooperation between public and private interests and authorities at all levels‚ from global to national and to local is necessary to make tourism and tourist destinations greener. The market for green tourism is growing. I am very hopeful about the possibilities
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Today’s world is divided into developed and developing countries. The developed countries are those that have achieved the process of development and developing countries are those which are in the process of development. Often‚ it happens so that developing nations do not have enough money in order to develop themselves. The money they would require could be for any major developmental project in that country. These developing countries ask for international aid in order to facilitate the implementation
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Society can Change a Person Jones In reading class were reading Fahrenheit 451 and character name Mildred is very self-centered‚ robotic‚ and unfeeling. Another character named Captain Beatty explained why she like this or why society is like that. Why is mildred is so robotic is that she didn’t have to work for anything; everything was given to her. Also she have a routine that she that she follow everyday. Captain Beatty say that “ all this started with the civil war. People used to not get
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How can we measure the economic growth of a country? Experts have proposed many techniques to assess the economic progress of a country. One of these techniques is to calculate the sum of all the goods and services produced in the country which is known as gross domestic product (GDP). The indicator was created in the wake of great depression in 1930s and still is used to measure individual countries’ economic performance. But now most of the economists claim that GDP alone cannot reflect the
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Can Terrorism be Eradicated? Terrorism is the use of fear and violence in order to spread specific political or religious beliefs. Terrorism is often a last resort method for groups because they see that creating chaos is the only way to bring attention to the cause that they believe in. Terrorism cannot be completely eradicated because no matter what actions are taken‚ someone’s fundamental beliefs will not be changed; however‚ if the root causes that drive people to joining terrorist groups are
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café 1.1 Who can be an entrepreneur? In this case study it is evident that a person with entrepreneurial characteristics and work habits can be an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs can be anybody‚ situated anywhere irrespective‚ gender‚ race or creed. They are people who possess multi-faceted skills and knowledge base but most off all an intense passion to create wealth through their ideas and creativity. Like Wooten‚ the outlook is tempered by past experiences whether it is positive or negative. Wooten
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Michael Tindal Dr. Ochola ENG 101 A11 SWA #10/Major Assignment #4 Outline 4 December 2012 Why Hunting is Positive for the Environment Hunting can be used in many different ways that all have a positive effect on the environment. Hunting is helpful in many positive ways to keep the environment clean and healthy. Hunting has been used since the beginning of time and has always been here. Throughout the years‚ there have been many different groups of people that are pro-hunting and many different
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