LIST OF BRITISH WORDS NOT WIDELY USED IN THE UNITED STATES A abseil to descend on a rope (US: rappel). From German abseilen. accountancy calculating and tracking financial matters (US: accounting). In the UK accounting is explaining oneself or one’s actions ("to give an account" or "accountability" in the U.S.A.)‚ accountancy is the profession. Action Man A toy similar to G.I. Joe. adder viper‚ a species of venomous snake advert advertisement (US and UK also: ad‚ commercial (on TV))
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Free-Fall Acceleration Introduction Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)‚ the man first accredited with the correct notion of free-fall with uniform acceleration‚ stated that ’if one were to remove entirely the resistance of the medium‚ all materials would descend with equal speed.’ Today‚ this statement holds true for all objects in free-fall near the Earth’s surface. The purpose of this experiment is to verify Galileo’s assertion that acceleration is constant. In addition‚ the magnitude of acceleration will
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Case Study: Toyota Acceleration Problem 1) For the case study‚ our group‚ The Socratic Triads‚ we have chosen to analysis the ethical issues that are related to the Toyota acceleration problem. The Toyota acceleration problem first came to the light in the media around late 2009. The acceleration pedal of certain models of Toyotas and Lexus were unintendedly accelerating without the driver’s foot on the pedal. It has been reported that the acceleration pedal has been malfunctioning as early as 2003
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began long before the Renaissance period. It originated from early church’s ceremonies that were performed to educate the common folk. Before the Renaissance‚ several kinds of plays were written and produced. Miracle plays and mystery plays were introduced to teach people stories from the Bible. Morality plays taught people how to live and die. Soon‚ these plays became too dramatic for church purposes; so‚ priests ordered the removal of drama from the church. Between the 1300’s and 1400’s‚ various workers’
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Toyota Products Liability Lawsuits Regarding Sudden Acceleration An automobile accident involving a Lexus (subsidiary of Toyota) vehicle resulted in the deaths of four people in California on August 28‚ 2009. Mark Saylor took his car into the Bob Baker Lexus dealer in El Cajon‚ CA to have it serviced and they provided him a loaner 2009 Lexus. While Saylor was driving the Lexus loaner it suddenly accelerated and he couldn’t control the car. One of the three other occupants in the car called
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gentleness confined. He serves without servility; he has fought without enmity. There is nothing so powerful‚ nothing less violent. There is nothing so quick‚ nothing more patient.” Writer‚ poet and playwright‚ Ronald Duncan penned these lines in his poem “The Horse”. These excellent words bring into perspective exactly how I feel about horses; in fact‚ my best friend might be a short‚ ornery‚ little blue roan named Cinder. Cinder and I have had the privilege to go horse camping with an incredible group
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between mass and acceleration Stage 1 - Planning Title: Investigating acceleration – How does changing the mass of an object change its acceleration? Introduction: As the speed of moving object and rate‚ the forces acting on the object‚ the mass of the object‚ and gravitational force of it might affect the acceleration‚ I will investigate about the mass of the object. Aim: I will try to answer the question “How does changing the mass of an object change its acceleration?” which is to find
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Now‚ after analysing the two documentaries this paper focuses on‚ it is time to compare and further analyse how climate change and the people affected by it are represented in a general sense. To sum up the main points addressed in Words From the Last Generation and to answer the three questions this paper focuses on‚ I will elaborate on every of question individually. First of all‚ the documentary predominantly represents climate change as a natural process. The role western countries play is not
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University of Sharjah Electrical & Computer Engineering Department PRO. SOC. ISSUES IN ENG. Term Paper "TOYOTA’s sudden unintended acceleration" Submitted to: Dr. Abdul Kadir Mohammed Hamid Done by: Asma Al-Za’abi ID:20721529 Kawther Aljasmi ID:20721556 Introduction about Toyota : Toyota’s company is a product of many years of experience‚ production and high efficiency. Toyota has been one of the most successful companies all
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Macbeth’s murder of Duncan has horrible consequences both for Macbeth himself and for Scotland. In Shakespeares famous play‚ Macbeth‚ the themes of murder‚ guilt‚ ambition and the ruthless pursuit of power is explored. He does this through the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth who are tied together in an eerie search for absolute power. Throughout the play‚ Macbeth reveals many traits that have horrible consequences for Macbeth himself and for Scotland. In the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth
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