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    Globalisation

    Chapter 1 Globalization What Is Globalization? Globalization - the shift toward a more integrated and interdependent world economy The world is moving away from selfcontained national economies toward an interdependent, integrated global economic system 1-2 What Is The Globalization of Markets?  Historically distinct and separate national markets are merging  It no longer makes sense to talk about the “German market” or the “American market”  Instead, there is the

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    Art History at Hunter

    THE HISTORY OF ART HISTORY AT HUNTER COLLEGE Hunter College was founded in 1870 in order to provide a liberal education to young women who wished to become teachers. It was first known as the Normal College of the City of New York, "normal" as in école normale, a school for the training of teachers. The founding of the College was part of a master plan for free higher education for all the citizens of New York City. This system eventually became the largest municipal system of higher education

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    Vernacular Architecture

    two decades as a mean of reference,posterity, accumulation and continuity in Architecture. Vernacular is seen these days not only synonym of traditional architecture but also associate to contemporary architecture that reflect any style. To certain critics the term Vernacular Architecture ( V A ) is associated to a specific category of people from which constructs have been made during time and space with no real knowledge of architecture, and later transferred from one generation to another. Vernacular

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    Microsoft

    Essay Outline: Introductory Paragraph: * Topic Sentence: One of the most debated topics in Canada’s relatively short existence is whether this country lacks a concrete national identity. * Briefly defining “National Identity”: A nation’s identity primarily consists of “common points” which the majority of citizens within that specific country can relate with * Point #1: the two cultures (the English and the French) that help create the foundation of this nation have been involved in

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    Arguments Against Police Brutality

    be in place in order to protect the community. It is known that for some officers; choose to abuse the power and the authority of the law enforcement. Using excessive physical force is unnecessary, and in some cases overboard. Video cameras have become a common place both in squad cars, police stations, and camera phones. When stated upon or confronted, police officers should be held accountable, many

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    The Life of Edgar Allan Poe

    The Mysterious Mr. Poe ” All that we see or seem, Is but a dream within a dream” (http://quotations.about.com/cs/morepeople/a/bls_edgar_allen.htm), this quote is one of many Poe’s famous sayings. He was known as the inventor of the modern detective story and innovator of the science fiction genre. Although, many people know him because of his tales of horror as well as his haunting lyric poetry there is a whole other side to him other than a morbid, mysterious creature lurking in the shadows of

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    Discuss the Extent to Which Macbeth and Shylock Are Victims and Villains

    villainous natures, however a difference is apparent between the two in representing these traits. Macbeth more so displays villainous behaviours, whereas Shylock is subjected to ordeals which victimise him. That is not to say that Macbeth does not become victimised, and that Shylock does not contain the capability to carry out acts of a villainous essence, such as going against his faith for power, and losing sense of morality and rationality. Different factors such as race and prejudice are integral

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    Kill the Indian, Save the Man

    Civil War veteran named Richard Henry Pratt believed that the Indians could become a contributing part of the population through education. He started the system of Native American boarding schools as an effort to follow through with his advocating efforts of "assimilating the red man through total immersion." Pratt's goal of "assimilation" was to systematically strip away any trace of tribal culture and to train them to become "useful" in American industrial society. "Transfer the savage-born infant

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    Comparing Measure

    disguised character affects the outcome of the play; a clown adds humor to the plot; a female character bears a large responsibility for the final resolution; and forgiveness and reconciliation mark the conclusion of the action. Some critics consider Measure for Measure a "dark" play because of the serious obstacles encountered by the characters. However, doesn't The Merchant of Venice also have near-tragic hindrances that affect the comic plot? In The Merchant of Venice, Antonio's

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    Kubla Khan

    Unfortunately, however, a visitor interrupted him, distracting him for about an hour. When Coleridge returned to his writing, the vivid images had fled, leaving him with only vague recollections and the fifty-four lines of this poetic fragment. Many critics challenge the truthfulness of Coleridge's version of this story, feeling that the poem is complete as it stands and much too carefully crafted to be solely the result of a dream. However, whether whole or fragment, dream or not, the poem examines

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