History, as we currently "know" it, is a revised edition, revisionist reconfiguring of linear events to a pre-determined destination and thus is a pre-determined mind set for the largely unthinking mass consciousness as we observe it today. Upon closer scrutiny, when real thinking and inquiry is applied to this revisionist text, we must first discard all the usual signposts that we have been "taught" to view history through and within. One of these signposts that we take as "normal," but is really
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Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction ‘Jonathan Culler has always been about the best person around at explaining literary theory without oversimplifying it or treating it with polemical bias. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction is an exemplary work in this genre.’ J. Hillis Miller, University of California, Irvine ‘An impressive and engaging feat of condensation . . . the avoidance of the usual plod through schools and approaches allows the reader to get straight to the heart
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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSE CODE:POL 122 COURSE TITLE:INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN POLITICS POL 122 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN POLITICS COURSE GUIDE POL 122 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN POLITICS Course Writer/Developer Mr. Sikiru Lanre Nurudeen Department of Political Science and Conflict Resolution Al – Hikmah University, Ilorin Kwara State Course Editor Prof. M. Olarotimi Ajayi Faculty of Social Sciences Covenant University Otta Course Coordinator Mr
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ENGLISH ONLY COURT CASES INVOLVING THE U.S. WORKPLACE: THE MYTHS OF LANGUAGE USE AND THE HOMOGENIZATION OF BILINGUAL WORKERS’ IDENTITIES KARI GIBSON University of Hawai‘i Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects against discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, sex, religion and national origin. However when the judicial system has examined English only workplace policies in light of Title VII, it has generally determined that such policies are not discriminatory if an
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3G Mobile Licensing Policy: From GSM To IMT-2000 - A Comparative Analysis TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1 Introduction 6 1.1 The Generations of Mobile Networks 7 2 A Look Back at GSM 10 2.1 GSM Technology 10 2.2 The History of GSM 11 2.2.1 Conference Des Administrations Europeans des Posts et Telecommunications (CEPT) 12 2.2.2 The European Commission and the Memorandum of Understanding 13 2.2.3 European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) 14 2
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Scott / CULTURAL-PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES REVIEW / March 2004 10.1177/1078087403261256 URBAN AFFAIRS ARTICLE CULTURAL-PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES AND URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Prospects for Growth and Market Contestation in Global Context University of California, Los Angeles ALLEN J. SCOTT The article begins with a brief definition of the cultural economy. A first generation of local economic development policy approaches based on place marketing and associated initiatives is described. The possibilities
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CREDIT RISK ANALYSIS SYSTEM OF STANDARD CHARTERED BANK by Abdullah Bin Haroon ID: 2003210001013 An Internship Report Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY, BANGLADESH October 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii LIST OF FIGURES . .
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CREDIT RISK ANALYSIS SYSTEM OF STANDARD CHARTERED BANK by Abdullah Bin Haroon ID: 2003210001013 An Internship Report Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY, BANGLADESH October 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii LIST OF FIGURES . .
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Family Firms and their Governance Creating Tomorrow’s Company from Today’s by Sir Adrian Cadbury Family Firms and their Governance Creating Tomorrow’s Company from Today’s by Sir Adrian Cadbury Family Firms and their Governance Creating Tomorrow’s Company from Today’s by Sir Adrian Cadbury Introduction Family-owned firms are one of the foundations of the world’s business community. Their creation, growth and longevity are critical to the success of the global economy. Although facing
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Political Science Quarterly, Spring 2001 v116 i1 p81 The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Limits of Crisis Management. RICHARD M. PIOUS. Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2001 Academy of Political Science Nowhere do the constitutional prerogatives of the president seem greater than in the midst of national security crises; nowhere do we invest in the president greater resources of command. Although in the past half century presidents have surrounded themselves with a vast national security apparatus, consisting
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