Pitching a specific leader as a driver of change and to mobilise voters’ support is hardly a new political strategy. After all‚ the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had projected L.K. Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee its prime ministerial candidates in the past (remember the Ab ki baari Atal Bihari slogan in 1996?). The Congress party’s projection of Indira Gandhi as the country’s tallest leader with its ’Indira lao desh bachao’ tagline in the 1970s is another such example. But the personal rhetoric had
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We live in a world where most humans act like sheep following the herd; most people would rather follow the crowd rather than think for themselves. From cheating on an exam to copying other people’s ideas‚ that seems to be the norm in our society: most people want the easy way out for everything‚ as thinking is actually hard to do. So for the very few people who do put effort into thinking and use their creativity to develop novel ideas and implement them through the commercialization of a product
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Stedmann Wilson Professor Amanda Loos Humanities 201: Section J May 10‚ 2010 Preservation of Your Home in the Arts Some can say that the arts for many years has been viewed as for many years‚ as just what it is; works created by those who had a vision‚ and constructed such in using whichever materials they felt are necessary. While that is a fact in the origins of creating art‚ further questioning goes within the intent of the artist’s work. Questions such as‚ for what reason was this piece created
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L.E. Goodman poses a great point in his article “The Good Society.” He implies that certain things are simply wrong. For example‚ Goodman (2010) states‚ “Murder is wrong because it destroys a human subject” (p 3). We will discover in this essay that there are several types of murder. Then‚ we can decide given the circumstances if Goodman’s statement holds to be true. Abortion is one of the most debated issues amongst Americans. The advocates for decriminalization of contraception and abortion
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the Africans‚ and had changed the course of history. What was the driving force of imperialism in Africa? Well‚ European imperialism had several driving forces behind it including the need for resources‚ and technological advances. However‚ the most important cause of imperialism was political competition. One of the driving forces behind European imperialism was the need for resources. The Europeans didn’t know anything about Africa and was unknown to them until the mid 1800s. When the Europeans
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Behind The Beautiful Forevers: An Introduction Katherine Boo’s first book‚ Behind The Beautiful Forevers‚ details the lives of the citizens of Annawadi‚ a small slum in Mumbai‚ India. For three years and four months Boo chronicled the everyday struggles of several individuals illegally squatting within the cramped quarters owned by the Mumbai Airport Authority. Founded in 1991 by construction workers hoping to acquire temp work brought on by the ever-expanding airport (Boo‚ 2012‚ p. 5)‚ Annawadi
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No Child Left Behind and Its Impact on Urban School Districts No Child Left Behind and Its Impact on Urban School Districts Introduction The purpose of this discussion is to assess the effects that the “No Child Left Behind” act has had on school districts (and the students in those school districts) across the nation‚ particularly urban school districts‚ with an emphasis on the effect it has had on minorities‚ especially African Americans. Overview of No Child Left Behind In 2002 President
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Special Education and the Principles of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) XXXXX XXXXXX AED 222 XXXXXXX The five core principles of NCLB are strong accountability for results‚ expanded flexibility and control‚ methods based on scientific research‚ expanded options for parents‚ and highly qualified teachers. Each of them might affect diverse learners in both positive and negative ways. The No Child Left behind Act requires strong accountability for results by requiring that schools meet an adequate
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Huckleberry Finn: The Truth Behind the Lies The famous romantic novelist‚ Mark Twain‚ is well know for his attitude towards social conformity and the mores of society. In Twain’s mind‚ it is human nature for people to want to do the right thing in life‚ without silly rules or protocol. Everyone has their falls from grace‚ but the human race is generally good‚ with some exceptions. In the novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ characters are frequently faced with dilemmas that challenge the morals
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Typoglycemia is the lighthearted name given to a purported recent discovery about the cognitive processes behind reading written text. The name makes little sense as glycemia is the concentration of glucose in the blood‚ with the most probable origin of the word being a pun on Hypoglycemia. It is an urban legend/Internet meme that does have some element of truth behind it. The legend is propagated by email and message boards and demonstrates that readers can understand the meaning of words in
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