Identify and briefly explain three reasons why the New Christian Right might have failed to achieve its aims (9marks) The New Christian Right is a politically and morally conservative‚ protestant fundamentalist movement. The aims are extremely ambitious as they wish to make abortion‚ homosexuality and divorce illegal. They want to turn back to a time before liberalisation of American culture and society began. The New Christian Right may have failed to achieve its aims because the group lacked wide
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A. Identify and briefly explain three functions of religion (9 marks) Marxism believes it acts as the ‘opium for the exploited working class people’. Religion would cushion the pain of oppression and exploitation in unequal societies such as in a capitalist society. It legitimized and maintained the power of the ruling class – helps to maintain the status quo by preventing the less powerful from changing things. Feminists see religion as a conservative force because it acts as an ideology that legitimates
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Project Follow Through: What We Should Have Learned Cathy Watkins (1997) reviewed the largest and most expensive experimental project in education that was funded by the U.S. federal government in her book titled Project Follow Through: Case Study of Contingencies Influencing Instructional Practices of the Educational Establishment. Acknowledging key areas that have an impact on education‚ in her case study‚ Watkins (1997) thoroughly reviewed Project Follow Through in the following components: history
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Table of Content Task 1: 2 Briefly explain: manager‚ management and organisation. Discuss why managers are important for the success of an organisation; include examples to demonstrate your understanding. 2 Task 2: 4 Select one of the following companies or a company you are familiar with and answer the questions: Virgin‚ BT‚ any educational institute‚ or any retail store 4 a. Discuss the term organisational structure and its significance in achieving organisational success. Task 2 6 a. Draw an
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Hard to swallow The play" Hard to Swallow" telling the tragic story of young Catharine Dunbar. Catherine Dunbar‚ who suffers from anorexia‚ stopped eating when she was about 15 years old and died‚ after a long and hard period of pain and suffering‚ when she was about 23 years old. Who or what facts are responsible for Catherine’s anorexia? Is it her fathers’ attitude? The mothers’ approach? The medical authorities? Herself? From my view it is the fault of many events‚ and not just
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cruelty against the people in Kabul. The Taliban’s acts are limitless‚ especially towards the women of Kabul. From the public executions‚ mistreatment of women‚ and their strict laws‚ they show no remorse‚ which demonstrated true cruelty. In the novel Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra some truly experience cruelty more than others. Whether being the one treated cruel of treating others cruel‚ the Taliban‚ women‚ and Kabul in general experience cruelty in everyday life. The Taliban is taking over Kabul
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1. Briefly explain why many corporations prefer to issue callable long-term corporate bonds rather than non-callable long-term bonds. There are three main reasons why a corporation may be interested in calling a bond. * Interest rates have fallen‚ so they can refinance at a lower rate. * Credit quality has improved‚ so they can refinance at a lower rate. * Assets have been sold‚ so money is available to pay off debt. If a bond issuer pays investors the going rate of 7% annually in interest‚ and
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The opening line of swallow the air draws into Mays quest with its controversial and worry-some tone "I remember the day I found out my mother was head sick" In the same paragraph we see Tara using strong emotive language in an attempt to make us sympathise with her mother "Mums sad emerald eyes bled through her black canvas and tortured willow hair." Just from these few lines at the beginning of the story we are already alerted to the profound problems surrounding May‚ penetrating her security.
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I chose the poem "Dark swallows will" by Gustavo A. Becquer for this project. The reason I chose it is because I’ve read a lot of other poems by Bequer and have liked them. His ideas about poetry and love are idealistics; he thinks that love and poetry are like dreams that have a definite shape‚ a shape that is not satisfactory for him. So when I read this poem‚ the idea of that god like love called my attention and I found it interesting to analyze it and to find the real message. The theme of
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The importance of staying awake during a period of instruction is so that consequences can be avoided when mistakes are made for not knowing what to do. Following instructions and paying attention when receiving orders are important skills to have in school or in any career. Being able to follow instructions when it comes to classes and school-type environments insures that the student will be able to pull off a higher score. Knowing how to comprehend and carry out the teacher‘s or instructor‘s directions
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