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    OLD BOOKS ARE DANGEROUS? It was November 29‚ 2011‚ Tuesday‚ around quarter to nine‚ I was in the Department of Languages‚ looking out of the window‚ when I saw a youth pulling a wheelbarrow. I looked intently at its content and I saw they were books. I knew what’s going on! The library was once again throwing away old books which it labeled as “condemned”. CONDEMNED! What a description?! The books were condemned in such a way that they would be discarded and burned without the knowledge of many

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    State anxiety refers to the moment-to-moment experience of anxiety that varies in strength and fluctuates over time (MacIntyre‚ 1999). It is consciously perceived feelings at a particular moment in time (Speilberger‚ 1983). MacIntyre (1999) suggests the usefulness of discussing trait and situation specific anxieties‚ which can be used to inspect the character of a person who will most likely experience state anxiety. This allows the expectation of negative consequences of anxiety arousal‚ such as

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    1. The status of women in the United States throughout history has grown significantly. Throughout history women had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than. Women were seen to be just wives and mothers and take care of the homes while the husbands worked. Women did not have a say in having jobs‚ voting‚ or even attending college. It appears that a lot of things began to change around the 19th and 20th century. For example in the beginning of

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    In today’s complex society‚ people of the developed countries are still fighting for their basic rights such as better healthcare‚ proper education and a sound source of income. Because the governments of the underdeveloped countries are struggling to improve the living standards of their people‚ I believe that contributions by richer nations should be more in this regard. Firstly‚ in the field of healthcare‚ developed countries can support undeveloped countries in many ways.

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    The Aim of the Criminal Law is Not Merely to Punish Offenders by Imposing a Custodial Sentence In the world that we live in‚ law is very important‚ as it is a set of rules that dictates our society ’s conduct towards politics‚ economy and society. Certain institutions such as the Police‚ Courts and Prisons impose these rules. As Sir John Salmond would describe it as ’The Body of principles recognized and applied by the state in the administration of justice. ’ 1 Each country has their set of rules

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    How does Bill Bryson use humour to entertain his reader? ‘Notes from a Small Island’‚ written by Bill Bryson is a reflective travel journal comparing Bryon’s past views and opinions of Britain‚ his expectations and thus the reality of what he discovers it to have become. Bryson uses satire‚ humour‚ irony and sarcasm to generate a pace and lucid flow within his writing‚ and for the reader this can be thoroughly captivating and entertaining. Immediately as the book opens‚ Bryson establishes an informal

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    Alain Le Quernec’s Persian Cry Majid Abbasi* * IGDS and AGI Member and Neshan Magazine’s editor-in-chief ‘Un Cri Persan‚’ which has a double meaning in French‚ was the name of the exhibition held for the first time in 2002 by Alain Le Quernec in the University of Grenoble‚ Échirolles displaying the works of 15 Iranian graphic designers belonging to three generations‚ although the number of works and participant designers increased each time. Le Quernec has undoubtedly played the most prominent

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    Introduction Book of Job comes with moral and spiritual messages. The background of the spiritual message is found in Christian principles and it is important as it is not only relevant to the Christian people but it is for all other people of different religion. It has lot of universal value thus it is applicable to humanity in all. These spiritual messages when are used universally then it becomes the moral messages for humanity. Book of Job is a part described in The Holy Bible. The Bible is

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    y “The principal concerned of poets is either to explain themselves to the world or to explain the world to themselves” To what extent do you agree with this statement and how does Eunice De Souza convey her principle concerns. Poetry is a complexed art; styles vary from poet to poet. Many poets‚ use poetry as a form of communicating to the world‚ what they truly feel‚ use instances that take place in their life to explain the world to themselves or to explain themselves to the world. One would

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    Nothing is Impossible All of us‚ at some stage‚ have dreamed of being somebody special‚ somebody famous‚ a celebrity. Who hasn’t imagined about being the player scoring the game-winning touchdown? Who hasn’t dreamed of being the next miss universe? And how many times have we dreamed of being a millionaire‚ or successful‚ or happy with our love life? Generally‚ we dream huge dreams and have big aspirations. Mostly however‚ our dreams remain only that – dreams. Eventually our hopes are just get

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