Reinscribing Conrad: Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North R.S. Krishnan‚ North Dakota State University In the works of postcolonial writers such as Salman Rushdie‚ Derek Walcott‚ Chinua Achebe and others‚ one sees an attempt to resist and reinterpret the ideological underpinnings of imperialist writings‚ an effort in which not just the historical subject of colonial discourse but the discourse itself might be reversed. One such work is Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North J Published
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BRAVE NEW WORLD ? A Defence Of Paradise-Engineering Brave New World (1932) is one of the most bewitching and insidious works of literature ever written. An exaggeration? Tragically‚ no. Brave New World has come to serve as the false symbol for any regime of universal happiness. For sure‚ Huxley was writing a satirical piece of fiction‚ not scientific prophecy. Hence to treat his masterpiece as ill-conceived futurology rather than a work of great literature might
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(LATEST VERSION) Cealtec background/ History Cealtec Products Inc. is a Richmond‚ British Columbia based company founded in 2007. CealTec™ is in the business of manufacturing and distributing a revolutionary and advanced Nanotechnology Self-Healing Engine Treatment branded CealDoctor™. Vision of the company - "Clean Air" Provide a cheaper alternative for prolonging engines life cycle‚ while reducing harmful CO2 emission and smoke into the environment. (Reference to Cealtec website and
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Chapter 1 Introduction Tess of the D’urbervilles is an extraordinarily beautiful book‚ as well as an extraordinarily moving one. Tess Durbeyfield‚ the daughter of a poor foolish peasant‚ who believes that he is the descendant of an ancient aristocratic family‚ first is seduced by Alec‚ the son of the neighboring family by the name of D’urbervilles. Then Tess encounters Angel Clare‚ a man of liberal mind and the son of a clergyman‚ and they fall in love with each other. On the evening of their wedding
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Couples and Marriages of a Different Race Brian Andrew Wong Marshall University Author Note This paper was an assignment in Deviance and Social Control (SOC 311) taught by Frederick Roth‚ Ph.D.‚ due Monday‚ December 10‚ 2012. Marriages with spouses of a different race are increasing (Jayson‚ 2012; Jordan‚ 2012). While friendships with people of different races are commonly accepted‚ the issue of friends‚ race‚ and relationships to people of a different race remain complicated
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space (the cosmological domain) (1976‚ 20). This distinction‚ she later observed‚ was an attempt to escape the connotations of two separate spheres constituted by terms like private/public or nature/culture (1986‚ 97). Rather than eschewing such invidious Western dichotomies her analysis ultimately reinforces them‚ by articulating them with another—eternal/historical. Such Eurocentric dichotomies typically presume that the private or domestic sphere is outside history (see Jolly and Macintyre 1989)
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Constitutional Law II Professor Peter J. Smith Fall 2011 Outline Introduction Background 1. Originalism v. Non-Originalism a. Originalism i. Characteristics 1. Historical inquiry. 2. Original meaning of Constitution; intent of Framers; application by first Congress is authoritative. ii. Scalia is a big proponent. 3. Liberals‚ e.g.‚ Stevens‚ occasionally employ originalist methods. iii. Criticisms
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Thomas Jefferson and the Character Issue November 1992 As the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth approaches‚ a Jefferson scholar reflects on Jefferson ’s life and in particular on the enigma at its core: that a slave holder should be the nation ’s most eloquent champion of equality. To understand how this could be so‚ the author explains‚ is to appreciate the perils of "presentism " and the difficulties that may impede the historical assessment of motive
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SUNSTEIN & VERMEULE 58 STAN. L. REV. 703 1/9/2006 10:51:05 AM IS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT MORALLY REQUIRED? ACTS‚ OMISSIONS‚ AND LIFELIFE TRADEOFFS Cass R. Sunstein* and Adrian Vermeule** Many people believe that the death penalty should be abolished even if‚ as recent evidence seems to suggest‚ it has a significant deterrent effect. But if such an effect can be established‚ capital punishment requires a life-life tradeoff‚ and a serious commitment to the sanctity of human life may well compel‚ rather
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Effects of Conflicts on productivity of organizations Purpose: Partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Award of Bachelor of Business Management Degree. Date: August‚2013 Presented to: List of Figures and Tables Page Study population - Table 3.1 8 Response rate -Table 4.1 9 Causes of Conflict - Table 4.2 9 Causes of Conflict - Pie Chart 4.1 10 Effects of Conflict - Table 4.3 10 Effects of Conflict - Pie Chart - 4.2 11 (vi) Chapter
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