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    Land Reform

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    the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). This paper aims to explain why land reform is slow here in our country. This will also try to shed light on what agrarian reform is and will give the clear and precise Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law. Furthermore‚ this paper will also tackle the issues involving the fairness of social justice in the agrarian reform. A part of this paper is also given for the land conversions and other ways to circumvent CARP. Outline: I. Introduction & Objectives

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    Conrad a Thoroughgoing Racist? To call someone a thoroughgoing racist is to say that they are a person who completely and knowingly considers one race of humans superior to others. This is precisely what Chinua Achebe is accusing Joseph Conrad of. It is Achebe’s opinion that Conrad wrote his ‘Heart of Darkness’ from a racist point of view intentionally to belittle Africa and its people and to raise up Europe and its people. While I agree that Joseph Conrad may have been a racist and that ‘Heart of

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    than I ever wanted to” (Cash 82). Jess’s character in A Land More Kind than Home‚ experiences moments of adulthood that includes emotional turmoil and witnessing events that will forever change his future. Jess’s growth on adulthood gradually rises throughout the story. Jess is a nine-year-old boy who experiences fear‚ guilt‚ and sadness when he sees‚ hears and knows about his town and his family. When Jess witnesses an event at his home and in the church‚ Jess will see the world in a new horrific

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    Is W. Somerset Maugham a Racist? Webster’s Ninth Collegiate Dictionary defines racism as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race(1). Racism can also be defined as prejudice or animosity against other races (2). In W. Somerset Maugham’s short story‚ Mr. Know-All‚ the narrator displays racism on at least three different occasions throughout the story. The first occasion is when the

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    they did was unethical? I believe he was a racist‚ and you will soon come to see why. Picture yourself streaming down on the gloomy waters of the Congo River in the heart of Africa. The water seems calm and the thick fog around you keeps your hair sprung up on the back of your neck‚ while you have thoughts of the cannibal steamboat crews eating you while you are

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    Land Administration

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    A REVIEW OF LAND ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN NIGERIA. BY:- MARTINS T. ADENIPEKUN DEPT. OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT‚ LAGOS STATE POLYTECHNIC‚IKORODU‚ LAGOS. martinsadenipekun@yahoo.com‚ 08023167702‚ 08036317528. ABSTRACT Administration of land is as ancient as the creation of man. In Nigeria‚ the socio-economic and political factors had overtime brought about different administrative reforms put in place to foster developments. Certain patterns of land administration had emerged in Nigeria before

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    At Home but Not at Home

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    At home but not at home Nicole Constable The main aim of the article is showing that in case of migrants (specifically Filipinas in Honk Kong) the concept of home is not as simple and unambiguous as it may seem. Constable presents different conceptualizations of the notions “space”‚ “place” and “home”. He follows the conception of Ackbar Abbas‚ who writes‚ "We think of a place in terms of definable physical characteristics and situatedness‚ at most as a symbolic structure. A space by contrast

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    Land Ethic

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    Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic Aldo Leopold is considered to be one of the greatest philosophers of environmental ethics of all time. Scientist‚ forester‚ environmentalist‚ and professor at the University of Wisconsin‚ Leopold has influenced and shaped today’s environmental ethics. He impacted many environmentalists with his environmental ethics and emphasized the importance of biodiversity and ecology. Leopold’s most praised work is “Land Ethic” in A Sand County Almanac that he wrote. In this essay

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    Land Dispute

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    Issues Meruya Land Dispute The dispute began in 1974 when Portanigra bought 44 hectares of land from Meruya Udik residents through a “coordinator” named Juhri bin Geni. In the same year‚ Juhri sold the land again to the city administration on the orders of the head of Kebon Jeruk district at that time. The city wanted to use the land to house people who had been evicted from locations used for the West Flood Canal. Juhri‚ along with two other brokers — Yahya bin Geni and Mohammad Yatim Tugono

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    Land of Bondage

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    LAND OF BONDAGE‚ LAND OF THE FREE By: Raul Manglapus   Once upon a time‚/ the tao owned a piece of land.// It was all he owned.// But he cherished it‚/ for it gave himthree things‚ having which‚/ he was contended:// life first of all‚ /and liberty‚/ and happiness.//                 Then one day‚ / the Spaniard came and commanded him/ to pay tribute to the crown of Spain.// The tao paid tribute.// And he was silent--/ he was certain that he was still master of his land.//                 The Spaniard

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