10/2/2011 Gobbledygook Gobbledygook is defined as when someone uses an extended amount of words in order to stretch their sentences out. According to Stuart Chase the author of “Gobbledygook” was founded by the Federal Security Agency and was said to help “Break out of the verbal squirrel cage”. Examples of Gobbledygook can be found in such places as academic and legal talk. An example of Gobbledygook can be found in the legal world. Gobbledygook is defined by most lawyers as “squandering words
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Religion According to the dictionary "religion is the service and worship of God or the supernatural."1 I challenge that definition. It is true that all religions do involve the worship of some supernatural force‚ however‚ it is also true that no religion in history has ever stopped at that. For a more complete definition of the word religion we also have to examine two other aspects. How has it affected man over the centuries? And what is the true motivation of its leadership? Some
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become hidden and remain unrecognized‚ even until the very last sentence. From the very first paragraph of the narrative‚ I noticed that there were several details that the narrator mentioned that required further‚ deeper thought. For me‚ this is what made the story appealing. At the beginning of the story‚ Twyla introduces her mother as Mary and claims that she was placed at St. Bonny ’s because her mother "danced all night." By calling her mother by her first name‚ Twyla reveals that she
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Love (by Jesse Stuart) I’ve read a story “Love” written by Jesse Stuart. The author of this story Jesse Hilton Stuart (August 8‚ 1907 – February 17‚ 1984) was an American writer who lived in the twentieth century. The “Love” text is a narrative with samples of dialogue. Moving on the context‚ we see the main characters: a man – the father and a boy – the son. The author doesn’t mention their names. The reader can assume that it is a farmer and his son‚ because the author mentions that they are
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According to Analects‚ what is the basis of good government? According to Analects‚ good government should follow some basic principles to ensure its success and rulers should have certain qualities in order to win the love‚ loyalty and support of their subjects. Hence the true meaning of good government should be concerned with establishing a strong rapport between those who rule and those who are being ruled to improve society. The improvement of society cannot happen if the ruler
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States is the highest court and the one that decides and interprets whether laws or acts are constitutional. Simply put‚ they interpret whether a law is constitutional or not based on what they think the constitution means. Because the constitution doesn’t explicitly or definitively state anything‚ this interpretation can lead to many differing point of view. Some supreme court members opt for a strict approach to this document‚ whereby the words of the founders are meant to be taken literally and
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Mill’s understanding of freedom values the desires and goals of the each individual in a community. He states that "the only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good‚ in our own way." By this‚ Mill is saying that freedom should guarantee liberty of rights based on personal interests and desires; it is evident that he puts a significant emphasis on individuality. Mill demonstrates that people should be allowed to do whatever they want by stating that states do not have the
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INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES INTRODUCTION It is a well established fact that the legislature is highest law making body and the court is merely an interpreter of the law. But actually the fact is by interpreting the law the court can make comprehensive changes in the actual implementation and overall maneuver of the law. Moving further‚ to understand everything about interpretation which has been gradually evolved in modern context from ancient Indian rules with the help of follows up of different
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Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of conditional fee arrangements for legal aid. A conditional fee arrangement is basically a form of risk sharing whereby if the lawyer loses the case‚ the client does not have to pay. However‚ if the case is won‚ the lawyer can be recompensed through a success fee‚ which is worked out as a percentage of his cost. In the US‚ many cases have been funded this way but in English legal system conditional fee arrangement had been banned until the enactment of the
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NOTES – JOHN STUART MILL - UTILITARIANISM 1. John Stuart Mill – On Virtue and Happiness (1863)The utilitarian doctrine is‚ that happiness is desirable‚ and the only thing desirable‚ as an end; all other things being only desirable as means to that end. What ought to be required of this doctrine‚ what conditions is it requisite that the doctrine should fulfill‚ to make good its claim to be believed? The only proof capable of being given that an object is visible is that people actually see it.
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