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    blood stream. Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing on the walls of the veins and arteries as blood is pumped through the bloodstream each time the ventricles contract. The hypothesis is that the heart rate will increase significantly after exercise. Methods: First the resting heart rates of six subjects were determined by placing two fingers on the carotid artery in the neck and counting the heart beats for fifteen seconds. The number of beats was then multiplied by four to

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    THE ANNIHILATION OF CASTE Prologue [How this speech came to be composed—and not delivered] [1:] On December 12‚ 1935‚ I received the following letter from Mr. Sant Ram‚ the Secretary of the Jat - Pat - Todak Mandal: My dear Doctor Saheb‚ Many thanks for your kind letter of the 5th December. I have released it for press without your permission for which I beg your pardon‚ as I saw no harm in giving it publicity. You are a great thinker‚ and it is my well-considered opinion that none else

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    While the Indian Caste system and Contemporary society differ in many aspects‚ they however have similarities such as their class system and their written laws. India divides their people into a caste system called the Varna whereas contemporary society has a socioeconomic system. Each system has categories that their natives fall into and live according to their economic standing. Along with the class system‚ each society has similar written laws that guarantee equal rights amongst all people.

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    Caste (Oxford India Short Introductions). By SURINDER S. JODHKA. New Delhi: Oxford University Press‚ 2012. xvii‚ 201 pp. Rs 195 (paperback). Surinder S. Jodhka’s monograph Caste provides a concise yet very informative history of the complex reality of caste in India. At the same time‚ the author brings together all the major literature available on the issue into a single thread and thereby taking the reader through the timeline of the changing ideas of caste. Hence‚ the book‚ while newly engaging

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    part‚ as out in the open as it used to be‚ it is still maintained by preserving the social castes today. The presence of a social caste system in today’s society implies truthfulness in Alexander’s statement. When Alexander insisted that American democracy was built on a time when the black person was seen as three fifths the value of a white person‚ she pointed out that America has still maintained a caste system concept that it was built on and it also goes to lengths to preserve power. I agree that

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    In To Kill A Mocking Bird‚ Harper Lee portrays racial bias from low class whites to maintain their position above blacks in the social hierarchy. After Tom Robinson is accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ a mob of white men goes to the Maycomb jail to lynch Tom Robinson. “ You know what we want‚’ Another man said. ‘Get aside from the door Mr. Finch.” Tom Robinson has been accused of rape‚ but he has not been put on trail‚ but these men decide to take it into their own hands and kill him just because

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    APPLICATIONS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN LASER TECHNOLOGY WHAT IS AN ORGANIC COMPOUND? An organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous‚ liquid‚ or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. Organic chemistry is the science concerned with all aspects of organic compounds. Organic synthesis is the methodology of their preparation. APPLICATIONS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS clothing of cotton‚ wool‚ silk‚ and synthetic fibres; common fuels‚ such as wood‚ coal‚ petroleum‚ and natural

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    usually came from the pharaoh’s family‚ and lived in large‚ fine homes. The most important officials were the vizier‚ the chief treasurer‚ and the general. They (in order) advised the pharaoh and acted as a chief judge‚ collected taxes and looked after the government’s money‚ and advised the pharaoh in war and security. They had plenty of time to go to banquets and socialize‚ and probably had happy lives. Priests were below government officials in the social ladder. Priests in ancient

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    Half Caste Girl - Judith Wright Half Caste Girl Little Josie buried under the bright moon Is tired of being dead‚ death lasts too long. She would like to push death aside‚ and stand on the hill And beat with a waddy on the bright moon like a gong Across the hills‚ the hills that belong to no people And so to none are foreign‚ Once she climbed high to find the native cherry; The lithe darkhearted lubra Who in her beads like blood Dressed delicately for love Moves her long hands among the

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    Canada’s Independence Following World War One Without the tragedies that occurred during World War One‚ Canada would not be the nation it is today. Following WW1‚ Canada was considered a major part of many of the battles especially Vimy Ridge‚ gaining Canada international respect. With that respect‚ strong bonds were established between Canada and the influential countries at that time. With this new gained confidence‚ Canada questioned the hold Britain still had on them‚ and decided it was time

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