The Curse of The Opal Stone The superstition that Opal stones are evil originates from the novel ‘Anne of Geierstein’ written by Sir Walter Scott. In the novel Lady Hermione was falsely accused of being a demon‚ after holy water falls onto her opal jewelry and it changes its colour. This book effected the general public’s view of the Opal stone so much so that the Opal market completely went to shreds and Opal prices dropped by 50%. If this seems completely ludicrous‚ Google it. As time progressed
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Is cricket a curse for the other games in India? Cricket! Cricket! Cricket! Cricket has become the religion of India and the national anthem of the country‚ so much so that the word “sports” has become synonymous with cricket. Cricket runs as the life flowing blood through the veins of the multitude. The madness with which it has gripped the ignoramus masses of our country is evident from their complete capitulation to its god-like worship. Yes‚ cricket is the “god of sports” in India. I
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Labour law also known as employment law deals with the body of laws‚ administrative rulings and precedents which addresses the legal rights of and restrictions on working people and their organizations1. The direct function of labour law is that it deals with the rules governing employment relationship. Labour law functions through the role accorded by common law‚ legislation and is helped also by the extra legal sources such as the customs and collective bargaining. Labour law is divided in to two
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The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom‚ and one of the two main British political parties along with the Conservative Party. Old labour were a socialist party‚ Old Labour‚ the traditional socialist representation of the labour party‚ presented many socialist views‚ these included the cradle-to-grave care‚ welfare and social justice. They also opposed views such as a free-market economy. Old Labour was the standing of the Labour Party since their founding in the
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Child labor Children are the future of a nation or it can perfectly be said that they are the soul of a nation they are the foundation of any country because they help in the nation building. But in today’s scenario Child labor has become an international issue. Today most of countries of the world facing child labor as an acute problem. It is a curse to the society.it does not only show the backwardness of a nation but it is against the humanity. children work in factories shops restaurant when
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’Eve Teasing in Bangladesh’ -Causes and Remedies Introduction: Our Society is suffering from many social evils at the moment. One of the worst evils is the Eve Teasing. Now Eve teasing is one of the main threats for Bangladesh because it is destroying the social balance. Eve teasing is a euphemism used for public sexual harassment‚ street harassment or molestation of women by men‚ with Eve being a reference to the biblical Eve. It usually involves young men annoying girls or women by
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possibilities for society is to obtain a rough knowledge base of its history and method. To start off with‚ you must somehow find an understanding of how individuals pass on characteristics to their offspring. For instance‚ in regards to eye colour‚ a child could receive one set of genes from his or her father that were encoded one blue‚ and the other brown. The same child could also receive two brown genes from his or her mother. The conclusion for this inheritance would be the child has a three in
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THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT 1945 – 51 COMMON QUESTIONS 1 To what extent did the Labour Reforms succeed in creating a modern Welfare State? How successfully did the Labour Government deal with Britain’s social problems after WW2? How significant an impact did the welfare reforms of the Labour Government 1945 – 1951 have on the lives of the British people? KEY FIGURES 1 Clement Attlee (Labour Prime Minister 1945 – 51) Hugh Dalton (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Aneurin Bevan (Health & Housing
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Prof. Garb 183CW Natural Resource Curse and Economic Growth The Causes of Natural Resource Curse in Africa The Natural Resource Curse‚ also known as the “Paradox of Plenty‚” (Karl‚ 1997) implies that although some countries‚ such as those of sub-Saharan Africa‚ possess an abundance of natural resources‚ their economic performance is nonetheless poorer than those countries with fewer resources. The nature of the paradox is lucid: natural resources should be a means by which developing
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Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries saw a decline in child labour and the introduction of compulsory schooling for children in Britain. I intend to discuss the relationship between these two processes and the impact they had on both adults and children’s lives. I will also discuss the changes in views of childhood that accompanied and followed these developments. Pre-industrial Britain saw many children engaged in various types of manual employment; in agriculture‚ the mills‚ factories‚ pits
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