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    published in 1813‚ but another novel based on the same plot called Bridget Jones Diary‚ a modern version of Pride and Prejudice was published in 1996. Every text is the absorption and transformation of another‚ with similar themes and conditions considering the lifestyle in that time period‚ known as a mimetic orientation. Intertextuality‚ the relationship to other prior texts is present among Pride and Prejudice‚ Bridget Jones Diary‚ and A Dog’s Head through the overarching similarity of characters

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    because of John Paul Jones. Jones was the revolutionary war ’s first naval commander‚ and is known as the "Father of the American Navy." Though he started out as not a very rich man‚ Jones became a naval commander for both America and Russia. He was very charming‚ but he had a horrible temper that tended to get him in trouble. At one point he was in such deep of trouble that he was charged for murder‚ but then acquitted soon after. This is just one of the murders Jones was [allegedly‚ for the

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    Running head: THE EFFECTS OF THE JONES ACT ON THE ECONOMY OF HAWAII The Effects of the Jones Act on the Economy of Hawaii Christer Tvedt Hawai’i Pacific University February 10‚ 2010 ECON 6000 Dr. Leroy Laney The effects of the Jones Act on the economy of Hawaii The Jones Act‚ or the Merchant Marine Act of 1920‚ which is the act’s name‚ is a United States Federal statute‚ or “cabotage law”‚ that regulates trade between ports within the United States. The act was passed 90 years ago‚ in an

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    The Homestead Act

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    |The Homestead Act 1862 | |The first Homestead Act was passed in 1841. The terms of this act allowed people to purchase 160 acres of Plains land at a very small price. | | | |In a bid to encourage more people

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    Acts of Kindness

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    Acts of Kindness Observation Gender 004 Olivia Thompson February 17‚ 2014 I would like to begin by saying I really enjoyed doing this assignment because it is something I feel a lot of people‚ even myself‚ receive and it doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Often times‚ people experience random acts of kindness on an everyday bases without even realizing it happened. Such acts that happen that may not cross our mind vary from general manners such as saying please and thank you

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    The Townshend Acts

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    The Townshend Acts In 1767 Charles Townshend who was the chancellor of the exchequer‚ created the Townshend Acts . The Townshend Acts were approved by British Parliament on June 26-June 2‚ 1767 and were repealed April 12‚ 1770. Charles Townshend proposed the program in order to raise 40‚000 pounds a year so that the English parliament could cut the british land tax and this would also raise money to pay for the salaries of governors and judges. Some of the things that

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    Speech Act Theory

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    Introduction Till the middle of the XX century the only function of speech acts was to describe the reality. The process of realization of language units in speech was viewed through the comparison of language and speech as a potential system of signs. Pragmatics itself studies how transmission of meaning depends not only on the linguistic knowledge of the speaker and listener‚ but also on the context of an utterance‚ knowledge about the status of those involved‚ the inferred intent of the speaker

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    Stamp Act Importance

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    Stamp Act In order to make your debt go away‚ you must increase the revenue. George Grenville had approached a huge increase in debt after the French and Indian War; he needed to come up with a solution. There was already a tax in progress‚ but to tax the English would not be allowed anymore. He wanted more control of the American colonies‚ so instead of raising the taxes of the British‚ he raised the revenues by taxing the American colonist. The Stamp Act was the first serious attempt to declare

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    Factory Act in Bd

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    Factories Act‚ 1965 (No. 4 of 1965). 1. CHAPTER I.- PRELIMINARY 2. CHAPTER II.- CHIEF INSPECTOR‚ INSPECTORS AND CERTIFYING SURGEONS 3. CHAPTER III.- HEALTH AND HYGIENE 4. CHAPTER IV.- SAFETY 5. CHAPTER V.- WELFARE 6. CHAPTER VI.- WORKING HOURS OF ADULTS 7. CHAPTER VIII.- LEAVE AND HOLIDAYS WITH WAGES 8. CHAPTER IX.- SPECIAL PROVISIONS 9. CHAPTER X.- PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE 10. CHAPTER XI.- SUPPLEMENT 11. The Schedule CHAPTER I.- PRELIMINARY Section

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    Pakistan Factory Act

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    PAKISTAN THE FACTORIES ACT‚ 1934 as amended to 1997 [pic] CHAPTER I - Preliminary • 1. Short title‚ extent and commencement. • 2. Definitions. • 3. References to time of day. • 4. Seasonal factories. • 5. Power to apply provisions applicable to factories to certain other places. • 6. Power to declare departments to be separate factories. • 7. Power to exempt on a change in the factory. • 7-A. Exemption from certain provisions of the Act. • 8. Power to

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