How powerful can the knowledge of a language be? I used to work at a diner that was owned by a Greek family. The suppliers would drop off the goods in the back and then come to the register to collect payment. I would hand them the correct amount‚ they would say thank-you and leave. When my bosses made the payments‚ however‚ things were very different. As soon as the supplier was spoken to in Greek‚ they would light up-the prices were all rounded down‚ and although the suppliers were not rude to
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Interpreter of Maladies (1999)‚ PEN / Heemingway Award for Interpreter of Maladies (1999) Addison Metcalf Award from the American academy of Arts and Letters (2000)‚ The New Yorker’s Best debut of the year for Interpreter of Maladies(2000). Tha Namesake (2003) her second book and first novel. It was named the NewYork magazine book of the year. Unaccustomed Earth (2008) reached No.1on The NewYork Times best seller list. The Lowland (2013) plased on the long- list of a National Book Award finalist
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Auto Stores Home Stores Sears Proprietary Credit Card Retail Financial services‚ real estate Credit Middle class female shopper “Come see the softer side of Sears” (41‚296-26769)/41296 = 35% 41‚296/38‚700 = 1.1 26‚769/5‚044 = 5.3 Walmart Wal-Mart’s namesake discount stores Sam’s Club membership warehouse Wal-Mart Supercentre Works with Chase Manhattan Bank to issue mastercard with Walmart logo Retail Credit Card Company Operation Target Audience Slogan Gross margin’ 97 Asset turnover’ 97 Inventory
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feet and go‚ to advocate for the rights you deserve‚ with the power of the world behind you. We will see you reform your country and much more. Thank you‚ for the inspiration you gave us all‚ by being a free-thinker‚ as much of a warrior as your namesake.
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Tales of the Diaspora When VS Naipaul won the Nobel Prize in 2001‚ he said: “It is a great tribute to England‚ my home‚ and India‚ the land of my ancestors…” It is a heritage he shares with Jhumpa Lahiri‚ who was born in London and immigrated to America with her Indian-born parents. “While I am American by virtue of the fact that I was raised in this country‚ I am Indian thanks to the efforts of two individuals‚” she said‚ referring to her parents‚ in an interview with Newsweek in 2006. They have
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Baldwin uses a tone that is not anger‚ but that is conquering. He calls out the people or “countrymen” of America‚ for their ignorance and their claim of innocence: Now‚ my dear namesake‚ these innocent and well meaning people‚ your countrymen‚ have caused you to be born under conditions not far removed from those described for us by Charles Dickens in the London of more than a hundred years ago. I hear the chorus of the innocents screaming‚ "No‚ this is not true. How bitter you are‚" but I am writing
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| |названный в чью-л. честь | | |fuel | |новатор | | |a founding member | |с целью | | |namesake | |различаться | 2. Переведите на русский язык встречающиеся в тексте интернациональные слова и словосочетания: engineer‚ acoustic telegraph‚ public demonstrations‚ product‚ to associate
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It is important to look forward to the future while still remembering the past. In Marilyn Nelson Waniek’s poem “The Century Quilt‚” a comfortable tone and detailed symbolism work together to reveal how a family heirloom can be both a reminder of heritage and as well as a representation of dreams for the future. Throughout the poem‚ the poet’s cozy tone elicits a sense of happy nostalgia‚ showing the character’s contentment with the thoughts that the quilt causes her to reflect upon. Phrases such
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Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” is the narrative of a woman’s slow descent into madness. Ironically‚ Jane’s descent into hysteria is a symptom of the treatments presumed to cure her “nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency” (Gilman 1392). Jane’s husband John is a physician and the prescriber of Jane’s treatments; even though‚ he originally does not believe she is unwell. The first treatment given to Jane is removing her from society and bringing her to the country‚ a common remedy during
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People with a failing vision will realise why joy meddles in a swamp and perceive when our prospect looks uncanny while siding climactic boundaries. Shoddy artistic dwellers shall report a plenitude of ways for a novelistic delivery. Nonetheless‚ I hold this task as one conceives a minuscule idea‚ and our tale thus cedes to the browsing eyes. This spectacle joins the spectator. Thence‚ a bounteous sky outstrips the man‚ and he draws a grassy reclining place for his indicative signs. The days withhold
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