David Malouf, author of the novella 'Fly Away Peter', and director of the 1930 film 'All Quiet On the Western Front', Lewis Milestone, both demonstrate their ability to communicate the presence of hope and courage in their texts via technique. ... Each being a promising representative of a lost generation of young men, the respective protagonists of 'All Quiet On the Western Front' and 'Fly Away Peter', Paul and Jim, are both swept up in the celebratory attitudes of the people around them as they prepare for war. Wholly unprepared for the horrors and she...

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The means of communication used during the crisis appear quite absurd when considering the high drama and imminent peril both powers found themselves in at the time, and it was these set of circumstances that bought home to the USA and the USSR the need to find a different modus vi! ... This meant that West Germany refused to recognise East Germany, and undertook to break off all diplomatic relations with any states that did so. ... All of Europe (apart from Albania), the US and Canada took part in subsequent negotiations. ... These were all contributions to what was beginning to appear as a ...

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Obesity is a rising epidemic that has spread, and is still is in the process of spreading, all over the world. ... On the contrary, all it does is harm us. ... They always ate fresh grown fruits and vegetables from the farm, steamed, boiled or roasted, and their health was blooming as ever. ... Not only has "modernized" Thai food become popular in the western parts of the world like America and Europe, but even the fast food industries have reached and become quite popular and in demand within Thailand. ... After conducting a health research in different parts of Asia, The authors ...

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However that is quite unattainable currently, due to the large marginal gap between the poor and the rich. ... They are safe from discomfort, save from disease, safe from anxiety, safe from everything but death. ... The advantages of living in this society are quite clear. ... So by removing these values from the society, the state is able to control and avoid conflicts of all kinds that would threaten this stability. ... So in all truth, the happiness of one such society does not trump truth. ...

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Although Hanson uses examples of battles in which do not quite fit his argument, the background of the nine battles he uses support his claim; thus, making his theory agreeable overall. ... All of these characteristics are shown through the West in the battles fought against the Non-West. ... Although, for a long time the Western expeditionary forces were outnumbered and often deployed from their home they continued to fight off the superior enemies. ... Additionally, from taking this battle into consideration, Hanson's theory was even more supported. ... Carnage and Culture written by ...

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The initial act of the West differentiating the East from "us" and "them" (45) set off the process of de-humanizing the Orient. ... Said acknowledges that, "all kinds of suppositions, associations, and fictions appear to crowd the unfamiliar space outside one's own" (54). ... Said uses an example from Flaubert's observations of the Orient depicting behaviour that may seem grotesque to that of the Western mind. Said further states how, "the Orient is watched, since its almost (but never quite) offensive behaviour issues out of a reservoir of infinite peculiarity; the European is a ...

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The subject of modern international relations, which is quite broad, is approached from many different perspectives. ... Parkinson introduces his first chapter by claiming that the remainder of it will be devoted to the evolutionary trends of thought in international relations; however, he ignored all other trends and only focused on one specific ideology: Stoicism. This ideology, which was conceived by the ancient Greeks out of a need to define their values, was integral in developing the Western world's general perspective of international relations. It appears that Stoicism is ...

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China's beliefs and traditions, such as the mandate of heaven, the social hierarchy and Confucianism, played a pivotal part in restricting China's growth, and deterring China from acquiring Western technology and science. ... The rebels were however stopped after western intervention was requested from the Chinese government. ... However those inventions that were built were hidden from Chinese society. This was quite the opposite to the westerners, who had perfected the art of drawing in perspective, and when new inventions were made, they were quickly developed and put into use. .....

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Nothing is separate from anything else. ... 'David Mowaljarlai, an Elder from Derby in Western Australia provides his interpretation of Western thinking is as follows': Triangle thinking is western culture thinking. ... Triangles are separate from each other, and separate from patterns. ... -Fourth, all things are equal. ... Mining and mass development has quite often undermined the cultural belief that land is sacred and equal among all. ...

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For example, data obtained through field experiments at work places reveal that in comparison to the data collected in 1970, today the level of discrimination from the point of hiring and wrongful termination, is quite high than other kinds of discriminations. However, the ratio of wrongful termination today, is more than the discrimination of unjust hiring (Pager & Western, 2012). ... The research started by the test employees, which were made to apply for the job and seek the results regarding it (Pager & Western, 2012). ... In addition, applicants with white names got additional benefits...

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JAPAN: A SOCIETY DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF THE WESTERN WORLD? ... Furthermore, the system of rank is applied to almost all circumstances and to a great extent, controls the social life of an individual. ... This U.S. measurement of ranking greatly differs from the amae-seniority system of Japanese ranking, separating our two societies. The ie system, which represents the family system may also be seen as an attribute of Japanese society which sets it apart from Western society. ... Thus, although Japan and the Western world carry many cultural characteristics and political beliefs that ...

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Made in 1959 and released in 1960 The Magnificent Seven marks the end of the traditional style of the Western genre. ... They are dark skinned, dressed all in white, all wear sombreros, and have very little if any individuality in their appearance. ... Quite in opposition to this having Mexican heritage is portrayed as being something to be very proud of. ... Although initially Calvera appears to have adopted every trope of the evil Bandido, his image changes quite dramatically throughout the film. ... Although he tries to appear to have authority he actually looks quite foolish, giving the ...

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He loses all hope for both the clan and his own status in the clanimage. ... It is as if Okonkwo finds dying a dishonorable death more desirable than living in a society so far removed from the Igbo world that he knewthat he is no longer respected. ... He attempts to revive the old traditions of war by killing the messenger, but soon realizes that his clan's culture has been damaged beyond repair from its exposure tocollision with the missionaries. As Okonkwo fails to adapt to the new Westernized society, the deterioration of Igbo society becomes quite apparent. ... Igbo culture has been ...

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Traditional narratives of the Western expansion described western tribes as a part of the dangerous environment that the American travelers had to endure throughout their journey. ... History books, the western genre of fiction, and Hollywood movies all reinforced the stereotypes of Indian massacres, raids, abductions, thieves, and vagabonds. ... Examples ranged from not understanding when a trade had already been made, such as when a wounded traveler was treated with medicine and allowed to recover, to instances where a Chief would request goods from the travelers for using resources from t...

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Geologists have collected some 35 species of ancient plant life from the Middle Miocene Aldrich Station Formation; a geologic rock unit dated roughly 13 to 12.5 million years old. Among the many fossil plant remains found at Aldrich Hill, are complete carbonized leaves from an Evergreen live Oak, in addition to many conifer winged seeds and even giant sequoia foliage. All of the fossil plants are exposed on the north side of the rock unit. ... Along with these great trees, grew such plant varieties as brewer spruce white fir, western hemlock, evergreen live oak, a scene that would resemble the...

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There are many aspects that distinguish a Modern Western from a Classic Western film. ... Frank even kills a man's son when he overhears Franks name, to prevent the child from hunting him down one day. ... However, in modern Westerns these characters are now portrayed from a different point of view, theirs. ... The Indian in modern Westerns were seen as the only thing that could prevent civilization from happening on American soil. ... We now have directors from outside of the United States who are using the Western genre to tell stories, not the birth of a nation. ...

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In some cases, this mathematics has spread from one culture to another. Now there is one predominant international mathematics, and this mathematics has quite a history. ... Later some of this mathematics was translated into Latin and became the mathematics of Western Europe. ... Everybody is born with this talent all that someone has to do is look into your mind and find it. But now a days, with all of these formulas out their, and all of these textbooks which guide us along, many people think that in math you do not need that much creativity. ...

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What constitutes news can be quite different for different news services. ... The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) differs from commercial broadcasters through its Charter. ... SBS differs from the ABC greatly because it allows advertising between programs. ... The Act forms the basis of the Commercial Television Code of Practice which is a voluntary code agreed upon by all commercial television proprietors in Australia. ... The wrap has been quite well received, as it allows all state bulletins the benefit of the thinking of a we...

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The invention of the escapement mechanism, a bit of machinery that allowed more accurate clocks to be built, caused a profusion of publicly available clocks throughout Western Europe (Camille 98). This caused a massive change in society; all manner of public events became regulated by "real" hours rather than the somewhat fluid hours dictated by the Sun and the seasons. ... The work aimed to "waken the torpid from careless sleep to watchful virtue," according to Camille (99). ... When he translated it into Latin in 1334, adding a great deal of content, it experienced a similar popularity thr...

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Sanadiqiya Street is where all the decadence is found. ... This alley, "lies in almost complete isolation from all surrounding activity" (Mahfouz 1) because it's isolated, its ironic that British culture enters due to colonialism, which enhances this decaying effect. ... Therefore, politics is modern, and it comes from the west, so it symbolizes the west. ... In the first chapter of the novel uncle Kamil is described as "hulk", and "large and rounded" (Mahfouz 2), which gives us quite a gothic first appearance of him, also his fat represents our satisfactio...

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Apparently, any music that is not encountered in the concert halls of the West passes under the radar of the semiologist; inasmuch, non-Western music and the music of those other "publics- become dismissible, unworthy of analysis. ... If we were to compare the flows of Western capital with the movements of punk/HC, I believe we would find a remarkable correlation between the two. ... [Here] an element only receives information from a higher unit."" ... Malaysia also has a plethora of independently published magazines ("zines-) from the punk/HC underground, which act as a sort of info...

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We see liberal economists, socialists and even environmentalists all defining globalisation to suit their own political and academic agendas and criteria. ... Therefore, according to the law of comparative advantage free trade benefits all countries that adhere to this regime. This proposition sounds good in theory but in reality what we see is hypocrisy from the western nations. Free trade only works in a world of perfect conditions, meaning that all countries follow suit and remove barriers to trade but in fact western nations have gradually increased their barriers preventing the access...

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First of all, we have to know what language is. ... But language is not the expression of cultural reality only; it is also a guide to cultural reality, which powerfully conditions all our thinking about social problems and processes. ... There will always be an unexpressed margin between language and thought, and this is always a potential source of misunderstanding. 1 Buddhism civilization of China is quite different from Christianity civilization of Western world. ... This thesis will analyze the reasons why there are so many misunderstandings caused by cultural factors in cross-cultu...

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With increasing numbers of hotel mergers and management lease by large corporations, in conjunction with an already well-developed western corporate culture, it seems like globalization hit the hospitality industry with all its might. ... This creates great rifts in the ways management deals with staff from country to country. Service staff is the most troublesome of all. ... It is very hard for hotels to keep their service staff on a leash, mainly due to the fact that service staffs outnumber their managers with quite a high ratio, and that hiring more supervisors would be a costly issue....

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As far as Soviet Russia goes, if tactics are distinguished from policy, it is obvious in retrospect that Soviet diplomacy had never emancipated itself from the fundamental principle of Bolshevik foreign policy: hostility to the West. ... In the end however, a bland statement was issued from the Yalta Conference that specified that the Eastern frontier of Poland would be based on the Curzon line, but it did not mention where it would leave the northern and western frontiers. ... It resulted from a meeting at sea between Roosevelt and Churchill in August 1941. ... And when the Soviet violati...

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