The word prostitute' is defined in most dictionaries as a person, usually a woman, who has sex with someone, usually a man, for money' (Cambridge). In order to understand how they are socially constructed, one must look deeper into the definition of it than the dictionary provides. Hence, it is crucial to find out the root causes of prostitution, what causes women to jump into this vice' career and being called names such as fallen women', bad women', dirty', deviant' and disease carriers' "terms that the dictionary does not state "and ...

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According to The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, the Socratic method of teaching is "the method of teaching in which the master imparts no information, but asks a sequence of questions, through answering which the pupil eventually comes to the desired knowledge. ... Socratic irony is separately defined in the dictionary as "Socrates's irritating tendency to praise his hearers while undermining them, or to disparage his own superior abilities while manifesting them" (Blackburn, 2008). ...

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Definitions The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English defines change as to become or to make something become different. The same dictionary goes on to further define change as a process or a result of something or someone becoming different. ...

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The Oxford English Dictionary defines suicide as the act of taking one's own life; it originates from the Latin word suicidium when broken down sui, means of oneself, while cidium, is equivalent to the suffix -cide which means killer ("Suicide"). The Oxford English Dictionary also defines assisted suicide as suicide effected with the assistance of another person ("Assisted suicide"). ... According to the Oxford English Dictionary, euthanasia is the means of bringing about a gentle and easy death ("Euthanasia"). ...

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Based on Mosby's Medical Dictionary, Spastic Cerebral Palsy is broken up into 5 categories: 1. diplegia which affects only one side of the body, 2. hemiplegia which affects the arms or the legs, and 3. quadriplegia which affects all the limbs 4. monoplegia which affects one single limb 5. triplegia which affects three limbs (Anderson, Kenneth, et al 8) This type of CP resulted due to the damage located within the motor cortex which controls voluntary movements. ... According to Mosby's Medical Dictionary, athetoid cerebral palsy can prevent a person from speaking, eating, touchin...

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Based on Mosby's Medical Dictionary, Spastic Cerebral Palsy is broken up into 5 categories: 1. diplegia which affects only one side of the body, 2. hemiplegia which affects the arms or the legs, and 3. quadriplegia which affects all the limbs 4. monoplegia which affects one single limb 5. triplegia which affects three limbs (Anderson, Kenneth, et al 8) This type of CP resulted due to the damage located within the motor cortex which controls voluntary movements. ... According to Mosby's Medical Dictionary, athetoid cerebral palsy can prevent a person from speaking, eating, touchin...

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With the increase of anxiety towards the idea of global warming, there has been a boom in hybrid cars, as well as a lot of money spent on researching the issue. Even with all the money put into researching the issue of global warming, there are articles that claim global warming is an actual growing problem, and uses statistics along with examples to provide credibility ushering the audience to believe what they say or write is proven, and therefore is a fact not an opinion open to interpretation. In addition, there are article that claim global warming is completely false using only current s...

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 GENERAL Pinto (1994) described project manager is truly the heart and soul of a project. Project managers are expected to successfully bring their projects to fruition (achieved pre-determined quality) while keeping a tight rein on budgets (costs) and schedules (time). In order to fulfill the requirement of time, cost and quality, a project manager needs to acquire a set of skills to help him to manage the project and solve variety of problems during the implementation of project. These skills can be divided into two categories, which are hard s...

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1. Introduction As the title of this chapter suggests, the discussion here will approach our experimental findings from three different perspectives. First we consider the implications of our work for L2 instruction and materials design. Then we discuss problems in the research and how they can be addressed. Finally, we propose a plan for investigating important questions raised by our experiments. ...

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Task: This assignment relates to my chosen branch of nursing and the Developing Professional Nursing Practice Course. Students are to describe an experience from a nursing placement and discuss the following areas:- What influenced how they felt/said/behaved; How they think the patient felt; How...

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The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines a crime as, "an offence punishable by law illegal acts as a whole... Black's Law Dictionary purports a crime to be, " social harm that the law makes punishable; the breach of a legal duty treated as the subject matter of a criminal proceeding" and criminal law as, "the branch or division of the law which treats of crimes and their punishments." ...

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Peacekeeping in Webster's dictionary is defined as "the preserving of peace; especially in international enforcement and supervision of a truce between hostile states or communities" (Webster 842). ...

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Abstract The article deals with the question of individuality defined through the 'icon of the immune system'. After a short introduction concerning the emergence of immunology I present the dominant models of the immune system (self/non-self opposition and danger theory), which symbolic representat...

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Assessment 3 "Corporatism works for everyone-. Evaluate by choosing one national example By Chris Kelly1701351 A Corporation is "a body that is granted a charter legally recognizing it as a separate legal entity having its own rights, privileges, and liabilities distinct from those of its ...

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In a field based so heavily in subjectivity, definitively answering the question, "Why is that art?" proves to be nearly impossible. The Dadaists, for instance, defy the laws of traditionally accepted creative practices and celebrate giving the power of artistic definition to the artist. With Dadais...

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Metamorphosis is usually associated with the animal kingdom but does have a secondary meaning which is more generally referred to in the Oxford English Dictionary as being "the action or process of changing in form, shape, or substance; esp. transformation by supernatural means" (Kafka 126). ...

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1. Introduction We live in a world which is highly competitive in all areas of life. As a student, we need to concentrate on many different topics. We are under time pressure to achieve good grades and while writing about the most difficult topics we are still in the process of learning, sometimes o...

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It would suit this discussion better to use the Encarta dictionary definition, "a discredited social theory stating that the political and economic advantages in a developed society are derived from the biological advantages of its collective membership....

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One humiliation that Primo had to go trough at work was when his boss called him illiterate in front of her friends during a lunch break, he was unaware of what that meant until he looked it up in a huge dictionary, which made him even more embarrassed. ...

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The concept of terrorism is very hard to define, however, Webster's College Dictionary defines terrorism as: "the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce especially for political purposes, the state of fear so produced and government or resistance to government by means of terror....

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Modern medicine not only has the capability to treat and cure many diseases, but it can prevent many diseases from occurring. In this day and age, it is so easy to take healthy children and advanced medicine for granted, but without proper and widespread childhood vaccinations the public health of c...

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The Canterbury Tales is a collection of tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer published in 1475. The Canterbury Tales, as a whole, exhibit different social conventions of the Fourteenth Century and exploit them for being a kind of facade. The Clerk's Tale and The Franklin's Tale address the social convention of marriage with reference to the role of obedient women and conventional versus unconventional marriage. Furthermore, how obedience affects the quality and outcome of a marriage. Obedience will be defined as; "Compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another&#...

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Juvenile Reform: On the Right Track? Fifteen people were found dead, and over twenty-three were left wounded. Two gunmen, part of the Trenchcoat Mafia, walked into their school at 11:30 am in Littleton, Colorado and started firing. Although this is not an everyday occurrence, juvenile delinquency...

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It is difficult to give a brief discussion on the causes of crime, as the subject is both broad and technical. This essay provides a brief overview, in simple terms, of what is known about factors that cause crime, and the issues that could make some individuals more likely to become involved in cri...

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The greenhouse effect as stated in the dictionary is the effect produced as greenhouse gases allow incoming solar radiation to pass through the Earth's atmosphere, but prevent most of the outgoing infrared radiation from the surface and lower atmosphere from escaping into outer space. ...

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