I remember having a moment of silence during the morning announcements when I was in high school for those that had died in the shooting. ... In times of war we are taught the finer skills of killing, awarded medals and held in high esteem for our bravery in the taking of life. ... Take for instance, the IRA, a group that has fought for the independence of Ireland and in doing so been involved in the killing or murder of many innocent people; to the Irish Nationalists believe they are heroes, to the English government they are murderers. ...

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The Victorian period was characterized by a high industrialization rate. ... The high rate of marriages during the period is attributable to the economic windfall that came with industrialization during the period. ... The period was also characterized by remarkable improvements in healthcare and much wider availability for cures for diseases even though the mortality rates remained high due to the lackluster medical research and technology approaches of the period. ... In the novel, Dickens reveals that his own mother and her new born child passed away as he attended school probably as a res...

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For example, countries having a high GDP, per capita income, level of industrialization, life expectancy, education system are considered to be developed. ... Although, in contrast to the above mentioned, the number of developing and underdeveloped countries is high in the world. ... These dominant capitalist countries have a well-developed tertiary and quaternary industry with a high end production and advances in infrastructure. ... Another factor was that they took cheap goods from the colonies they ruled and sold it for a high price, thus again keeping the profits for themselves. ... A ter...

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This theory suggests that school and careers are closely related and that this correlation is essential for the production of an efficient workforce. ... Students learn this through the schools hidden curriculum. ... It provides a subservient workforce by penalising creativity, aggressiveness and independence and rewarding perseverance consistency, dependability and punctuality. ... At school students are encouraged be external reward just as a workforce in capitalist society are rewarded by external rewards. School promotes fragmentation of the curriculum (the fragment...

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The high level of saving of Japanese households provided banks and other financial institutions with ample funds for heavy investment in the private sector. ... Another factor behind Japan's economic growth during this period was the availability of an abundant labor force with a high level of education. ... This is a fact of life that is preached through the media and taught constantly to Japanese throughout their lives in school, from parents, and when they enter the working world. ... While in the western world, individuality and independence are highly valued, Japanese society emphasi...

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In a research conducted by Yale University at ten Connecticut high schools, researchers found that out of 3,560 students, four percent were addicted to the internet. ... Independence is one thing that teens strive for the most and being on social media sites is one of the most popular ways to feel independent. ...

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Behind the prisoners is a high wall and a fire. ... He remembers events of the past "and comes under the impact of past impressions with a high degree of emotions and feelings" (Dubey 84). ... Thus at any given moment of its historical existence, language is heteroglot from top to bottom: it represents the co-existence of socio-ideological contradictions between the present and the past, between differing epochs of the past, between different socio-ideological groups in the present, between tendencies, schools, circles and so forth, all given a bodily form... ...

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Marketing techniques aim to get the product sold, and hence there is a tendency to keep any 'negative' information to a minimum, in advertising to the general public, as in the case of the high-oestrogen oral contraceptive pill, Maya.5 Thus it is not The Journal of Social Studies/30 It's hard to imagine a situation where unrestricted promotion of birth-control measures help to convert the Bangladesh market into a dumping ground for drugs or contraceptives rejected by developed societies or as an experimental ground for trying new ones. ... The above strategies arose out of the...

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