As Kaufman notes, "if the United States became embroiled in the French Revolution, the young nation would become perilously vulnerable to France's British and Spanish enemies sitting athwart its vital flanks " (Kaufman 8). ... As Kaufman notes, the isolationist strategy embraced by Washington was contingent on Great Britain remaining the great balancer of power in Europe during this time. ... Kaufman notes that during the formative period of the Republic, the founders paid close attention to the balance of power in Europe and "deftly exploited the rivalries it spawned: first to win indepe...

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In order to clarify our perspective on the problem, it is also important to note that violence against women is to be considered as being essentially related to the more general problems of women's oppression. ... A further area of concern specifically for certain development capitalist states, is that of overpopulation combining with poverty to from a breeding ground for the seeds of rebellion. ... This has led to a proliferation of institutional and infrastructural build-ups which included the constitution of a separated division of population control and family planning under the Min...

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In a deep reflection on the unfortunate circumstances under which he's been living, Crusoe says, "I now began to consider seriously my condition, and the circumstance I was reduc'd to, and I drew up the state of my affairs in writing." ... Under a column listed "Evil ", Crusoe documents all of his misfortunes, and under the column "Good ", he comments on any of the positive aspects of that particular misfortune. ... He notes that he is lonesome on the island, separated from all of humanity; however, he has figured out ways to survive completely on his own. ... Crusoe notes as a resul...

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In the Leviathan and the Second Treatise of Civil Government, Hobbes and Locke, respectively, both ground their political philosophies at the same location: the state of nature, meaning the natural condition of mankind prior to any artifice such as government. ... Hobbes notes that there are three natural causes of conflict among people in the state of nature: distrust of one another, competition for limited resources, and glory (to preserve one's reputation): "So that in the nature of man, we find three principle causes of quarrel. ...

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*NOTE: General widely accepted definitions will be used due to the controversial nature of the two topics amongst Political Scientist agreeing to just one permanent definition for each. ... Section IV: Empirical Research, data collected from interviews, books, journals, websites, and class-notes, will be compiled to answer the questions presented in the introduction. ... *NOTE: The preceding paragraph was based off of Prof. ... According to Michael Jordan in his article, "Terrorism's Slippery Definition Eludes UN Diplomats-, (published in the Christian Science Monitor, 3 February 2002) th...

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Various conflicts officially ended at one point but it has not completely ended yet, present issues have cost thousands of souls to be impoverished, high malnutrition and other disease with 19% of child death under the age of five in Congo between 2006 to 2007 (The Guardian, 23 January 2008).  ... It is worthy to note that grievance seeks to have a change in government, but not to be on the part of the rebellion. ...

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In contrast, as Ed Cohen notes in Talk on the Wilde Side, "agricultural labourers and the industrial working classes [ ] were largely determined by the material constraints circumscribing their lives- (19), which is to say that the work in which they engaged was mainly physical, intellectually disengaged, and under-waged, so that there was little possibility of accruing excess capital. ... Hence, as Cohen notes, the spectre of failure haunts the middle class even as it anticipates a better life (19-21). ...

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Newton claimed Leibniz stole ideas from his unpublished notes, which Newton had shared with a few members of the Royal Society. ... These were particularly effective in the defence of Syracuse when it was attacked by the Romans under the command of Marcellus. ...

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In 1748, under the ruling of Charles III, the King of Naples, excavation attempts were put in place to dig up the mysterious site located southeast near the base of Mount Vesuvius. ... Hygiene seems to have been a great issue of concern if one takes note of the various public and private baths (Ling 2007:125). ... It is also possible to study the raw materials they used to build with and thus note how advanced they were in this regard compared to the rest of the ancient world (Ling 2007:122). ... However, one crucially important fact of note was later made clear in 1882 by August Mau, a German...

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For example, in 1999/2000 a virtual working group under the auspices of UNIFEM conducted an email exchange about approaches to violence against women which included 2300 participants in 120 countries. ...

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Central to the Palestinian movement is the desire to regain Palestinian territories deemed unlawfully occupied by the Zionist Movement of Israel, completed under the auspices of the United Kingdom and other Western nations. As such, it may be said that all the organizations and movements working under the banner of Palestinian nationalism exist with only one motivation: the expulsion of Israel from Palestinian lands. ... On hind sight, it is only logical that the most radical and extremist groups under the banner of Palestinian nationalism emerge from Gaza and the West Bank. ... (p.8) Oppr...

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He completed an internship in cartooning and set design under the aegis of the French Community of Belgium. It is important to note that very little information is available on Mbaye because of his isolated location in Africa. ... The psychologist, Jean Phinney (1987:10), further notes that there are "widely discrepant definitions and measures of ethnic identity, which makes generalizations and comparisons across studies difficult and ambiguous". ...

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The topics which I am encouraged to discuss under this heading of globalisation are: physical investment and Multi-National Corporations, trade through export-orientated industrialisation, monetary investment, currency and foreign exchange and finally the debate over whether it was developmental statism or neo-liberalism that most encouraged this rapid growth through globalisation . ... On the other hand, even though the advantages of FDI and the presence of MNCs are evidently overwhelming, it is worth noting that there are some reservations. ...

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More often than not, this reference would be used under the topics of art and literature by the Western world. ... The area(s) that can be included under the term ˜Orient' can of course be debated, but for the simplicity sake of this paper, will refer mainly to the Middle East and North Africa. Said, a Palestinian-American, knows full well of these repercussions and made many ground-breaking claims about just how powerful Western influence has been on these areas in his book. ... Moreover, Said explores how the assumptions put forth by these Western scholars have been constructed ...

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The major advantage of the focus group over questionnaires and structured interviews is that it reveals what is on the respondents mind and not the researchers (Bryman, 1988). The respondents are able to talk in their own terms about issues that are of central significance to them rather than respon...

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It is almost certainly an oxymoron to mention any concept labeled to be "Machiavellian justice," as much of the Florentine diplomat's work is provided under the premise that a proper order of the soul is a weakness and detrimental to the republic. ... Machiavelli doesn't see an attainable middle ground between creating excessive strength to protect the republic and harboring weakness which he feels will collapse the republic. ...

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This source inadvertently lends favour towards the common perception of modern historians that Alexander was an arrogant individual and at every opportunity ran King Philip II into the ground in order to glorify himself. ... Many modern historians, such as Pomeroy, believe that Alexander "went native " and sought to create a unique realm, where "all people Greek and non-Greek would be able to live in relative autonomy " under the monarch (Pomeroy, 1999). ...

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This is evident is several dreams such as Thomas' dreams where cowboys falsely declared friendship before cranking the generator and electrocuting the three Indians or where the white landowners have occupied ground (presumably stolen from the Native Americans) and like the cowboys, offer friendship (in the guise of free beef) but that they have erected an electric fence under the pretense of keeping the cows in, but the reality is to keep the Native Americans out. ... The reader is also given insight into how religion and faith are against the Native Americans to further oppress them, as...

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As early as 24,000 BC, animal and human figurines were made from clay and other materials, then fired in kilns partially dug into the ground. ... General Comparison of Materials Property Ceramic Metal Polymer Hardness Very High Low Very Low Elastic modulus Very High High Low   High Temperature Strength Thermal Expansion High Low Very Low Ductility Low High High Corrosion resistance High Low Low Wear resistance High Low Low Electrical conductivity Depends on material High Low Density Low High Very Low Thermal conductivity Depends on material High Low Magnetic Depends on material High Very Low...

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From this portrayal stems a cry of origination based on historical necessity; however a moral high ground of anti-Semitism- with its culmination through the Holocaust, enacted a second reasoning. ... Evident through its human rights violations and linked to a state apparatus which utilizes global support to allow for its development, Zionism evolved from an idea of liberation and security to an idea of oppression, exploitation, and imperialism- all under the guise of security. The economic development under the repressive conditions of the Zionist agenda utilized the framings of ideology ...

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Martin Pugh argues that the coalition under Lloyd George was beneficial to the suffrage movement. ... Pugh also noted that attitudes within society in the 1920s still remained grounded that "a women's place is in the home".9 His analysis is evident when looking at the hospital workforce after WW1, as during the war, they were accepting female medical students, however when the war ended women were rejected on the grounds of modesty. ... Therefore it is important to consider the (NUWSS) suffragist campaign formed in 1897 by various women's suffrage societies under the leader...

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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BRAND MANAGEMENT OF THE TAJ GROUP OF HOTELS Brands never die. They are meant to live forever. However, their luster fades by the imprudent decisions of brand managers who fail to see the future unraveling. The concept of branding is not new; many famous brands have been with us for some time. Many developed as the result of the energy and enthusiasm of the entrepreneurs behind them. ...

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Introduction Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa," published in 1962, is a painful and jarring depiction of ethnic conflict and divided loyalties. The opening images of the poem are drawn from accounts of the Mau Mau Uprising, an extended and bloody battle during the 1950s between European settle...

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It was under Mora's leadership that Costa Rican volunteers managed to repulse a would-be conqueror, the North American William Walker. ... Under Ferrer's leadership, the Junta made vast reforms in policy and civil rights. ... During that conflict, both the Sandinistas and the Contras set up military bases in the northern area of Costa Rica, and Arias was elected under the promise that he would work to put an end to this situation. ... Note that the literal translation of Indian is Indio, which is an insulting term to Costa Rica's indigenous inhabitants. ...

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This collapse may include revolutionary wars, ethnic wars, adverse regime changes and genocides. 3) The World Bank: Low-income countries under stress (LICUS) are defined by the weak policies, institutions, and governance. ...

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