What do we get out of our encounters with "wild" animals? Jane Desmond suggests, and I agree, that perhaps, in this day and age when the only ocean that most of us encounter on a daily basis is the ocean of cars in the commuter lot or at the mall, we are looking to connect with nature, with the wild, with the animal in ourselves. ... As Desmond says, " animal tourism, sell[s] an experience of the natural through exposure to wild animals, whether or not the particular animals have ever lived in or even seen the mythical wilderness the are tied to it in our imaginations." ... Another cruci...

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Tasmania, which lies outside of the protagonist Ellen's comfortable setting, is described from Ellen's point of view as being "by turns cultivated and wild" and violent. She describes the landscape as having a cultural feature, "An occasional stone cottage or hut built of wattle-and-daub", which is dominated by a wild feature, "the tiered forests towering above them". ... Similarly, she ridicules Ellen's former lifestyle, as she refers to Ellen's "hand" as being "not what one would call cultivated." ...

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When a woman like Desdemona threatens to disrupt these strict social boundaries through an interracial marriage and general outspokenness, a white male such as Iago feels threatened, responds as the victim of this so-called monster, thus further expressing the patriarchal superiority that has been written throughout history. ... When Desdemona defends her friend and fellow woman, Iago responds, "Come on, come on; you are pictures out of doors,/Bells in your parlors, wild-cats in your kitchens,/Saints in your injuries, devils being offended,/Players in your housewifery, and housewives&#x...

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When she reaches Daisy she calls Winterbourne over, who is temporarily escorting her on her walk. ... This clearly illustrates that Daisy's behavior was so against what was socially accepted by European high society, that within days the news of it spread like wild fire gossip and was discussed negatively amongst the European aristocrats. ...

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The countries in debt crises mainly used these credits, with the condition that they would carry out packet programs, which is called as stability or with more popular terms; structural adjustment. ... One of the studies covers the subject wholly is that of Racodi , who calls four basic capital types for coping with the overwhelming financial burden. ... Reducing or eliminating consumption items such as new clothes or 'luxury' food and drink, reducing the number of (cooked) meals per day and purchasing poorer quality or less food, buying cheaper and second-hand clothes, withdrawing ...

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The post-war welfare state was a social construction that resulted from the complex, contested and fragile set of arrangements called "settlements" - the political, economic, social and organisational settlements. ... In the 1980s fifty pieces of legislation aimed at curtailing powers and responsibilities of local authorities were passed (Wilding, 1992, quoted in Lewis, 1998). ...

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