Literary analysis "THE LOONS- The story "The Loons- is set in Canada in 1930, and the action takes place in Manawaka and by the Diamond Lake. Manawaka is a small city, mostly containing Eurpoean citizens, who do not really like the Indians, or their way of living. ... They have a shack based on a small square cabin made of polar poles and chinked with mud, which Jules Tonnerre built fifty years ago. The Diamond Lake is a place where the MacLeod family has a cottage. ... She had two small children, and had put on a lot of weight. ...

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As technology keeps advancing, soon no one will have to send any troops to war because robots will be in their place instead (Weapons, Gear, and Uniforms). ... Students start in a simulator bay which is a small room filled with computer processors and monitors. ... As of right now, only the drone pilots are sitting out of harms way using their drones to attack places like Afghanistan and Pakistan. ...

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The Woodland Period was a time when the Native Americans settled down into small villages which consist of small huts for their homes. The Woodland period was said to take place around 3,000 to 1,300 BP. ... They also hunted small game like squirrel, rabbit, and raccoons. ... These mounds could be as small as six feet and as tall as eighty feet. ... The Mississippian Period took place around 1,300 to 400 BP. ...

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There I was, sipping a cup of tea with mint and lots of sugar and admiring the rain through my small window. ... Everyone has a different definition of home but for me, Home is a place where my Lebanese soul is, surrounded by love and comfort, a place where I have created many special memories with my family and loved ones. ... Home is a place where I also feel comfortable to be who I am. ... My favorite part of the house was the kitchen because it was small and the smell of the food that was cooking. ... However, I was happy with what I had since I spent most of my time on campus, studying an...

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.: There is a thirty minute free period where you are expected to eat sand get in the shower before your classes of the day. 1-3 pm: I would get something to eat (usually either a sandwich or sushi– USC has some great places to eat for lunch!) ... Thus leaving them with the conclusion that the amateur athletes should be given a small portion for their services to the university. ...

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It would be slightly smaller than the state of New Jersey. ... Australia is the biggest land mass and populated area in Oceania, when compared to Fiji, Australia is big, but compared to the other world continents it is small, so on that spectrum one can see how small Fiji is. ... I think it would be a nice place to visit on a vacation, and like the U.S. gets a lot of money through tourism. I have read about various cruises and resorts that make Fiji a place to want to visit on a vacation. ... Although Fiji is a small country, their political system appears to be doing well, and are not hav...

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Many small businesses, especially in United States, do not offer paid maternity leave benefits mainly because they cannot afford it. ... For instance, if one of the possible candidates for your small business is a male in his 40s and the other is a just married female, which one would you hire? ... If the employer is required to pay for the parental leave, it may represent a threat to the short and long term sustainability of medium and small sized businesses. ... When such mandatory paid leave policies are in place, many small and medium sized businesses hesitate to start hiring, especially f...

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Many thinkers of his era believed that the perfect society was a small republic where people were in contact with their government. ... For Madison, the problem of governing could be solved by having many smaller states as the governing political units. ... Smaller republics would quickly have to tackle factions, and they would go extremely powerful faster than the states could respond. ... To him, a small republic has a limited amount of land and territory with a small number of people within it. ... The complexities of a representative democracy are further seen in that Madison makes a poin...

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It is used in places that are, or once were, British colonies[ CITATION Ele14 l 2057 ]". ... "The first past the post system is justified because it places responsibility for government in the hands of a single party. ... Some parties are bound to do better in one party system than the other: first past the post tends to benefit larger parties and PR smaller ones[ CITATION And08 l 2057 ]". ... In both countries the FPTP excludes small parties because the smaller ones aren't getting a say. ... It's the same in the UK however, the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Demo...

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Another factor supporting this theory is that when a war takes place in a democratic nation, their leaders must accept blame for that loss, by the voters of that particular nation. In a democratic nation, voters have a large say in what takes place in their country. ... Israeli relations have evolved from an initial American policy of sympathy and support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in 1948 to an unusual partnership that links a small but militarily powerful Israel, dependent on the United States for its economic and military strength, with the U. ... While the Vietnam War was taking...

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If we look at this in terms of a place to eat good food then there are a range of substitutes. ... The place of Chang's is where these later substitutes may be seen as it is designed to be a pleasurable experience. ... If we consider the purchasing power of the purchasers this may be seen as limited, as each purchase is small. ... If we consider the place of P F Changs in this they are a chain of full service restaurants. ... In terms of competition the main competitors may be seen as the smaller single outlet operations that are Chinese restaurants which also offer full service. ...

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Is it the place where you were conceived but what if your parents were on vacation in another country? Or is it the place where you were born at but what if you were in mid air in an airplane? ... She said, "They are skinny with small eyes and big mouth." With a high level of puzzlement of her descriptions of Chinese and Vietnamese people, I asked her, "So does that mean I am neither because I have big eyes, thick lips, light brown hair, no slanted eyes and a small mouth. ... Martinez was very unsure of where to place himself in the map of races. ...

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It took place from February 4 to February 11, 1945, at Yalta, Crimea, a port/resort. ... The Russians caused much pain to this small country, Romania, killing many people and making them pay for being allied to Germany for a small part of the war. ... Freedom is took for granted and the pain that a small country like that had to go through will not be forgiven in the years to come. ... I will criticize FDR for doing this to Eastern Europe, because it ruined one of the most beautiful, and educated places in the world. ...

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America, a country historically viewed as a land of new beginnings and opportunity, is now seen as a place of loss and hollow hope for a father and son. ... This establishes contrast later in the novel when Amir and Baba's lives' are torn apart and forced to be reconstructed as they attempt to find their place in America. ... They are never able to recover from this heavy gamble and spend the rest of the novel attempting to regain small pieces of what they once owned. ... Waiting, Amir flips through books in a small bookstore across the street from a family-run convenience shop. .....

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Outsourcing involves moving a job from one place to another in order to save money. ... There are increased margins of profit and companies are able to send their grunt work abroad and let more development and research take place domestically., Increased efficiency of productivity leads to a driving down of prices of consumer goods, and indeed, the cost of items like clothing, toys and electronics are getting cheaper, even without adjusting for inflation. ... Problem is, when there is economic recession or a lack of jobs available the amount of people that are consuming drops heavily and ther...

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Fishing makes up a small, but important amount of the economy. ... Small businesses in the cities of South Korea make up an increasingly important amount of the urban population. Most workers in South Korea are farmers if they aren't small business owners that sell household items, clothing, and food (Kummer, 71). ... Both the U.S and South Korea obviously trade with other countries, every place needs a sort of good that they do not have in order to prosper. ... The company itself is a South Korean multinational company, which means that it makes much profit to many places. ...

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Ionization detectors respond more quickly to flaming fires with smaller combustion particles; photoelectric detectors respond more quickly to smoldering fires. ... Never place the detector at the top of the basement stairs by the cellar door. ... Place smoke detectors at the top of each stairwell and at the end of each long hallway. ... If you mount it on the wall, place it six to 12 inches below the ceiling and away from corners. ... Establish a meeting place outside the house for all members of t...

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A Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of Joint Forest Management in Jharkhand, India" that communities that are made up of small, homogenous groups can be expected to manage a resource sustainably. ... However, if the polluter is free to pick up and leave, and often they are, this goes out the window and you have a situation where there is much to be gained with a small cost for environmental degradation. Even if the firm or person decides the continue to operate in the same place for a long period of time, often a significant amount of the costs or not borne by the polluter, resulting in wha...

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The vast majority of Syria's opposition forces aim to create a democratic Syria, however, the numerous opposition groups share a small number of similarities other than removing the Assad regime. ... However, as the Civil War continues to engulf Syria, the United Nations is struggling to support more than 9 million displaced people. 0 Lebanon, a considerably small country in the Middle East, is taking significantly more Syrian refugees than any other country. ... A major issue with this is that Syria lacks legitimate non-governmental organizations; therefore it is a challenge to make sure...

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Continuous Abstinence: no sex play Pros-no cost, prevents 100% of not getting pregnant or any STD's, no medical or hormonal side effects Cons-none Outercourse: sex play without vaginal intercourse Pros-nearly 100% effective, no medical or hormonal side effects, may prolong sex play and enhance orgasm, can be used when nothing else is available Cons- difficult for people to abstain from vaginal intercourse for long periods, pregnancy is possible if semen or pre-ejaculation is spilled on the vulva Sterilization: an operation to keep sperm from joining the egg Pros-permanent protec...

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Georgia passed a law which taxed polling places, which meant African Americans had to pay money to place their votes. ... Those small strikes sometimes succeeded in bringing smaller forms. ... A chief operating officer for both the railroad and the holding company sold stock at credit mobilier at drastically reduced prices to US congressmen and members of Grant's cabinet to assure that no congressional investigation would take place. ...

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That is a very small part of everyday life that our author Luis Alberto Urrea got a chance to witness in his time that he spent in the slums of Tijuana, Mexico. ... Throughout this paper, I will be explaining how a term coined 'Globalization" has shaped the slums of Tijuana into the place it is today and has in a way, forced the decision to make to journey to America upon a large amount of struggling human beings. ... After a while, slums will just form due to such a large unemployment rate and people needing a place to go. ... Local militias have the potential to take over and en...

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In addition, the area of civil construction in Brazil and in the USA is composed of small and big companies and it offers a huge portion of employment in both countries. ... Because in the United States some places get very cold during the winter, the wood is used as thermal insulation to keep places warm. In Brazil as the coldest temperature is not too low, it doesn't need to use any material to maintain places in a comfortable temperature. ... Both countries have small and big companies in their civil construction section. ...

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Before we left for our new lives, we gave all of our furniture, utensils, clothes, and our small plot of land to our neighbors. ... I felt very out of place and felt it wasn't right for me. ... We sailed for 19 days over the Pacific ocean and we landed in San Francisco, we were then transfered from the U.S.S Hoover onto a small ferry that would send us to Angel Island. ... It was a small enclave of four small blocks and that is where most of the Chinese lived. ...

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It is about time that something been put in place to monitor these things, for me I certainly feel good knowing someone's being held accountable for these things. ... Appeal processes on claims ought to be put in place by the insurer on all new policies they are going to introduce in to the market. ... Small and rural hospitals should adopt Medicare since this will encourage rural dwellers to be insured because they will not be forced to travel when seeking medication. This will encourage those who despise big hospitals for they will be in a position to enjoy their insurance benefits even...

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