American prosperity was built on the backs of middle class families, with one or both parents working in manufacturing and living their American dream. ... While offshoring stimulates the economies in developing countries, it is robbing middle class families in America of their American dream. ... Many companies are struggling to fill their high skilled positions due to the low population of adequately educated workers. ... For middle aged, educated people it is nearly impossible to retrain for another position that will pay their bills. ... Middle class suffers the consequences, as their tax...

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In Ashkenazi communities in the Middle Ages girls were married off very young in the Jewish community. ... In Mali, the female:male ratio of marriage before age 18 is 72:1; in Kenya, 21:1 The various UN-commissioned reports indicate that in many Sub-Saharan countries, there is a high incidence of marriage among girls younger than 15. ... In parts of Ethiopia and Nigeria numerous girls are married before the age of 15, some as young as the age of 7. ... According to UNICEF's "State of the World's Children-2009" report, 47% of India's women aged 20–24 were married befo...

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McDonald's India rather uses the new middle-class Indian family, which they consider their biggest advocates and ambassadors. ... This means that 66 % of the population is between 15 and 64 of age (World Bank., 2013). Thus, this causes high demand for fast food consumption for diner and lunch. ... Also, McDonald's advertisements, even if focused on the middle-class family, those advertisements should al well emphasize on targeting the young population. ... French law fines high amount of money to any shops that do not work by the law. ...

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In order to better reflect the UN's contribution to India's development (no longer to qualify as assistance in view of India's middle income country status), the UNDAF 2013-2017 has been renamed as UN Development Action Framework. ... Of these, almost 620 million are males and more than 580 million are females; 243 million people, or 23 per cent of the total population, are estimated to be in the age range of 10-19 years. ... However, child sex ratio (0-6 age group) has declined from 927 to 914 between 2001 and 2011 as per Census figures. ... While Gross Domestic Product (GDP) g...

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Therefore the person might not have the opportunity to make his/her own decision and can be matched with someone who is simply not a good partner for that individual.We also watched a documentary called "Middle Sexes", where they give an example of an arranged marriage where how a gay person goes through arranged marriage to fulfill the family's tradition and values, but at he same time he kept his "secret" relationship with another man, who he has been involved in a relationship over 8 years. ... Almost 14.3 million girls in the region become child brides before the ...

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Food scarcity was too high. ... And it is the very consciousness which grew amid the educated middle class just after the World War II. ... The unnamed narrator of Agunpakhi comments on the fact that the movement for separate Muslim state became so high that "Ladke-lenge-Pakistan" became a buzzword during that period. ... " The narrator has become a woman of middle age giving birth to three boys and a girl established and married off respectively. ...

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The state privileged the culture of the high caste Hindus eventually marginalizing the Non-Hindus. The high castes have the most influence in terms of land, capital and politics. Although the law no longer supports the caste system, these relations still have a high influence in the present social stratification. ...

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In fact, when I think of the word 'liberal', Rabindranath Tagore's stirring words instantly come to mind: "Where the mind is without fear and the Head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the mind is led forward by thee Into ever-widening thought and action Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, Let my country awake" Tagore made a sincere entreaty to Indians more than a century ago, albeit one that has fallen on deaf ears, time and again. ... But where does it evaporate, when it comes to choosing the appropriate age for marriage? ... Middle-class ...

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The number of abortions for girls increased immensely in India, most low-income and middle class families prefer and want a boy child, and therefore, several female fetuses are killed daily. ... It is also unacceptable for a woman to live alone; this leaves domestic workers in a very vulnerable position as they are also considered independent at the age of eighteen and cannot live on their own, this could force them into marriage when they're not ready. ... Girls spend their adolescence learning how to cook and clean instead of getting educated, they are eventually forced into marriage a...

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Age distribution 4. ... It identifies drivers that were of high importance in the past, indicates to what extend they might change in future and how this will interfere with the organization or the whole industry. ... Additionally oil is harvested in regions with a volatile political scenario, such as the Middle East, South China Sea, Russia and the Balkans. With the recent political turmoil in Crimea affecting key oil transport routes and Europe under the threat of freezing over, demand for oil is high and so are the prices. ...

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