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The cat's table

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It is an adventure story detailing the journey of an eleven-year-old boy sailing from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to England in the 1950s.... Below the tideline, The Cat's Table is a.... ... ... He is travelling all by him to be reunited with his mother.... The boy is apprehensive about how his mother, whom he has not seen for many years “could know exactly hen I would arrive in that other country and if she would be there....

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The Lakota Way

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This kind of lifestyle has been clearly articulated by Joseph M.... Marshall in his book, The Lakota Way : Stories and lessons for living.... ... ... ... I believed that after one reads The Lakota Way, he will be able to get insightful information that can help one in life.... The Lakota way of life is a book which can guide a person through the In each chapter, the book covers a different principle....

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Information Systems in Business

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This literature review "Information Systems in Business" discusses the importance of having databases that have privileged information in order to manage the various transactions that people carry out and consequently avoid fraud and also take care of the individual's accounts in case they become victims of hacking....

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Portrait of Teresa

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This movie review "Portrait of Teresa" analyzes the Pastor Vega's film 'Portrait of Teresa' that gives a vivid account of an average Cuban woman who struggles amidst the irresistible stress of workplace and family life.... .... ... ... Daisy Granados starred Teresa resembles the contemporary Cuban women who make inadequately pathetic attempts to bring forth reasonable social changes in their living conditions....

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The Heroines of Sleeping Beauty and Enchanted

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This movie review "The Heroines of Sleeping Beauty and Enchanted" presents Disney Films, Sleeping Beauty and the Enchanted have their own priced heroines: Princess Aurora for Sleeping Beauty and Giselle for Enchanted.... While both of these heroines possess similar qualities.... ... ... ... The concepts and themes comprising Sleeping Beauty and Enchanted help form the skeleton that describes what the film is all about....

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How Technology Influences the Society

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This review "How Technology Influences the Society" is aimed at critically analyzing articles Belkin and Turkle to bring out both positive and negative effects of technology on man.... The review discusses its effects and impacts on our daily lives; the stories concern every member of the audience....

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Discussion of the Arguments Presented in Three Cups of Tea Book

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This paper provides a thorough review of the explanations and arguments presented in Three Cups of Tea, a book that describes the transition of the author from mountain climber to a dedicated humanitarian determined to promote girls education and ameliorate extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.... ...

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Analysis of Children of Dust - A Memoir of Pakistan by Eteraz Ali

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The paper "Analysis of Children of Dust - A Memoir of Pakistan by Eteraz Ali" states that Amir ul Islam is brought out as a postmodern person while in America.... The name combination of both assumed and given name showcases that Islam is only reclaimed to help him internalize and become manageable....

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Analysis of The Life of Pi Book by Yann Martel

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This essay summarizes every chapter of the adventurous novel 'Life of Pi' which is based on several fictional events.... According to the author's note, the relativity of the truth is the major theme of this novel.... This novel was inspired by Moacyr Scalar's story 'Max and the cats'.... .... ...

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The Theme of Conflict in the Bubble Film

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"The Theme of Conflict in the Bubble Film" paper focuses on the film written by Gal Uchovsky and directed by Eytan Fox.... The bubble was filmed in 2006 and released by Strand Releasing.... It has four main characters; Noam, Ashraf, Yali, and Lulu, three minor characters; Jihad, Golan, and Rana.... ...

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Donnie Darko's Set of Symptoms Common for People with Schizophrenia

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The paper "Donnie Darko's Set of Symptoms Common for People with Schizophrenia" describes the clinical picture of the protagonist of the American film by Richard Kelly.... Donnie experiences aural and visual hallucinations and becomes obsessed with the ideas of the end of the world and time traveling....

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The Death of Woman Wang: A Historical Microcosm of China

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This research will begin with the statement that while China is known historically as the birthplace of many religious, technological, and social breakthroughs, much is still not known to the modern world or outside of China about its history as a nation and the historical culture of its people.... ...

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Negative Impacts of Engineering Projects

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The paper "Negative Impacts of Engineering Projects" explains mechanical engineers have to find ways to burn fuels resulting in cleaner emissions and reduce non-renewable resources consumed to accomplish the task.... Engineers develop hybrid cars that provide major increases in automobile gas mileages....

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Improving Customer Satisfaction in Banks

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This essay discusses that banks are financial institutions that offer a range of financial services.... The services include saving and lending money.... By providing the check and credit cards, the banks enable their clients to pay for goods and services without necessarily having to carry cash around....

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Hot, Flat, and Crowded. 2008 by Thomas L. Friedman

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In “Hot, Flat, and Crowded” Thomas Friedman is concerned with the fact that the world is becoming more globalized, more populated, and facing increased energy poverty, and as such there should be solutions to these problems.... In terms of globalization, Friedman is of the.... ... ... The reduction in barriers is allowing people to interact on higher levels and such, the global population is rapidly increasing....

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The Brazilian Film behind the Sun

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The paper "The Brazilian Film behind the Sun" states that the core theme of the film is the aspect of sacrifice and forgiveness that the film carries.... The story narration is from Pacu, whom the parents referred to as 'the Kid' since they had no hope of him surviving the feud (Thomas 1).... ... ...

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Twelve Years in Slavery

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The review "Twelve Years in Slavery " argues freedom and the suffering of people are described through subjected distress in the cotton plantation.... The slaves experienced whipping and forced working in the plantations to show intense suffering by secluding gender and racism among slaves.... ... ...

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Temperature, Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics

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From the paper "Temperature, Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics" it is clear that the book begins with what the reader is expected to cover in the chapter, the website does not; instead, it goes straight to the topic and starts to define terms.... .... ... ... At the beginning of the chapter, Tipler and Gene start by defining the term thermodynamics as the study of energy in relation to its effects on a system....

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Debating the Presidency

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The paper "Debating the Presidency" describes that the ability of the president to nominate federal judges has created rifts that portray that if given such power, then he assumes absolute power over the law and the country.... It also questions whether it is prudent to elect judges.... ... ... ... The work of the legislature is to come up with various directives and strategies that are of importance and do not threaten the rule of law and create tension that might also lead to the separation of powers....

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Nurses Themselves Can Be a Barrier to Effective Infection Control Precautions

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The paper "Nurses Themselves Can Be a Barrier to Effective Infection Control Precautions" is a good example of a literature review on nursing.... The paper "Nurses Themselves Can Be a Barrier to Effective Infection Control Precautions" is a good example of a literature review on nursing....

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The Functional Form for Organizational Management

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The paper "The Functional Form for Organizational Management" highlights that allocation of restricted resources relies on the priority given to every of the project activities.... Their priority is calculated exploitation of the vital path technique and the analysis of heuristic.... ... ... ... This type, among the likely forms of recommending a project in the organization, signifies the opportunity for its realization in one practical part of the enterprise (Orr, 2007)....

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Danish Cinema

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The paper "Danish Cinema" describes Babette's Feast film depicts the story of two elderly Danish spinsters.... These sisters are from an isolated jute land, a small village, and from the very outset of the movie, one understands that their father, a pastor, brought them up in good discipline.... ...

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CEO Compensation

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The paper "CEO Compensation" proves ethical executives should be richly compensated after fulfilling their fiduciary duty to others because they prevent the business from collapsing.... CEO and compensations should be systematized to endorse risk-taking business and investments.... ... ... ... American executive compensation has been a point of concern and an agency problem in most companies....

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History the West

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The book report 'History the West' is devoted to the Buffalo Girls is another excellent novel that communicates McMurtry's adoration for the American West.... He has been just as fruitful in rendering the West as it was and the West as it has gotten to be.... .... ... ... McMurtry is a glorious storyteller, and the West has numerous sublime stories that shout out to be told....

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Come Again

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The paper "Come Again" tells the initial days at the university with lots of humor and warmth, flapping of first love relationships, and the madness connected to the Freshers' week, without leaving out the dreams and hopes that these students had concerning their future.... ... ... ... The text can be considered to have various tips for me as a life coach....

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The Central Role of Lurie in Coetzees Disgrace

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The paper "The Central Role of Lurie in Coetzee's Disgrace" states that the character of Mr Isaacs is shown through that Lurie after Lurie apologizes over the grief he had caused him and the wife.... He is portrayed as a considerate person, as he later promises to intervene for his return at the university....

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Supply Chain Management

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This literature review "Supply Chain Management" discusses the organizations that should learn from the successful corporations but they should implement those processes which comply with the requirements of its business operations.... ... ... ... As Supply Management has widened its scope to incorporate the demands of international businesses, it is vital for organizations to develop a highly efficient and integrated SCM framework....

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The Complete Taj Mahal and Living Architecture: Islamic Indian

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This study explores two books, The Complete Taj Mahal by Ebba Koch and Living Architecture: Islamic Indian by Andreas Volwahsen aptly.... Moreover, Ebba Koch is an architectural historian and an art historian, whereas Andreas Volwahsen is a German author and photographer.... ... ... ... Ebba and Andreas main theme in their respective books is the theme of Indian architecture, specifically the early Mughal Agra architectures....

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Significance of the Dog in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace

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This paper ''Significance of the Dog in J.... .... Coetzee's Disgrace'' tells that One of the most controversial and challenging novels is Coetzee's 'Disgrace', which oozes various implications, making it rather difficult to understand.... 'Disgrace' was the 1999 Booker prize winner that revolved around the world of human....

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The Conflict in The Forever War by Dexter Filkins

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This paper reviews the novel titled "The Forever War" written by Dexter Filkins.... Specifically, the paper examines literature elements used by the author of the novel.... The structure of the study is merged in certain chapter-by-chapter discussions in order to represent a detailed summary....

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How Has Russia Been Affected by Globalization

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"How Has Russia Been Affected by Globalization" paper tries to first provide basic facts and insights on globalization in the context related to its influence on Russian affairs.... A discussion on the Russian trends as affected by globalization will follow.... ... ... ... Although economic conditions are critically important, they cannot be separated from non-economic factors....

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Definition of the Democracy Concept

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"Definition of the Democracy Concept" paper examines the concept of democracy which is one that is largely misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misused by many.... The resulting cloud of disarray comes in the backdrop of daily mentioning of the word and the concept in the media.... .... ... ... I define democracy as a government formed by the people in which the common majority or the citizens have supreme power, and they have the ability to exercise their power through a just, free, and fair electoral system....

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The Concept of the Families Making a Difference

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This paper "The Concept of the Families Making a Difference" focuses on the fact that Dr Jerry Pipes is an internationally recognized speaker, having travelled the world to speak to people in local churches, schools, businesses and area-wide crusades.... ... ... ... The authors have achieved their intended purpose because they exemplify the outcome of a family that is united in fellowship and ministry....

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Organizational Behavior Facilitates Success

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The paper "Organizational Behavior Facilitates Success" highlights that organizational citizenship behavior is the behavior that is willfully exerted by personnel in the external facet of the entity and the said behaviors are not influenced by any reward framework.... ... ... ... Organizational behavior facilitates success....

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The Parallel of Mary Shelleys Monster in Frankenstein and Paradise Lost

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The paper "The Parallel of Mary Shelley's Monster in Frankenstein and Paradise Lost" states that the beauty of the character is his duality between Adam and Satan.... It is his, own whims and desires that revoke in him the decisive action as to which role he is to play.... ... ... ... Shelly positions Frankenstein and as this rebellion and draws from there at Man likewise....

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Mise-en-scene - Casablanca

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The paper "Mise-en-scene - Casablanca" tells us about movie sequence.... The audience can clearly feel a spying edge over knowing about all the buzz murmuring in the black market, and the importance of Signor Ferrari.... ... ... ... The next scene opens up inside the bar: a medium-shot with the fast and flamboyant entry of our Protagonist, Rick Blaine (played by Humphrey Bogart) from the left door (a surprise element where we actually anticipate the entry of the Nazi Captain)....

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Alcohol and Native Americans

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From the paper "Alcohol and Native Americans" it is clear that Native American women can play a very crucial role in the elimination of FASD, widely used for 'fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.... They can try to be more open and accepting which will make other women comfortable talking about their problems....

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The First Day of Class

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This paper ''The First Day of Class'' tells us that from grade school, through high school, and right into college, the first day of class is a mixture of fear, excitement, and anticipation.... In college, the excitement and anticipation can quickly change to dread when a linear form of communication is utilized by the professor....

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The center cannot hold by Elyn Saks

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‘The center cannot hold' is a book by Elyn Saks.... In her book, Saks discusses candidly and frankly about her struggle with Schizophrenia.... Saks is a distinguished lawyer, professor, and psychiatrist but has suffered from schizophrenia for a large chunk of her life and still continues to have bouts of the illness....

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Assignment 7

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Review of “The Epic of Gilgamesh” By Andrew George Name: Institution: Date: Gilgamesh, part human and part divine, happens to be the world's strongest man and doubles as its greatest king.... However, he is young, and treats his people with a lot of arrogance.... ... ... ... In return, his people call for help from the sky-god Anu, who happens to be the chief god of their city....

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Lies and Interpersonal Communication in Win, Win

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Mike Flaherty is going through a tough time.... He is a practicing attorney in a small town in New Jersey, and he is going through a crisis.... He is under tight financial constraints and there are many things that need to be done.... .... ... ... Lies and Interpersonal Communication in “Win, Win”....

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An Imperfect God by Henry Wiencek

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The researcher of this book review aims to analyze the novel Imperfect God, written by Henry Wiencek, that is about George Washington, who was born and raised among blacks and mixed-race people and his life as a slave master, where he benefited financially from slavery.... .... ... ... The author pours through records of slave sales and letters of Washington and his family in order to discover what Washington's true thoughts were and what he actually did when it concerned his slaves....

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Michael Drayton's Poetry

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Michael Drayton (1563-1631), Shakespeare's contemporary and English Elizabethan poet, has written in a variety of poetic genres, including all of pastoral, spiritual, historical and epic poems.... He is best known, however, for his sonnets, one of which, "Come Let Us Kiss and Part" (1619) will be critically analyzed in this essay....

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Niccol Machiavellis The Prince

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This paper is an analysis of Niccol Machiavelli's The Prince in the context of the practice of leadership in contemporary 21st century society.... Beginning with a brief description of the author's historical milieu, the main themes of his work are discussed and evaluated as to whether these continue to be appropriate in this age. ...

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Jerusalem One City, Three Faiths

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For the past millennia, Jerusalem has been the site of contention and contestation.... From the Crusades to the present times, countless lives have been lost in the quest to lay claim to this city.... Whether Christian, Jew or Muslim, all believe in the sacred and holy nature of the city of Jerusalem but do so within the limits of their religious doctrine....

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The High Renaissance in Italy

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This literature review "The High Renaissance in Italy" discusses the radical and comprehensive changes that took place in European culture during the 15-16 c, bringing about the demise of the middle ages, and embodying for the first time the values of the modern world, as stated by art history....

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The femme Fatal in Neo-film noir: comparison of Brick and Bladerunner

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The femme fatal in Neo-film noir: comparison of Brick (2005) and Bladerunner (1982) Introduction Literally, femme fatal means in French- the deadly woman.... The femme fatal is a recurring character in the genre of the film noir.... The concept of the femme fatal is an archetype which has been repeated over the centuries....

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Strategic Management Process

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The author of the paper will begin with the statement that in modern business management, the strategic management process and the implementation of theoretical business concepts are essential and vital for ensuring business growth and expansion.... ... ... ... Strategic management is the secret to business growth and development....

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History Report based on Three Cups of Tea Book

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Running head: History Topic Introduction Three Cups of Tea is a book that describes transition of the author from mountain climber to a dedicated humanitarian determined to promote girls education and ameliorate extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.... ... ... ... After becoming a cofounder of Central Asia Institute (CAI), Mortenson becomes part of an organization, which oversees the establishment of close to 200 schools....

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'Focused Interaction' in Behavior in Public Places (1963)

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Focussed Interaction in Behavior in Public Place(1963) Introduction Erving Goffman (June 11, 1992 – Nov 19,1982) was the important sociologist and intellectual in the twentieth century.... Born in Canada, Goffman developed his intellectual interest in the humanities and social sciences.... ... ...

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