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Some aspects of American culture and society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through a number of selected short literary works
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07/11/2012, 15:01
... independent daughter He desired to something good for her future but he only wanted to play the role of a guide who made suggestions because her life was her own He treated her as an independent ... independent, freer and more modern American women in the new era with their practical definitions of love and marriage Besides, I have acknowledged the wider gap between the young and the older ... together with the singing of the birds It is a garden of desire, the desire to grow and enjoy life Such desire was revealed in the way Bowden described the flower Selenicereus plerantus, which...
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Từ điển từ lóng tiếng Anh - Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
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30/11/2013, 17:03
... that deal with personal type, race, sex, ethnic origins, and so forth, are quite rude—often hateful—and considered by some people taboo No apology is made for those that are included They are rude ... absolutely; decidedly ᮀ I will be there at ten, absotively posilutely ᮀ I am absotively exhausted! accidentally-on-purpose mod deliberate, but meant to look like an accident ᮀ Then I accidentally-on-purpose ... red on the outside and white on the inside Patterned on oreo See also banana Rude and derogatory.) ᮀ Stop acting like an apple all the time! ᮀ Sam is your typical apple Can’t decide who he really...
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Tài liệu Instructions for Form 8863 Education Credits (American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning Credits) pptx
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15/02/2014, 14:20
... as determined by the eligible educational institution For this purpose, not include academic credit awarded solely because of the student’s performance on proficiency examinations • The student ... other than the student (such as a relative) are treated as paid by the student However, qualified education expenses paid (or treated as paid) by a student who is claimed as a dependent on your tax ... expenses that were paid from your dependent student’s earnings, gifts, inheritances, savings, etc For more information and an example, see Who Can Claim a Dependent’s Expenses in Pub 970, chapter...
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Tài liệu THE OLD MERCHANT MARINE, A CHRONICLE OF AMERICAN SHIPS AND SAILORS pptx
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17/02/2014, 01:20
... 1784! Derby ships were first to go to Mauritius, then called the Isle of France, first at Calcutta, and among the earliest to swing at anchor off Canton When Elias Hasket Derby decided to invade ... articles in the tavern rendezvous The timbered warehouses were filled with long-toms and ninepounders, muskets, blunderbusses, pistols, cutlases, boarding-pikes, hand grenades, tomahawks, grape, ... them from taking our trade and our storeships even in sight of our garrisons? Besides, were they not in the English and Irish Channels, picking up our homeward bound trade, sending their prizes...
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lang arts american idioms and some phrases just for fun
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11/03/2014, 03:29
... phrase describes getting a free ride in someone else's car Hitchhikers usually stand at the side of a road, and wave their extended thumbs to passing cars as a signal that they need a free ride Many ... students form new sentences with the idiom: Cue: He leaves for school Student: He is about to leave for school Cue: Tom goes home Student: Tom is about to go home Cue: They started the race Student: ... Here are some helpful ideas that can make using this book more efficient for you and a success for your students The ideas are presented as steps that can act as the guide for using the materials...
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AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 - SMART GRID INVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM potx
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16/03/2014, 14:21
... ahead. This information is also important for DOE‐OE, as it will be used to help identify technology development and other needs, guide research and development planning, and shape decision making for DOE‐OE’s grid modernization programs. 2.4 ... and encourage future investors and policy makers to maintain momentum toward a modernized electric grid. The program is designed to: Accelerate electric industry plans to deploy smart grid technologies by several years Develop and transfer know‐how on designing and integrating complex systems ... SGIG and will help ensure success by getting markets ready for grid modernization. One program is developing and training the workers who will be needed to design, build, install, and maintain smart technologies; another program is developing the interoperability framework—...
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IMMIGRATION: ECONOMIC IMPACT ON AMERICAN WORKERS AND THEIR WAGES pptx
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17/03/2014, 10:20
... 1967—and I think this is important to understand—the Department of Labor’s labor certification regulations implementing the Immigration Act provided that in order to determine whether prospective employment ... under the wage component of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ expanded Occupational Employment Statistics (‘‘OES’’) program or an employer-provided wage survey DOL’s guidelines further provide ... the flow of immigrants into all 50 states will decrease This type of self-deportation will take time, since the demand has evolved over several decades But an immigration reduction will still occur,...
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American Scenes, and Christian Slavery potx
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17/03/2014, 13:20
... out on either side towards the shoulders He was made to take the central position at the desk; while the man with the leg took the right, and the elderly gentleman the left The elderly gentleman ... respectable and intelligent than most of the bidders He was evidently a high-minded young man, who felt deeply the insulting position he was made to occupy Oh! that I could have whispered in ... dense that the officers deemed it prudent to "lie to." February 16. At A.M we were abreast of the city of Memphis, on the Tennessee side of the river Higher up there is Cairo These slave-holders,...
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McGraw Hill''''s Dictionary of american idioms and phrasal verbs
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20/03/2014, 17:47
... of time Go to ahead of time arrive at a decision and reach a decision to make a decision; decide ᮀ Have you arrived at a decision yet? ᮀ We will reach a decision tomorrow arrive back (some place ... neighborhood are all of a size all of a sudden suddenly ᮀ All of a sudden lightning struck the tree we were sitting under ᮀ I felt a sharp pain in my side all of a sudden all or nothing Lit everything ... Phrase-Finder Index provides a powerful tool for locating entry forms embedded in other entries and partially remembered phrases The form of the entry is quite straightforward, consisting of entry, definition,...
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American Culture and Language doc
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20/03/2014, 23:21
... louder than words" - This proverb means that if you have something that you are going to do, you should it instead of just talking about it In the American business world, people seem to make decisions ... Of course, not all people in the US have the same values because the US is made up of so many different kinds of people However, proverbs show us patterns and common themes ... make decisions and take action more quickly than in other cultures There is an emphasis on making decisions quickly and acting based on intuition "He who hesitates is lost"- This is another example...
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american comedy and the great depression
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21/03/2014, 21:55
... the cultural function of humanizing the wealthy, especially in a time of widespread poverty and social unrest The Great Depression was the biggest socio-economic event of the 1930s, it is fitting ... American culture - our films The films also had a huge impact on the Society President Franklin Roosevelt said: "During the Depression, when the spirit of the people is lower than at any other time,...
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Reproductive Health of Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Women: Examining Unintended Pregnancy, Contraception, Sexual History and Behavior, and Non-Voluntary Sexual Intercourse ppt
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22/03/2014, 12:20
... f Independent Variable Subgroup at risk for unintended pregnancy: Sexually active Fecund Not pregnant Not postpartum Not seeking pregnancy AIAN Study Participant Dependent Variable Unintended ... included enough respondents to examine AI/AN, or the urban AI/AN subgroup, with statistical reliability NSFG Cycle (1982) included 83 AI/AN respondents from a total of 7,969; Cycle (1988) included ... intercourse, and unintended pregnancies among urban AI/AN in order to help fill a need for baseline information and to better understand previously identified disparities violence in nationwide urban AI/AN...
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Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots pptx
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23/03/2014, 04:20
... Anecdote. Despondency of De Soto 315 22 CHAPTER XIX 23 CHAPTER XIX Death of De Soto Ascent of the Mississippi. Revenge of Guachoya. Sickness of De Soto. Affecting Leave-taking. His Death and ... CHAPTER VIII De Soto Returns to Spain Dreadful Fate of Chalcukima. His Fortitude. Ignominy of Pizarro. De Soto's Advance upon Cuzco. The Peruvian Highway. Battle in the Defile. De Soto takes ... peaceful and defenceless street, set fire to every dwelling, and with their keen sabres, cut down every man, woman and child It was a deed fit only for demons to execute De Soto deemed himself...
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American Leaders and Heroes pdf
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23/03/2014, 17:20
... and evil intent Fearing nothing, however, De Soto, attended by about a dozen of his men, rode boldly inside the town, which was surrounded with a palisade The giant chieftain then asked for a release ... TO DESTROY DE SOTO AND HIS MEN THE GIANT CHIEFTAIN DE SOTO IN DANGER A TERRIBLE BATTLE DE SOTO DISCOVERS THE MISSISSIPPI DIFFICULTIES AND SUFFERINGS MORE TROUBLES FOR THE SPANIARDS DE SOTO'S DEATH ... various tribes of the inhuman deeds of the white men No doubt these tribes combined in a desperate effort to destroy De Soto and all his men How nearly they succeeded in their plan can be told...
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Studies in African American History and Culture ppt
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23/03/2014, 22:20
... of short-lived black baseball federations.40 The league’s roster included the Medford Independents, Boston Royal Giants, Washingtons of Cambridge, Malden Riversides, and West Newton Athletics.41 ... newspapers with exerting a great deal of influence on the attitudes of black readers at the time.81 After six decades building itself into a vital part of the developing black communities of America, ... expanded their influence by barnstorming, the Chicago Defender, too, looked nationally for profit and prestige By 1920 the Defender distributed more than two-thirds of its weekly issues outside...
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To Live To See the Great Day That Dawn - :Preventing Suicide by American Indian and Alaska Native ppt
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28/03/2014, 23:20
... appropriate suicide prevention plans Its intended users include Tribal and Village leaders, Elders, healers, and youth activists; State and county injury and suicide prevention program leaders; community ... discuss suicide openly in order to develop a viable suicide prevention program As noted in the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, confronting the myths about suicide and suicide prevention ... comfort suicide survivors, who are those most affected by another person’s suicide or suicide attempt Next, the chapter describes how a community might develop a planned response to suicide contagion,...
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THE AMERICAN VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS SURVIVAL GUIDE ppt
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29/03/2014, 08:20
... makes decisions such as disability ratings that differ significantly from those of the Department of Defense The VA is the second largest department in the federal government (the Department of Defense ... Chapter Two The Department of Veterans Affairs By Dennis K Rhoades If you plan to take advantage of your rights as a veteran, sooner or later you are going to have to deal with the Department of ... The Continuous Residence Requirement 619 Continuous Residence Rules During Periods of Active Hostilities 619 Continuous Residence During Peacetime Service 620 Continuous Residence Requirements for Other than Active‐Duty Servicemembers...
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South American Fights and Fighters AND OTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE doc
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29/03/2014, 11:21
... murder, outrage or plunder in his train, and the Isthmus was fairly peaceable Balboa had tamed the tempers of the fierce soldiery under him to a remarkable degree, and they had actually descended ... assertion is gravely made by the ancient chroniclers I wonder what kind of an outfielder he would have made today [2] From the Spanish word "bachiller," referring to an inferior degree in the legal ... disbelieved the other He determined to appoint a new governor for the Isthmus, and decided that Balboa should be proceeded against rigorously for nearly all the crimes in the decalogue, the most serious...
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