... or other characteristics beyond the control
of the country’s government, by the method used
to aggregate individual indicators, by the com-
parability ofthe data, and by the purpose ofthe ... positions
in the professions, legislative bodies, and
senior civil service.
In contrast to the United States, Finland ranks
near the top ofthe industrialized world on each
of the following social ... of members of Parliament are
females, and of senior civil servants are fe-
males. By contrast, in Nordic countries, about
of doctors are females, of members of
Parliament are...
... through the bloodstream
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Calvin ... falls into the wrong hands
If it falls into the wrong hands
Genocide and ethnic
cleansing (pictures
from Kosovo)
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account ofthe economic, socialandpolitical dynamics and status ofthe Arab countries’,
fails to include the non-Arab countries ofthe Middle East and therefore cannot strictly ... successful coup and took control of
Iraq in the name of Ba’athism. Aflaq was invited to settle in Iraq, accepted the offer, and
eventually became the leader ofthe National Command ofthe Iraqi Ba’ath ... against the Yemeni nationalists, to leave the region
(including the port and base of Aden itself), it left it in the hands ofthe NLF, and in 1970
South Yemen was officially declared the People’s...
... is part ofthe Kingdom ofthe Netherlands together with the
Netherlands Antilles, from which it was separated in 1986.
History: Aruba was claimed by the Spanish in 1499 and settled by them, but ... fishing.
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda lie slightly to the east ofthe main chain ofthe Leeward Islands,
43km (27 miles) north-east of Montserrat. The third island in the group, Redonda, ... greater politicaland
economic co-operation, local disputes continued to disrupt the working ofthe Group.
The purpose ofthe Andean Group was to promote economic integration between the
member...
... together and proceeds to ask the team questions about what happened, what
worked, what did not work andwhatarethe options they could try in the forth-
coming match and why.
The success ofthe ... forthcoming opposition. The
attacking team has the centre pass off and they are told that there are 15 seconds
left on the clock until the final whistle sounds andthe score is tied. The problem
to be ... participate in the
world of work to keep their families afloat. Ideas about who children are, what they
can be and how they should behave are inevitably connected to political, economic
and cultural...
... people. And
those shops may be the only source of living of then.
To conclude I would like to express my opinion which rather possitive. I think that
supermarkets are great creatures andthe more ... always found there.
One the other hand shopping in supermarkets can be annoying beckause there is a
big choice which can cause confusion.
People often buy unnecessary things beckause they seeing ... recipt and you
are given a new one or your money back.
Not to forget about sales and special offers such as "buy one get one free" or "two
for the pirce of one" are always...
... we can then ask whatthe right type of
tax might look like. Today, taxes on alcohol are based on the volume of ethanol in
the product, regardless ofthe price ofthe alcohol. Although there ... between the suppliers andthe retailers of alcohol. Many ofthe alleged evils of
the pre-Prohibition era involved excessive promotion of alcoholic indulgence by the
suppliers and retailers of alcohol, ... California and Illinois.
Raymond W. Cox III is a professor in the Department of Public Administration
and Urban Studies at the University of Akron. He is the author of some forty-
five academic and professional...
... context the random effects model, which is
applied in the third and fourth chapter andthe logit model, which is applied in the fifth
chapter are introduced. In the third chapter the effect ofsocial ... instance the General Social Survey (GSS) in 1972, the World
Value Survey (WVS) in 1981 andthe Barometers. These are today the main sources
for researchers within this area andthe number of countries ...
The thesis is structured as follows: The first chapter gives an overview ofthe existing
literature andthe current state of research. The concept ofsocial trust is introduced
in detail and...
... importance of knowing their investors andthe role of financial
interlinkages between sectors ofthe economy. Investors and their intermediaries have
become wary ofthe behavior of competing types of ... coefficients and
their t-statistics. Coefficients for macro controls, in particular the short rate, are significant
but the sign ofthe real growth rate is ambiguous. The coefficient ofthe share of ... regulatory reforms)
and poses the question ofthe relevance ofthe investor base in broader terms. On the one
hand, the consequence of such an approach is that the empirical results are likely to...
... walls, and edges, andthe walk-
way the length ofthe funded section. This portion of the
canal project is considered a key
link between the historic City Dock
and Turning Basin andthe rest of
the ... staff are trained to
assist these groups in the best use of
the materials and information for
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The benefit of safety education is incalculable, since it could mean the cost of saving a life.
The ... all the National Parks in the
western U.S., and highway 30, the
Bear Lake-Caribou Scenic Byway and
route ofthe Oregon Trail.
Visitors to the Center are guided
through the various stages of travel-
ling...
... The decisions made in this year’s budget debate affect the
daily lives of all Californians – from the quality of our public
schools to the roads we drive on andthe air we breathe.
Many of ... increase of 13.0 percent.
– Seniors arethe fastest-growing segment ofthe population,
increasing demands on health- and age-dependent
programs.
– Inflation pushes the cost of goods and services ... lack of growth in
personal income tax revenues. In fact, the personal income tax
posts the strongest growth of any ofthe state’s major taxes.
Low-income households pay the largest share of their...
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What arethe good and bad points of
advertising from the view point of a consumer?
advertising from the view point of a consumer?
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Advertising ... television many
times a day so they can
easily recognize brand
name ofthe suppliers.
The customers are very
impressed by the
images that the
suppliers advertised in
the television. It’s look ... advertise for their
products such as singer,
model when their fans saw
their stars advertised in the
television they will be
interested in the purchase of
that products because she/he
is their...
... materials.
It is the social, politicalandeconomic effects of nanotechnology that concern theEconomicand Social
Research Council. We are grateful to Professor Stephen Wood ofthe ESRC Centre ... aim, then,
becomes one of ensuring any barriers to theeconomic success
of nanotechnology are overcome.
Some of these barriers are financial and strategic, andare explicitly
stated .The lack of ... which are read by a laser beam .The
ultimate limit on the density of craters, and thus on the density
of information that can be packed on the surface of such a device,
34 thesocialand economic...
... shelter and love and care, they do not need
anything else. But if any of these are not given, they may
become very demanding. In turn the parents may turn on
them and this can lead to abuse ofthe ... So the
demands of work is already enough to fray the nerves of
the parents. Further demands from the children at home
might cause a nervous reaction on the part ofthe parents.
Some parents, ... bit of peace and quietness.
Sometimes however, anger may overwhelm the parent;
and he or she releases violence onto the child. If this
Whatarethe possible causesof child abuse?
What, ...
... The crossing of different cultures can lead to
misunderstandings and may cause conflicts.
Therefore they are divided into cultural groups by
their differences. And we should ... understand the others and can live with them
more friendlily and peacefully.
confused signals become more serious when
they involve what we regard as discourtesies or
deceptions.
The German’s ... achieving the
three basic needs: self preservation, self-
reproduction and self-expression.
International exchange has become so quick andWhat is culture andwhatarethe influences of
culture?...