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- 281: Australia
- ... Because Australia is one of the most multicultural nations in the world it is possible to find vibrant ethnic communities using almost every other world language.Australian school children have the highest rate of learning Asian languages, particularly Japanese and Chinese, of any industrialized western nation - in recognition of their future as a member of the Asia-Pacific region. Labor force is 8.63 million(september 1991) by occupation of finance ... and the industrialised nations of Europe. In recent years, however, trade to the industrialised countries has grown modestly relative to trade directed at the industrialising countries of Asia. Between 1988 and 1992 Australian exports to Asian markets grew from $US17.7 billion to $US25.7 billion, an increase of 45 per cent in five years. Along with the change in the direction of trade has been a transformation in the composition ... APEC) group remained Australia's major regional market, accounting for almost three-quarters of merchandise trade. Exports Japan was Australia's largest export market, taking almost a quarter of total merchandise exports; Exports to the Asian region overall grew by almost seven per cent to $A41 billion; Elaborately Transformed Manufactures (ETMs) exports grew 14 per cent to almost $A14 billion - they now account for 20 per cent of all merchandise ...
- 282: Bad Choosers
- ... challenge the two. Both must acquire food. It is noteworthy that men generally eat more than women. United States law mandates that both complete a certain amount of schooling. Both must toil through the identity crisis of adolescence, followed by the mid- life crisis of aging, and lastly, the mortality crisis in their elder years. There is a great possibility that both must appropriate wealth, provided they are not substinence farmers living in some foreign country that does not tax (In which case, the man ...
- 283: Clash Of Civilizations
- ... explain in Part II how the West is declining in power and influence. He emphasizes that although the West is still strong and growing in many areas, other civilizations are growing at a faster rate. Asian civilizations are booming both economically and in their military strength and the Muslim culture is spreading demographically, while the West is becoming increasingly preoccupied with its own internal problems such as crime, government deficits, drug ... state. Modernization was once equated with Westernization but, according to Huntington, this is now not always the case. His examples include the Japanese and Islamic cultures. In Japan there has been a return to traditional Asian culture due to the prevailing belief that their economic prosperity is directly linked to their traditional culture and that the problems of the U.S. are linked to our Western culture. Islamic leaders have expressed ... also notes the increasing economic cooperation and the development of numerous economic and trade unions among states of similar cultures. Again, Huntington goes into great detail giving examples of these alliances. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the Central American Common Market are all examples cited by Huntington of the growing cooperation between countries with similar cultures. In the author’s words, “In ...
- 284: The American Museum of Natural History: Anthropology
- ... exhibits that demonstrate many aspects of anthropology are located on the first, second and third floors. The first floor has American Northwest Coast Peoples, Eskimos, Human Biology and Evolution. The second floor had African Peoples, Asian Peoples, Mexico and Central American Peoples, and South American Peoples. Finally, the third floor had Primates, North American Eastern Woodlands And Plains Peoples, and Pacific Peoples. The museum also included many other interesting exhibits that ... sculpture or a little skeleton. There was also films that could have been seen for a small price, but if one has the time it is very educational and worth seeing. In the hall of Asian Peoples the most intriguing exhibits was the Chinese Wedding. It was very interesting to see how a different culture gets married. In this wedding the Chinese bride sits in this beautiful bridal chair from the ... exhibit expresses to me that people are very different all over the world and their is much to explore about other cultures even an event such as a wedding. One other exhibit seen in the Asian Peoples were an exhibit about dance. It was called the personality in Dance. The junkai people perform a special dance called the whirling dance. Dance in these peoples culture express a lot of different ...
- 285: The Grapes of Wrath: Ma Joad - The Leader
- The Grapes of Wrath: Ma Joad - The Leader In a crisis, a person's true colors emerge. The weak are separated from the strong and the leaders are separated from the followers. In John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family, forced from their home in Oklahoma, head to California in search of work and prosperity only to find poverty and despair. As a result of a crisis, Ma Joad emerges as a controlled, forceful, and selfless authority figure for the family. Ma Joad exhibits exelent self-control during the sufferings and frustrations of the Joad's journey. Ma knows that she is ... Ma emerges as their savior. Ma's success can be attributed to superb self-control, forcefulness, and selflessness. Just as Ma leads, Pa is shown to be no more than a reluctant follower. In a crisis, a person's true colors show. Some people run and hide, some step aside to follow, and a select few step up and lead.
- 286: Culture Clash
- ... meaning lost in the translation. I agree with Ben, I believe that what Kim is trying to say is that she is looking for a job in order to buy food and support her family. Asian people tend to convey messages and use suggestive language to replace direct request. Americans are usually very direct and will take words literally, which explains some of Ellen's misconceptions to Kim's pleading, which ... meet sometime. Kim misinterpreted that thinking she meant to visit her on that same day. Kim cleaned and tidied the house only to have Ellen never showing up. Another one of the biggest flaws among Asian people is their inability to say "no" to other people; and their utmost willingness to please. Kim is no exception to that statement. Ben defines that a "typical Vietnamese" is "passive and unassumingly nice". A ... even considered as minorities in America when it comes to statistic and polls. I can see that gradually changing though. The next generation and the generation after that will be the melting pot in the Asian society. Kim and Quang has set the tone for the direction of Asians in America. They have lived the American dream in six years, whereas Americans have taken an eternity to achieve. These changes ...
- 287: Affirmative Action - History
- ... is not only a great injustice in the work place, but it is present in admissions to colleges and universities as well. However, it does not exclusively pertain to white males in this context, but Asian-Americans as well. Therefore, affirmative action is not even inclusive of all of the minorities, but rather a select few. Just as the white employee has to have higher credentials to receive a job, so do white and Asian-American college applicants. Colleges and universities often have quotas set by the government, as businesses do, that ensure that they have enough minorities in their incoming freshmen class. An example is the admission practices at ... applicants due to affirmative action. In addition, many competent applicants are being refused admission, which is alarming due to the fact that only 27 percent of African-Americans graduate, whereas 66 percent of white or Asian-Americans graduate. Many people look forward to the day when employment and admission to colleges and universities will depend on an individuals qualifications and ability, regardless of the color of their skin or their ...
- 288: The Awakening: An Analysis
- ... available to Edna; either will "work," largely because this woman has come to the realization that neither submission nor rebellion will improve her life in any meaningful or substantial or lasting manner. Edna's identity crisis is not the transitory identity crisis of a woman who believes herself unloved and unvalued, or who is merely attracted to a temporary liaison “…she is disturbed by her own obsessions”(Yaeger 273). It is deeply positioned within her psyche and ... along which Edna's character is developed. Three strong images are found in The Awakening - music, birds in flight, and the sea. Each is used by Chopin to illuminate some aspect of Edna's identify crisis, morbid state of mind, and psychological dilemma. The music is played mostly by Mademoiselle Reisz and it “….becomes the code…for a world of repressed passions…”(Showalter 181). Music is a corollary to the ...
- 289: Gorbachev: Analysis of Three Books About Gorbachev
- ... and uses all kinds of approving terms such as "bright", "intelligent" and "incisive". But unlike Medvedev Lewin makes an argument that the main reason for perestroika was not the individualism of Gorbachev but rather the crisis that had been created by the mechanisms of economic management that had emerged in the 1930's and were still powerful. He also talks about the enormous role of the people who were "placing pressure ... friend of a friend" and then watch it, which as Gorbachev puts it "bred vulgarity and low tastes". Considering all the problems the government made "the only logical conclusion" that the country was verging on crisis. This conclusion was announced at the April 1985 Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee, "which inaugurated the new strategy of perestroika and formulated its basic principles" (p. 24). Gorbachev gives a plan of perestroika, its ... a success does not have an easy immediate answer. Some scholars argue that the reforms that lasted from 1985 to 1990 caused the collapse of the Soviet Union, leaving the country on the verge of crisis, with economy in chaos and no certain future. Joan E. Spero, the author of the book "The Politics Of International Economic Relations", is the supporter of this point of view. In the chapter entitled " ...
- 290: Gun Control
- ... Kennedy. In fact, on the very day that Kennedy died, President Johnson issued an emotional appeal to Congress demanding passage of a federal gun-control law. Two dramatic incidents had helped create a sense of crisis, which Johnson used to his advantage. President Clinton tried to do something similar after last December's shootings on the Long Island Railroad. Indeed, supporters of gun control are usually quick to seize upon sensational ... that police officers know they can not protect everyone at once; at times it falls on the individual to make up their own mind regarding self defense. Bibliography Anand, Rajen S., "The Government Terror Bill," Asian Week September 21, 1996: pp. 23-26. Baer, Donald and Ted Gest, "Guns," US News and World Report May 1989: pp. 21-25. Cassidy, Warren, "The Case For Firearms," Time 19 January 1990: p. 23 ...
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