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  • US Contemporary politics: Europe’s migration ‘crisis’ isn’t about numbers. It’s about prejudice

    US Contemporary politics: Europe’s migration ‘crisis’ isn’t about numbers. It’s about prejudice

    Kevin Guyonnet Degree in International Politics 1st Year ENGLISH TD US Contemporary politics: Europe’s migration ‘crisis’ isn’t about numbers. It’s about prejudice 1. Synonyms for underlined words in bold type: Homeless: Vagrant Broken: failing Deeply divided: disagreeing Screening: selection Ending: conclusion Deliberately: willingly Squalid: filthy Expelled: rejected, banned, got rid of Asset: strength, benefits Shaped: structured Hardliners: headstrong Pander: soften up Vulnerable: weak Looked the other way: look on the other hand Relentless: determined Dismal:

    676 Mots / 3 Pages
  • Essay about immigration

    Essay about immigration

    At a time when xenophobia is gaining ground in developed countries, when the media are constantly making the link between unemployment and immigration, and above all when political alarmist speeches such as Trump's are increasingly supported, it is easy to imagine migrants as a burden on countries' economic growth. But if we look at the question, we quickly realise that behind these denunciations hide more political convictions than real economic problems. Indeed, immigration is not

    361 Mots / 2 Pages
  • What do you think about the afterlife or the notion of live after death ?

    What do you think about the afterlife or the notion of live after death ?

    RESEARCH METHODS SUBJECT: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE OR THE NOTION OF LIFE AFTER DEATH? Professor: DR. Negar TERRANY SOUICI ARSLANE Tables of content ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3 INTRODUCTION 4 RESEARCH PROPOSAL 5 LITTERATURE SUMMARY 6 HYPOTHESIS 9 METHODOLOGY 9 CONCLUSION 10 APPENDICES 11 BIBLIOGRAPHY 12 Acknowledgement Before anything else, I would like to thank my research methods professor, Dr. Negar TERRANY for encouraging my research and for allowing me to grow as a research

    3 742 Mots / 15 Pages
  • Talking about supermoderrnism

    Talking about supermoderrnism

    Supermodernism is an architectural style that emerged in the 1990s. It has formal characteristics such as lightness, transparency and smoothed facades. The super modernist structures are airy, monolithic, minimalist defined by transparency and translucency from an abundant use of glass. Generally, the lines of this architecture are clean and simple, with a certain sensitivity to the neutral, the undefined, the implicit, expressionless. In the mid-1990s there were almost simultaneously publications of a series of books

    485 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Ghost de Nick Broomfield

    Ghost de Nick Broomfield

    - Ghosts is a 2006 drama film directed by Nick Broomfield, based on the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster. The title is a reference to the Cantonese slang term Gweilo (鬼佬), meaning "ghost man", used for white people. - (scene from where she is in the UK ) Trapped on bus in the Morecambe with big waves calling theirs families before going in water - Problems about travelling illegally to work and earn money for

    292 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Essay about internet

    Essay about internet

    3 hours. 180 minutes. 10800 seconds. This is the average time we spend on the Internet every day. Invented in the 60s, the Internet was first used for military purposes, however, nowadays, it has become a part of our daily life. In 2020, 4.66 billion people were counted as having access to the Internet, which represents 56% of the global population. From watching funny cat videos, viewing news, sending an email to your boss, the

    634 Mots / 3 Pages
  • Presentation about business ethics

    Presentation about business ethics

    Université ULCO Institut Supérieure de Commerce International de Dunkerque Projet Achat Projet Achat le Projet d'achat (plan d'action) Sous le thème « Les achats face aux menaces géopolitiques, écologiques et sanitaires.» Préparé par : Encadrée par : DR. ABIASSI Amen * AMMOUTA Ghoufrane Directeur de ISCID-CO * BA AQQA Hamza Dunkerque, * BOUROUDA Ali Et Enseignant-chercheur * El BOUANANI Mohamed Taha A L’université ULCO-ISCID-CO * EL MEHDI Zouhair * EZZOUBAEIRI Amine * JAMMOUA Hammad *

    1 071 Mots / 5 Pages
  • How much does our clothing really say about us ?

    How much does our clothing really say about us ?

    English How much does our clothing really say about us ? And should we allow other people to dictate us what to wear ? In modern society, clothing became has become a really important thing through all continents, especially in rich countries for obvious reasons. This question of clothing is really in the mouth of everyone today, representing wealth, time periods, history and even beliefs. This is why we can ask ourselves how much does

    828 Mots / 4 Pages
  • Nickel boys

    Nickel boys

    NICKEL BOYS Alabama, années 60. L’Amérique ségrégationniste. Une maison de redressement pour les jeunes terrifiante : Nickel. C’est dans ce cadre que nous emmène l’auteur afro-américain Colson Whitehead dans son roman Nickel Boys, dont la traduction française est sortie cette rentrée. Nickel boys raconte la société ségrégationniste américaine sous les lois Jim Crow; l’horreur de Nickel - maison de redressement inspirée de la Dozier School for Boys, dont la sombre histoire a été en partie

    953 Mots / 4 Pages
  • Basics about Britain

    Basics about Britain

    Basics about Britain I. Institutions, political, leaders and political parties. Britain is a constitutional monarchy ( king or queen, and parliament) : in Westminster. • • The • • • • Queen Elizabeth II. She has a symbolical power, . Parliament : 2 chambers : house of commons and in Britain today are : ( green tree) the majority party : Right-wing party (red rose) : Left wing party (yellow bird) not so powerful but

    1 734 Mots / 7 Pages
  • English and Me : write an essay about your relationship to English

    English and Me : write an essay about your relationship to English

    English and Me : write an essay about your relationship to English. Since I was little, I have really liked English. I started learning it in 3rd grade. I was very impatient to learn this language. I remember of my first lesson of English. It was about the English speaking countries. I had to colour a lot of flags and then I had to learn their names. My years of English in elementary school were

    304 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Can jokes about the disabled be funny ?

    Can jokes about the disabled be funny ?

    DOSSIER DE PARTIEL Partie écrite : rédaction d’une synthèse. Can jokes about the disabled be funny ? Titres des articles retenus (2 articles) : - “That’s my life : How Courtney Gilmour approaches disability and comedy, and beyond” By Vanja Mutabdzija Jaksic - “Laughing at dwarfism is the last acceptable prejudice – but don’t seek my approval for your intolerance” By Eugene Grant Ma synthèse compte : 301 mots I’ve read 4 documents on the

    382 Mots / 2 Pages
  • The conversation between Barack Obama et the white women about Norman Rockewell's painting The Problem We All Live With

    The conversation between Barack Obama et the white women about Norman Rockewell's painting The Problem We All Live With

    Imagine a conversation between Barack Obama and th white women about the painting by Norman Rockewell entitled The Problem We All live With. Discussion : Barack: Hi Ruby Nell how you’re feeling Ruby: Hi barack, i’m good, but I got a weird sensation when I see this board Barack: Yes, I can’t understand what was your feeling at this moment, but your story touch me, like it touches a lot of other black people. Ruby:

    551 Mots / 3 Pages
  • Dialogue about the next presidential election in Albomia

    Dialogue about the next presidential election in Albomia

    Moderator: Today we had the chance to receive the two candidates running for the next presidential election in Albomia. At my right, we have the current incumbent, Mr. Rightaway, and at my left, his challenger, Mr. Leftisit. First, Mr. Rightaway, I would like to ask you why you have decided to run for office one more time, did you find you hadn’t done enough during your past mandate? Incumbent: May I say I have initiated

    765 Mots / 4 Pages
  • Selena helps Justin about CDO

    Selena helps Justin about CDO

    Dear Justin, I hope that you and Hailey are doing great. We do not know each other but I’m a close friend of Selena. She told me that both of you are planning to make a huge investment in a synthetic CDO. I know a lot of things happened between you and Selena, it might be why you do not want to believe her but she’s genuinely concerned about you and she is right it

    310 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Reviews on sites about animal research

    Reviews on sites about animal research

    Speaking exercise – poster animal research – links articles 1 https://vib.be/science/why-animal-research-necessary This site is pro animal research. It gives good arguments about why animal research is necessary. They also care about the animals wellfare with the 3 R’s and the alternatives. However they barely talk about how the animals are treated and you don’t really see the arguments why animal research isn’t good. www.embopress.org/doi/pdf/10.1038/sj.embor.7400993 This site is subjective and doesn’t inform you about the cons

    517 Mots / 3 Pages
  • Essay about Attack en titan

    Essay about Attack en titan

    There are a lot of characters, in movies, cartoons, series…. And there are always new characters. We love a character because we identify with him, he is sympathetic, he has values…My favorite character is Eren Jäger, he is the main protagonist of Attack on Titan ( a manga). So I’m going to explain my choice and we’ll see firstly that Eren is hard Headed, brash, He was dedicated to both his friends then we will

    316 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Short biography and Film study task about Ray Charles

    Short biography and Film study task about Ray Charles

    Ismail Ibrahimi 1ère A RAY CHARLES FILM STUDYING Preliminary Questions Focus on the picture 1. What is the young boy doing? How does he feel about this activity? The young boy is playing piano, I feel as if the child exudes joy when playing playing it. 2. Why is the man wearing dark eyeglasses? What do you see reflected in them? The man is wearing dark eyeglasses because he is blind and because he doesn’t

    1 199 Mots / 5 Pages
  • About Armenia

    About Armenia

    The Republic of Armenia located in the South Caucasus, borders on the north to Georgia, to the south to Iran, to the east to Azerbaijan and to the west to Turkey. Armenia has 3 million inhabitants. The total number of Armenians in the world is estimated at more than 10 million, of which about a third are in Armenia and two-thirds are dispersed in more than 100 countries. The country's capital is Yerevan, founded in

    484 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Commentaire Thinking about Federalism(s)

    Commentaire Thinking about Federalism(s)

    FORNEROD L1G1 Mathilde TD n°10063 Séance n°9 - Commentaire de texte C’est en 2017 que parait « La nouvelle constitution britannique. Vers une constitution écrite ? », ouvrage écrit par Vernon Bogdanor dans lequel il développe l’idée une « période de réforme constitutionnelle » au sein du Royaume-Uni. En effet, selon lui, la Grande-Bretagne est enfin prête à se munir d’une Constitution écrite et ce, grâce à une « raison conceptuelle et une raison historique

    726 Mots / 3 Pages
  • Controversy about colin

    Controversy about colin

    Ce document est une vidéo présentée par l’Euronews et qui traite du cas de Colins Kaepernick, un athlète, qui, depuis qu’il refuse de se lever pendant l’hymne national joué avant chaque match de football américain, est détesté par beaucoup de personnes. En effet, le quarterback remplaçant des San Francisco, alors que l’hymne nationale retenti, pose un genou au sol pour dénoncer les bavures policières et le traitement réservé à la minorité noire. Suite à ce

    329 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Interesting things about Marshemello

    Interesting things about Marshemello

    Happier-Marshmello/Bastille Interesting things about Marshemello : He has never showed his face, he always wears his marshmello mask. Christopher Comstock, né le 19 mai 1992 à Philadelphie, est un DJ, producteur et compositeur américain. Il rencontre le succès en 2016 avec le titre Alone et son clip qui totalise plus de 2 milliards de vues sur YouTube3, puis par ses morceaux Happier, Wolves, Friends, et Silence certifiés disques de platines et ses collaborations avec Lil

    317 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Speech about the gender equality

    Speech about the gender equality

    Speech gender inequality : Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm reaching out to you because we have to end gender inequality. I find it sad that to this day we are still talking about it when it should be over. In what we consider to be modern times, and where we have many ways to end this inequality, women still suffer pay inequality, physical or sexual assault because they wear a dress and men see it as

    387 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Listening comprehension about money

    Listening comprehension about money

    LISTENING COMPREHENSION MONEY Instructions: Here are the 3 questions asked by the interviewer. Write the anwers of each person? 1. Do you think you are good with money? Are you able to save money? * Edwin: i save a little bit, he is pretty (plutot) frugal = economical * Rosalind: She is pretty thrifty and that life in London is very expensive * She uses her wage (salaire) She has a cheap rent (loyer) ,

    265 Mots / 2 Pages
  • Fiche de lecture Moi, boy

    Fiche de lecture Moi, boy

    Moi, Boy Auteur : Roald Dahl est un écrivain anglais dont les œuvres s'adressent aussi bien aux enfants qu’aux adultes. Ses parents sont originaires de Norvège, lieu de ses vacances estivales. Il est né en 1916 à Llandaff et mort en 1990 à Oxford. Il a reçu de nombreux prix pour ses écrits Editeur : Gallimard Date de publication : 1984 Genre : autobiographie Étude de couverture : Sur la couverture, en bas à gauche,

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