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    and its primary characters. In the first episode, Chuck appears as a privileged, woman-obsessed teenager. In fact, referring to the show’s primary protagonist, Serena, he suggests, “that level of perfection needs to be violated.” Later, referring to Blair Waldorf, he insists his friend, Nate Archibald, should “tap that ass.” Ultimately, Chuck only views his female counterparts as sexual objects, not human beings. Throughout the first season, in particular, Chuck is mostly characterized as three things:

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    The Fabians believed strongly in the importance of the re-organization of Society by creating local governments and working for the extinction of private property. They desired “municipalization of Land and local government” according to the Fabian Parliamentary League’s Tract, The True Radical Programme (1887, p. 7). By giving power to local governments, the Society felt national wealth could be better circulated and citizens could be better represented. This radically modern notion is expressed

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    Previously the UK has been criticised for having a two party system since the 1990s. This means that the voting system of First Past the Post favours two parties, these being Labour and Conservatives. However, it has now been challenged that the two party system is in decline and the UK is moving to a Multi-party system. A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties across the political board run for national election, and all have the capacity to gain control of government

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    Serena Van Der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf are two core characters in the drama series, Gossip Girl. Although they share their differences, they’re both very similar. They refer to each other as S (Serena) and B (Blair). In some moments, they’re portrayed as “frenemies”, but in the end they always work it out. Despite being occasional rivals, the two best friends remain close. The show opens up with Serena and Blair when they’re younger, and this is where the competition and rivalry mainly begins.

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    would be Blair Waldorf. Blair is a girl from the television show, Gossip Girl, who starts off as a teenager and ends the show in her early 20s, all the while maintaining her status in New York’s Upper East Side. Blair Waldorf has medium length brown hair throughout the course of the show. At a stature of about 5’2”, she has a delicate, petite frame. Appropriately, her personal style is feminine, preppy, and chic. During the beginning to the middle

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    show “Gossip Girl” which represented the mystery in the show until the very end. “Gossip girl,” a show that let the audience in the lives of manhattan's elite. “Gossip Girl” is a blogger who spills secrets of the teens of New York’s upper east side. Blair Waldorf the queen bee of Constance Billard’s school, Serena van der Woodsen her beautiful best friend and occasional rival. Chuck Bass the “bad boy” who loves to have fun, and then there’s Nate Archibald; Chucks best friend, who wants to be able to

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    Kimberly Cheng Film Review for Shattered Glass A. Introduction 1. Give the name of film, producer and the year. Craig Baumgarten, Tove Christensen, Gaye Hirsch, and Adam Merims produced Shattered Glass in 2003. 2. Why did you select this film for your review? I chose this film because I am interested in psychology and social behavior. As a student wanting to switch into a psychological and social behavior major at UC Irvine, I believe that exposing myself to how psychology may be presented in society

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    In the story, Blair asked Nate to come to her hotel; Nate’s thought to that was, “Meaning the three Cs: champagne, caviar, and condoms” (von Ziegesar, 42). Later in the story, a character named Jenny, who is a fourteen year old girl, purposely started doing badly in school

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    What were the main motives for the Invasion of Iraq in 2003? This project argues that there were many more complex reasons for Tony Blair’s 2003 invasion of Iraq, other than the war on terror, the need to find weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and to free the Iraqi people from the tyranny of Saddam Hussain as the government implied. Factors such as the vast amounts of crude oil that the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf contains (which includes a large part of Iraq’s coast) and the need to control

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    keystone of post-war politics in both countries, having significant impact in both of their subsequent histories, and also those of other nations. Some of these relationships have been iconic in their pairings: Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan; Tony Blair and George Bush; Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt (who were in fact related); whilst others have been less fruitful – Anthony Eden, a man previously considered to be the authority of his time on foreign policy, having been Foreign Secretary for 30

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