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    Poverty in Latin America

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    countries. According to Lopez (2000), the poverty level in Latin America is far worse in rural areas like Mexico and the Andean countries. Government agencies, organizations and intellectuals across the world have expressed unease about the extreme amounts of poverty in Latin America (Mamalakis, 1996). The exact level of poverty in Latin America can only be projected because of the high number of people living in rural areas. This problem is only exacerbated by the number of countries in the Latin America

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    In the 1920 silent film “Way Down East” directed by D.W. Griffith, a young woman named Anna Moore, played by Lillian Gish, finds herself in a fake marriage with a man named Lennox Sanderson, played by Lowell Sherman. Anna must find her own way in life after having a child out of wedlock, we see the struggles and hardships she goes through in finding a job, a home, and someone to love and care for her. “Sleeping with the Enemy” a 1991 film directed by Joseph Ruben based on a novel by Nancy Price

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    Examiners’ Report June 2013 GCE Geography 6GE02 01 Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications Edexcel and BTEC qualifications come from Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus

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    The poems “Elegy Written in A Country Churchyard.” by Thomas Gray, and “The Deserted Village,” by Oliver Goldsmith, both lament the current state of society in rural areas. Each poem idealizes rural life, but offers differing ideas of the people of the villages. Gray 's poem talks about the unrealized Miltons and Cromwells of the poor that were able to live their lives honestly, innocently and the free of temptation faced by the wealthy. Goldsmith talks of the swain and the tradesmen, and the politics

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    Although the cost of medical school is great, some may point out that many hospitals offer incentives for doctors. With this, specialist doctors mainly surgeons receive loan forgiveness and do not have to pay off their loans. The system works in several ways; first there is the option of a signing bonus. When doctors are searching for a place to reside some hospitals will offer a bonus usually between 24,000 to 150,000 depending on what specialty doctor one is. These bonuses however, are a one time

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    obstacle in the way to success of nation. It is their birthright to be treated equally as men in the society. It is due to the typical mindset of people who think that women are limited only for households and family responsibility. Particularly in the rural areas due to lack of education and financial constraints etc. Another big issue is that women are unaware about their rights and development. These women are the victims who have to face violence and abuse. They

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    Pastoral

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    The pastoral is a literary style that shows a formal pictures of rural life and the naturalness and innosence environment,which totally differ from the frustration and corruption in cities, the life of pastoralism is characterized by laughter, song and absolute freedom from care and anxiety. It is a life of sweet deliciousness and joy. Pastoral is a mode of literature in which author tried various techniques to place the complex life into simple one Terry Gifford-a prominent literary theorist, defines

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    Introduction Mountain Dew enjoyed its great success over the decades since it first invented in the late 1940s. The creative advertising strategy had been proofed effective by the outstanding market success in 1990s. However, the top marketing executives soon realized that they were loosing customers’ interests unless to make some strategic changes, because the industry grew so fast with multiple strong competitors. PepsiCo decided in 2000 to join the Super Bowl advertising. Executive Creative Director

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    Rural Ireland of the 1940s and 1950s was a very quiet, tranquil and peaceful region. It was very agriculturally orientated and it was the main source of employment in this region (Wickham, 1980). Rural Ireland was very poor and many residents had emigrated in search of work. During these decades the Irish government used protectionist policies which created a community ideology amongst Irish citizens (Wickham, 1980). The citizens felt a sense of control over their state. Let’s now fast forward in

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    While many people may assume that drug overdose is more prevalent in urban areas than in rural areas, the reality is reversed. Over the last ten years, rural areas surpassed urban areas in drug-overdose occurrences. Opioid use and the use of other drugs has increased dramatically nationwide, but as of 2017, rural areas have a drug overdose death rate of 17 per 100,000 people while the urban statistic is 16.2 per 1,000 people (which is 0.8 less deaths per 100,000 people). The National Center for Biotechnology

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