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June 14, 2003

From: Colonial Systems of Control

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I am currently in prison for an alleged robbery offence but have yet to face trial. In Nigeria, if you don’t have money, you cannot come out of prison, sometimes for life. 1 $0.10 Add
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Modernism’s Red Stage: Theatre and the Left in the 1930s

From: The Canadian Modernists Meet

On the one hand, the Depression era produced a theatrical encounter between modernism and socialism on stages organized by the Canadian left. On the other hand, this convergence catalyzed … 24 $2.16 Add
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Oil and Gas Development in Russia and Northern Indigenous Peoples

From: Russia and the North

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This chapter discusses some of the current problems in the relationships between the northern indigenous peoples of Russia, oil and gas developers and governmental structures. These … 16 $1.92 Add
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Student Translator Communicative Competence

From: Teaching Translation from Spanish to English

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Discusses student translator competences. 5 $0.60 Add
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Tests as Power Tools: Looking Back, Looking Forward

From: Language Testing Reconsidered

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In this chapter I discuss current uses of language tests in education and society, arguing that tests have become primary tools used by policy makers to resolve and reform educational, political, … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Argument from Contingency ‘Then’ and ‘Now’

From: God and Argument - Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique

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The paper has two rather loosely connected parts: the first part reflects on the significance of the argument from contingency in the Five Ways of St Thomas Aquinas and raises the question of … 9 $1.08 Add
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The Costs of Homeland Security

From: Borderlands

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In this chapter we suggest that neither a structure-based nor an agentbased analysis is sufficient to explain what history shows about the border. Rather, a more holistic, albeit tautological, … 28 $2.24 Add
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The Dynamic Telos of History — A Shared Democratic World

From: Multicultural Dynamics and the Ends of History

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Conclusion 8 $1.04 Add
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The Governance of Sustainability: A Social Learning Approach

From: The New Geo-Governance

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To deepen our understanding of the governance of sustainability, we have argued that we need a new, open, and creative approach; a new language; imaginative organizational design; and shared … 24 $2.16 Add
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Two Canadian Models of Communities on the Net: SchoolNet and Community Access

From: Cyberidentities

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SchoolNet, Community Access, and the other programs are integral parts of Canada’s overall strategy to succeed into the next millennium as a modernized nation providing the best quality of … 9 $1.26 Add
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Unification, the Officer Development Board, and Professionalism

From: To Serve Canada

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Defence Minister Paul Hellyer introduced legislation to move from the integration of Defence Headquarters to a complete unification of the Canadian Forces in a single service. 13 $1.69 Add
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"The Mass of Florent Letourneau" 1930

From: The Quebec Anthology

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The story included here, "La messe de Florent Létourneau," translated by Sheila Fischman, is a fine example of Dantin’s classical mind. It first appeared in the periodical … 11 $0.66 Add
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Across Borders and Cultures

Thomas King's Artistic Activism

From: Borders, Culture, and Globalization

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This chapter analyzes works by Thomas King in terms of their diverse cultural expressions, border representations, and identity negotiations in figurative borderlands settings. It draws on ideas … 22 $2.20 Add
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Afterword: The Intersection of Northern and National Policies

From: Russia and the North

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Afterword 7 $0.84 Add
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Canadian Business: "No, I’m from Canada"

From: The Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXIst Century - La distinction canadienne au tournant du XXIe siecle

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This essay will address Canadian distinctiveness in business. 6 $0.48 Add
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Consequences of Translation for Legal Terminology during the Middle Ages and Renaissance

From: Lexicography, Terminology, and Translation

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In the sixth century, Justinian I, Emperor of the East, instructed a commission of jurists to compile and correct the classical Roman laws. The commission produced what became known in the West … 12 $1.68 Add