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While clichés in writing reveal lazy thinking and are to be avoided at all costs, in the graphic arts they become essential, helping to get the message across quickly, clearly and with emotional force. This is especially true of advertising and propaganda where the impact must be immediate
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Every country must provide free healthcare to its citizens. I can’t understand why the richest countries in the world don’t do this. It’s shocking that a country can be so rich and let its people die because they cannot pay for the hospital.
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Written examinations are a fact of life for most high school and university students. However recent studies have shown that this traditional form of assessment may not be an accurate indicator of academic performance. Tests have shown that many students experience anxiety during exam weeks which leads to poorer results. As a result, some learning institutions are replacing exams with alternative assessments such as group work and oral presentations.
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Souvenirs are funny things. Most of us feel we need to buy a souvenir when we go to another country. Then, when we get home, we put it on top of the television. When visitors come, we tell them about it and where we got it. A lot of the souvenirs we buy are rubbish.
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Aldina Franco of the University of Easat Anglia, is one of the scientists who studied the storks’ use of landfills in Portugal. GPS tracking devices on 17 birds showed that the landfill life might mean up to 100-kilometer round-trips to feed-healthy distances, but far shorter than their historic migration routes.
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As we progress into the 21st century, communications are becoming faster and faster Think of millions of different media images you are bombarded with every day. It is as important now to be able to read and make sense of those images, as it has been to be able to read ordinary text.
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Market research is a vital part of the planning of any business. However experienced you or your staff may be in a particular field, if you are thinking of introducing a service to new area, it is important to find out what the local population thinks about it first.