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...O Alienista, de Machado de Assis, é um pequeno romance sobre loucura, cientificismo e poder. O enredo se desenrola a partir dos esforços científicos de um importante médico português, o dr. Simão Bacamarte, cuja obsessão pela...

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...a remarkable memory, a strong intellectual curiosity and a skill for turning a phrase. Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau was born in 1815 on the island of O‘ahu and died in Honolulu in 1876. His schooling and subsequent teaching at Lahainaluna Seminary on Maui gave him a lifelong interest in Hawaiian culture and history. Throughout his career, he was active in politics and gove...

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...The first article, dated December 16, 1920, was entitled “A Tale of Kekuhaupi‘o, the Famous Warrior of the Era of Kamehameha the Great (Written for the readers of Ka Hoku o Hawaii). ” The serial initially focuses on the story of Kekuhaupi‘o, an exceptionally strong and skillful Hawaiian warrior from K...

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...The Young Kekuhaupi‘o. 1 -- A New Teacher. 3 -- The Ailolo Ceremony. 6 -- Luring the Niuhi Shark. 9 -- The Niuhi Shark: Methods of Capture. 11 -- Battling the Niuhi Shark. 13 -- Ailolo Offering and a Lua Contest. 15 -- Ikoi, the Tripping Club, a...

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...a remarkable memory, a strong intellectual curiosity and a skill for turning a phrase. Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau was born in 1815 on the island of O‘ahu and died in Honolulu in 1876. His schooling and subsequent teaching at Lahainaluna Seminary on Maui gave him a lifelong interest in Hawaiian culture and history. Throughout his career, he was active in politics and gove...

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...The first article, dated December 16, 1920, was entitled “A Tale of Kekuhaupi‘o, the Famous Warrior of the Era of Kamehameha the Great (Written for the readers of Ka Hoku o Hawaii).” The serial initially focuses on the story of Kekuhaupi‘o, an exceptionally strong and skillful Hawaiian warrior from Ke‘...

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...The Young Kekuhaupi‘o. 1 -- A New Teacher.. 3 -- The Ailolo Ceremony.. 6 -- Luring the Niuhi Shark.. 9 -- The Niuhi Shark: Methods of Capture.. 11 -- Battling the Niuhi Shark. 13 -- Ailolo Offering and a Lua Contest.. 15 -- Ikoi, the Tripping Cl...

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...O introducere în conceptele interdependente despre corupţie, globalizare prin instituţiile financiare internaţionale, şi neocolonialism înţeles ca exploatarea resurselor şi materiilor prime a ţărilor sărace şi în curs de dezv...

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...O introducere în conceptele interdependente despre corupţie, globalizare prin instituţiile financiare internaţionale, şi neocolonialism înţeles ca exploatarea resurselor şi materiilor prime a ţărilor sărace şi în curs de dezv...

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...veam Securitate, domnule (!) Revăzȃnd acest D.U.I. 742 „Savu”, format din 4 volume şi însumȃnd peste 1200 file! – cu menţiunea -, m-a apucat deodată o nemulţumire generală, o scȃrbă pentru această viaţă irosită, în zbatere continuă... cu o soartă mereu în cumpănă. Cȃt timp am pierdut şi cȃtă energie trimiţȃnd sute de scrisori şi manuscrise care nu ajungeau la destinaţie.....

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...erioada aceea. A fost şi greşeala mea că mă grăbeam să le public ori să le scot din ţară... n-am avut răbdare să aştept. Dar cine se gȃndea atunci că o să cadă dictatura, cȃnd ea părea aşa de stabilă şi tare ca betonul?! 1) Trei plicuri mari şi groase, albe, puse la poşta din Craiova, din spatele Universităţii Centrale, şi expediate către aceeaşi Chantal Signoret în prime...

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... ȋn FOLCLORUL contemporan. Și anume: - Devieri derizorii de proverbe, făcȃnd astăzi hazul de necaz al omului de rȃnd: Fie pȃinea cât de rea, tot ți-o fură cineva. Ai carte, ai cu ce să te ştergi la fund. Lasă pe mâine ce poţi face azi, că poate mâine nu mai este nevoie. - Reinterpretări de aforisme. - Limbaj ȋn răspăr. - De asemenea, paradoxuri semantice: Totu-i ...

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...anului mafiot al său și al acoliților săi (călăii de serviciu). Cu cȃt ȋnjură mai tare, cu atȃt ȋi plȃtesc noii lor stăpȃni mai bine. Dar ȋmi va face o deosebită plăcere să le răspund! Provocȃndu-mă, ei ȋmi mențin verva creatoare. Doar că aceste publicații sunt plătite din bugetul poporului pentru acești șarlatani. Romȃnii ar trebui să se revolte ȋn toată țara contra ac...

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Etimologic, aforism + flori = af(L)orism, deci un “aflorism” este o mică reflecție scrisă pe un dizain floral, ori un poem scurt pe un fond artistic.

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Cost piperat Sau ţi-o pune aşa un preţ ..să pici în coadă!

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.....34 Prăbuşire totală.............................................35 Durere intrisecă......................................................35 Nici o scofală.................................................35 De când lumea..............................................35 Iute de picior.................................................35 Împotriveală........................

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...anbul. Am reuşit să fug. Acum cred că e mai simplu să mă ajutaţi să emigrez. Aţi putea contacta Consulatul American din Istanbul telefonic sau printr-o scrisoare? Scuzaţi-mă pentru acest deranj. Eu am completat deja nişte hirtii la acesta, în care am cerut AZIL POLITIC (motive: interzicere congrese, doctorate,. interzicere publicare). Soţia şi copilul sînt in România, niCi...

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...Apresentação. 1 Hannah Arendt e o declínio do Ocidente. 2 A modernidade como época de crise: Leo Strauss. 3 Philip Rieff e o triunfo do terapêutico? Conclusão....

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...Este livro é uma colectânea de artigos escritos por mim no jornal Terra Nova, desde 1991 até à presente data (2012). O propósito desta obra é, em primeiro lugar, fazer uma retrospecção do que tem acontecido desde a introdução do regime democrático em Cabo Verde, isto é, a partir de 13 de Janeiro de 1991, data em que, pela primeira vez, houv...

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...do Sudão, tinha feito 5 anos, antes deste acontecimento, ao ver na televisão Norueguesa uma cobra que veio à Noruega escondida em bananas importadas, o que chamou a atenção dos mass mídia. O comentário dele foi: “francamente esta gente não tem assunto importante com que preencher o noticiário. Tantas pessoas a morrer de fome, sede e doenças em África, sobretudo na minha te...

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...i ka laau, i mea e paa ai na hale, i mea hoi e pono ai na hana he nui loa. Ua haawi mai no hoi oia i na mea ulu a pau, i mea e hooko ai i ka makemake o na kanaka. Ua haawi mai oia no kakou, i mau lima, a meka ikaika e lawelawe ai, a hooponopono i ka aina, a me na mea a pau e waiwai ai. Aka, i ka nohonaaupo ana o na kanaka, ua hune loa lakou. Aole lilo na mea a ke Akua i ha...

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...au iogica Matematica? .29 -- Mathematics and Alcohol and God . 30 -- Subjective Questions and Answers for a MathInstructor of Higher Education .32 -- o Geometrie Paradoxista .49 -- Geometric Conjecture .50 -- A Function in the ~umber Theory . 51 -- An Infinity of Unsolved Problems Concerning a Function in the :'-lumber Theory . 57 -- Solving Problems by Using a Function in...

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...Chapter 1 - Once Upon a History Chapter 2 - Visitor in the Night Chapter 3 - Unwanted Guests Chapter 4 - Deadly Changes Chapter 5 - Will-o'-the-Wisp Chapter 6 - Pass of the Phoenix Chapter 7 - In the Presence of Beasts Chapter 8 - Trial and Error Chapter 9 - What Became of that Night Chapter 10 - An Unpleasant Fate Chapter 11 - Key Things Chapter 12 - N...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. It was a little before eight o?clock in the morning when Yakov Petrovitch Golyadkin, a titular councillor, woke up from a long sleep. He yawned, stretched, and at last opened his eyes completely. For two minutes, however, he lay in his bed without moving...

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... ranslated by Constance Garnett CHAPTER I IT WAS A LITTLE BEFORE EIGHT O’CLOCK in the morning when Yakov Petrovitch Golyadkin, a titular council... ...I’m very grate ful, and I’m very sensible of all you’ve done for me now. T o my dying day I shall never forget your kindness, Krestyan Ivanovitch,” ... ...vanovitch, as the say ing is.” “H’m …” “Yes, Krestyan Ivanovitch. T o the old man himself, too, I said, ‘Olsufy Ivanovitch,’ said I, ‘I know... ...tyan Ivanovitch, to whom?” The Double – Dostoevsky 17 “Really?” “T o a cook, to a disreputable German woman from whom he used to get his din... ...ich he had recourse now for the third time as he came down the steps. “T o Ismailovsky Bridge.” “T o Ismailovsky Bridge! Off!” “Their dinn... ...dge! Off!” “Their dinner will not begin till after four, or perhaps five o’clock,” thought Mr. Golyadkin; “isn’t it early now? How ever, I can go... ...as a hen! Being scared is our special line, that’s the fact of the matter! T o be abject on every occasion is our line: no need to ask us about that. ... ... — in fact, what is called a double in every respect…. CHAPTER VI AT EIGHT O’CLOCK NEXT MORNING Mr. Golyadkin woke up in his bed. At once all the ... ...tonovitch, I was still referring to that cir cumstance.” “You mean …? T o be sure! But why are you so interested in that? I tell you not to upset...

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...Excerpt: How you have felt, O men of Athens, at hearing the speeches of my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that their persuasive words almost made me forget who I was - such was the effect of them; and yet they have hardly spoken a word of truth. Bu...

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... By Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett Socrates’ Defense How you have felt, O men of Athens, at hearing the speeches of my accusers, I cannot tell; b... ...s right, and that at my time of life I ought not to be appearing before you, O men of Athens, in the character of a juvenile orator let no one expec... ... very sorry if Meletus could lay that to my charge. But the simple truth is, O Athenians, that I have nothing to do with these studies. Very many of t... ...says that I have, speaks falsely, and is taking away my character. And here, O men of Athens, I must beg you not to interrupt me, even if I seem to sa... ... myself possess the wisdom which I find wanting in others: but the truth is, O men of Athens, that God only is wise; and in this oracle he means to sa... ...of Socrates, he is only using my name as an illustration, as if he said, He, O men, is the wisest, who, like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in tru... ... cannot expect to get rid of this mass of calumny all in a moment. And this, O men of Athens, is the truth and the whole truth; I have con cealed not... ... counts. He says that I am a doer of evil, who corrupt the youth; but I say, O men of Athens, that Meletus is a doer of evil, and the evil is that he ... ... a liar, Meletus, not believed even by yourself. For I cannot help thinking, O men of Athens, that Meletus is reck less and impudent, and that he has...

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...stanbul, 22.12.1988)…………199 74. Dr. Olof G. Tandierg, The Foreign Secretary, Postcard (Istanbul, 22.12.1988) 200 75. Prof. Vladimir Tismăneanu, C/O Foreign, Carte poştală (Istanbul, 22.12.1988) 201 76. Prof. Ştefan Baciu, University of Hawai at Manoa, Carte poştală, (Istanbul, 22.12.1988) 202 77. Alecu Stuparu, Carte poştală (Istanbul, 22.12.1988)…………203 78. Pro...

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...ect Our Thinking 3 Chapter 2 Classifying Viewpoints: Conservative and Liberal 12 Chapter 3 Epistemology and Logic 20 Chapter 4 Fallacies: Errors o f L anguage and Logic 32 PART 2 Moral Philosophy: Ideas of Good and Evil, Right and Wrong Chapter 5 Moral Philosophy: A Brief Introduction 47 Chapter 6 Plato and Aristotle: Idealism and Realism 55 Chapter 7 Epicuru...

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... was very much aware of his book’s singularity, and his preface to the 1855 edition as well as his epilogue to this edition titled "A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads" are inspiring essays where he lays out his ideas about poetry and why his was written in a deliberately different way illustrating beautifully an iconoclastic impulse common to all great artists but shini...

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...O Captain! My Captain! O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the s...

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...ontaneous Me One Hour to Madness and Joy Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd Ages and Ages Returning at Intervals We Two, How Long We Were Fool'd O Hymen! O Hymenee! I Am He that Aches with Love Native Moments Once I Pass'd through a Populous City I Heard You Solemn-Sweet Pipes of the Organ Facing West from California's Shores As Adam Early in the Morning CALAMU...

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...ere cast poetically and published regularly in pro-royalist Hawaiian-language newspapers of the time, especially Hawaii Holomua, Ka Lei Momi, Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Ka Makaainana, and Nupepa Ka Oiaio. Although Testa's introduction states that these texts were drawn from published sources, only about half of the texts have been identified thus far in earlier publications. T...

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...eha I and a descendant of the famed Napua line, he had prophesied the downfall of the kapu, the ancient religious system and the 1819 Battle of Kuamo?o which decided the course of modern Hawaiian history. One of Kapihe's last great prophecies may have been the one recorded in the Journal of the missionary William Ellis. Although Ellis branded him a "false prophet," he sti...

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... at Haleakala . 79 -- 5 A Captive of the Politics of Fate . 107 -- 6 Revelations of an Odyssey . 127 -- 7 The Seeds and the Corpus . 149 -- 8 Hele La O Kaiona . 167 -- Notes . 195 -- Appendix . 205 -- Bibliography . 211 -- Index . 217 --...

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...O Padre Antônio Vieira foi um religioso português – mas mais do que isso, foi um exímio escritor e elemento influente na política do século XIX. Tendo vivido parte da vida no Brasil e parte em Portugal, Vieira deixou uma obra...

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...nce her marriage, now holds a new status of Mrs. Dhanwanti Gulhati, since her re-marriage, after my father's death." ........... I, Ankur Vaswani s/o Sh. Naresh Vaswani do hereby solemnly affirm as under:-- (1) That as per my school leaving certificate, I was born on August 15, 1980; (2) (2) That I have a very faint memory of my parents, from whom I was forcibly taken ...

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...nce her marriage, now holds a new status of Mrs. Dhanwanti Gulhati, since her re-marriage, after my father's death." ........... I, Ankur Vaswani s/o Sh. Naresh Vaswani do hereby solemnly affirm as under:-- (1) That as per my school leaving certificate, I was born on August 15, 1980; (2) (2) That I have a very faint memory of my parents, from whom I was forcibly taken ...

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...iography of Muhammad would be illustrative. “At his (‘Uthman’s) funeral the Prophet heard an old woman address the dead man with the words “Be glad, O father of Sa’ib, for Paradise is thine.” The Prophet turned to her somewhat sharply and said: “What giveth thee to know that?” “O Messenger of God,” she protested, “It is Abu s-Sa’ib!” “By God,” he said, “we know naught but...

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...PART I: UP AGAINST THE DRAFT 1. Steward brings his 1-A letter to the boat club 2. Brandt and Morris argue about the Vietnam war 3. O’Rourke steps in to bring the crew on task 4. Morris offers Steward a way out of the draft 5. Brandt asks about his dad’s experience in World War Two 6. Brandt struggles to accommodate to Mary Kass’s cultural interests 7...

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...Eo e ku'u lei mokupuni o na kai 'ewalu- I call to you, acknowledge O my lei islands of the eight seas. Located between 19 and 22 degrees north latitude, Hawai'i is the southernmost state in the United States and has the same general latitude as H...

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...Preface -- ix -- Acknowledgments -- xi -- Introduction -- xiii -- Kaua'i and Ni'ihau -- 3 -- O'ahu -- 7 -- Moloka'i and Lana'i -- 11 -- Maui -- 14 -- Hawai'i -- 17 -- Northwestern Hawaiian Islands -- 23 -- Hawaiian Place Names -- 26 -- Mapping and Geodesy -- 29 -- Geology -- 37 -- Geothermal Resources -- 47 -- Climat...

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... world news events and ideas. .. 67 6—Teach them to fight their own battles. ........................................................ 68 SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR ................................................................................... 69 Who is Sandra Day O’Connor? ............................................................................... 69 Parenting Techni...

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...e to use them according to its desires, needs and policies. *****************< *****************< Chapter-2 Dr Jabran and Robot Sunny It‟s three o‟ clock in the morning. Dr. Jabran is sleeping in his bed room. The moment clock strikes three, a computer is switched on automatically. This is a talking robot computer named Sunny, and its digital voice says Bismillah (...