A binding treaty of protection, known as the Perpetual Truce of Peace and Friendship, was concluded in 1861 and further revised in 1892 and 1951. ... The British promise to protect Bahrain from all aggression by sea and to lend support in case of land attack. ... Society and culture in Bahrain is based on Islamic religious beliefs. ... Substantial parts of Asia are Muslim, while significant minorities are to be found in the Central Asian Republics, India, China, North and South America, Eastern and Western Europe. ... In this culture woman, for the most part, are unseen and unheard. ...

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Sociologist Dick Hebdige, for example, analyzed British punk fashion "popularized and commoditized by bands such as the Sex Pistols "as symbolically conveying politically and ideologically subversive meaning. Punk (for Hebdige) operated as a closed, subcultural entity within a specific national (British) configuration of class, race, and generation. ... The culture of punk/HC can perhaps only be realized through the workings of these zines. ... Abira Mohd writes: "to be frank, the punk/HC scene here is dominated by male Malay Muslim kids."" ... Compared to "the early days,...

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Gender refers to the psychological, social and cultural differences between males and females; sex therefore is the physiological and anatomical differences between the male and female bodies. ... Fathers Direct argues that they are pushed in to a work culture that "impoverishes their time with their children". ... My wife needs nurturing, friendship, faithfulness and clothes that fit, whereas I need food, sex and, well I can't think of anything else (www.newmanmag.com/article.php? ... The New Man Mag celebrates maleness as an innate certainty. ... Britain has changed from manufacturer...

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Michael Gurstein Technical University of British Columbia As we read these very words, the world is going through continuous technological advancement; internet is rapidly changing the face of society and its many aspects. ... The world is still experiencing the impact of the dotcom culture despite the breakdown in the late 1990's. ... Stafford, Kline, and Dimmick (1999), for example concluded that email is a primary mode for contact within family and friendships networks. ... Computer mediated communication affects not only our personal lives but shapes a new culture in our work life...

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Culture starts adapting different codes. ... Likewise, American history and its immigration policy are the basis of the modern America. ... For example, In 1970's Americans faced labor crisis and millions of African slaves were brought in the United States. ... " The two authors noted how immigration helped shaping demographic, social structures, culture and economic status in Europe, North America and Oceania. ... Among the regions within the world, the Middle East and Latin America regions happened to be the most desired place for migration globally. ...

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The American-born translators were the children of working-class immigrants. ... Upon introductions and departures, Italians shake hands with everyone individually in a group, the American "group wave" is not used. ... Their personnel are not exceptionally competent, and many owe their positions to personal friendship with a politician or well-connected colleague rather than to their own professional expertise. ... Many young Italian women entering the workplace are discouraged by the reality that how "pretty" they look, rather than genuine credentials, seem to be the main qualifications for ...

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That year, the global predominance of British industry had emerged incontestably at the original "world's fair" in London, the "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations," which Prince Albert helped organize. Arrayed for the world to see in a vast "Crystal Palace" of iron and glass, the marvels of British manufacture achieved a regal stature of their own and cast their allure upon the monarchy in turn. ... As an emblem of Britain's greatness, Queen Victoria gave her subjects the public identity and purpose that privately they "and she, in her diaries "recogni...

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Korea's indigenous religion, like that of most early cultures, was a form of shamanism. ... This principle of polarity can be seen operating at every level of society: a husband's care for his wife, a wife's loyalty to her husband, the respect of children for parents, friendship among equals and obedience to one's superiors. ...

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