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...0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book7 Our Visit to Indus ... ... - “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia — 1 BOOK 7 OUR VISIT TO INDUS by Lemuel Gulli... ...ation and health care, so they now had climbed another rung or two up the economic ladder. They now had some exports of food, clothes and toys, and s... ...NG THE WORLD’S PROBLEMS ‖Years ago when I was at Cambridge my economics professor said that the World Bank reported that poverty was dow... ...he beginning of an economic evolution. This means that a recession in the West is a depression here in the East. ―I have heard it said that the... ...erican legal work. They generally charge less than 10% of the fees in the West. With the advanced medical knowledge of the Indian medical community ... ...es in the West. With the advanced medical knowledge of the Indian medical community they do a great deal of research in medicine and in the pharmace... ...usually let those who desire to opt out of the military to spend a year in community service in their home country or in developing countries. We get... ...gration for a moment. Not many people would want to come here. Maybe some Africans if they could pay for their transportation. We have more food tha...

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...0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 5 Our Visit to Singaling The Pearl of Southeast A... ... 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 5 MY VISIT TO SINGALING by Lemuel Gulliver XVI a... ..................................................... 30 FEMALE EQUALITY AND ECONOMIC USEFULNESS .......................................................... ...anion be suddenly jerked from their lips. 4 Singaling enjoyed a long economic head start over Kino and is still leading the Asian derby in fina... ...an intelligence and work ethic have pushed it far past its rivals in the West. Population control was probably a major factor in its rise, but was n... ... millennial history is not based on the pragmatism of profit found in the West. But, as you might expect, profits followed and multiplied as incredi... ...he idea that all men are brothers or that we all are products of the same African origin. “So the low rate of population growth began to con... ... of duty, or their fear of disappointing their parents or their religious community, or out of fear of losing their man. 35 “Arranged mar... ... at the hands of male family members. "For many years, the Muslim community did not face the issues. Women suffered in silence and fear. Eve...

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...ter and imitate any object, and should propose to make a public display of his talents and his productions, we shall pay him reverence as a ... ... with woolen fillets; but for ourselves, we shall employ, for the sake of our real good, that more austere and less fascinating poet and le... ...toward the Royal Museum, began to walk to a distant place where a woman in a western wedding dress stood at a pond posing for a picture with her groom... ...irt the way Americans envisioned most all other countries including those in Western Europe. "Everyone wants to talk to you in English." "But I don't ... ...t remote parts of the world often spread amuck like an oil spill in a global community. He remembered having forgotten this article when he was walki... ...ned to tapping that seemed more like rain. Her thoughts rambled on: "800,000 African children die from dysentery each year and yet the news is about t... ...where a small television remained turned on. A newscaster was discussing the economic powers of the East with reference to the new economic experiment... ...ents, brethren of Israel, happy. Its political engagements were for its own economic and military hegemony instead of fairness and the greater good. ... ...hat such contemplation was just hiding from it. She thought that motion and community were natural and having opposed them all along had been foolish...

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... fame and riches as a popular author, and finds true love and happiness with wealthy entrepreneur, Jake Edmonds. Then cancer strikes. Lacey is afraid of the pain and indignity she thinks is coming and wants to die. Her beloved daughter, Jana, will help her. But her doctor does not approve. To complicate matters, Jana and the doctor are in love. Will Lacey get her wish?...

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...SUSAN BRACKEN Copyright © 2010 Susan Bracken. All rights reserved. No part of this print publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ... ..., mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. ISBN: 978-0-9864879-1-0 The first part of this book (excludi... ... of the book cover sat on easels offset from the table. Paravi Saxena, his Community Re- lations Coordinator, smiled at him as she set out water jugs,... ...nce charming. They arrived at ‘The Discount Book Emporium’ on Queen Street West. Jake thanked the driver again, and ushered Lacey to a door adjoining ... ...I can.” He paused, and then said more cheerfully, “Christopher is going to Western for his MBA and says he wants to go into the book business. I hope ... ... with garage mechanics for the rest. That way you’ll build contacts in the community, and learn more about the work.” Julian stopped what he was doing... ...t Tony Blair would do in retirement, whether Americans would ever elect an African-American president, and on and on, with- out a single reference to ... ...ught it worthwhile when he had seemed happy as a part-owner. Then came the economic meltdown, and in one short summer the dealership had gone bankrupt... ...d dying in the jurisdictions studied appeared to enjoy comparative social, economic, educational, professional and other privileges. Euthanasia and ot...

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...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . ... ...uman Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI ... ...ERS ................................................................. 127 ECONOMIC CONCERNS WHEN ESTABLISHING YOUR IDEAL SOCIETY ............... 128 ... ...CONOMIC CONCERNS WHEN ESTABLISHING YOUR IDEAL SOCIETY ............... 128 ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY .......................................................... ...k. She knew his jet lag was slowing him up, he was still lagging somewhere west of Tahiti. She found him in the hotel lobby but without his South Sea... ...llness, such as depression that affects people in most populations, in the West drugs and therapy are usually the preferred treatment, in the underde... ...rs as your older population. This might be because more are educated. And African-Americans, who have less education on the average, have twice the n... ...rld with the 106 parentally provided mythology of fairy tales and the community imposed basic assumptions— whether they be of the supernatural, t... ... For communism to work you would have to have a truly loving and selfless community. The Soviet socialism broke down because the people were selfish,...

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...Table of Contents IN THE HOTEL 8 LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS 10 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING 20 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 24 -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES -- 24 SELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 C...

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