They say that the civility of a society is determined by its attitude to its defenseless members: children, the elderly, women, disabled people.
Recently, my friend went on a business trip to Europe, and before the trip, as luck would have it, he broke his little finger on his leg. Who have not broken their little …
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A few years ago my grandmother died of cancer. Before her death she suffered greatly. The pain grew slowly and tormentingly. Therefore, the dose of pain relievers was increased all the time. Finally, the time came when the maximum permissible dose ceased to function. At this point, my grandmother was left alone with all-consuming pain. She tossed on …
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The Kazakh language is relatively young. It is constantly growing and forming. It received rapid development especially in recent years, after gaining independence. On a wave of euphoria from the getting independence from the former metropolis – Moscow – there was a tilt towards the direction of the epidemic invention of own words to new phenomena and objects. …
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There is a line in popularity, which in case it is gone over, a celebrity can talk and do whatever he/she wants. Any of his actions will be taken by loyal fans to cheer. Even outright nonsense. In this drivel, they will seek and find a deep meaning and genius.
The same words uttered by an …
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I do not know why, but in the unspoken Olympic medal ranking, the ratings are made exclusively on gold medals (see the attached file for the order of countries at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics). Even the total number of medals is not taken into account. So, China, which won 70 medals, is only on the third place, …
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I like football. Beautiful game that requires intelligence, physical fitness and courage.
However, in recent years a big negative trend has taken place in big football. It has become a matter of course to behave on the field as a red girl: to complain to the judge on …
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In each Kazakh family there is a package with gifts on the far shelf in the closet or in the grandmother’s chest. It stores chapan, camisole, scarf or mat (tissue cut).
Nobody can remember where this or that object in this package came from. No one can throw away or use things from this package. They …
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Recently I’ve heard an amazing story from an Italian.
She is 43 years old. A native Milanese. She is active, sociable, works as a salesperson in a store. She speaks several languages. For some reason she did not get married, although she is quite nice and adequate. She has no children. Or, rather, she did not.…
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My classmates and fellow students often ask me: How did you withstand the ravages of time? Like, for my age I look pretty young.
It’s nice to hear such compliments.
If someone is really interested, I’m ready to share some secrets.
Firstly, I don’t drink alcohol.
Nothing at all. Even …
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Courts in any country play a huge role in building the state itself. Without fair decisions of courts, citizens cease to trust official justice, that is, the state itself. And if citizens do not trust the state, then they begin to sabotage laws, cease to obey government bodies, try to seek justice in an illegal field.
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