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through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. They sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food — and each other. The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Recent Titles in Literature as Windows to World Cultures Latino Literature in America Bridget Kevane MODERN SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Paul Brians Literature as Windows to World Cultures GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut • London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brians, Paul. Modern South Asian Literature in English / by Paul Brians. p. cm. — (Literature as windows to world cultures) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN

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curtains drawn. Front right, a door. Hanging near door, its face to wall, a picture. Front left, touching each other, covered with an old sheet, two ashbins. Center, in an armchair on castors, covered with an old sheet, Hamm. Motionless by the door, his eyes fixed on Hamm, Clov. Very red face. Brief tableau. Clov goes and stands under window left. Stiff, staggering walk. He looks up at window left. He turns and looks at window right. He goes and stands under window right. He looks up

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consequences to their people either because the non-verbal or verbal behavior violates a code based on supernatural beliefs or it violates the moral code of the society. Les tabous sont établies dans une société d'éviter des conséquences néfastes pour leur peuple, soit parce que le comportement non-verbal ou verbale viole un code fondé sur les croyances surnaturelles ou qu'elle viole le code moral de la société. According to Adler (1989), taboos are subject to the environment and they are language-specific

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work and the company’s organisation to me. I also thanks Marie-Caroline Rozier because I mostly work with her and she taught me a lot and she helped me to enforme the knowledge that I acquired in my first year in Sup de Co La Rochelle. And I would like to thanks all the Orion 2000’s staff because each person help me to make this internship a very interesting experience. Summury : I. Company’s structure and my assignment A. Area of activity 1. Sequence of activity 2. The staff