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Vocabulary: Why Do Americans Vote on a Tuesday?

Source: https://people.howstuffworks.com/election-day-tuesday--holiday-weekend-voting.htm   Why Do Americans Vote on a Tuesday? In 2016, the United States   ranked 26th   in the world in voter participation, with  only  56 percent of eligible voters casting ballots in the 2016 presidential election.  That's better than the 2012 election's participation rate of 53.6 percent but  embarrassingly low participation compared to Sweden's 87 percent participation  rate, and barely above the voting rate in former Soviet republics such as Slovenia,  which don't have a centuries-old tradition of democracy. Even though 2020 is shaping up to be a year of higher-than-normal voter turnout in the U.S.,  experts are predicting about 65 percent  turnout, certainly nothing like 80 percent. So what's up with that?  What motivates people to either vote or abstain from doing so ?  Some simply don't like the candidates running in a g...

Vocabulary 2: Jobs

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  There is a multitude of jobs waiting for you to choose from. Here are some, maybe you will know what is suitable for you after reading this blog. 1. Legal assistant : who  works closely together with lawyers and legal representatives in the research and preparation of cases brought to courts.  They assist in the paperwork of cases and management of the administrative side of court affairs. 2. Web developer :  a programmer  who specializes in, or is specifically engaged in, the development of World Wide Web  applications using a client-server  model. 3. Financial analyst:   a person whose job is to assess the financial condition of a business or asset to determine if it is a sound investment. Source image: pond5.com 4. Database administrator :  someone who uses software to store and organize data, such as financial information and customer shipping records. They make sure that data is available to users and is secure from unauthorized access...