'Capacity building' is the objective of many development programmes and a component of most others. However, satisfactory definitions continue to elude us, and it is widely suspected of being too broad a concept to be useful. Too often it becomes merely a euphemism referring to little more than training. This paper argues that it is more important to address systemic capacity building, identify...

This research was motivated by the event of a demonstration against KHUP Bill and Revision KPK Law which occurred in 2019. Many student banners were found at action that contained sentences criticism government but packaged form humor using rhetorical style. study aims to dismantle style students Demonstration Rejection 2019 Law. uses qualitative descriptive methods with Norman Fairclough model...

This study qualitatively describes euphemistic expressions in English and Kurdish to analyze the most common types of euphemism related body excrement, death sickness, sexual topics, religion, other relevant subjects, identify similarities differences between this respect. In social contexts, humans need use a range appropriate convey their ideas thoughts properly; therefore, euphemisms are use...

Caffey’s paper on the association between fractures of the long bones and subdural haematoma, published in 1946, was the first modern description of the consequences of child abuse, now often referred to by the euphemism ‘non-accidental injury’. Since then there have been many reports of the skeletal injuries in the radiological and paediatric literature (Caffey 1957; Kempe et al 1962; Griffith...

―Make cities more sustainable‖ is an omnipresent slogan in architecture and urban planning. This article is a discussion on theoretical and practical boundaries of using the expression ―sustainability‖ with respect to the scientific community, therefore avoiding sustainability becoming a euphemism for ―doing good‖. By definition, it can be concluded, cities developed as counterparts to the hint...

I was disappointed and saddened by the carelessness of the title ‘Going to war does not have to hurt’ in the June issue of the Journal (Hacker Hughes et al, 2005). One does not even have to mention the considerable number of British casualties in Iraq to realise that this headline is completely ill thought out and a particularly misplaced euphemism that fails to appreciate that war in modern ti...

I was disappointed and saddened by the carelessness of the title ‘Going to war does not have to hurt’ in the June issue of the Journal (Hacker Hughes et al, 2005). One does not even have to mention the considerable number of British casualties in Iraq to realise that this headline is completely ill thought out and a particularly misplaced euphemism that fails to appreciate that war in modern ti...