An ombudsman is someone who investigates complaints made by people against the government or any public organization. He is an independent official who represents the common man in his fight against the government.
• All complaints must be made in writing to the banking ombudsman by three this afternoon.
The word is Swedish in origins and it means representative or agent. I understand that the word was borrowed into English in the 1960s. The word is being slowly replaced by ombudsperson.
Magazine The word magazine has several different meaning. A publication containing articles, ads, stories and photo graphs that comes out on a regular basis is called a magazine. The part of the gun which contains the bullets is also called a magazine. How did this word acquire such different meaning? According to scholars, the word magazine, the original ma
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Mass media (that is, press, radio and television) play an important role in the life of society. People are united into one global community with the help of mass media. They inform, educate and entertain people. We can learn about what is happening in the world very fast using mass media. They also influence the way people look at the world and make them change their views. Mass media mould public opinion. Millions of people in their spare time watch TV and read newspapers.
The earliest kind of mass media was newspaper. Newspaper is a publication that presents and comments on the news in much detail in comparison to radio and TV newscasts. Newspapers play an important role in informing people of current events, they can cover much more events and news. There are daily newspapers and weekly newspapers. Daily newspapers print world, national and local news. Many dailies are mor
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Хоккей с шайбой - наш национальный вид спорта. Для России это больше, чем игра. Достижения наших хоккеистов в разные годы, особенно c 1963 по 1990 - это то, чем мы гордимся. За всю историю чемпионата мира по хоккею только 8 стран в разные годы завоёвывали золотые медали. Россия (СССР) уступает Канаде, Швеции и Чехии по общему количеству медалей (соответсвенно 41, 46, 45, 43), но опережает всех по "золоту" - золотых медалей у нас 25!
