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    designed to put an end to the German menace. Although is was designed to create some sort of peace‚ the treaty was unsuccessful. It ended up setting the stage for WWII. Four major points that came up with‚ and in‚ the treaty that lent themselves to its failure were Article 231‚ reparations‚ the exclusion of Wilson’s 14 points‚ and the weakness of the League of Nations. Article 231 was also known as “War Guilt.” It placed sole responsibility for the war on Germany and forced Germany to pay for war damages

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    Equality and social status or class has been the topic talked about for ages: someone left to work while those above them strive and do nothing and leave those behind to do the hard work. In “The Time Machine”‚ this topic is implied in a very interesting way between two classes: the "Eloi" and the “Morlocks”. Which of the two is on top?          In the time machine a man referred as “The Time Traveler” travels towards  an unknown future‚ there‚ he realizes Humanity has changed and adapted. He then

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    2013 Date commentary was written: Jan 31st‚ 2013 Word Count: 726 Section of syllabus related: Market Failure Article Highlights Editorial: Good-bye Jakarta The Jakarta Post | Editorial | Sat‚ January 26 2013‚ 7:27 AM A- A A+ Paper Edition | Page: 5 Jakarta has long been infamous for its repeated floods‚ such as those that crippled the capital and all its government and economic activities last week. Over 15‚000 people were displaced and the material losses from infrastructure destruction

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    MONEY BRINGS IT ! Money does not buy happiness it brings it. The term does not mean it literally buys happiness it means it buys things that make you happy. Take celebrities for an example‚ they have everything a human heart can wish for but many of them have torn families‚ scandalous lifestyles and are blatantly unhappy then how can money buy happiness to the poor? If at all money could buy happiness none of the above would exist among the celebrities. “Money has never made man happy‚ nor

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    bank‚ potential vendors‚ or other interested parties. An account system is also important to process sales‚ purchase orders‚ invoices‚ payroll‚ and other business functions manually. The accounting system must be scalable‚ secure and gather data feed from other business systems to collect up-to-date business finances. The installed REMS came with the following Finance and Accounting Financial Modules: General Ledger Module‚ Accounts Payable Module‚ POS module‚ Bank Reconciliation Module‚

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    11 December 2011 Chapter 22- The Ordeal of Reconstruction The Problems of Peace Many banks and businesses closed due to inflation during the war Factories destroyed and transportation demolished Slave-labor system collapsed so cotton fields abandoned‚ livestock driven off by Yankees Planter aristocrats temporarily faced poverty Freedmen Define Freedom Free slaves often recaptured into slavery Some free slaves loyal to owners and refused freedom. Some owners argued slavery was lawful until

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    history as this period aimed to redress the inequalities of slavery. In the north’s attempt to eliminate slavery‚ the emancipation proclamation was signed in which successfully disjointed the confederate infrastructure by freeing the slaves of the south. The freeing of slaves in these rebellious territories in turn allowed the union army to grow in numbers and thus win the war. Abraham Lincoln remained a crucial member in advocating the voting rights for many African-Americans. Lincoln discoursed his

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    Goods/Stock purchased or sold being returned is quite a common practice in business. This may be on account of a number of reasons like defects in goods‚ quality not matching the requirement for which the buyer purchased it‚ the buyer not needing the stock‚ etc. This happens both in case of goods purchased as well as goods sold by the organisation. Where the goods sold are being returned we call it "Sales Returns" and where goods purchased are being returned we call it "Purchase Returns"

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    destruction. It would take a lot of effort to reestablish states. The remaking of the states was called reconstruction. During the Reconstruction Era many changes happened. In 1865 and 1866 southern states legislatures passed black codes to control the behavior and work of African Americans. There was outrage in the north over the codes‚ and they did not want the support from Presidential Reconstruction. During this time blacks gained a voice in the government for the first time in American history.

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    The Reconstruction era was put into effect by Congress in 1866 and lasted until 1877. Reconstruction was aimed at reorganizing the Southern states after the Civil War. The reconstruction plan granted the means for readmitting the southern states into the Union‚ and tried to come up with the methods by which whites and blacks could live together in a non-slave society. America’s position as a country was established on principles of freedom but those beliefs were weakened by slavery. At the end

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