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    RUBY TUESDAY Developing a Consumer Promotion Program “Restaurant marketing is a serious business and one needs to increase the traffic into the restaurant at any point of time” thought Nidhi Kuchhal‚ marketing head of popular restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday in India. It is not a just what you serve‚ but how we serve‚ how we stay ahead in competition and how far we are able to take advantage of changing business scenario. All this will decide on whether Ruby Tuesday becomes a success story or just

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    Texas Constitution Essay

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    The influences that shaped the Texas Constitution of 1876 were The Constitution of 1845 (the Statehood Constitution)‚ the Civil War Constitution of 1861‚ The 1866 constitution (that was created after the Civil War) and the 1868–1869‚ constitution that centralized power in the Texas state government.( CTC Texas Politics pg. 42-44) The Individuals and groups that played a role in drafting the document include the Union that forced Texas to change its stance on slavery‚ the 1845 constitution modeled

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    The articles illustrate that man has an economic & political relationship with the land‚ that shows how valuable it was and how imperative it was to their ad. The land was seen as a necessary gain for America and its people to grow economically‚ In John L. O’Sullivan’s work entitled‚ “Manifest Destiny” of 1839 we read how many Americans’ viewed the land and why expanding for more land meant so much to them. During this time period land meant a lot of things. It was symbolic to power‚ the more land

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    America In “the Abolition of Torture‚” Sullivan argues that we have to ban torture in order to save America. Sullivan insists that we halt abuses on prisoners and terrorists‚ antithesizing his view with Krauthammer’s for most of the part in the essay. Torture is merely a brutal act of destroying a human being‚ a completely deplorable execution. And if America observed its favor in this vile act‚ there would be no more America. To start with‚ Sullivan says it is absurd that the Bush administration

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    Louis H. Sullivan‚ the author of “Thought‚” was an amazingly creative architect‚ and from his writing‚ it is evident that he was also a great thinker and philosopher. In the article‚ Sullivan discusses creative thought and ways of improving it. He believes that “real thinking is better done without words than with them‚ and creative thinking must absolutely be done without words.” He goes on to state that words are best used only for communication and explanation‚ and they slow down the creative

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    New York Times vs. Sullivan (1964) Have you ever been labeled by people for doing something that you did not do? Another word for that is libel‚ libel is a false published statement that is meant to hurt a person’s reputation. New York Times vs. Sullivan is a case where Sullivan sued New York Times for libel. The case went to the Alabama court ending in failure for New York Times‚ the case reached a final decision in the Supreme Court. Sullivan brought the case to the court claiming that New York

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    Juneteenth Day In Texas

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    On January 1‚ 1980‚ Juneteenth became an official state holiday in Texas through the efforts of Al Edwards‚ an African American state legislator. The successful passage of this bill marked Juneteenth as the first emancipation celebration granted official state recognition. Edwards has since actively sought to spread the observance of Juneteenth throughout the U.S. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865‚ it was on

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    Texas Textbook Controversy

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    ------------------------------------------------- Texas textbook controversy- Analysis Kim Stevenson Eastern New Mexico University CI 531 1WW March 3‚ 2013- Abstract: Ever since the 1960s‚ the Texas textbook controversy has had an issue in America. The Texas school board is meeting to make revisions to their textbooks and curriculum. But are they also revising history? Educators across the country are watching to see the effect this issue will have on students. The choices the board members

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    English 1301 April 23‚ 2013 Standardized Testing in Texas The first standardized test was developed in France nearly 100 years ago by a psychologist named Alfred Binet. Binet’s test focused on language skills‚ judgment‚ comprehension‚ reasoning and memory‚ and was used to determine which students would succeed in regular classes and which needed special attention (Lefton). Binet’s test was successful in the Parisian school system and generated a lot of interest in America. An American

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    the article “Here Comes the Groom: A Conservative Case for Gay Marriage‚” Andrew Sullivan attempts to answer this question and makes a reasonable argument for promoting the legalization of gay marriage. This article was originally published in The New Republic in August 1989. The New Republic is a magazine that was founded in 1914 and covers current political topics. It is headquartered in Washington‚ DC. Andrew Sullivan has a doctorate from Harvard in political science. He was formerly the editor of

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