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    devolution (transference of power) of responsibility and authority within the structure of an organization. By centralization or decentralization it does not mean the division of organization into departments or sections. It is where decisions are made that determines the degree of centralization‚ and it is quite possible for an organisation to have many divisions‚ all of which are strictly controlled from a single central source of authority. Organisations cannot be totally centralized or decentralized

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    Rhetorical Appeals Essay “The louder she screamed‚ the harder he whipped; and where the blood ran fastest‚ there he whipped the longest.” This gruesome quote comes from the authentic book Frederick Douglass An American Slave. Douglass‚ the author of the book‚ scribes his experiences as a slave‚ and the peculiar people he meets along the way. Through his writing‚ Douglass appeals most to pathos through the cruelty thrown upon his aunt‚ the freedom of the Chesapeake‚ and his struggle with working

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    Obedience and Authority Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram wrote an article‚ "The Perils of Obedience‚" which documented his unique experiment about obedience and authority. The purpose was to observe to what extent an ordinary citizen would compromise his or her conscience when ordered to inflict increasing pain to another human. The experiment consisted of three people: a teacher and learner chosen at random‚ and a scientist. Once all three were acquainted‚ the scientist explained that the goal

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    fact‚ the fallacy‚ questions claims made with certainty about what would have happened if a past event or condition would have been different from what is actually was. Fallacies are errors in logical reasoning‚ or when an arguments language is wrong or vague. However‚ many of these errors aren’t determined in the argument until they are analyzed because they appear to “look good”. There are numerous types of fallacies: informal fallacies‚ formal fallaciesfallacies of ambiguity‚ fallacies of presumption

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    Dear Financial Aid Committee: My name is _______ ______ and I am writing this appeal letter in hope that you will reconsider your decision and grant my financial aid. I would like to begin thanking you in advance for taking the time to read this letter and consider my request to reinstate my financial aid at Clovis Community College. I apologize for the lack of attention to my courses in the previous semester of 2006‚ and I do not blame anyone but myself‚ however‚ I would like to explain the circumstances

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    Lack of Society’s Authority Figures Throughout the world‚ society’s authority figures control what citizens do from day to day life. These people create laws‚ consequences‚ maintain what happens within a city/province/country‚ and provide punishment to those who commit a crime and betray the laws set by the governments. Now‚ what exactly happens when these figures are no longer in the presence of society‚ and people have to fend for themselves‚ making their own rules and laws? Everything eventually

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    The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) was established in 1996 by Federal Cabinet Decree (Law 4) to regulate Civil Aviation and provide designated aviation services with emphasis on safety and security and to strengthen the aviation industry within the UAE and its upper airspace. The main office is located in Abu Dhabi and the regional office is located in Dubai to serve the northern Emirates. The GCAA‚ which is the sole authority for the control and regulation of civil aviation in the UAE‚

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    I am writing this appeal letter in regards to the Graduate College of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley denial to the Rehabilitation Counseling Program. I want to start off by taking full responsibility for my current GPA. I write this appeal to explain the cause and ask you to please re consider me for the Spring 2018 semester. I began my education at UTPA in 2008 shortly after graduating from high school. In the fall 2009 semester my 10-year-old sister got diagnose with ovarian cancer.

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    wrong to prosecute Allied for age discrimination; allied has always been a great corporate neighbor. The fact that allied has always been a great corporate neighbor‚ it is not wrong to prosecute him for age discrimination if in fact it is true. – Appeal to pity b. The decrease in smoking can be attributed to increased restrictions on smoking in public. Although smoking has decreased you should not conclude that the result of smoking in public restrictions was the cause of the decrease. – Post

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    Petitio Principii: (circular reasoning‚ circular argument‚ begging the question) in general‚ the fallacy of assuming as a premiss a statement which has the same meaning as the conclusion. A. The least convincing kind of petitio principii is the repetition of the same words in the same order in both premiss and conclusion..  Generally‚ such an argument would not be misleading and would only be given in unusual circumstances‚ e.g.‚ the speaker is very tired‚ talking to a child‚ or talking to a

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