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    alternatives‚ with the end goal being to have a working‚ reliable vehicle. b. Susan should buy the Honda Civic. Assuming the estimate for additional repairs is correct‚ the Focus would cost $2500‚ compared to the $2000 it would cost for the used Civic. The $5150 that she already spent on the Focus is irrelevant and sunk. c. Qualitative Factor: After doing research‚ Susan might find that a Honda Civic is historically more reliable and has lower maintenance costs than a Ford Focus. This is an important

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    Since the formation of the republic‚ popular education had been an idea waiting to happen. As the colonies prepared for statehood‚ Jefferson was urging his beloved Virginia to establish a few years of schooling "gratis" to ensure an extension of educational opportunity and at the same time "to rake the rubbish" in search of talent for the young republic (Jefferson 180l‚ 748). Washington‚ himself‚ was concerned that American youth by studying in Europe were "imbibing maxims not congenial with republicanism"

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    Introduction: Sports influence our culture in many ways. Some of those are health‚ discipline‚ civic participation and teamwork. Body: Health: People have the tendency to be healthier physically and mentally when they participate in sports. Discipline: Because of the rules of sports‚ people that practice sports get use to follow rules inside and outside the field. It is shown in personal life as at work. Civic participation: Through sports more people share their values. People involved in sports are

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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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    Only a few weeks afterward‚ he received orders to attend a course that was held for armed forces members. There‚ he was taught the fundamentals of civic thinking. Given the opportunity to meet like-minded comrades with whom he could discuss the situation of the unplanned movement‚ Hitler found greater value to the junction. All of his comrades were convinced that Germany could no longer be saved‚ a whole series of preconditions

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    The history of women in the United States since 1890‚ the roles of women in society were pacified immensely. Through the 21st century‚ the provinces of women had grown and arose from a poverty of undisclosed discrimination. Across the United States of America‚ during the progressive era proletariat women organized on behalf of social reforms and Unions. They were very perturbed with Prohibition‚ suffrage‚ school issues‚ and public health. A main focus on the General Federation of Women’s Clubs‚ a

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    Taxpayer Money being Used to Fund Professional Sports Organizations; Credible Economic Stimulant or Implied Catalyst? Sports are something most Americans can relate to; many of us played some type of sport as a kid and some of us are diehard fans. Sports have developed with us as a society and have become an important part of our culture and you can see their effect in many cities countrywide. Professional sports remain a centerpiece of many major metropolitan cities across the United States

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    “Folks: The posting is a nice summary of a large subset of today’s North American college students. It is from the chapter‚ Understanding Your Students And How They Learn‚ in the book‚ Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors (Third Edition)‚ by Linda B. Neilson. Regards‚ Rick Reis” from Tomorrow’s Professor Mailing List‚ sponsored by the Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning at http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/tomprof/posting.php?ID=1047    

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    In The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1991)‚ Gordon S. Wood argues there were three distinct periods of social ideology in early American society‚ monarchy‚ republicanism‚ and democracy. While each era progressed chronologically‚ they were in no way distinct‚ with considerable ideological overlap occurring between them. The monarchy‚ which dominated American culture during the colonial period‚ was a series of hierarchical relationships denoted by various levels of dependency through personal

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    diseases anytime in the overcrowded residential areas. Dwellers of various parts of the country had been pinning great hopes to the revival of town administrations‚ after the gap of a long time‚ for resolution of their long-pending municipal and civic problems‚ especially unattended piles of garbage nearby to densely populated residential areas‚ posing serious health hazards to their residents. Town administrations claim to have made effective arrangements for the removal of offal and cleanliness

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