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    Why Do We Hurt the Ones We Love? “You love each other but can’t manage to communicate without arguing‚ fighting and ending up exhausted‚ each one in his corner‚ trying to lick his wounds and thinking of how to protect oneself against a new attack. And in spite of that..you love each other?” (Westt‚ James) Lorraine Hansberry’s acclaimed play A Raisin in the Sun‚ tells the story of the Youngers‚ a poor African American family in the 1950s. There are four of them‚ all living in a cramped and tiny apartment

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    differences‚ which is because a lot has changed since then. During the early 50’s‚ gender roles were simpler‚ men goes to work and women stays at home. Today‚ both genders are equal when it comes to their own rights and choices. In the essay “The Men We Carry in Our Minds”‚ by Scott Russell Sanders‚ he discusses his own view on the gender roles. Sanders grew up in a lower class environment where men worked hard and labored with their bodies. He states that “The bodies of the men I knew were twisted and maimed”

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    TORTS Table of Contents Breach of Duty 3 General Principles for Establish a Breach of Duty 3 The Calculus of Negligence 4 Who is the Reasonable Person? 9 Causation 13 Factual Causation under the Common Law 13 Factual Causation under Statute 16 Novus Actus Interveniens 18 Successive Causes 20 Exceptional Cases 21 Remoteness 24 Foreseeability of Damage 24 Kind of Injury and Manner of its Occurrence 25 Eggshell Skull Rule 26 Concurrent Liability 28 Vicarious Liability 28 Non-delegable

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    Maureen Roach English 101 19 January 2013 Men versus Women in Society In “The Men We Carry in Our Minds” by Scott Russell Sanders‚ Sanders described how men worked hard all day and the health issues they later on in life. Sanders also show the comments and reactions of women he knew or came across throughout his childhood life. As he got older‚ his opinion changed tremendously. He realized women had it much harder. In the society today‚ men and women are trying to make things equal between

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    Torts Cases and Digest

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    HELD: Under the Corporation Code‚ Naguait is liable bec: (1) he actively managed the business; (2) there was evidence that CFTI obtained reasonably adequate insurance; and (3) there was a corporate tort in this case. Our jurisprudence is wanting to the definite scope of “corporate tort.” Essentially‚ “tort” consists in the violation of a right given or the omission of a duty imposed by law. Simply stated‚ it is a breach of legal duty. PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK‚ petitioner‚ vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS

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    Land Rent Tax Reform Nobody likes taxes; all taxes result in the loss of money from citizens. However‚ some form of taxation must be implemented into every nation with a government in order to maintain order. The goal of every government is to establish the best possible route of taxing while harming the least amount of people. The people make up the economy and it is crucial to implement the “least bad” tax in order to improve the overall well-being of a nation’s citizens. As we have learned

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    Torts Exam Notes Intentional Torts Trespass to the Person Battery - directly and intentionally (or negligently) bringing about a harmful or offensive contact with the person of another - the ‘body is inviolate‚ and that any touching of another person‚ however slight may amount to a battery’ - Rixon - doesn’t have to cause harm - Rixon v Starcity Casino - Collins v Wilcock - no requirement of hostility or anger - Wilson v Pringle - In Re F - exception is made

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    their 2nd birthday panic you from vaccinations? Most parents do question if vaccinations are necessary for their children to stay healthy. The history of vaccinations started with Edward Jenner. When settlers moved to the New World‚ smallpox took a toll on them causing multiple deaths in the towns. Jenner came up with the theory that exposing others to the virus would create immunity for them. That theory was proven true and created what we now call vaccines. They have been proven to prevent people

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    Why Do We Want To Leave

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    France‚ this country that no longer dream… This country once known for domination it exercised over the world and its flourishing industry‚ today is a country that its inhabitants wish to leave. We must admit‚ emigration is a phenomenon very present and growing in recent years. The subject remains taboo: political deny that the decisions snuff spent decades in the past have resulted in a disaffection of French for their country. They are more likely to want to settle here permanently based in other

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    progressive reforms during the period 1890-1915 in the areas of urban life and politics were mixed successes‚ with some reforms working well and others not‚ but were overall largely successful. In urban life‚ the progressives worked hard to improve the conditions for all‚ to better the cities themselves. In politics‚ the progressives (who had felt as though their needs were not being represented) attempted to make the system less corrupt and more fair and equal for all. The less successful reforms in

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