trains that could carry fourteen passengers or had more than seventy freight cars as a safety measure. Then Southern Pacific Company said that this law violated the Commerce Clause. Statute: Arizona Train Limit Law Constitutional Provision: Commerce Clause Legal Question: Does the Arizona Train Limit Law violate the Commerce Clause? Legal Reasoning (J. Stone): • States don’t have the authority to substantially inhibit the flow of commerce and where the need for national uniformity in laws. o These
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Jessie Armstrong Final 12/18/2011 PART 1 (1) In media res is usually used in the middle of short stories at a crucial time in the action. In media res uses dramatic action‚ which sets up the characters and situations. (2) Suspense is used in short stories to make the reader feel for the characters and desire a certain outcome. Suspense is the anxiety of a certain outcome. (3) Irony is the use of words to express a meaning that is contradictory of its literal meaning. Irony is important in short
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CHAPTER 1 READING AND VOCABULARY 1.1 BUILDING VOCABULARY FOCUSING ON SYNONYM‚ ANTONYM AND HOMONYM What is a Synonym? A synonym is a word or expression that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word or expression. The noun “synonym” means “equivalent words”. The word “synonym” is a composite of two Greek words: The prefix “syn” means “together” and “onoma” is “name.” In English‚ a language known for its enormous vocabulary‚ most words have synonyms. Words that are synonyms
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Grammar Final: Study Guide Noun: A person‚ place‚ or thing (or an idea or activity) Common Nouns – general‚ not specific‚ not capitalized Proper Nouns – specific‚ capitalized Gerund Nouns – a verb that‚ having added‚ ‘ing’ is a noun i.e running: a noun‚ but ‘to run’ is a verb EXAMPLE SENTENCES The boy is in love. boy: common noun‚ functioning as the subject of the sentence love: common noun Skipping through Central Park is energizing. Skipping: gerund noun‚ functioning as
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single conjunction‚ use a comma after each term except the last. 3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas. 4. Place a comma before a conjunction introducing an independent clause. 5. Do not join independent clauses with a comma. 6. Do not break sentences in two. 7. Use a colon after an independent clause to introduce a list of particulars‚ an appositive‚ an amplification‚ or an illustrative quotation. 8. Use a dash to set off an abrupt break or interruption and to announce a long appositive
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requires straight mud flaps. (Question(s) Will truckers operating in or through Georgia have to comply with the Georgia statute? Or‚ does the Georgia law violate the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution because it substantially impacts interstate commerce? (Applicable Law(s) or Legal Principle(s) The Commerce Clause is found in Article. I‚ Section. 8 of the U. S. Constitution and states that “Congress has the power “to regulate Commerce among the several States.” Trucks carrying goods is
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Conjunctions—FANBOYS _________/10 Subordinating Conjunctions— Baby Aaawwubbist _________/10 Comma Rules—1-10 _________/10 Sentence Structures—Simple‚ Compound and Complex _________/10 Characteristics of phrases and clauses _________/10 Independent and Dependent Clauses _________/10 “The Road” Direct and Indirect Objects _________/10 Common Prepositions _________/10 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers _________/10 Helping Verbs—Bad HM WOULD chart _________/10 Adverbs _________/10
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New York times/ april‚18 2012 “Riches in mobile ads‚ just no profits” Author: Spencer e. Ante - Suzanne Vranica also contributed Summary Smart phones have provided a new plat-form for revenue to be made in the months ahead. They have the potential to produce billion dollar valuations for makers of mobile software and services. However‚ it’s turning the number of users to actual revenue that has been difficult for companies to capitalize on. The article I read uses companies such as Pandora internet
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Chapter 6 Writing Process Phase 2: Research‚ Organize‚ Compose 1. Phase 2 of the 3-x-3 writing process begins with doing which of the following? a.|Writing the rough draft| b.|Deciding how to organize the message| c.|Selecting a communication channel| d.|Gathering necessary information| REF: p. 110 2. Spencer has been asked to find out what features his customers consider most important when purchasing a car. Probably the most useful way to research this information would be by
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TRANSLATION: The process of turning an original or "source" text into a text in another language. TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES Direct Translation Techniques are used when structural and conceptual elements of the source language can be transposed into the target language. Direct translation techniques include: * Borrowing * Calque * Literal Translation Borrowing Borrowing is the taking of words directly from one language into another without translation. For example software‚ funk. English
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