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    The Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1899 created a juvenile court that had jurisdiction over children charged with crimes. But‚ in addition‚ the new juvenile court was given jurisdiction over: Any child who for any reason is destitute or homeless or abandoned; or dependent on the public for support; or has not proper parental care or guardianship; or who habitually begs or receives alms; or who is living in any house of ill fame or with any vicious or disreputable person; or whose home by reason

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    Are Magazines Really Useless? In the essay “Reading and Thought‚” New York intellectual Dwight Macdonald explains the reasons society should not be wasting their time reading magazines because of ineffective knowledge gained from them. Macdonald clarifies his points by specifically including quotes from two different magazine companies and provides his own opinion about what people should really know about them. The connection that reading irrelevant passages and the thought we have after is how

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    “The Wandering” by Maureen Hayes and “The Leaving” by Budge Wilson are two stories that took place in major cities in Canada in the late 1900s. Both stories showed love and caring traits between the daughter and the mother‚ and they demonstrated their traits through their actions when under external and internal conflicts. First‚ the protagonist from both stories faces external conflict with family “The Leaving” was taken place in Nova Scotia in the 1960s. At that time‚ female members of the family

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    David Brooks is a columnist for the New York Times and he wrote an article in the opinion pages called “Weed: Been There. Done That.” This subject is a controversial one and will continue to be a topic of concern for many years to come. Everyone has either taken part or knows of people that have used this drug. In this article he goes on to discourage the use of weed and it’s legalization in the states by using his life experiences with the substance. Brooks begins by mentioning the health setbacks

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    Example of Regression Analysis: Emergency Calls to the New York Auto Club The AAA Club of New York provides many services to its members‚ including travel planning‚ traffic safety classes and discounts on insurance. The service with the highest profile is its Emergency Road Service (ERS). If a club member’s car breaks down‚ the member can tell the Club to send out a tow truck for assistance. This service is especially useful in the winter months‚ when Club members can be stranded with frozen

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    Illinois Tool Works: A Great Play for Defensive Investors Extensive global footprints and investments in key growth markets allowed Illinois Tool Works to excel in its industry. The company’s margin expansion strategies are working and allowing it to turn respectable revenue growth into big profits. It’s a perfect play for long-term defensive Investors. From deep-sea oil rigs and bridges‚ to aerospace technology‚ cars‚ mobile devices‚ healthcare‚ wind turbines and space technology‚ Illinois Tool

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    holding nothing more then what scraps of food we could bring‚ maybe a change of ragged clothing‚ and the remnants of our money. I meet my father at the door‚ his figure drenched in the Spring rain. We all knew where we were to go‚ Glasgow‚ for we were leaving Ireland. It took us a days time to travel there‚ on the way I asked my father to once more regale me with the tale of America‚ he cleared his throat as my brother closed his book‚ a rare occurrence‚ his soft voice disrupting the quiet call of night

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    Attila Nagy 9/18/2017 ENC3465 Legal Brief 3 State of New York v. Robert Strong Facts Robert Strong belongs to the Sudan Muslim religious faith‚ which later named him one of the leaders. As part of a well-known ceremony‚ he performed a religious exercise on the victim by plunging three knives into his chest to stop his heartbeat and breathing without any health repercussion thereafter. Even though this has occurred for over forty years without any fatality‚ the victim did not survive this exercise

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    from New York Public Colleges is a high as compared to the graduation rate of other colleges in the recent years. The claim is that the average graduation rate is more than 50 in New York Public Colleges. DATA: NEW YORK PUBLIC COLLEGES GRADUATION RATE (6 year) % 1 United States Military Academy 85.70 2 United States Merchant Marine Academy 78.30 3 Binghamton University 77.90 4 State University of New York College at Geneseo 77.20 5 State University of New York College at New Paltz

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    #2 U.S. Government B3 Section 1: Overview In November of 1969‚ Frederick Walz‚ owner of property in Richmond County‚ New York‚ sued the New York City Tax Commission on the grounds that property tax exemptions for religious organizations (i.e. Churches‚ Synagogues) indirectly forced him to support said organizations. The case‚ Walz v. Tax Commission of City of New York‚ addressed the issue of if property tax exemptions violated the Establishment Clause of the first amendment. The case was decided

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