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    Chicago Author-Date Referencing 2007 The Chicago Author-Date referencing style has two basic systems of documentation. There is the humanities style (which can also be known as the footnote and endnote or the notes and bibliography style)‚ as well as the au- thor-date style. This guide follows the author-date system of referencing. This involves citations within the text cor- responding to a full bibliographic entry in the reference list at the end of the document. The in-text citations include

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    the time of prohibition. While many negative things came from prohibition‚ not all negatively affected our society. Prohibition in Chicago in the 1920’s is generally viewed as a failure; yet there were some positive aspects‚ such as the formation of support groups for alcoholics and their family members‚ which came from prohibition that still strongly influences Chicago today in a positive manner. Prohibition is generally viewed as a failure. It’s main goal was to reduce the drinking among workers

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    v. Heller in 2008‚ Alan Gura‚ also represented Otis McDonald in this case‚ McDonald v. Chicago. He claimed that Chicago’s handgun ban fails to allow him to adequately protect himself. Gura litigated that the Second Amendment‚ in addition to federal jurisdictions‚ should also be applied against state and local governments. He argued before the

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    Eric Kim’s Chicago‚ 2013 is a collection of psychological feelings that have been captured in one instance of time. Initially giving the image of a busy working man‚ the subject featured in this picture is a model of the average working man. Taking a look at the surroundings‚ the businessman’s true mentality begins to peak. This man is exhausted‚ stressed‚ and lonely. Despite all of these characteristics‚ this picture still gives encouragement and inspiration in an unusual way‚ which is what the

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    1. The Dinner Party a. The Dinner Party is an interesting piece of artwork. When I first saw this piece‚ I was a bit confused as to why Judy Chicago would do such a thing. Many people these days get so offended when there are female body parts being displayed out in the open. I see this piece as a equality-provoking type of piece. I felt that happy that someone made this. People are constantly shaming women for doing the same thing as men as if we’re committing a crime. b. The goal of the work to

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    In the 1995 Chicago Heat Wave‚ mortality was related to living alone in that living along doubled a person’s chance of not surviving the heat wave. On the other had‚ and form of social connection lessened the chance of dying. Some of the main reasons that this relationship exists are because most of the people living along were older people and increasingly people with poor mobility were living alone. Living alone as an aging person was thought to be the ideal way for them to live because it gave

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    comparison of Russia and Britain in the period 1850 – 1900. How true is it to say that Russia was a ‘backward country’?” Countries develop at different rates at different times. While Britain had started to industrialise and modernise prior to 1850‚ is it true to say that Russia was as successful in trying to develop before the start of the 20th century or were they still considered a backward country by that time? Prior to and during the period 1850 - 1900‚ Russia was controlled by a Tsarist autocracy

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    The Crimes The first mobster job of Al Capone was a crackdown on racketeering in Chicago that involved moving operations to Cicero. His brothers‚ Frank and Ralph‚ assisted him in infiltrating the police and the government departments. They took leading positions between them within Cicero city government in addition to running gambling clubs‚ brothels‚ and racetracks. Al Capone kidnapped the election workers of the opponents and threatened the voters with violence. Capone’s brother‚ Frank was shot

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    The movement in organized labor from 1875 to 1900 to improve the position of workers was unsuccessful because of the inherent weaknesses of unions and the failures of their strikes‚ the negative public attitudes toward organized labor‚ widespread government corruption‚ and the tendency of government to side with big business. After the Civil there was a push to industrialize quickly‚ and the rushed industrialization was at the expense of the workers as it led to bigger profits for big business and

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    a Advantage: * Skydive Chicago is one of the United States’ premier skydiving resorts‚ serving skydivers ranging in skills from first time jumpers to internationally competitive freefly teams. * Jumpmasters video their student’s jumps. * Students use the feedback these videos provide to identify mistakes. * (student)They often copy their videos onto a personal tape for future reference. * Jumpmasters may also copy well-executed student skydives to the facility’s tape library

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