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    Tort reform refers to the proposed changes in the common law civil justice systems that would reduce tort litigation and/or damages. Tort liability imposes significant cost on society. In 1991‚ US has spent a total of $131.6 billion on tort litigation‚ which is approximately 2.3% of the gross domestic product (GDP)1 Studies have shown that the citizens pay a tort tax of $1200 per individual or nearly $5000 for a family of four. 2 Today‚ tort reform is a contentious political issue and its advocates

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    at the time for tobacco plants and then later cotton were mostly from Africa. The growing demand for cotton led for many slave owners in the south to start growing cotton this led to slaves and cotton being the base of the souths economy. The abolitionist movement during the late 1800’s began dividing the United States over the issue of slavery. Slavery was banned in all of the new western states in the Missouri compromise in 1820. The south thought this was a threat to slavery itself. One Supreme

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    Forecast for Medicare Reform Nina Brown American InterContinental University Health Policy/HCM620/Unit 3 September 23‚ 2012 Forecast for Medicare Reform Introduction From the time when Medicare was passed in 1965‚ it has delivered health care insurance to millions of elderly and disabled Americans. As effective this government program has survived‚ it is not progressing with the huge developments in the health care business such as with the prescription drug assistances

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    Campaign Finance Reform Effective election campaigns have always relied on the candidates’ ability to raise money. Even in the days before television‚ radio and the internet‚ it still took money to get the word out to the people in a far-flung land. However‚ today’s candidates are faced with raising larger and larger amounts of money with each new election that comes along. Individuals are the primary source of campaign funding at the federal level‚ with political action committees running

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    CHAPTER SEVEN The 21st-Century Engineer: A Proposal For Engineering Education Reform By Patricia D. Galloway‚ Ph.D.‚ P.E.‚ F.ASCE This month the asce Press will publish The 21st-Century Engineer: A Proposal for Engineering Education Reform‚ by Patricia D. Galloway‚ Ph.D.‚ p.e.‚ f.asce‚ the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Nielsen-Wurster Group‚ Inc.‚ and a former president of asce. In her book Galloway contends that the existing system for educating engineers must change

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    When you think of the hippie movement‚ what do you picture in your mind? A group of homeless young men smoking on the streets? Or young girls with has no sexual morals. These are some misconceptions of one of the biggest subculture of American history. The early 1960s to mid-1970s was one of the most controversial periods in American history. During this interim‚ the hippie movement was all the rage as it was popular among teenagers and young adults. It was in this time frame that the baby boomers

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    Major Turning Points in U.S. History (1492-1820) Throughout documented United States history‚ immense changes in social‚ political‚ and economic establishments have been brought about by perplexing people or conditions. Often‚ these changes mark a turning point in the progress of civilization as new ideas are formed‚ new governments raised‚ or new discoveries put to use in the interest of progress. Whether these pivotal moments in history may be triggered due to a single nonconforming individual

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    ISLAMABAD: In a major step towards electoral reforms in Pakistan‚ the government will soon move a draft law in parliament to make Nadra’s Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC) mandatory for voting in elections. Secretary Election Commission Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan told The News here on Friday that the bill was expected to be moved in the National Assembly during its ongoing session and when enacted would make the old NIC and other documents of identity invalid for voting. “The Computerised National

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    Reform of the Electoral System of the People’s Congresses in China – A Case Study of District People’s Congress Election LIN Feng ∗ I. Introduction China’s electoral system is composed of three elements: (i) the electoral system of grassroots autonomous organizations such as village residents’ committees; (ii) the electoral system of the people’s congresses at all levels; and (iii) the electoral system of officials of governmental organs at all levels. Many Chinese and foreign scholars have conducted

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    AGRARIAN REFORM OF THE PHIL. AND BRIEF HISTORY OF AGRARIAN REFORM II. IMPLEMENTING LAWS III. DEFINITION OF LAND REFORM & AGRARIAN REFORM IV. COVERAGE OF THE LAND REFORM PROGRAM V. RETENTION LIMITS & EXCEPTION ON THE RULES ON RETENTION LIMITS VI. EVALUATION I. INTRODUCTION TO AGRARIAN REFORM OF THE PHIL. AND BRIEF HISTORY OF AGRARIAN REFORM Land reform pertains to integrated set of measures designed to eliminate obstacles to economic and social development arising from defects

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