Ebanks v. New York City Transit Authority 70 N.Y.2d 621‚ 518 N.Y.S 2d 776‚ Web 1987 N.Y Lexis 17294 United States Court of Appeals of New York Facts: * Julius Ebanks’s left foot got caught in a 2-inch gap between the escalator step and the side wall of the escalator‚ which was owned and operated by the New York City Transit Authority. * He was thrown violently to the ground after reaching the top. His hip was fractured along with other serious injuries. * The standard gap of the
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In April of 2007 an African American man studying to be a doctor‚ is stopped and frisked by three New York City Police Officers. The man‚ 33 year old David Floyd said he was not doing anything suspicious. This is the now famous case of Floyd v City of New York which challenged stop and frisks as discriminatory and unconstitutional. The judge ruled stop and frisk cases like Floyd vs New York are discriminatory and police tactics like this must be reformed. Because not only are people being treated
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New York Times Company v. US (1971) Summary: The New York Times and the Washington Post both published classified government information in their newspapers‚ later referred to as the Pentagon Papers. The government warned these newspapers about making public any more information and sought a restraining order against the Times‚ which it received‚ and was also extended to the Washington Post. The newspapers‚ objecting to this ruling‚ appealed the decision to the United States Court of Appeals
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Alcohol in America Speakeasies during the Prohibition in New York City On January 16th‚ 1919 the Eighteenth Amendment was passed. This prohibited the transportation‚ sale‚ and production of liquor within the borders of the United States. This act had many unintended consequences: one of them being the rise of speakeasies mainly in major cities. With the evaporation of the big saloon came the birth of speakeasies‚ mostly hole-in-the-wall establishments that served illegal liquor. Many of these
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Cody Sabo Question 3 9/11/11 Aldous Huxley wisely inserts many instances of distortion to the elements in Brave New World to successfully caution the world about its growing interest in technology. Brave New World takes place in a futuristic society that has a date system entirely based off Henry Ford. Huxley intentionally distorted the setting of Brave New World so distance was created between his audience and the reader. This distance allows the reader to cast judgment upon the society
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building projects around the world‚ recently named the best tall buildings in the World for 2012. The group chose the best buildings in each of four regional categories: the Americas‚ Asia and Australia‚ Europe‚ and the Middle East and Africa. There’s an additional innovation award given to the most innovative building. Criteria include sustainability‚ innovation‚ and design. The Absolute Towers in Mississauga‚ Canada‚ a fast-growing suburb of Toronto‚ were named the best tall buildings in the Americas
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The Best Time The world is evolving faster every year. Technology is the biggest and most remarkable form of evolution for the human being. Even though‚ a lot of people think that technology is the only thing that us‚ the human beings‚ have evolved they are wrong. Now we live in a better world‚ not just material things‚ we have improved many things‚ for example‚ education. Old people say that their time was better‚ and young people say that their time is better. We cannot know which time was better
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Civilized: A Look Into the Society of Brave New World Today‚ a civilization is defined as a human society which has reached a high state of culture‚ government‚ industry and science. As compared to modern society‚ that of the Brave New World is leaps and bounds ahead when comparing scientific advancements. In today’s society the thought of choosing which traits and characteristics a child will have is exactly that‚ a thought. Thus‚ because the Brave New World is more advanced than modern society‚ it
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Tilt Rotors‚ Best of Both Worlds? by Mathew Meacham An Undergraduate Research Paper Submitted to the Extended Campus in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of ASCI 310: Aircraft Performance and the Degree of Bachelor of Professional Aeronautics Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Extended Campus Oakland Resident Center December 2011 ABSTRACT Researcher: Mathew Meacham Title: Tilt Rotors‚ Best of Both Worlds? Institution: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Year:
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Mady Bridwell Moseley Brave New World: Debate Surveillance Opening Speech: In most cases‚ past‚ present‚ and the written future‚ surveillance can be expressed through methods such as recording audibly or visually. When we think of surveillance‚ we tend to think of video cameras‚ or of security guards watching society’s every move. The same situations are not expressed in Huxley’s Brave New World. Surveillance‚ by definition‚ is close watch or observation kept over someone or something
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