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    As Prohibition commenced in 1920‚ progressives envisioned an age of moral and social reform. As early as 1916‚ some 26 out of 48 states were already dry‚ and once the United States entered the first world war‚ Prohibition became identified with patriotism. This was the peak of progressive reform: to a generation of Protestant reformers‚ using the power of the state to regulate the anarchy of the industrial city and improve the lot of ordinary workers seemed only natural and reasonable. By December

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    Land Reform

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    Struggles in Implementing Agrarian Reform in the Philippines “Agrarian Reform: A Struggle for Social Justice” ABSTRACT The paper entitled “Agrarian Reform: A Struggle for Social Justice” aims to give the current status of agrarian reform in the Philippines. It also aims to provide the struggle of Filipinos for social justice in the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). This paper aims to explain why land reform is slow here in our country. This will

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    Progressive Movement: "The Progressive movement of 1900 to 1917 was a triumph of conservatism rather than a victory for liberalism." I disagree with this statement. The basic philosophy of "conservatism" is that change is bad. The basic "historian" definition of progressivism is: a movement for social change and improvement. For this reason‚ it is accurate to say that this era was a triumph of liberalism. The Progressive movement was a time of extreme changes where‚ social‚ urban‚ and economic;

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    The Golden Age From fashion defining what your social status is to being punished for being in love. The Golden age has inspired us in many ways with its wise leaders. magnificant writers and bold people of its time. All this influnce is from The Golden Age or Elizabethan Era. The Elizabethan Era (1558-1603) was a time of cruel punishments‚ riveting people‚ such as Arabella Stuart‚ and fashion statements. Crimes in the Elizabethan Era were not taken lightly‚ and the punishment was

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    polling places. Most of the Revolution-era state constitutions preserved the colonial policy of denying citizens the right to run for office unless they met certain requirements. A small group of populist reformers proposed to reduce the size of election districts. They wanted to make state legislatures more responsive to the voters by giving them less constituents.The advocates and opponents of heavy tax and debt collection were so far apart they tried to reform many elements of the state governments

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    “Curricular Reforms in Medical Education: Indian Scenario”    Avinash Supe    Medical
Colleges
in
India
have
been
growing
exponentially
over
the
past
20
 years
and
now
number
more
than
330
with
an
output
of
35000
doctors
every
year.
 As
medical
graduates
from
India
serve
all
over
the
world‚
their
training
as
well
as
 competence
is
global
concern.

 
 History of Medical Curricular Reforms in India   India
has
a
rich
tradition
of
medical
education
from
2000
BC
with
Sushruta
 and
Charak
clearly
spe

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    Factory Reform

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    For example‚ in response to the increased activism the political leaders of Tammany Hall of New York‚ Smith and Wagner‚ were forced to alter their position on reform. Eventually‚ leaders of both parties started embracing factory and industrial reform‚ and were now supporting Newman‚ Lemlich‚ and Schneiderman‚ whom they were once fighting against with strikebreakers. Quickly after the fire‚ the Fire Prevention Bureau was established in New York. The conditions

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    1.1 Progressive Insurance Company offers its services to over 10 million people‚ making it one of the largest auto insurance companies in the U.S.A. There are various initiatives devised by Progressive to improve service quality under the five dimensions of service quality which are following. Reliability: a. Progressive offers a high-tech method for calculating auto insurance premiums on a pay-as-you-go basis to perform the promised‚ customized and differentiated services. b. Progressive group

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    EDUCATION REFORM Education Reform It is undeniably clear that we have serious problems with our education system. Talk to any teacher and you will hear the same complaints; overcrowded classrooms‚ lack of supplies and text books‚ unfairness of the grading system‚ discipline issues‚ drugs‚ underpaid teachers and the list goes on and on. The result; our children can’t read‚ spell or solve basic math problems without a calculator. Many

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    foreigners as well as for native speakers. Hence‚ spelling reform is seen as a need to introduce a logical structure connecting the spelling and pronunciation of words. In this essay‚ I will discuss the former spelling reforms led by Webster and the others in the past‚ the reasons behind the numerous attempts in the past to reform English and why these reforms never really succeeded. Before we look at the different spelling reforms proposed in the past‚ let us first examine how Modern English

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