The National Prohibition of alcohol in America started in the year 1920. It was known as the "noble experiment". It was created to reduce crime and corruption‚ solve social problems‚ reduce the tax burden by poorhouses and prisons‚ and to improve hygiene and health in America. The results of the "noble experiment" was indicated that it was an absolute failure. This evidence is from the economic theory‚ which estimates that prohibition of mutually beneficial exchanges is bound to fail. The Prohibition
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S steel industry in the late 19th century. Andrew Carnegie was a hero in many ways. One reason why Andrew Carnegie was a hero was because of his influences on renovating the American steel industry which helped create the U.S a world power. Secondly‚ Andrew Carnegie was a hero is because he helped create jobs that employed many Americans. Finally‚ Carnegie was a hero because he was one of the most influential philanthropists. He was a ‘hero’ in the sense that he gave away most of his money to
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Problem 1 1. In 2008‚ Roma was a schoolteacher and earned $40‚000 for the entire year. But she enjoys creating cartoons‚ so at the beginning of 2009‚ Roma quit teaching and set to work as a cartoonist. She stopped renting out her basement for $5‚000 a year and began to use it as her office. She used $5‚000 from her savings account to buy a new computer which she expects will last for 5 years. She leased a printer for $150 a year. During 2009‚ Roma paid a total of $1‚250 for paper‚ utilities‚
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Kotler and Keller (2009‚ p. 482) define retailing to encompass all activities in selling goods or services to the final consumers for personal or business use irrespective of the type of organization‚ how the goods are sold or where the goods are sold. The retail sector accounts for a sizable share of the Philippine economy. Patalinghug (2001) claimed that the retail trade sector contributed on the average 10.7 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 1981 to 1999 and
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of the audience and allows them to connect to the individuals and societies within a text. Peter Goldsworthy in his fictional text ‘Maestro’ and Wilfred Owen in his poem ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ employ the distinctively visual to give the audience a greater understanding of the characters and societies‚ featured in their texts. Peter Goldsworthy in his novel ‘Maestro’ monotonously incorporates contrasts to highlight numerous aspects of protagonist Paul Crabbe’s life including societal context and
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disorder. Showing that whatever that is fair is foul‚ and wanted by the witches. 2. What is the significance of Shakespeare beginning the play with the witches? In Shakespeare’s time people feared and believed in witches. The beginning of the novel was very appealing to the audience during that time period. 3. What evidence do we have of Macbeth’s bravery and the high regard Duncan holds him? As he enters battle he ‘disdains fortune’ only slaying his enemies for the king. Duncan believes that he
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Biography of Helen Keller [pic] Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27‚ 1880‚ in Tuscumbia‚ Alabama. Before she was 2 years old‚ Helen Keller lost her sight and hearing after a high fever. She was often frustrated and the family spoiled her considerably‚ though until Dr. Alexander Graham Bell urged them to find a teacher from the Perkins Institute for the Blind‚ she was unable to communicate. Anne Sullivan was that teacher. The next events are well-known: Helen Keller learning to understand
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Essay Peter Goldsworthy’s novel Maestro is substantially autobiographical. Through the development of the narrator Paul Crabbe from adolescence into maturity‚ Peter recalls aspects of his own experiences growing up in Darwin. Goldsworthy employs a musical style throughout the novel to engage the audience with visual imagery. The style features used to create characterisation and descriptive settings are all distinctively visual and help to shape the meaning of the text. Similarly Pablo Picasso used
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Helen Adams Keller Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27‚ 1880 in Tuscumbia‚ Alabama she was the first of two daughters born to Arthur H. Keller and Katherine Adams Keller. Keller wasn’t born without sight and hearing and at 6 months old she was speaking. When she was only 18 months old Keller contracted “brain fever” producing a high body temperature. After a few days after the fever broke‚ her mother noticed she didn’t react when the dinner bell was rung or when someone waved there hand in
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told in a straightforward chronological account‚ describing his childhood‚ his time spent in Darwin as a pupil of Keller‚ his passage from adolescent to adult‚ his ambition to be a concert pianist and his ultimate realisation that "Honourable mention has become the story of my life". Paul’s character is majorly influenced by Keller throughout the course of the book. It is through Keller‚ that Paul learns many valuable lessons in life‚ however‚ ironically‚ he does not realise it at the time‚ "you are
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