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    Writing 101 17February2011 The Prohibition of Cigarettes I thought about the question‚ “Should the manufacture of cigarettes be prohibited” and I don’t really believe that saying “yes” to this question would be of benefit to those who are pro cigarettes or against cigarettes. The question basically appears to make out that the manufacture of cigarettes‚ and only cigarettes‚ should be prohibited. There are many campaigns against the usage of cigarettes as we can see television commercials clearly

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    Prohibition in the 1920s-1930s Prohibition failed in Canada because of the citizen’s disregard for the new law‚ bootlegging and for the difficulties in keeping this law. First‚ prohibition failed in Canada because of the complete disregard for the law shown by Canadian citizens. Before prohibition was introduced drinking was a common thing especially for men. But after law of prohibition was made official many avid drinkers ignored the law and were coming up with creative ways to still consume

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    By 1918‚ the federal government imposed the law of prohibition Canada-wide. The idea of prohibition began in the early twentieth century when temperance groups such as the Dominion Alliance for the Total Suppression of the Liquor Traffic and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union believed alcohol was the main source of many problems of the poor (Hundey and Michael 87). These types of groups campaigned to have the government shut down bars and taverns (Hallowell). During this time period‚ drinking

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    was not sought. US troops had decisively won the war‚ but were forced to occupy and policy the lands as a result of a lack of an exit strategy. The issue of winning wars and defining victory is an issue Emile Simpson analyzes in her article “Why We Failed to Win a Decisive Victory in Afghanistan”. Simpson begins the article by defining what Western militaries consider victory by quoting Clausewitz‚ stating “we must render the enemy powerless: and that‚ in theory‚ is the

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    My name is Adolf Hitler and I failed Germany. If you are reading this‚ I failed to defend Berlin against the soviet armies and my beloved wife‚ Eva Braun. Our corps are now is ashes being taken by the wind‚ above the city that I failed to protect‚ and over thousands of loyal died Nazi soldiers that fought until their last breath‚ fighting for what they believed. In a better Germany. That was what I believed! Germany is my home and always will be. My heart belonged to Germany since I first arrived

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    should be prohibited because drugs are unhealthily for the users ’ brain and body. Day-by-day brain cells start to die and users ’ start to think slowly and unhealthily. Acording to the website(http://en.wikipedia.com) titled Arguments for prohibition: The brain damage associated with drug use is a result of regular use and generally cannot be avoided. Accordingly users ’ lose weight‚ and get some psychologic problems. For example; forgetfulness‚ depression‚ tremble. User start to

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    stolen."I should not have boarded a crowded bus.Maybe somebody has picked my pocket there"‚she said to herself.Manager Gayathri too had just reached the bank.Seeing Komal’s face she understood that there was some problem. "What is the matter‚Komal? Why are you looking upset?Is everything all right?"she asked. "Ma’m‚my cell phone has been stolen"‚spoke Komal nervously. "You did not have any cell phone!"surprised Gayathri said. "Yesterday was my birthday and it was a birthday gift to me from

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    relations throughout the nation. Historians of the era have focused on four questions: How much change was there between the antebellum and postbellum eras? Was Reconstruction too radical or too conservative? When did it start and end? And how and why did it fail? Reconstruction was as deeply political as the controversies over slavery and the Civil War that set the stage for it‚ and all three followed the same pattern: liberalism triumphed when reactionaries overreached. In 1861‚ southern secession

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    John C. Anyanwu Jr. 10/23/2011 National Alcohol Prohibition Wayne Hall’s article on the policy lessons of National Alcohol Prohibition in the United States‚ 1920–1933 starts off by implying that national prohibition on alcohol was a failure. “National alcohol prohibition in the United States between 1920 and 1933 is believed widely to have been a misguided and failed social experiment that made alcohol problems worse by encouraging drinks to switch to spirits and created a large black market

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    SOFTWARE BUG CRIPPLES THE IEBC SYSTEM Introduction: A software bug is an error‚ flaw‚ failure‚ or fault in a computer program or system that produces an incorrect or unexpected result‚ or causes it to behave in unintended ways. Most bugs arise from mistakes and errors made by people in either a program’s source code or its design‚ and a few are caused by compilers producing incorrect code. Bugs trigger errors that can in turn have a wide variety of ripple effects‚ with varying levels of inconvenience

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