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    Assignment #3: JULIA`S FOOD BOOTH A. Julia would make $1150 profit after paying all expenses after the first game. And then she would make $1721.22 for the rest of the games. Since she will be clearing her number of $1000 profit per game‚ she should lease the booth. B. If she borrows money from a friend she would increase her profit. She would borrow $380.82 from a friend and she will make $571.22 more profit. The factor that constraints her from borrowing even more money is the total

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    Unit 1D5: Pursuing ‘Life and Liberty’ Introduction – The political structure of the USA To appreciate fully the events that are studied in this unit‚ it is important to have a grasp on some of the key features of the American political system. This had been set up in the late eighteenth century through the Constitution. Three branches of government were set up. These were the Executive‚ the Legislature and the Judiciary. They were to operate at both state and federal (national) level. At federal

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    have literary elements? Well‚ all stories have literary elements‚ but today I’m going to compare‚ and contrast three stories “Liberty”‚ “Sniper”‚ and “Harrison Bergeron” along with three elements conflict‚ setting‚ and character. Conflict is the first literary element I will talk about with these stories. Each story had a conflict that was like each other. In “Liberty” the narrator and her family needed to escape from the island to the USA without being caught by the dictator. In “Sniper” a war

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    The American Civil Liberties Union Two Sides of the Same Coin The American Civil Liberties Union‚ commonly known as the ACLU‚ was founded in 1920 by Roger Nash Baldwin in defense of the Bill of Rights. Over the years‚ the American Civil Liberties Union has been involved in so many controversial cases‚ such as the Scopes Monkey Trial and for their defense of the American Nazis’ in the Chicago suburb of Skokie‚ that many people view them as anti-religious. Considered a left wing organization by

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    Civil Liberties Are civil rights and civil liberties the same thing? Many People believe it that way. There is a big difference between civil rights and civil liberties and you shouldn’t confuse them because that can change how you live your life. The differences between these two are that civil rights mean that you cannot be discriminated or treated differently and to get equal treatment. The government grants civil rights to protect their citizens and give them fairness. While civil liberties include

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    Lady Liberty: A Biography By Doreen Rappaport Book Summary: A powerfully moving‚ authentic portrait of the Statue of Liberty‚ told through the eyes of those who created her and illustrated in glorious detail. "Soon America will be one hundred years old. I share my dream of a birthday gift." It begins in 1865 as a romantic idea‚ but ten years later Édouard Laboulaye’s dream catches fire and takes shape. Sculptor Auguste Bartholdi gives the dream

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    The American Civil Liberties Union is an American non-profit institution that works to defend American rights and liberties provided by laws and the Constitution. They also use court cases and through documentation of verdicts and are a very important protector of liberties and rights of the American people. From its official start in 1920 from the former National Civil Liberties Bureau the ACLU has been focused on the secular rights not of one theme but of all groups‚ from Civil Rights‚ free speech

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    The War on One’s Individual Liberty and Freedoms Nadira R. Brown POL 201 Professor Dovie Dawson April 15‚ 2013 The War on One’s Individual Liberty and Freedoms Have you ever felt like a piece of cheese on a mouse trap just waiting for that mouse to come by and eat you; maybe even a fly stuck in a spider’s web hoping that you can get away? Well I am sure if I had been one of those people in the mist of the chaos on September 11‚ 2001 that had changed the life of all Americans’ across the

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    Civil Liberties and Rights Timeline and Synopsis Instructions Complete the following timeline with entries that demonstrate the development of civil liberties and rights over time. In part two‚ write a brief essay of at least 350 words which discusses specific social movements and how they relate to the development of civil liberties and rights. Part One: Civil Liberties and Rights Timeline Complete the second column with brief descriptions of key decisions on civil liberties. Include which

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    Civil rights and liberties are basic ingredients of a democracy. Civil rights are the laws that protects us against discrimination on various basis such as gender‚ race‚ class‚ etc. These are the laws that government promises equality to all its citizens. Civil liberties in the other hand is associated with other rights and freedoms that are guaranteed by the government. Civil rights and government are both similar and different in some ways. They both serve democracy but hold different responsibilities

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