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    north to Chicago—and the Blues moved with them. By then sharecropping and plantation living were unsustainable ways of living carried out by various “push” factors. The mechanized cotton picker could field an acre of cotton in about 16% of the man hours. The Boll Weevil beetle (Anthonomus grandis) devastated the south’s dependence on cotton and created further economic struggles for African-Americans. While the southern economy struggled, that of Chicago boomed. WWII created droves of manual and manufacturing

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    Proper citation is essential in any written work. The format style may be the American Psychological Association (A.P.A.) citation, which emphasizes authorship, or the Modern Language Association (M.L.A.) citation that emphasizes creation date, or the Chicago Manual of Style (C.M.S.) citation (Purdue, 2014). Regardless of which format style is required, the proper utilization is important. It is not only necessary to avoid the negative consequences of plagiarism, but also provides some significant

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    writing skills, there is no guarantee for the reader about the creditability of the content. In any case, if you want to write the perfect research paper there is a very good book I'd like to recommend to you; "A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations - Chicago Style for Students and Researchers" by Kathy L. Turabian, 2007.

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    Editing and the Crisis of Open Source The Free Software movement that began in 1985 and the newer "open source" movement, represented a serious threat to traditional methods of production and distribution. The idea of a non-proprietary method of cultural exchange was and is a radical departure from traditional models that have come to restrict creativity and free exchange. In the ensuing years, there was a gradual drift away from ideas of non-proprietary toward ideas of access to software’s code

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    is not very formal. It tends to utilize abbreviations and lingo that most people outside of the Military would not understand. However, a small portion of Military writing is formal. For this type of writing, there is a correspondence manual to follow; this manual is very exact as to wording and format of letters and papers. However, this type of writing in the Military is not very common, especially among the lower ranks. WRTG 101 has given me the skills, such as researching topics and writing in

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    To analysis above supporting evidence, on the one hand, Canada is one of those funders of the UN. As a senior member of UN, Canada has significant political influences and power at UN. To demonstrate, the Canadian powerful world class military force is acting on UN's behalf to not only enforces international laws, but also ensures people has a peaceful place to live on the Earth. At the same time, Canada also acting on UN's behalf to protects people's human rights by means of using academic weapon

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    Economic uncertainty, coupled with the retirement of the baby boomers, skyrocketing medical costs, and rising life expectancy, have left our lawmakers at their wits end in regards to our ever-expanding budget. Barr states, “Contrary to popular belief, long-term trends Policymakers are now acting upon this, by enacting a policy beginning in 2017 and ending in 2036, to gradually increase the Social Security tax by “1/20th of 1 percent”. As of now, “employers and employee pay 6.2 percent tax to Social

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    Louis Sullivan and the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building “The Art Nouveau Jewel of Chicago” Written by Joss Ryan P10528830 History and Theory ‘ARCH 2031’ 2012 Louis Sullivan and the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building Page 1 Art Nouveau is a very renowned style of art, applied art, and architecture. It is an influential design movement and an international philosophy. The name “Art Nouveau” itself means “new art” in the French language, and is also known as “Jugendstil”

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    you next week.” “Please, listen - I have to reschedule the book.” Most copyeditors edit between 8-20 books a year and might well have 6 on the go at once. Every book has it’s own problems; in some its organization, balance, and logic, in others its style and rhythm, and in still others its accuracy and consistency. The editor deals with them all. Neither the public or his publisher appreciate how difficult it can be for him to marshall his wits when faced with such a scenerio. To cope, he must be a

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    somewhat confident (or even frustrated) by the rules that you already knew or forgot, examine Style by Joseph M. Williams. Mr. Williams is a professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Chicago. You may have already encountered another book published by the University on the subject. Fear not; Williams book is not an immense conundrum of rules in the same vein as The Chicago Manual of Style. I prefer to think of it as a response to Strunk & White; Williams will address many of the same

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