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    My first case study is on Karen Ann Quinlan, one of the first cases of euthanasia that had significantly impacted the legal debate in the United States on the right to die. Karen Ann Quinlan in April of 1975 slipped into a coma after she consumed diazepam, dextropropoxyphene, and alcohol while on a crash diet and became the center of a national debate on the definition of life and the right to die. On September 12th 1975 Karen’s father and guardian filled a suit when the doctors denied his…

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    Jumpman Research Paper

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    Mario debuted as "Jumpman" in the arcade game Donkey Kong on July 9, 1981.[24] He is shown to be a carpenter and has a pet ape called Donkey Kong.[25] The carpenter mistreats the ape and Donkey Kong escapes to kidnap Jumpman's girlfriend, originally known as the Lady, but later named Pauline. The player must take the role of Jumpman and rescue the girl. Jumpman was later renamed "Mario" in the 1982 arcade game Donkey Kong Junior, the only game in which he has been portrayed as an antagonist. In…

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    2000);Actually, this conflict come to existence first by Burby & French (1981) in their early research - Coping With Floods: The Land Use Management Paradox- as they suggest that: ‘Communities often do not become concerned with flood plain land use management and do not begin to adopt vigorous management programs until after they have created a problem by allowing flood plain invasion’ (Burby & French 1981:p 294); However form another perspective; comprehensive land use plan could serve…

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    Case name: Rankin v. McPherson, 483 U.S. 378 (1987) Facts: Ardith McPherson was appointed a deputy in the Constable’s office of Harris County, Texas, on January 12, 1981. Her duties were only clerical. On March 30, 1981, McPherson discussed with her boyfriend, and fellow employee, a report about an attempt to assassinate the President of the United States. She made the remark “If they go for him again, I hope they get him”. Her remark was reported to Constable Rankin, who fired McPherson, even…

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    Dann (1981:193), defines a tourism motivation as “a meaningful state of mind which adequately disposes an actor or a group of actors to travel” and also “a meaningful state of mind is subsequently interpretable by others as a valid explanation for such a decision” (Dann, 1981:205). A motive is regarded as an internal factor, within the tourists, that “stimulates, guides and integrates a person’s behaviour” (Iso-Ahola, 1982:257). Individuals are motivated when they are aware of the satisfactory…

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    Doran who is a consultant and also a former director for Washington water Power Company published his paper “There is a smart way to write management goal and objective” (Doran, 1981). Within his paper he discussed how companies needed to set goals and objectives using the smart goal acronym in order to move forward. In his paper he define his meaning for smart which stood for specific, measurable, assignable, and realistic and…

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    One of the biggest companies that didn’t agree was Simon and Schuster. In 1986 the board learned about the contract between petitioner Simon and Schuster and admitted organized crime figure Henry Hill (Highlights). In 1981 Hill entered a contract with author Nicholas Pillage for the production of a book of a book about Hills life (Highlights). The following month signed publishing rights with Simon and Schuster. Hills book describes in colorful detail, the day to day…

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    These tools work self-possessed in a design flow that chip designers use to design and scrutinize all-inclusive semiconductor chips.1981 marks the establishment of EDA as an industry. Since many years, the larger electronic companies, such as Hewlett Packard, Tektronix, and Intel, had trailed EDA within. In the year 1981, managers and developers gyrated out of these companies to concentrate on EDA as a business. The Daisy Systems, Mentor Graphics, and Valid Logic Systems were…

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    In Labov and Waletzky's (1967&1997) view, the complicating action contains the main body of the narrative constructed by narrative clauses and serves the aim of delivering a series of events. As Labov and Waletzky (1997) maintained, it is often difficult to locate the exact end of the complicating action without relying on semantic criteria. The end of the complicating action often coincides with the resolution part. 2.2.5.4. Evaluation According to Labov and Waletzky (1967&1997), the…

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    field it would generally commence as an inductive process and cases are used to illustrate the application of the scientific method to criminal investigation (Osterburg, 1981). The scientific method can be applied to criminal justice research, and can formulate or construct an accurate representation of the world (Osterburg, 1981). The scientific method is commonly used in criminology and criminal justice. It is applied to gather valuable information, including physical evidence taken at…

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