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    passed economic tax reforms that took the united states to the highest economic heights, until the Clinton administration of 1993. The Tax reform act of 1986 imposed the biggest tax cuts on income revenue in history. This reform voiced by the iconic President, was a total overhaul of the previously complicated and loophole riddled tax code. Before 1986, the tax code basically crippled middle-class americans and favored the wealthy. On the other hand, Reagan’s reform aimed to create and equal…

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    regards to how to avoid accidents. Therefore, Deming (1986) agrees with Vaughan (1996), focusing on the human cause. He believes that industries can accomplish the project with high effectiveness and few deviations that they continue enhancing quality. Deming (1986) argues that even though errors and mistakes can be reduced by applying quality management methods and tools, they cannot be eliminated totally in the firms. Therefore, Deming’s (1986) 14 points of quality give guidelines for internal…

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    threat to our well-being, there is little to consider. He writes “it had to be defended against private usurpations by individuals each of whom always tries not only to withdraw his own share but also to usurp for himself that of others.” (Beccaria, 1986: page 5). Beccaria believed that humans have always measured the possible outcome of their actions against the reward of the situation. We have always tried to maximise our pleasures in life. However, Marxists would argue that authorities use…

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    to reach the present state (Watkins 1986). The most influential people who designed and supervised the building were Bramante, Michelangelo and Maderno (Watkins 1986). In 1506, Bramante was entrusted by Julius to rebuild Old St. Peter’s (Watkins 1986). Bramante transformed the four corner chapels into Greek crosses, which created a square ambulatory around the dome (Baker 2015). The development of the space helped strengthen the user’s experience (Watkins 1986). After Bramante’s death,…

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    Fanon finds himself suffering from schizophrenia and many disorders as a result of the white man’s harsh treatment. When all he wanted was to be himself. To a white man from France, Fanon was a “Martinican, a native of “our” old colonies” (Fanon, 1986, p.113), which was a perception which deprived the black man of self-pride or confidence in himself. Figure 3 Protee helps Aimee fasten her revealing evening gown. Claire Denis (film director and writer), Chocolat, 1988 (screen shot by Gift)…

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    Northwest [of Brazil]. (Schwartzman 1986). The World Bank loaned the Brazilian government 1.6 Billion (Schwartzman 1986) in order to develop roads and resettle migrants to the Northwest. Unfortunately, the program brought in over 130,000 more people than the government had planned for (Schwartzman 1986). The migrants upon arrival began to clear the land for themselves. Oftentimes, clearing land that was unsuitable for agriculture or farming (Schwartzman 1986). The project that had originally…

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    place in Omaha, Nebraska in 1986 and follows Eleanor and Park in their exploration of love. Over the course of the book, it becomes clear that what it meant to be in love 30 years ago is much different than it is today. Although the story Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell explores unconventional themes and ideas it is not a love story because of how different daily life is now opposed to 30 years ago and naturally how love has transformed. The music and the culture of 1986 are very different…

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    Control Act of 1986, known as IRCA, is related to racialized sentiments. According to Golash-Boza, the discussions of implementing the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 raised racialized sentiments about Mexicans. Mexicans were thought to be a threat as they were seen as “taking jobs from Americans, overusing welfare, and refusing to assimilate” although that was opposite of what was actually happening (Golash-Boza 374). The time when Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 was being…

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    depicts an amazing technology. Probably, the Inca ruins can be regarded as the most glamorous megalithic architecture in the modern world. The manner in which the gigantic and irregular rocks are fixed continues to astound observers at present (Lee 1986: 49). The greatest mystery of Andean technology is how perfect the boulders were arranged. Sadly, the Incas did not record or report any records about their methods. Owing to the lack of records other than the fortresses themselves, many theories…

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    In "The Concept of a Discourse Community", John Swales (1990) aimed to define what a discourse community is; then he carefully deconstructs discourse community into six fundamental attributes that are important for recognizing a discourse community. Swales definition of a discourse community is a group that has objectives or purposes, and utilize communication to accomplish those objectives. The six essential characteristics that he claims to be the core of a discourse community are its goals,…

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