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Cigarette taxes and state pricing variations

A highly successful combination of two strong actors was realized by Edward Zwick in the 1994 Legends of the Fall and then once again in 1998 by Martin Brest in Meet Joe Black. The powerful duo was formed in both cases by Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt.

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Reducing evening television watching to improve sleep and productivity

The behavior I will be targeting for this project is a tendency to watch too much television, especially in the hour immediately preceding my going to sleep.

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Water engineers' essential roles in infrastructure and public health

From the times the Romans built the aqueducts -- indeed, since the time the fields of Mesopotamia were irrigated -- one of the most essential services of engineering to society has been the manipulation of water.

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Crime control through differential association and routine activities theory

Crime is one of the most expensive drains on public funds and other resources in the United States.

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Determining causative agents and immune responses in disease diagnosis

There are several possible methods and steps for determining the causative agent of Pasadena Fever.

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Implementing a cooperative multidivisional structure for Spectrum

A matrix structure has several advantages. With multiple reporting lines involved in decision-making and management, a company can function more quickly and share information better. For each company within the structure, independent policies and procedures can be set up.

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Haydn's "Le Pescatrici" and the aria "So far semplicetta"

Franz Josef Haydn was born to rather poor but very devout parents, and without this fact he might not have become one of the most influential composers of all time.

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Women's suffrage movements and ongoing gender discrimination in voting

Today there are still a few countries in the world that deny women's right to vote or condition it based on education grounds, like Lebanon or age, like the United Arab Emirates, but in the vast majority of the countries women have earned the same right to vote as men have.

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Police department use of force policy and graduated response procedures

This use of force policy establishes the criteria and circumstances under which force shall be authorized during encounters with any member of the general public.

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Enlightenment ideas and the American Constitution's ratification

Enlightenment represents a stage in Western philosophy and culture which spanned the eighteenth century, and advocated Reason as the primary source of authority.

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