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- 16401: Alcohol
- Alcohol, its a substance that has become a part of much of the social settings in today's world. Many people can say they have drank alcohol and most can even remember their first sip of beer. Whether, it was given unto us by our parents or at a social engagement everyone has encountered ... the United States, countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and many European nations. This is paralleled by growing evidence of increasing numbers of alcohol-related problems in other nations, including the Third World. Alcoholism, as opposed to merely excessive or irresponsible drinking, has been variously thought of as a symptom of psychological or social stress or as a learned, maladaptive coping behavior. More recently, and probably more accurately ...
- 16402: Different Ideologies and What I Believe In
- ... want to spend the rest of their lives together, let them. Also allow them to share benefits like, healthcare. At my senior prom two guys went together. I give them the most respect in the world, they have more guts then anyone who was there. Of course there were kids who found it sick or who tried to make fun of them, and I just sat there saying "Shut up!" As ... marijuana in the case of illness. Aids, cancer, and cataracts are just some of the few illness marijuana can help. Studies have shown that marijuana helps all of those illness and others. In today's world it has become relevant that a simple law against weed is not going to stop the millions who do. Studies have also shown that the effects of drinking compared to effects of smoking nowhere compares ...
- 16403: Hamlets Madness
- ... readers and characters. With the death of his father and the hasty, incestuous remarriage of his mother to his uncle, Hamlet is thrown into a suicidal frame of mind in which "the uses of this world"seem to him "weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable." No man in his right state contemplates suicide and would take his life due to human frailty. Ophelia tells us that before the events of the play ... readers and characters. With the death of his father and the hasty, incestuous remarriage of his mother to his uncle, Hamlet is thrown into a suicidal frame of mind in which "the uses of this world"seem to him "weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable." No man in his right state contemplates suicide and would take his life due to human frailty. Ophelia tells us that before the events of the play ...
- 16404: The School Takeover In Michigan
- ... on the problems and solutions. Recently, the state of Illino8is conducted the takeover of Chicago’s schools and has had very positive results. The problem is evident; Detroit schools are suffering and this takeover and new plan are our only intelligent choice. The proof is in the test scores: Detroit grads not ready for jobs. Everyday Detroit’s schoolchildren are shortchanges on what they need most: a good education that prepares ... will involve scraping Detroit’s eleven member elected school board. Many people have a problem with this, but you have to realize the school board had their chance and failed. It’s time for some new people with fresh ideas to give it a try. Next, Archer will appoint a seven member body with apsolute power to hire a “chief executive officer,” set
- 16405: Richard Linklater: Man of Youth
- ... their real life. Suburbia showed youth, but in the nineties. The characters used alcohol to hide from decision also. In the Newton Boys the youth knew what they wanted, to rob banks to fund their new lives, they too liked the fermented drink called alcohol. For the technical aspects of Richard Linklater's films only the scene in The Newton Boys where numerous bank robberies go on at once, sticks out ... music in all Richard Linklater's films is what I noticed the most. He takes period music and uses it to raise the scene to another level. In the cases of The Newton Boys all new music was written for this film set during Prohibition. With the music in Dazed and Confused it is able to make me excited about them going to the party in the woods. The music is ...
- 16406: Frederick Douglass and Slavery
- ... read by Sophia Auid. She was drawn to the questioning mind of Douglass. Her husband however, put a stop to this stating the teaching of Douglass to read would, "Spoil the best nigger in the world... forever unfitting him for the duties of a slave." As a slave child some experiences were hard to describe. Douglass witnessed, as a child, what he called a "horrible exhibition." He lived with his Aunt ... rebellion in the very seat of its life, depriving it of the labor which kept the rebel army supplied with food, clothing, and the sinews of war." Abolition of the slaves would immediately unite the world in favor of the government of America. Douglass wrote an autobiography to show everyone the inhumane side of slavery. Most people did not know of slavery's brutality until Douglass wrote about it. Douglass wrote ...
- 16407: A Story From America
- ... you re trying to say, is that we maybe could find the murder in one of the apartments opposite Mrs Alpher s windows . The idea wasn t bad at all I thoungt, she opened the new cupboard to get some files. OK. we ll go over to her apartment right away . It was quite strange to enter the apartment, it had an unusual structure, but also it had a certain charm ... of the murder. Mrs Sherly 25 years old, lives opposide Mrs Alpher s apartment on Main Street. Do not have a good point of view, but have been jealous of Mrs Alpher, because of her new lover (according to other close friends). She was home, but was sleeping at the time of the murder. Mr Edwoods 34 years old, lives nextdoor to Mrs Sherly. Has a good point of view to ...
- 16408: Similarities Between Franz Liszt and Kurt Cobain
- ... appreciated until his death, as shown by the fact that the sale of Nirvana memorabilia increased WORKS CITED Dougherty, Steve, “No Way Out.” People Weekly April 25 1994. Pg. 38 Goulding, Phil G. Classical Music New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1992 Rosen, Craig, “Cobain death spurs rush at retail; biz talk turns to bands unreleased work.” Billboard April 23 1994. Pg. 9 Schoenberg, Harold C. The Lives of the Great Composers. New York, London: WW Norton & CO., 1981 Seidenberg, Robert, “The Day the Demons Won.” Entertainment Weekly April 7 1995. Pg. 108
- 16409: Having Our Say
- ... that everyone who ever kept them down is long dead. Sadie and "Bessie" tell the stories of their intriguing lives, from their Southern Catholic school upbringing to their involvement in the civil rights movement in New York City. "Sadie" is the older (103 years old) and sweeter of the sisters. The first colored high school teacher in the New York Public School System, "Sadie" considers herself to be the Booker T. Washington of the sisters, always shying away from conflict and looking at both sides of the issue. "Bessie" is the younger sister (101 ...
- 16410: Thomas Jefferson
- ... not for the British. The Declaration of Independence was primarily written by Jefferson in June 1776. Congress felt that the Declaration was too strong and gave Dickinson the responsibility of redrafting the document, but the new version included much of Jefferson's original text and ideas. In 1779, Jefferson became governor of Virginia, guiding Virginians through the final years of the Revolutionary War. As a member of the Second Continental Congress ... to respect the United States' neutrality during the Napoleonic Wars by passing the Embargo Act, he persuaded Congress to stop all trade with Britain, a move that failed to gain any respect from Britain, alienated New England (who lived by foreign trade), and shattered the nation's economy. Fifteen months later, he repealed the Embargo Act. In the final years of his life, Jefferson's major accomplishment was the founding of ...
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