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- 6911: Nightclubs' Role In Our Drug Problem
- ... better than what they presently are. Culture's attitudes toward beauty, money, power as a representation for success drives us to turn to drugs. Drugs symbolize power, status, freedom, and the ultimate “high” in our world. Drugs can help people achieve higher status, more power, as well as the overwhelming physical and emotional “escape.” Ultimately, the desire for the drug high is worth the risk -- which we conceive to be very ... are not lessened because one place of achieving them is unavailable, they simply need to be fulfilled elsewhere. And they can be -- because drugs produce the same effects regardless of where they are ingested. Our world is full of nightclubs and other establishments that attract and contain high amounts of drugs. New establishments open constantly. If one closes, the activity which would have taken place there moves elsewhere. Recently, Manhattan's busiest nightclub, Limelight, was closed by the police. The weekend after its close, three other ...
- 6912: Freedom In The United States
- No other democratic society in the world permits personal freedoms to the degree of the United States of America. Within the last sixty years, American courts, especially the Supreme Court, have developed a set of legal doctrines that thoroughly protect all forms ... for the first time. He depicts how people of all backgrounds worked together for one cause: freedom. I selected Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 as a fictitious example of the evils of censorship in a world that is becoming illiterate. In this book, the government convinces the public that book reading is evil because it spreads harmful opinions and agitates people against the government. The vast majority of people accept this ... throughout the book and finally prevailed in the end when his main character rebelled against the practice of burning books. Among the many forms of protests are pickets, strikes, public speeches and rallies. Recently in New Jersey, more than a thousand community activists rallied to draft a "human" budget that puts the needs of the poor and handicapped as a top priority. Rallies are an effective means for people to ...
- 6913: Creative Writing: The Search
- ... much like myself, but older and with his piece on. He was a little taller, but with the same sagging features and large belly of my body. “I've come here to give you something new.” With that, I was handed a thick manila folder. It felt like it contained a video cassette. “All you need is in there, including my card. This is top priority, Agent Caulsworth. You will report ... ve got full j.d., just find this guy for me. I've got ops here and I'll let you know about anything that arises. I'll also crunch some figures, give you any new leads. Now get going, I'm on an hourly check-in. Hell, I already gotta call him. I'll buzz you." Steve was already out the door when I finished talking. I lifted the receiver ... of the blades louder than I remembered. Once we left the city's limits, I began to enjoy the flight. We skipped over the pine forest, an endless field of green. I had forgotten the world outside my office and I began to wish I was home. The sunlight created a glare as it passed through the plastic window of my door, but I could still see the treetops speeding ...
- 6914: Macbeth 14
- ... treason. Now Macbeth starts thinking the prophecy might come true. Banquo is still worried. Macbeth is scared as he considers killing the king to complete the prophecy. Banquo says he is getting used to his new title. Macbeth comes out of his thinking and thanks the men. He tells Banquo they will talk later. Act I, Scene 4The king asks if Cawdor is executed yet and if the people who did ... happen that night. Macbeth doesn't want to tell his wife of his plans so that she can be innocent. He says this evil deed will help what was badly begun. Act III, Scene 3A new murderer appears, claiming to be sent by Macbeth. Banquo approaches and they kill him, but Fleance escapes. They go to tell Macbeth. Act III, Scene 4At the banquet, they seat themselves according to rank. Lady ... fighting, died. He tells him not to have sorrow, though. Siward says he died well then. Macduff hails Malcolm as king holding Macbeth's PERSONAL Evaluation Even the most humble and honest person in the world, except Jesus himself, could be swayed to corruption. The Macbeth Empire could be compared to Mark Twain's Hadleyburg. In comparing Macbeth to The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg, we might be able to see ...
- 6915: Fidel Castro's Reign In Cuba
- ... Cuba In 1959, a rebel, Fidel Castro, overthrew the reign of Fulgencia Batista in Cuba; a small island 90 miles off the Florida coast. There have been many coups and changes of government in the world since then. Few if any have had the effect on Americans and American foreign policy as this one. In 1952, Sergeant Fulgencia Batista staged a successful bloodless coup in Cuba . Batista never really had any ... cases of Americans victimized by the continuing abuses of the INRA. The American posture of moderation was beginning to become, in the face of Castro's insulting and aggressive behavior, a political liability. (16) The new American policy, not announced as such, but implicit in the the actions of the United States government was one of overthrowing Castro by all means available to the U.S. short of open employment of ... the break in relations he ordered full scale mobilization of his armed forces to repel an invasion from the United States, which he correctly asserted was imminent. For at this time the Washington administration, under new President-elect Kennedy was gearing up for the Cuban exile invasion of Cuba. The fact that this secret was ill kept led to increased arms being shipped to Cuba by Russia in late 1960. ...
- 6916: Temagami
- ... Disobedience 13 Government Legislation / Wildlands League Lawsuit 15 Natural vs. Positive Law 16 Conclusion 17 Summation 17 Future Outlook 18 Bibliography and Suggested Reading 21 Appendix.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Introduction "Our understanding of the way the natural world works - and how our actions affect it - is often incomplete. This means that we [must] exercise caution, and special concern for natural values in the face of such uncertainty and respect the 'precautionary principal'." - Ontario ... of protection to these areas. More parks were created but it was becoming apparant that these parks were doing little to stop the great change being forced on the landscape of Ontario. Writers from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) state that "over the past 200 years Ontario's natural landscape has been changed on a scale greater than any other since glaciation." (GRAY 92) Most old growth (120+ yrs) pine forests ... the Teme-Augama would come under dispute due to fear of such. Part Two: Forest Conservation In Ontario Political Activity In 1990, the election of the provincial NDP under Bob Rae appeared to herrald a new beginning for forestry conservation. Rae had been arrested a year previous in the protest over the Temagami Red Squirrel Road extension - which will be discussed further in part two - and appeared to place the ...
- 6917: Hamlet: Emotions of Despair, Sadness, Anger, and Inner Peace
- ... quotes in the English language, Hamlet actually debates suicide. His despair, sorrow, anger and inner peace are all justifiable emotions for this troubled character. Hamlet's feeling of despair towards his life and to the world develops as the play moves on. In Hamlet's first soliloquy he reveals that his despair has driven him to thoughts of suicide; "How weary (horrible) … His law 'gainst self slaughter." Likewise, when Hamlet talks to his friends, Rosenerantz and Guildenstern in Act 2 scene 2, Hamlet wishes they tell the King and Queen that he has "lost all mirth," in this world so "foul and pestilent." In his "To be or not to be" soliloquy, he expresses his despair through thoughts of suicide, suggesting that suicide is an easy way to end life's conflicts. But luckily ... s sorrow is his father's death. However, after reading Act 1, scene 2, we see in Hamlet's asides that another source of his melancholy is his mother's hasty marriage to Claudius, the new king of Denmark. Further, when Queen Gertrude asks her son why his father's death "seems" so important, he replies, "Seems, madam? Nay it is. I know not 'seems'." In addition, Shakespeare reveals another ...
- 6918: The Triumph of "Gorsh the Cellist"
- ... with a tale of triumph. Each step is like a microcosm of the whole - as though each step were a journey in itself. Kenji's stories are set against the whole of the universe - a world replete with people, animals, and all the elements of nature. All hold discourse together. All are in empathy with one another. This free association between the elements and all living things that make up our world is one of the distinguishing features that predominates Kenji's works. The interaction he portrays is never nonsensical but always animated with an authenticity that rings true to its audience. This is most apparent in ... tiring talking to mice."(p.125). This story is reminiscent of other children's tales but Kenji's skilful writing sets this above many others. The universal message comes through like a tired cliché given new life by this master of children's literature: "good things come to those who wait" or "try, try again." The charm of "Gorsh the Cellist" lies mainly in that the message can be applied ...
- 6919: The Mystery That Was Gatsby, T
- ... majestic, protagonist of the novel. While it isn't clear how he made all his money it is obvious that it was through illegal dealings in organized crime. There was a reference to the 1919 World Series, (That's the one where the players on the Chicago White Sox helped out organized crime by not trying their hardest when it counted. Go Reds!) When asked about his line of work, Gatsby ... well. That's probably a main reason why he left the Mid West and it's part of why he ended up going back. Nick left the Mid West to be a stock broker in New York but didn't get rich, yet everywhere he looks, these amoral people are rolling in the wealth. Nick resents that. He even resents it in Gatsby up until he realizes that Gatsby was moral ... Her manner of being swept away by the volume of shirts owned by Gatsby is clear evidence of her primary character flaw. Tom Buchannan is the antagonist in this novel. While Gatsby was fighting in World War I Tom was using his wealth to sweep Daisy off her feet. Tom is a yuppie and clearly in the way of Gatsby's love for Daisy. He is having an affair, which ...
- 6920: Grenada
- ... of good will coincided with the report Margaret Thatcher, Britian¡¯s Prime Minister, received from the Deputy High Commissioner in Bridgetown, Barbados, who had visited Grenada, that the British citizens were safe and that the new regime was cooperating in making arrangement for those who wished to leave(Thatcher 330). The same cooperation was being offer to the U.S., contradicting the President¡¯s statement, which was made long after notification ... of respect for international laws and brought disdain from many other countries. We invaded a commonwealth of our ally¡¯s. Comparisons have been made to our actions being similar to that of the Soviets. The world saw the U.S. stoop to the tactics of its enemies. The New York Times said ¡°The cost is the loss of the high moral ground, a demonstration to the world that America has no more respect for laws and borders, for the codes of civilization, than ...
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