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- 281: Teens and Smoking
- ... they are smoking from habit. Goodwin, D. W., Guze, S. B. (1984). Young children who see older children or family members smoking cigarettes are going to equate smoking with being grown up. Patterns of both drinking and smoking, which are closely associated, are strongly influenced by the lifestyles of family members peers and by the environments in which they live. Minimal, moderate, and heavy levels of drinking, smoking, and drug use, among family members are strongly associated with very similar patterns of use among adolescents. Bentler, P., Newcoomb, M., (1989). Parents who smoke and wish they didn't should concentrate on their ...
- 282: The Romanovs
- ... hypnosis on Alexsei. In addition, he did not serve as a good monk. He used to go out at night and party, when usually church servants during that time lived on a strict regime when drinking, smoking and sex with out marriage were grave sins and to commit these "evil-doings" meant to be punished by God. Nobody knew how Rasputin became so close to the family; one thing everybody knew is that he had a huge influence on political decisions that the Tsar made, that is why family friends did not like him. One day Prince Yussoupov had a drinking party. It was December 30, 1916. He invited all his friends and Rasputin too. Felix Yussoupov (1887-1967) was a son of a very rich and aristocratic family. He married Irina, Nicholas' niece, so it ...
- 283: American Prohibition
- ... Miami at the time, and no convictions were ever made. This event is an example of how prohibition fueled gang warfare and increased the crime rate in America (Altman 51). The prohibitionists argued that if drinking was not allowed, then Americans would drink less. Although the consumption of alcohol fell immediately after the start of prohibition, there was a subsequent increase in less than a year. In the beginning, because manufacturing ... popularity declined. However, hard liquor was stronger and could be easily smuggled in small amounts, and its popularity rose. Another dilemma brought on by prohibition was that illegal products had no standards. Deaths from drinking denatured and poisoned alcohol rose from 1,064 in 1920 to 4,154 in 1925. Although one would think that prohibition would reduce the availability of alcohol, it was actually very easy to acquire. The ...
- 284: Hepatitis
- ... transmit the virus directly to each other or indirectly by ingesting an infected persons food or drink. Then the person will ingest the contaminated food or drink. The disease can also be spread by contaminated drinking water, blood, body fluids and tissue, and intravenous needles used by drug users. The virus is contagious for a week before symptoms are experienced and continuing until recovery from the jaundice symptom (Hepatitis A 1996 ... become epidemic like paportions and cases reported in the U.S. are very rare. The reason the virus is so common is because in third world countries the water system is very poor. People are drinking and bathing in the same waters that are being contaminated with human feces. (American Liver Foundation June 1993 pg. 3). Hepatitis E is in a class all of its own. Scientist have researched this virus ...
- 285: Richard Wright
- ... the problem and supposedly being helpful, told him to hold on to the car for a ride. So Richard did, with one hand on the car and the other on the bike. The men were drinking and one of them offered him a drink from inside the window. Richard immediately thought about his unpleasant experiences as a six-year-old drinking alcohol and instinctively said, "Oh, no!" That was the nearly fatal mistake that he was sure to never make again. As soon as he said that without a sir, he was hit in on the ...
- 286: What's Love Got To Do With It; Everything!
- ... the afternoon or early evening, and going into night. As previously stated, the story was written in 1981, and it appears to set in the same time. Two couples are sitting around the kitchen table, drinking gin, and talking, talking about love and the many forms it takes. Teresa (Terri) gives a detailed description of a brutal love she had with her ex-boyfriend, and how he beat her. Mel, Terris ... involved in a bad accident. Both of them refuse to die, until they can be assured the other will be all right. In the very beginning of the story, the two couples are sitting around drinking and talking. As their conversation goes on it develops into one of love. This passage marks the first of several types of love, and gives us an intuitive view into the psyche of Terri. Then ...
- 287: Alcoholism
- ... I made a plan to go to the park around the block and drink with a few people. After about an hour, I was drunk. At that time I did not know that I was drinking so much. I was drinking straight vodka like it was water. I was having invasions that I was with my great- grandmother. I felt great! It was such a feeling. Someone yelled to me, The cops are coming run. I ...
- 288: Ernest Hemingway
- ... is basically believing in no life after death. In a symbolic sense a code hero might be afraid of the dark because the dark represents death. Physical Pleasures A code hero enjoysphysical pleasures, such as drinking and eating. If you have read The Sun Also Rises you could probably open to any random page and find a person eating or drinking. The reason they are into physical pleasures is because of the nada concept. If there is no life after death why not have as much fun and enjoyment as possible. Physical Defect All code heroes ...
- 289: Fate, Mayor Of Casterbridge
- ... swears, While he is sober for those years, he is very prosperous. Henchard becomes a wealthy corn merchant as well as the Mayor of Casterbridge. However, when the twenty-one years are over he starts drinking again. Prior to this because of his temper and the such, he is a ruined man. When he takes up drinking again it just hastens the downward spiral he is on. He is an embarrassment to himself and all that know him. This quote is from the visitation of the Royal Personage. Farfrae had set up ...
- 290: How Alcohol May Affect Human Behaviour
- ... Federal and state initiative, 1986 This is an information sheet arising from the The Drug Offensive', which is a Federal-funded program. This provides general information about the source of alcohol, some statistics on the drinking habits of Australians and the interation of this drug with the law and sociaty. The effects both intermidate and long term are addressed in some detail. Considerable detail is provided on the definition and calculation ... article. Grolier encyclopaedia. 1995. Grolier, California. This source was very technical, as is expected of an encyclopaedia. It covered aspects such as, the physical effects of alcohol on the body, the chemical composition, patterns of drinking. It gives a broad view on alcohol but does not comment on whether it should be used or not. The information in this article is very descriptive and gives a lot of facts which are ...
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