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- 291: Admiration Of Anne Bradstreets
- ... them and Miss Read. Jonathan Edwards looks on life as a chance to serve God. He serves God by working hard and not doing things that would be considered bad by a Puritan (ie. fun, drinking, dancing, and parties.) He believes just like other Puritans that life should be dedicated strictly to God. The main idea to understand from Puritans is that when they believe that they are beginning to understand ... them and Miss Read. Jonathan Edwards looks on life as a chance to serve God. He serves God by working hard and not doing things that would be considered bad by a Puritan (ie. fun, drinking, dancing, and parties.) He believes just like other Puritans that life should be dedicated strictly to God. The main idea to understand from Puritans is that when they believe that they are beginning to understand ...
- 292: ALCOHOLISM
- ... stability. If the addict's parents were themeselves alcoholics it is musch more difficult to fight these cravings. Genetic research clearly indicates a link with alcoholism and heredity. The alcoholic who has survived years of drinking and attempts to stop, may have difficulty. Withdrawal delirium is commom. Without alcohol in the bloodstream the individual may become agitated by slight noises or sudden movements. The longer the individual abstains the more severe ... be deadly, and medical assistance should be utilized. With current drugs such as chlordiazepoxide, the death rate has been drastically reduced. Ironically, many alcoholics can lead somewhat normal lives. However, in later years of excess drinking the brain is affected. There is no way around it. It is up to our society as a whole to teach the younger generation, that alcohol is not a wise choice. Our body is a ...
- 293: Oral Roberts
- ... stage and ran back and forth shouting he was healed.. Oral’s dad, Ellis Roberts, was a preacher and evangelist for a Pentecostal Holiness church. He was against such things as infidelity, evolutionism, sexual recreation, drinking alcohol and dancing. Tobacco, jewelry, tea, coffee, transparent female garments, polygamy and theological liberalism were also amongst the vices of his father. Oral believes that his upbringing prepared him for the moment of his healing ... hometown newspaper. While Oral was living with the judge he started to hang out with the wrong crowd. He taught Sunday school but basically he taught the kids how to play ball. He also started drinking and becoming an immoral person. During the final game of the Southern Oklahoma basketball tournament, Oral collapsed. This was the end of his teenage rebellion. He was taken back to his parents. They told him ...
- 294: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... woman named Elizabeth Ellet continued to write and say untrue things about the affairs of my personal life. I tried to ignore all the accusations but finally they got to me and I turned to drinking once again. My beloved wifey died January thirtieth, 1847, when she was but twenty-five. I was somewhat relieved because the stress of her illness was so great, yet the loss I suffered was much ... Richmond would always be my love, even though she was married to another. She was still my Annie. Miss Whitman was my second choice and she finally agreed to marry me, provided I refrain from drinking. She broke off the engagement however, when someone told her that they had found me in a drunken state a few days before our wedding. The third choice was my young love, Elmira Royster Shelton ...
- 295: Supporting The Prohibition
- Supporting The Prohibition Prohibition in the United States was a measure designed to reduce drinking by eliminating the businesses that manufactured, distributed, and sold alcoholic beverages. The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took away license to do business from the brewers, distillers, vintners, and the wholesale and retail sellers of alcoholic beverages. The leaders of the prohibition movement were alarmed at the drinking behavior of Americans, and they were concerned that there was a culture of drink among some sectors of the population that, with continuing immigration from Europe, was spreading. "Prohibition did not achieve its goals. Instead ...
- 296: Michael Jackson
- ... year President Reagan presents a Special Achievement Award to Michael in a garden ceremony at the White House in recognition of his contributing to the nation’s advertising campaign aimed at discouraging young people from drinking and driving, "drinking and driving can kill a friendship," says Reagan. Like Michael’s song "Beat It" was used by the Transportation Department in the Campaign. "Lets Beat It," the charity compilation album organized by Michael Jackson for ...
- 297: Underground Railroad
- ... the railroad, this was called "catching the next train." There were also songs that gave directions to slaves that were taught to everyone so that they might memorize the way. One such, was "Follow the Drinking Gourd" The drinking gourd was the slaves' terminology for the big dipper. The Big Dipper's "handle" points to the north star, which they could use to find their way north. The song gave landmarks along the way ...
- 298: Augustines Confessions
- ... We see this in todays society as well. The constant pressure to drink alcoholis evident, to fit in with a group of friends. At the time you may take a drink, while the others are drinking. You were pressured into drinking, not realizing the affects. Later on in the evening you get behind the wheel of an automobile. Not realizing the consequences that may lie ahead, you drink and put the key into the ignition anyway ...
- 299: Underground Railroad
- ... the railroad, this was called "catching the next train." There were also songgs that ave directions to slaves that were taught to everyone so that they might memorize the way. One such, was "Follow the Drinking Gourd" The drinking gourd was the slaves' terminology for the big dipper. The Big Dipper's "handle" points to the north star, which they could use to find their way north. The song gave landmarks along the way ...
- 300: The Little Prince – A Closer L
- ... one there to check up on him to see if he turns the lamp on or off, yet he is responsible and feels it is his duty to do it. Next is Stereotypical: “I am drinking,” replied the tippler. ... “So that I may forget,” replied the tippler… “Forget that I am ashamed,” the tippler confessed, hanging his head. (Page 50) The stereotype with that quote is most people drink, smoke, eat or do some other action when in times of pain. The tippler was ashamed of drinking and in return drank because of his problem. Logical: “Three and two make five. Five and seven make twelve. Twelve and three make fifteen… Then that makes five hundred and one million, six hundred twenty ...
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