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- 5371: Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
- ... hollowed out cigar), or a bong, (a water pipe). Like any other drug, marijuana contains chemicals that affect one's body. The main substance in marijuana is THC; this is what makes a person feel "high" (which means experiencing a change in mood and seeing or feeling things differently). When cannabis is smoked, the THC quickly travels from the lungs into the blood and strait to the brain; it can take up to one month for a single dose of THC to entirely leave the body; however, the "high" only lasts for an estimated two to twelve hours. The effects of marijuana will vary from person to person; however, when taking small doses of the drug, one may: feel extraordinarily well and contented; do ...
- 5372: Compare And Contrast The Aims
- ... Africa. But for Martin, self-respect was connected with being an American citizen. Genuine self-respect means seeing yourself not as a Negro but as a human being. Secondly, Martin believed they needed to achieve high moral standards in the Negro community. Malcolm agreed with high moral standards, but not for the purpose of whites. "Why should victims of crime try to make them selves worthy of the respect of criminals?" . Next he wanted Negroes to do wholehearted work. King believed ...
- 5373: Only The Heart 2
- ... restore the balance of Yin and Yang. Since coming to Australia the Vo family has been very fortunate. As well as getting away from their communist county to a free one, Toan experiences success in school and later on as an actor. Vo Kin Tueyt believes that in order to restore the balance of good and evil something bad will happen, "good and evil, light and dark". Near the end of ... reverse the damage done. Not even when Linh gets revenge by seeing Tang killed. On the other hand, Toan experiences the opposite. Everything that happens to Toan is for the better. He does well at school and later becomes a successful TV actor.
- 5374: William Shakespeare's Life
- ... held on April 23, and he was baptized on April 24, 1564. He was the third of eight children, and was the eldest son of John Shakespeare. He was probably educated in a local grammar school. As the eldest son, Shakespeare would of taken over his father's business, but according to one account, he became a butcher because of reverses in his father's financial situation. According to another account, he became a school master. That Shakespeare was allowed considerable leisure time in his youth is suggested by the fact that his plays show more knowledge of hunting and hawking than do those of other dramatists. In 1582, he ...
- 5375: The Persian Gulf War
- ... so they supported the Iraqi Arabs against the Iranian Persians. 2"Iraq",World Book (New York, World Book, 1990), Vol 10, p. 260 The funds that Gulf countries lent to Iraq were used to buy high tech weapons, high tech weapons that made Iraq one of the largest armies in the world and a force to contend with. "Ironically much of the money and weapons came from the countries that united to fight against ...
- 5376: Depression of the 1930s
- ... little relation to actual economic conditions. In fact, the boom in the stock market and in real estate, along with the expansion in credit (created, in part, by low-paid workers buying on credit) and high profits for a few industries, concealed basic problems. Thus the U. S. stock market crash that occurred in October 1929, with huge losses, was not the fundamental cause of the Great Depression, although the crash ... The usual forces of economic expansion had vanished, however. Technology had eliminated more industrial jobs than it had created; the supply of goods continued to exceed demand; the world market system was basically unsound. The high tariffs of the Smoot-Hawley Act (1930) exacerbated the downturn. As business failures increased and unemployment soared--and as people with dwindling incomes nonetheless had to pay their creditors--it was apparent that the United ...
- 5377: A Comparison Of Two Network Operating Systems; Microsoft Win
- ... because it is always down, what good are these advantages? Performance Processing power is largely a function of computer hardware rather than of the operating system. Since most commercial Unix operating systems run only on high-end workstations or servers, Unix has historically been considered an operating system for high-end hardware. To say that Unix outperforms NT based on the results of differing hardware would be unfair to Microsoft. One should compare NT Server's performance to that of Linux or FreeBSD, since all ...
- 5378: The Cold War
- ... and failure. The Bay of Pigs debacle was soon followed by Kennedy's ft handling of the Cuban missile crisis. The decisions he made were helped immeasurably by intelligence gathered from reconnaissance photos of the high altitude plane U-2. In understanding these agencies today I will show you how these agencies came about, discuss past and present operations, and talk about some of their tools of the trade. Origin of ... Burbank CA to build a plane that would go higher and farther than any yet produced. Kelly Johnson came up with the design for the U-2, a plane that would fly with a record high ceiling of 90,000 ft. and a range of 4,000 ft. The U-2 flights are possibly the greatest triumph achieved by the CIA since its founding. This is because of the planes success ...
- 5379: Quebec's Quiet Revolution: What Is It? How Has It Changed Quebec's Society? How Has It Affected Confederation?
- ... the beginning of Medi-Care. For these programs, the Quebec Liberals had to struggle with Ottawa for a larger share of the tax dollars. One of the greatest reforms was the modernization of the entire school system. The Church used to own the schools of Quebec. Most of the teachers were Priests, Nuns and Brothers. They provided a good education but Quebec needed more in business and technology. Lesage wanted a government-run school system that would provide Quebec with people in engineering, science, business and commerce. With the new freedom of expression, lots of books, plays and music about French culture were all developed in Quebec. French contemporary ...
- 5380: Oedipus As An Epic Poem By Ari
- ... The tragedy must make the audience feel fear and pity toward the actions that take place on stage, and the play should inspire the audience to live better lives; 2. The hero must be of high importance in his society (king, god, etc.), and possess a tragic flaw; 3.There must be a change of fortune involving a reversal; 4. The plays must be written in the formal language of poetry ... a Greek play such as a Prologue, a Parados, an Episoda and Stasima, as well as an Exodus. In the prologue, Oedipus is introduced as the King of Thebes (which means he has a very high role in his society) and has just learned the reason that his kingdom has been cursed with a devastating plague. The gods have cursed Thebes because the murderer of the former King, Laius, was never ...
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