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- 2791: Gangs
- ... or her throat. There's others that involve rituals and sacrifices. Teenage gang members are linked to conventional barrio life is obvious. In fact, much of the members' time is spent with the "family", at school, under the eyes of neighbors who are decidedly "square," and, sometimes, with conventional friends or dates. This linkage is usually overlooked in researchers' preoccupation with the life of the gang during the hours that it ... slang term, originally coined by gangs, specifies a youth who isn't in a gang, but who likes to "hang around" gang members wherever they meet and go. Shopping malls, homes, parties, locations near a school, music shops, etc. are typical locales for "hanging." "Hanging out" can act as a magnet for gang (sometimes called "peewees") or at-risk youths who are new to a neighborhood. "Tagging" is one form of ...
- 2792: Ben & Jerrys 2
- ... inside and outside of its' organization. Their success is founded on helping others and making a difference. In my opinion Ben & Jerry's is one heck of a great organization! 1. David, Ellis. 1992. Sundae school. WORKS CITED 1. Dery, Leonard. 1993. Ice Cream Meets Charity in Harlem. The New York Time. 21 Feb. 2. Ellis, David. 1992. Sundae School. People Weeky. 14 Sept. 91-92 3. Hawken, Paul & Parker, Alan. 1993. Ben & Jerry's 1992 Annual Report. 4. Personnel Journal's. Optimas Award for Quality of life. Personnel Journal. Jan, 1992 5. Stableford, Joan ...
- 2793: Ben & Jerrys
- ... inside and outside of its' organization. Their success is founded on helping others and making a difference. In my opinion Ben & Jerry's is one heck of a great organization! 1. David, Ellis. 1992. Sundae school. WORKS CITED 1. Dery, Leonard. 1993. Ice Cream Meets Charity in Harlem. The New York Time. 21 Feb. 2. Ellis, David. 1992. Sundae School. People Weeky. 14 Sept. 91-92 3. Hawken, Paul & Parker, Alan. 1993. Ben & Jerry's 1992 Annual Report. 4. Personnel Journal's. Optimas Award for Quality of life. Personnel Journal. Jan, 1992 5. Stableford, Joan ...
- 2794: The Working Class In Middletow
- ... in taverns. In these taverns they were able to be whatever they desired. Almost any type of behavior was accepted, one could sit quietly and drink, or could boast about their son making the high school basketball team. The tavern was also a means for these people to pretend to be someone else. For example, one may act as a great philosopher or another may pretend to be a star athlete ... a definite possibility. With jobs not as abundant in the 1990's as they were in the past education is playing a big role for the working class. More working class children graduate from high school and continue there education through college or trade schools. Today one doesn't have to be from the business class to fit into a college environment. With extra state and federal funding, the young working ...
- 2795: Because I Could Not Stop For Death
- ... It seems as if the concept of time is lost during the poem. This is significant because it shows that when one dies the concept of time is lost. Stanza three states, "We passed the school where children played, their lessons scarcely done; we passed the fields of gazing grain, we passed the setting sun." This stanza, like the first two stanzas, possesses a strong rhyme to it that puts an uplifting mood to the idea of death. The speaker mentions children at the beginning of the stanza because she is reflecting back to a time in her life when she once played at the school. In the third line of stanza three the speaker revisits the years that were spent working. The fourth line mentions the sun at a time in which the dying years of the speakers life ...
- 2796: ALCHEMY
- ... art was attributed to Hermes Trismegistus and supposed to be contained in its entirety in his works. The Arabs, after their conquest of Egypt in the seventh century, carried on the researches of the Alexandrian school, and through their instrumentality the art was brought to Morocco and thus in the eighth century to Spain, where it flourished exceedingly. Indeed, Spain from the ninth to the eleventh century became the repository of ... On the introduction of chemistry as a practical art, alchemical science fell into desuetude and disrepute, owing chiefly to the number of charlatans practicing it, and by the beginning of the eighteenth century, as a school, it may be said to have become defunct. Here and there, however, a solitary student of the art lingered, and in the department of this article "Modern Alchemy" will demonstrate that the science has to ...
- 2797: Mothers in the Workplace
- ... it is a natural act. Love can be showed in little ways just as well as big ones. For example, just dropping a little note into the lunch box before the child goes off to school shows the mother is thinking of her child and loves him or her (Kazma 36). Love does not have to be presented one on one. Unexpected gifts can mean more than just the words "I ... know it is still difficult to only have one. I would have never wanted it any other way. I liked my mother working. It gave me the time I needed when I got home from school to myself. It also gave my mother a chance to get away and let off any stress she needed to. Working and being a mother is the best choice my mother could have ever made ...
- 2798: The Wild Life: Single and Married Couples
- ... distinctive groups. One group clustered, rather uncomfortably, around the couch. They discussed parties and current boyfriends, while cautiously nibbling on carrot sticks. Other topics included who was dating who, and who had changed since high school. This was clearly the singles group. On the opposite side of the room the other group casually gathered. This was the group that I had recently joined, the married group. We sat and laughed while ... a full life a schedule is necessary to fit everything in. A couple of weeks ago I ran into an old friend, an old yet single friend. We talked for a while, reminiscing about high school and past boyfriends, and decided we had to get together some time soon. She and I tried to set a lunch date, or even a dinner date. After I offered several possible days and times ...
- 2799: Conversion To Christianity (pa
- ... Roman citizen. He grew up in Tarsus and became a tentmaker like his father and grandfather before him. He was taught to be an orthodox Jew. He later journeyed to Jerusalem and attended the Pharisaic school. He did not become a rabbi, but became a member of the temple police. He then set about persecuting the followers of Jesus with unequaled religious zeal. "His orthodoxy, and it alone, was the reason ... a single nut. "The rule was that of the rod" (McGiffert 8). Both were very religious and he became so as well. He was educated in the University at Erfurt and was destined for law school. On one journey back to the university, at the age of twenty-one, Martin was caught in a storm, filled with lightning and thunder. "In mortal dread of death, he threw himself on the ground ...
- 2800: Adolescent Depression: The Under Acknowledged Disease
- ... for more deaths in youths aged 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer (Blackman, 1995). Despite this increased suicide rate, depression in this age group is greatly underdiagnosed and leads to serious difficulties in school, work and personal adjustment which may often continue into adulthood. How prevalent are mood disorders in children and when should an adolescent with changes in mood be considered clinically depressed? Brown (1996) has said the ... find themselves overwhelmed and full of stress. How can parents and friends help out these troubled teens? And what can these teens do about their constant and intense sad moods? With the help of teachers, school counselors, mental health professionals, parents, and other caring adults, the severity of a teen's depression can not only be accurately evaluated, but plans can be made to improve his or her well-being and ...
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