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- 5401: Drug Use Among Teenagers
- ... street names such as pot, herb, weed, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, or chronic. There are more than 200 slang terms for marijuana. Sinsemilla (sin-seh-me-yah; it's a Spanish word), hashish ("hash" for short), and hash oil are stronger forms of marijuana. All forms of marijuana are mind-altering. This means they change how the brain works. They all contain THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), the main active chemical in ...
- 5402: Gangs: A Violent Reality
- ... come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in the short term the answers are much easier to find. On the surface, gangs are a direct result of human beings' personal wants and peer pressure. To determine how to effectively end gang violence we must find ...
- 5403: The Hutu Tribe
- ... Tutsis are very different from each other. The Hutu have larger noses and larger all around facial features than the Tutsis. Most Tutsis are seldom less than six feet tall, while the Hutu are very short people. The Tutsis are related to the Masai and the people along the Nile, while the Hutus have a Buntu history. As you can see the people that make up the tribes of the Hutus ...
- 5404: Sex in Black, White and Mulatto
- ... to resist emerged in the lore and mythology of slave women both as models for black female conduct and as symbols of resistance that were unique to the black female experience. Mothers would tell these stories to their daughters to help grow a sense of group pride."5 Some slave husbands would also lash out against masters who tried to abuse their wives and daughters. As Josiah Henson describes, her father ...
- 5405: Pornography
- ... to get into the hands of teenagers and minors across the nation. The content, which is meant for adults, in the hands of children....what kind of a country is this? The explicit pictures and stories contained in these magazine are enough to make a grown man or woman insane, just imagine the effects that the content could have on minors. Imagine all of the images created in a minor's ...
- 5406: The War in Vietnam
- ... first president to lose a great war or of converting the Vietnamese War into a massive, U.S. directed military effort. He chose a middle course that vastly escalated U.S. involvement but that stopped short of an all-out application of American power. Troop levels immediately jumped beyond 300,000 and by 1968 the number exceeded 500,000. Supporting these ground troops was a tremendous air bombardment of North Vietnam ...
- 5407: Monks and Today's Society
- ... was in one of her own. Lastly, the society is based on rebellious acts, which can be seen through teen and other types of violence. For example, in the past year there have been more stories of teens killing other teens than in recent years. However, adults also break the law and commit many crimes. All in all, the monastic ideals and the modern day values are at exact opposites. Where ...
- 5408: What Are Morals?
- ... morals? The dictionary gives many definitions. “Of or concerned with the judgment of the goodness or badness of human action and character; conforming to standards of what is right or just in behavior; virtuous.” In short, morals are simply how one interprets the differences between right and wrong. When you decide to help a struggling person in the hall, that is based on your morals. When you decide to turn down ...
- 5409: A Look Into The Computer Virus
- ... and be aware that any information we place on a computer may not be safe. References Deadly New Computer Viruses Want To Kill Your PC usability. By James Daley http://www.headlines.yahoo.com/news/stories originally published in Computer Shopper December 1996 Microsoft Encarta 96; Reference Material Microsoft corporation
- 5410: Alexander The Greats Struggles
- ... explanations for his actions. Anyone brought up thinking that they were a god would have some differences in the way they comprehend and handle situations. Alexander believed he could unite the world, but failed just short of his goal. Alexander will continue to be a main figure in the study of the history of the world.
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