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Cup Of Coffee Coffee Shops
1,564 words"I think I just saw Jesus in my cup of Taster's Choice" -Zippy the Pinhead I sit on the bench outside "Caf Kilim" a popular coffee shop in downtown Portsmouth. Friends and buddies walk in and I ask how's it going. They nod and come back out two minutes later with a cup of coffee in their hand. More people show up and go in and out each with a cup of joe in their hand. What is this drive to bring us here? Why has the coffee house become a social headquarters? What is this Coffee Culture and what ...
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Philip Morris Marlboro Cigarettes
1,199 wordsA Western landscape, a rugged cowboy and the color red have come to embody years of advertising tag lines for Philip Morris' Marlboro cigarettes. These three elements, combined or separate, are recognizable as the American call to Marlboro Country even without the brand name, sales pitch or slogan. We, as consumers, all know where the flavor is and what can be found in Marlboro Country. Marlboro advertisements today reap the benefits of the tradition that proceeds them; they capture a complex me...
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American Indians Great Britain
696 wordsWith American Indians randomly attacking the colonies, grave economic problems, corruption in the government, a desire for a representative government, and no help from Great Britain, the American colonies were on the brink of rebellion. All that was left to ignite the rebellion was a leader and a spark. Both of these came in the years to follow 1675. There were great economic problems in the colonies at the time. For one thing, the prices of tobacco, the major economic base of the colonies, wer...
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Men Are Created Equal Order To Survive
1,128 wordsTreating humans as property led to unspeakable cruelties. Discuss in detail the origins and use of slaves in the Americas. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" (Thomas Jefferson). In my opinion the only problem with this passage from the Declaration of Independence is that it does not say, "We hold these truths to be self-e...
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Play Video Games Popular Culture
1,332 wordsIn todays society someone is always to blame but oneself. Violent and / or sexual based games have been blamed for misbehavior of todays youth. A persons behavior is rooted in his or her personality, which is mentioned in chapter 7. I agree with the author in saying that it is up to the parents to decide what video games the child plays. Video games have been around for many years now. It really is somewhat of a sub culture. Game genres are action, adventure, fighting, role playing, racing, spor...
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War On Drugs Legalizing Drugs
1,028 words... term or dangerous effects scissors or drinking or drug taking may have on them. By making drugs legal, it would help to eliminate those who are drawn to them by the elusiveness, the sexiness or the risk. Next is the problem of demand. Judge James P. Gray in speaking out in favor of legalizing drugs said, making drugs illegal amounts to an attempt to repeal the law of supply and demand, an impossible task. The prohibition raises the price of the goods, and with so much money to be made, peasa...
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Day By Day Mc Teague
1,011 wordsThat day when Trina bought a lottery ticket from Maria had changed everything. That little peace of paper had a major impact on almost every main character that lived in the flat. Winning five thousand dollars by Trina change everything for herself. She got married on Mc Teague so suddenly that I couldnt believe that they made their decision about marriage so fast. And the wedding itself was something you wouldnt like to miss where Marcus was making fun of Mc Teague who couldnt distinguish champ...
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Rap Artists Television Violence
852 wordsIn 1950, only 10 % of American homes had a television and by 1960 the percentage had grown to 90 %. Today 99 % of homes have a television. In fact, more families own a television than a phone. Children spend more time learning about life through media than in any other manner. The average child spends approximately 28 hours a week watching television, which is twice as much time as they spend in school. The average American child will witness over 200, 000 acts of violence on television includin...
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Effects Of Smoking Smoking Marijuana
988 wordsDeviance is any act, attribute, or belief that violates a cultural norm and elicits a negative or positive reaction. Peer pressure is a major contributor to the deviant behavior of marijuana use in young members of our society. Dealing with this peer pressure is a fact that most every teenager must sometime face. As teens grow older, they must face some challenging decisions, and peer pressure plays a factor when people your own age try to influence your decisions. Peer pressure is a major excus...
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Man Versus Man Build A Fire
508 wordsIn the three Conflicts Conflicts In the three stories To Build a Fire, The Use of Force, and A and P there are some different conflicts. A conflict is struggle between two or more objects. In these stories the three different conflicts are man versus nature, man versus man, and man versus self. The three stories that contain these conflicts are To Build a Fire by Jack London, The Use of Force by Williams Carlos Williams, and A and P by John Updike. The first story to talk about is To Build a Fir...
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Absolute Truth Big Corporations
1,009 wordsIt Corporate Control Corporate Control It seems that there is an ever-increasing trend in our society. Big corporations are becoming more and more influential in our lives. As they gain more and more muscle in our government they also invade our schools and many other facets of our lives. Perhaps the most disturbing area of potential influence, however, is corporate control of the media. Can the American media uphold its values of free press under pressure from big corporations? Can they continu...
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832 wordsThe Legalization of Marijuana The legalization of marijuana is a very controversial topic. This subject has been debated numerous times over the past few years. The issues surrounding marijuana are both varied and complex. There are many people in the world who have their own personal views and beliefs on this topic. Some people believe that the legalization of marijuana is only acceptable for medical purposes. Supporters argue that it will greatly benefit our economy and that it is no more harm...
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Cannabis Plant Flowering Tops
872 wordsCannabis Marijuana (Cannabis) Marijuana (Cannabis) Cannabis sativa, the hemp plant, grows wild throughout most of the tropic and temperate regions of the world. Prior to the advent of synthetic fibers, the cannabis plant was cultivated for the tough fiber of its stem. In the United Stated, cannabis is legitimately grown only for scientific research. In fact, since 1980, the United States has been the only country where cannabis is licitly cultivated for scientific research. Cannabis contains che...
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Medicinal Marijuana Long Time
696 wordsI Marijuana For the Better I have often wondered why the War on Drugs has not been very effective, in fact, it really has done nothing. Take for example marijuana. It is banned in any form of growth and use everywhere in the United States. Yet, this drug gets just as much use as alcohol. I probably know just about as many potheads as I do alcoholics, yet the persistence of the government to waste countless billions of dollars to try and wipe out the use of this drug is pathetic. Take for example...
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Long Lasting Effects Snyder 1985 P
1,631 wordsIn this Marijuana Marijuana In this report I will show you my views on Marijuana, if it should be legal, for medical and / or recreational purposes. Marijuana has many names: Dope, Marihuana, Ganja, Pot, Mary Jane, Cannabis Sativa (Scientific) to name a few Marijuana originated in the middle east (Taiwan, Korea). China plays an important part in Marijuana's history. Hoatho, the first Chinese physician to use Cannabis for medical purposes as a painkiller and anesthetic for surgery. In the Ninth C...
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Drug Enforcement Agency United States Government
1,541 wordsMarijuana for Medical Use For many years the United States government has prohibited some drugs, such as marijuana, from being sold in the marketplace. Yet, even with prohibition, marijuana use has only decreased minimally. Because of its illegality, only the bad aspects of marijuana use have been made known. However, there are many positive aspects of marijuana legalization, including its application concerning medical cures. As of today, in most of the states, marijuana is classified as an ill...
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Short Term Memory 5 Billion Dollars
1,049 wordsCrime or Past Time According to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) Presently, law enforcement arrests a marijuana smoker every 45 seconds in America at a tremendous cost to society. The marijuana issue often times goes in many directions such as legalization, decriminalization, and prohibition. There are good arguments to all three directions. The key to which direction to choose is not that easy. One must way the positives and the negatives of each direction befo...
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Distinctly Different Societies Chesapeake Colonies England
1,013 wordsEarly English colonies in America hardly resembled the union of men and women that would later fight against England and build a new country. In fact, until the mid-eighteenth century, most English colonists had very little, if anything to do with the settlers in neighboring colonies. They heard news of Indian wars and other noteworthy events, not from the colony itself, but from England. The colonies in the New World appeared completely different and the prospect of any unity between them seeme...
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Day To Day Tobacco And Alcohol
1,079 wordsProfane language is used once every six minutes on network television shows, every two minutes on premium cable shows, and every three minutes in major motion pictures, according to a new study by the Centre for Media and Public Affairs? . Upon learning this information, one would make the assumption that profanity is another common attribute to our daily lives, such as brushing our teeth. But what is profane language? Websters dictionary defines it as being the condition or quality of being pro...
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Quit Smoking Popular Habit People
214 wordsSmoking Tobacco Drugs are generally recognized as of the greatest problems in the United States. According to the statistics, tobacco has the highest death rate. Smoking is a very popular habit, even though we all know that smoking is very dangerous. Millions of people around the globe want to quit smoking for medical reasons such as having already two heart-valve replacement surgeries. Wht did some people do to quit smoking? Some people substituted eating ice-cream for smoking. Why is smoking a...
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