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Margaret Significance In Writing The Handmaids Tale
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In 1969 Margaret Atwood first addressed the world
with her pro-feminist ideas. As a direct result
from encouragement and influence from literary
mentors like Atwood, feminism became the rage. As
the interest in women's rights heightened, so did
the tolerance and need for more strongly biased
and feminist sided articles of literature. In
1985, Margaret Atwood completed The Handmaid's
Tale, and fueled the fight for equal rights, no
glass ceilings, and occupational opportunities for
women all over ...
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Marijuana Smoke Marijuana Causes
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Hurry Up Long recognized as one of God's greatest
gifts to mankind, Ganja truly can heal the earth.
Unknown to many today, cannabis hemp was used
worldwide in paper, fiber, lamp oil and nautical
applications throughout the 19 th century,
constituting "possibly the largest agricultural
and industrial businesses in America" (Here 83).
In the early part of the 1800 s cannabis was the
number one medicine in the US (83). It held that
spot tightly, until it was nudged to second place
by morphine in 18...
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York Chelsea House Publishers Long Term Affects
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In the past twenty years heroin use has grown
dramatically. Psychoactive drugs have become the
young person's largest problem to face. Drugs have
become a part of even the most stereotypically
normal family's life. No workplace, home, or
school can be completely "drug proofed." To live
with these drugs one must learn about them. Not
knowing the facts about heroin will ultimately
lead to the drugs winning the game. Heroin is an
opiate, which comes from the opium poppy. When the
opium poppy dies, ...
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Brave New World Aldous Huxley
660 words
A Brave New World is Aldous Huxley's prediction
for six hundred years in the future. In this
surreal land everyone belongs to everyone else,
and in theory everyone is happy. When any
character is unhappy or feeling upset about
something they are encouraged to take a drug
called Soma. This drug can be compared to
modern-day drugs such as Prozac, and the
controlled substance methylenedioxymethamphetamine
(MDMA), better knows as Ecstasy. Soma is a wonder
pill from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World th...
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U S Government Amounts Of Information
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During the last decade, our society has become
based on the sole ability to move large amounts of
information across great distances quickly.
Computerization has influenced everyone's life in
numerous ways. The natural evolution of computer
technology and this need for ultra-fast
communications has caused a global network of
interconnected computers to develop. This global
network allows a person to send E-mail across the
world in mere fractions of a second, and allows a
common person to access ...
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War On Drugs Selling Drugs
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The topic of this research paper is War on Drugs.
There are many problems that drugs cause, but
there are also problems that the war on drugs has
caused too. The following paragraphs have
supporting ideas for both ideas. Every president
since Eisenhower had created new measures to
decrease drug use in the United States, but, until
1979, none had actually succeeded. In 1989, the
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) released a
report stating that there was a 37 % drop in
casual (non-addicted) u...
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Meaning Of The Word Magna Carta
760 words
In 1995, Jacob Hornberger, leader of the Future of
Freedom Foundation, said, If you are not free to
choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free
at all. Many Americans would agree with that
statement. However, it is doubtful that the Greeks
or Romans would have. The meaning of freedom was
much more specific in those societies. Throughout
time, the meaning of the word freedom has become
more encompassing and more broad in its meaning.
From about 4000 B. C. until 1000 B. C. , the word
freedo...
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Social Class Love World
497 words
Donne John. The Canonization. Twentieth Century
Views: John Donne. Ed. Helen Gardner. Englewood
Cliffs, N. J. Prentice - Hall, INC. , 1962 Brooks
finds the poem a parody of Christian sainthood
taking the major themes of the poem religion and
love very seriously and using them in an
inevitable paradox. The person to whom Donne
speaks in the beginning is a friend who epitomizes
the world which the lovers have renounced. A world
in which their love may seem most absurd, but
cares little for the war...
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Credit Card Computer Networks
1,537 words
What is a hacker one may ask? He doesn't wear a
stocking mask over his face, nor does he break a
window to get into your house. He doesn't hold a
gun to your head, nor does he go through your
personal possessions. Considering the situation,
he recognized just the way a thief is recognized.
But one strange thing about this thief is that you
" ll never be able to see him, although you may
not even realize right away that he's the one that
robbed you. This thief is a computer hacker and he
"enters"...
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Holy Ghost Holy Spirit
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On May 20, 325 AD the world was forever changed.
Emperor Constantine called a meeting of the 318
Bishops at Nice and on that day they instituted
one of the greatest flaws of American religion
today. This is the doctrine of the Trinity,
suggesting the view of the Oneness doctrine,
believing on one God and His name being Jesus, is
no longer correct. The Trinity doctrine cannot be
proven by simply reading the scriptures; it has to
be described and explained in detail, before you
can begin to see th...
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Act 3 Sc Act 1 Sc
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Why is it that people fawn Shakespeare and have
unreasonably high regard for his works, including
The Tempest, and label them as "immortal
classics"? Indeed Shakespeare's works had great
significance in the evolution of English
literature, but these works, including The Tempest
are mostly devoid of significance and literary
value in the present day. One can expect to gain
little educational benefit of the english language
or heightened appreciation for fine literature
from the reading of Shakesp...
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Internet Users Turn Addicts
997 words
If you " re an Internet user, you know who you
are. They are among all of us in society, although
many may choose to not acknowledge that they too,
frequently use the Internet. As I sit here and
look across the street, I see a man in front of
his own computer; the screen glowing against the
window behind him. He does not use his personal
computer for work, he is a farmer. He has become
what is known as an "Internet Junky." The
addiction begins innocently. At the start, you are
not even aware of ...
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Gender Bias In Language
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Language is a very powerful element. It is the
most common method of communication. Yet it is
often misunderstood an misinterpreted, for
language is a very complicated mechanism with a
great deal of nuance. There are times when in
conversation with another individual, that we must
take into account the person's linguistic
genealogy. There are people who use language that
would be considered prejudicial or biased in use.
But the question that is raised is in regard to
language usage: is the langu...
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Thinking About Stupidity In Our Scholars
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The stupidity in our scholars, like stupidity and
arrogance everywhere, follows a model. The model
presented here was developed by Anticommerical
University Professor William Mason. It applies in
general to stupidity at any level of intensity. It
has 5 stages. 1. Mimetic Arrogance One party
identifies themselves as an authority on a subject
and other parties imitate that arrogance. Examples
of things scholars and professors are arrogant
about: science, literature, art, sociology,
psychology, phi...
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Junk Mail And The Art Of Hype
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... n the common consumer will notice it. Such ads
may be so degrading that one may ask, "who do they
think I am, anyway?" Moreover, from a semiological
perspective, you can find hundreds of hidden
meanings behind the techniques used beyond just
the typesetting. As the Chinese proverb says, "a
picture is worth a thousand words. " If you look
carefully at the pictures these ads boast, you
will find a plethora of interesting assumptions
that the advertisers must have had about their
audience. A sh...
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Laws Of Nature Cause And Effect
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ter>Sam Vaknin's Psychology,
Philosophy, Economics and Foreign Affairs Web
Sites The film "Titanic" is riddled
with moral dilemmas. In one of the scenes, the
owner of Star Line, the shipping company that
owned the now-sinking Unsinkable, joins a lowered
life-boat. The tortured expression on his face
demonstrates that even he experiences more than
unease at his own conduct. Prior to the disaster,
he instructs the captain to adopt a policy
dangerous to the ship. Inde...
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American Psychiatric Association Children With Adhd
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Seven years ago I was diagnosed with ADHD or
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In other
words, I had a chronic problem paying attention.
As a form of treatment for ADHD, I was put on a
controversial drug called Ritalin. Now being at
the age of sixteen, it was not really my choice
whether I wanted to take a doctors prescription or
not. Now that I have grown up a bit and understand
things better, I am questioning the benefits of
prescribing Ritalin to treat ADD. My personal
experience with...
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Computers And Children Learning
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ter> Evaluate the significance of working with
computers for children's learning in the classroom
The role of technology in childhood
education is a controversial topic, and both
parents and educators have concerns about the
potential benefits or harm to young children.
Critics contend that technology in schools wastes
time, money and childhood itself by speeding up
the pace and cutting down on essential learning
experiences (Cordes & Miller, 2000; Healy, 1998).
Proponents suggest that...
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Drug Enforcement Agency United States Government
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Marijuana 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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High School Students Public School System
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Talking to American kids about sex is becoming
more and more difficult. In the ever-changing
landscape of our westernized society, one constant
is the pervasive theme of sex. From magazine
covers and television to the Internet and roadside
billboards, sex sells in this culture and we, as
people, are constantly bombarded by sexually based
messages. It is thereby understandable that
children and young adults would be confused about
sex; especially since the adult population has
become less than op...
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