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Cuban Missile Crisis President John F Kennedy
1,589 wordsThe political world is much like a stew, methinks. It is a conglomeration of what has been, what is, and what is to become. Since the dawning of the atomic age with the World War II invention of atomic / nuclear war capability, however, this stew has taken on a whole new taste, a piquancy that perhaps none of us were -- or ever will be -- truly prepared for in all of its possible mishmash. No longer were the world wars to be merely strategies, complete with trenches, tanks, and troops. Since the...
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Trade With China Century A D
2,102 wordsHistory has recorded that England and China used ceramic ware to drink their tea and those records go into great detail, showing contrasts and similarities between each culture's ceramics. The vast ideological differences between England and China show how social, political and ritualistic issues were reflected in the developments and changes made to the ware visually, as well as its functionality. Were the issues in each culture a result of external or internal influences, exchange, inspiration...
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Beginning Of The Story Side Of The Road
1,082 wordsThe Chrysanthemums is a story that takes place in the Salinas Valley of California. The story's main character is Elisa Allen. Elisa is thirty-five years old. She is a character that goes through development and many changes in the story. Through out the story Elisa Allen goes through both physical and mental changes. "In the beginning of the story Elisa is strong and eager"). She is working in her garden. Her husband Henry comes over to see her and asks her if she would like to go to town for d...
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United States Of America Melting Pot
1,318 words... hold be comprehended as a controversial issue having an opposing point of view. The predecessor of this essay was entitled Multicultural Education Means Mediocre Education. I had submitted the first article to a professor that maintains an Essays on Multicultural Education website. The academic elitist refused to post my article on the basis that it was a prejudiced and biased view of Multicultural Education based on stereotypes. Well now, isnt that a wicked contradiction! The M. E. proponen...
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War On Drugs Users Of Marijuana
1,457 wordsOne question that has haunted Americans for a long time is: Should the use of marijuana be legalized? Some say, Yes, while others say, No. Owning marijuana was made a crime in 1937 when Congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act. Despite this law the drug was still somewhat commonly used. Here we are years later, still without a satisfactory answer to the question. I think that legalizing the use of marijuana would have many medical benefits, economical benefits, and would decrease the incidence of c...
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National Gallery Of Victoria Immersed In Urine Work
1,439 wordsThat Andrew Serrano's painting Piss Christ has caused an overwhelming amount of controversy and response is undeniable. A search on The Age's Archives turned up no less than 72 articles related directly to Serrano's Piss Christ, mainly from the time Serrano and the work visited Melbourne during 1997 and 1998. The exhibition of the work provoked some violent responses here. One Timur Grin caused almost $ 100, 000 worth of damage to works at the National Gallery of Victoria, including damage to Pi...
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War On Drugs Due To The Fact
1,128 words1. As we know there are many people in the world that sell and / or grow marijuana. Under the Drug Act this is illegal and fines and even prison time can occur. Why is it everyday professional athletes and other famous people in the media get away with murder but if anyone else has any amount of marijuana in their possession they get jail time? If marijuana was legalized it would decrease the crime rate and would eliminate many problems with adolescents. 'Alcohol, which is advertised on televisi...
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Melting Pot Anglo Saxon
886 wordsEducational Conflicts 2, Racism Religious educators, in neglecting to account for race in their theories, have ignored the historical legacy of institutional racism. In fact, religious education has demonstrated an inadequate response to race and racism throughout its history. As evidenced by slavery and immigration history in the United States, race must be seen as a socio-historical and legal construction. Its influence goes beyond the assimilationist ideology taught in early Methodist curricu...
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Legalizing Pot Drugs Drug
512 wordsI read this question and immediately one answer came to mind, yes we are in the midst of a drug epidemic. Drugs seem to be a huge problem to this present date. You can walk down any side street in New York City and buy pot or several other drugs. I would call that an epidemic. Everywhere you look you see the issue of drugs being brought up, and the topic of legalizing certain drugs. Is this just another phase the United States is going through or are they really thinking about legalizing pot? Le...
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Marijuana Is Widely Cause A Person High
304 wordsMarijuana is widely Drugs Drugs Marijuana is widely available in the black market. It has a slew of names, the most popular being pot and grass. It is in actuality a weed and will grow anywhere. An example of this is in New York a special kind of pot grows there its called New York White. It gets its name from the white hue in its leaves. It grew in the sewers from all the pot seeds that people flushed down the toilet. The compost and stuff in the sewer along with its humid condition made it ide...
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Marijuana Smoke Marijuana Causes
2,396 words8 Ganja Sean P. Silverman 8 December 1999 Ganja Long recognized as one of Gods 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 nudg...
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B C E Egypt And Israel
1,863 wordsJudaism is a much different religion from Christianity. Jews have different beliefs, traditions, and different ideas about how the world should see God. I personally believe that the most fascinating tradition of Judaism is Hanukkah. The hope of this essay is to discuss some of the many aspects of Hanukkah. An example of which is the history of Hanukkah, the celebration of candles, and the activities in which partake in to celebrate this special occasion. The history of Hanukkah is a story of th...
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Pottery Is Painted Art Of Pottery Making Hopi
701 wordsHopi Pottery is a historic art that has been passed down through many generations. The Hopi Indians have lived in the same area of the Southwest (present day Arizona) even before the time of Columbus. The prehistoric ancestors of the Hopi Indians were the Anasazi Indians. The Hopi Indians lived on desert land at the foot of the mesas. Hopi women made beautiful clay bowls, baskets, and jewelry. The art of pottery making came to these early Pueblo Indians by Meso-American Indians around 700 A. D. ...
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Degrees F Year Round
1,084 wordsTo many peoples surprise, the Venus flytrap is not native to some tropical, exotic country or steamy rainforest. The Venus flytrap is native only to the coast of North and South Carolina, in a radius roughly 100 miles around Wilmington. It is a small rosette plant, generally six to eight inches in diameter. The leaves consist of leaf stems, or petrels, that may be heart-shaped and flat on the ground, or thin and upright. The trap is the actual true leaf, and sits at the end of the petrel. The tr...
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Isaac Asimov Human Beings
1,055 wordsWe as humans always assume that we can do as we please, that there are not rules defining what we can and cannot do. We think this of all of the creatures that are placed on this earth. However, when we create something, we place defining rules upon it. In the book i, Robot, Isaac Asimov, gives a series of short stories relating to the creation, life and the evolution of robot kind. The robots in his story are experimented with and changed, new things are put in when old one dont work, in fact t...
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Long Term Effects Legalization Of Marijuana
2,439 wordsDescription: Marijuana Legalization Body of Essay: Everybody Must Get Stoned? Pot. Weed. Dope. Marijuana has many names and slang terms associated with it, and many perceive it to be the most widely used illicit drug in this country. Music stars are thrown in jail for possession of it. Movie stars are arrested for planting it. Non-violent drug offenders are in jail next to murderers. Some states allow people to smoke marijuana for medicinal purposes to make them feel better, while others are put...
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Controlled Substances Act Schedule Ii Drug
4,391 wordsMarijuana (also spelled marihuana) is a psychoactive drug made from the dried leaves and flowering parts of the hemp plant. It is one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the United States. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance, which defines it as having a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use. Marijuana is therefore classified more severely than cocaine and morphine, which as Schedule II drugs are also banne...
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Put Into Effect Marijuana For Medical
552 wordsMarijuana: Persuasive Essay In California there is still more controversial debate over the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The advantage with using marijuana for medical reason is, it eases the pain, and relaxes them so they can enjoy the rest of their life. For these terminally ill patients the marijuana also makes them happy and enjoyable to be around. The disadvantage is that after smoking it for an extended period of time the majority of the patients will develop lung cancer. That is...
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Controlled Substances Act Schedule Ii Drug
4,569 wordsMarijuana (also spelled marihuana) is a psychoactive drug made from the dried leaves and flowering parts of the hemp plant. It is one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the United States. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance, which defines it as having a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use. Marijuana is therefore classified more severely than cocaine and morphine, which as Schedule II drugs are also banne...
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Hundred Dollars O Clock
1,502 wordsReal Life Rounders? No, I guess the ladies didn? t help me. I flopped the nut straight. ? Yeah baby? I won! It just so happened that this was the final game of cards for that particular evening? always the highest paying jackpot. I sat in all my glory. The two queens in my hand that everyone had been fearing had meant nothing. The pair of? ladies? served as bait in one of the most grueling and mentally exhausting night of card playing in my life. My straight, a sequence of 5 cards in numerical o...
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