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  • Lowering the Legal Drinking Age

    Lowering the Legal Drinking Age

    Resolved that the legal drinking age be lowered to 18 years of age. There are many reasons for lowering the legal drinking age to 18. Some of these reasons include: the fact that at the age of 18 you are considered an and take on lots of responsibilities, also you do not necessarily reach your peak maturity at the age of 21, and in addition by raising the legal drinking age to 21 in the

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • How the Digiral Age and Technology Has Impacetd My Life

    How the Digiral Age and Technology Has Impacetd My Life

    Communications 110: Media and Society 13 June 2005 Project 1: How the Digital Age and Technology Has Impacted My Life All the different types of digital devices have impacted my life. From books to the Internet my life is influenced by these mass communication devices. I read textbooks and different novels for school to gain information and knowledge. When I was living with my parents in New Orleans, I would read The Times Picayune on

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

    A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

    Suliaman Zamarial October 26, 2006 English 111-69 A Clean, Well-Lighted Place The story “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” is written by Ernest Hemingway. In this story he shows the difference between the light and darkness. Hemingway mainly focuses on the pain suffered by an old man and the nothingness he feels inside him late one night. The setting of this story is in a cafй which seems to be in a Spanish speaking country or neighborhood

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Change and Continuity in the Guilded Age

    Change and Continuity in the Guilded Age

    Change and Continuity in the Gilded Age Emergence of Modern America “Every day things change, but basically they stay the same.”-Dave Matthews Change and continuity are two major principles of life. They can easily be applied to history because their application accurately portrays the circumstances, and characterizes the era of interest. Merriam-Webster defines continuity as an uninterrupted connection, succession, or union, or an uninterrupted duration or continuation especially without essential change. Change is defined as

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Vika
  • Gilded Age Dbq

    Gilded Age Dbq

    After the soaring ideals and tremendous sacrifices of the Civil War, the post-War era of the United States was generally one of political disillusionment. Even as the continent expanded and industrialized, political life in the Gilded Age was marked by ineptitude and stalemate as passive, rather than active, presidents merely served as figureheads to be manipulated rather than enduring strongholds. As politicians from both the White House to the courthouse were deeply entangled in corruption

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Bred
  • How Accurate Is the Perception That Spain Underwent a Transformation from an Open and Tolerant Society in the Late Middle Ages to a Closed and Intolerant one in the Early Modern Period?

    How Accurate Is the Perception That Spain Underwent a Transformation from an Open and Tolerant Society in the Late Middle Ages to a Closed and Intolerant one in the Early Modern Period?

    How accurate is the perception that Spain underwent a transformation from an open and tolerant society in the late middle ages to a closed and intolerant one in the early modern period? Medieval Spain society was a society of uneasy coexistence, called convivencia,. This convivencia was increasingly threatened by the advancing Christian reconquest of lands that had been Muslim since the Moorish invasions of the eighth century. The reconquest did not result in the full

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    Essay Length: 409 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Growth of London in the Middle Ages

    The Growth of London in the Middle Ages

    Early on in the Middle Ages, London was not the great city it has become in the world today, in fact it was not even called London, it was called Londinium, then Lundenwic, and finally London. In the beginning of the Middle Ages, London was just a small trading town on the banks of the Thames River in England. As the Middle Ages progressed, so did the city of London. Even with the plagues and

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    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Age of Innocence

    Age of Innocence

    Dear Ellen, I am sorry that to say that I am not able to come. I have been called away on urgent news. I am deeply sorry and humbly beg your forgiveness. The last few days have been terribly dreadful without you. Our last meeting was interesting, to say the least. I only wish that you had told me of the reason of your escape. To be honest, I felt a little shock at

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    Essay Length: 429 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Nba Age Limit

    Nba Age Limit

    While I encourage most basketball players to go to college and advance their education to the next level, those special individuals whose athletic ability gives them the opportunity to provide for themselves and compete at the highest level should not be denied the opportunity based the current requirement that players must be 19 years old to play for the NBA. High school basketball players should be mature enough to make their own decisions about their

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    Essay Length: 498 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: David
  • Under Age Drinking

    Under Age Drinking

    Everyone knows that it is illegal to consume alcohol until the age of 21 in the United States. Many people are in agreement with this legal restriction. Some would even say that it should be raised. However, the legal drinking age sometimes causes more problems then it prevents. I am here today to persuade you that drinking age limit should be lowered. Why? Because we care. We care about people who abuse alcohol and in

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    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Andrew
  • “dulce Et Decorum Est” or the Insanity of the New Age.

    “dulce Et Decorum Est” or the Insanity of the New Age.

    “Dulce et Decorum Est” Or The insanity of the new age. By Rumi Pavlova ENG 102 16 In order to express thoughts and emotions, past generations used different artistic techniques and expressions. Some of the most popular methods were found in music, theatre, dance and poetry. One of the most emotional expressive arts that directly affected the human emotions was poetry which could easily be converted into music. The ancient philosophies reveal to us

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Edward
  • Age Differences

    Age Differences

    The three year difference in age while dating only applies to children under 17. Yet once you hit 17 you are still limited to who you date because the world and the law still think that you are a kid. What is so wrong with dating someone older if they are not twice your age? Nothing. Why can we not meet someone that we like, just to fall in love and be attached emotionally

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • Friday Night Lights

    Friday Night Lights

    Friday Night Lights Life in Odessa, Texas apparently revolved around the Permian High School Football team during the late 80's, and why not? From the few scenes featuring the layout of the small town, the town seemed to be have been in a state of economic stagnation for quite a while. The film follows several key players of the football, namely Miles, Winchell, and Billingsley. The team is known for being the best around the

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Dawning of a New Age- Queen Victoria

    The Dawning of a New Age- Queen Victoria

    The Dawning of a new age- Queen Victoria The Early Life of Queen Victoria Queen Victoria, the well-known Queen of England did not start out as some would expect. Her Grandfather, King George the third of England had fifteen children, his third child was The Duke of Kent, Queen Victoria's father. The Duke of Kent married Princess Victoria of Saxe- Coburg- Gotha. Later they had a baby girl together on May twenty- fourth eighteen- nineteen.

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    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Venezuela - the Age of Exploration

    Venezuela - the Age of Exploration

    Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 1. Venezuela 2. Located on the continent of South America 3. 25,017,387 (estimated as of July 2004) 4. Size- 912,050 sq km (land/water) 5. Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold, bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds 6. 96% Roman Catholic, 2% Protestant, 2% Other Religions The Venezuelans were tracked back to about 13,000 BC. The settlers of that time came from three different directions. Present day Guyana, present day Brazil, and present

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    Submitted: February 4, 2010 By: Bred
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    The Unheard Voice of Commitment What the reader understands of the infidelity of Milan Kundera's characters in The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a mere distraction from the real substance of the story and of the character's real purpose. Kundera offers the reader a red herring and only through close examination can one dissect and abstract the true essence of each character's thread that links them to one another in this story. For it is

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    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Top
  • Gilded Age

    Gilded Age

    The era in American history from the end of the Civil War to the turn of the century is known as The Gilded Age. It is considered as the time of the greatest economic, industrial and population expansion in America. The main diving force behind the industrial revolution was the new technology and the abundance of natural resources. The industrialization had a big impact on workers who lived in very bad conditions, had low wages

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    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: Mike
  • Legal Driving Age

    Legal Driving Age

    I want to argue against the legal driving age Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause for death in the U.S. I believe that a bad thing can happened to a perfectly innocent person, so with that in mind I think we should try to save as many teenagers lives as possible by insuring by the time they are behind the wheel they are ready for the responsibility given to them. We can prepare today's

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    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Anna
  • Age of Adversity

    Age of Adversity

    Vann White Western Civ Tuesday 7-930 D. Ricci “Age of Adversity” The age of adversity was called that for a reason. To begin there were serious effects on life, economy, politics, etc and caused great adversity to almost everyone from rich to poor. To start there was severe weather that impacted things like harvest and agriculture. The economy is effected by this because farmers, land owners, cattle owners, and so, loose money, product, and the

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    Submitted: February 7, 2010 By: Andrew
  • A Population Explosion Among Californians of College-Going Age

    A Population Explosion Among Californians of College-Going Age

    A population explosion among Californians of college-going age (18-24)in the next decade will push this age group to a projected 4.26 million in 2015, an increase of 27% since 2000. California is in prime position to invest now in higher education to secure the State’s economic future. If we fail to invest, the state is likely to face a host of social and economic difficulties associated with a population boom of young people ill-prepared for

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    Essay Length: 2,196 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: February 8, 2010 By: Mike
  • A New Age of Discrimination

    A New Age of Discrimination

    A New Age of Discrimination Many upcoming high school graduates have dreams of continuing his or her education at a major university. In order to become accepted into a college of one’s choice, he or she must dedicate time and effort to achieve the grades required. People have been taught that through hard work and dedication the reward of a better future is obtained. This system seems to be fair and just however our nation

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    Submitted: February 8, 2010 By: Vika
  • Drinking Age Should Be 18 Years Old

    Drinking Age Should Be 18 Years Old

    Our Country is full of controversial topics and new ideas that bring about arguments in every step of life. These arguments lead to even more new ideas and different ways of looking at things. People in these arguments can be so persuasive that they can change the opinion of others. One new idea that is talked about a lot in our country is the drinking age being lowered to eighteen years old. This is

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    Submitted: February 8, 2010 By: David
  • Lowering the Voting Age to 16

    Lowering the Voting Age to 16

    When the 26th amendment was passed, it gave 18-year-olds the right to vote. Today, nearly twenty-five years later, the question has become ”should 16-year-olds be allowed to vote?” Of course the general consensus of youth is for this option, yet a surprising amount of adults are supporting the movement as well. However, there are still those who seriously doubt a 16-year-old’s ability to maturely handle voting. While politicians are still debating the topic, it is

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    Submitted: February 9, 2010 By: Mikki
  • “sailing to Byzantium”: Appreciation of Life and the Struggle Between the Ages

    “sailing to Byzantium”: Appreciation of Life and the Struggle Between the Ages

    “Sailing to Byzantium”: Appreciation of Life and the Struggle Between the Ages In W.B. Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium” the narrator is an older man looking at his life with detest as the way it appears now. He is holding resent for the way the young get to live their lives and how he lives his now. The narrator is dealing with the issue of being older and his sadness of worth in this life, and

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    Submitted: February 9, 2010 By: Jessica
  • The Gilded Age

    The Gilded Age

    The Gilded Age began during the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War and ended shortly after the conclusion of the Panic of 1893. This era of American history was known as a time of forgettable presidents, industrialization, depression and corruption. Between the years of 1865 and 1900 Americans witnessed the government’s inability to adequately solve issues, such as controlling monopolies and trusts, addressing the needs of farmers, regulating railroads, and enforcing the equal

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    Submitted: February 9, 2010 By: Mikki

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