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    18th Street Gang

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    May 4‚ 2007 18th Street Gang The 18th Street Gang is one of the biggest gangs in Los Angeles County. There membership has been estimated to be around 20‚000. Most members in this gang are Mexican and Chicano but they are one of the few gangs that have broken racial boundaries. They allow almost any race to join the gang. (Delaney‚ 2006) Because of their openness to other races the gang membership grew rapidly. An estimated 60% of the gang is made up of illegal immigrants. ("18th Street Gang"

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    The Basis for Russian Military Thought: From the Late 18th to Early 20th Century The success‚ or lack thereof‚ achieved by Russia ’s military during the 18th and 19th centuries has often been linked to the integration of Western‚ or European‚ strategies. Peter the Great‚ one of Russia ’s most revered military leaders‚ based much of his ideology concerning war around the things he learned while visiting other European nations. Russia ’s need to go abroad to find military strategies is often

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    18th Amendment Congress is who was involved with the 18th amendment which was ratified on January 16th 1919 and went into effect on January 16th‚ 1920. This amendment was signed in Washington by congress. The 18th amendment prohibits the sale‚ consumption‚ distribution‚ import‚ and export of all liquors. During the world war prohibitionists made it seem patriotic to conserve grain for the war effort and not to make alcohol. The prohibitionists thought that a sober soldier was a good soldier

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    The 17th Century Travelogues of Ahmad bin Qasim and Ilyas Hanna al-Mawsuli In the 17th Century‚ Christianity had begun to spread beyond the borders of Europe. With the Spanish conquest and Christianization in the New World (Latin America)‚ the spread of Christianity had reached all throughout the world. In 1611‚ a Spanish Muslim named Ahmad bin Qasim‚ left for France and Holland as a Moroccan ambassador. He recorded his theological and intellectual discussions with the people he encountered in

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    Cindy Weinstein claims in Family‚ Kinship‚ and Sympathy in Nineteenth-Century American Literature‚ with respect to Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women‚ that this piece of sentimental literature has a “profound awareness of the relative fragility of the biological family and a commitment to strengthening and redefining it according to the logic of love”(Weinstein 4). Through Weinstein’s claim‚ she states that biological‚ familial ties are not what define a family; it is‚ however‚ through the love that

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    Philippine Literature

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    Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written work and can‚ in some circumstances‚ refer exclusively to published sources. The wordliterature literally means "things made from letters" and the pars pro toto term "letters" is sometimes used to signify "literature‚" as in the figures of speech"arts and letters" and "man of letters." Literature is commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction and non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose. Literature may

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    Irish Literature

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    Irish literature Early and medieval literature The earliest Irish literature consisted of original lyric poetry and versions of ancient prose tales. The earliest poetry‚ composed in the 6th century‚ illustrates a vivid religious faith or describe the world of nature‚ and was sometimes written in the margins of illuminated manuscripts. Unusually among European epic cycles‚ the Irish sagas (such as Táin Bó Cúailnge) were written in prose‚ with verse interpolations expressing heightened emotion

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    The 18th amendment of the constitution Prohibition was introduced to all American states apart from Maryland in 1920. Prohibition was the banning of alcohol; you could be arrested for sale‚ manufacture and transportation of alcohol. There were many factors that influenced the introduction of prohibition. One of the main factors was the temperance movement’s two examples of this Were the anti-saloon league and Women’s Christian temperance movement. The temperance movements were at the strongest

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    Using three examples‚ comment on and discuss the development of French Domestic Architecture in the 17th century In 1600‚ the civil war finished in France between the Protestants and the Catholics; therefore‚ there was a need for new buildings in France. However‚ Henri IV was assassinated in 1611 and therefore Louis XIII took the throne until 1643. He had Italian influence as his mum; Marie di Medici was Italian which reflected the style of architecture that was built during his time as king.

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    French and the Spanish. ← The final war began in the colonies and spread to Europe. ← Britain prevailed and introduced a new imperial policy. Section Summary: ← Great Britain‚ France‚ and Spain were at work during the late 17th century. ← These wars occurred intermittently over a 74-year period from 1689 to 1763. Important Ideas

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