decade; prohibition‚ organized crime‚ nativism and the return of the Ku Klux Klan. Ironically‚ the twenties are often thought of as a time with careless drinking‚ when actually‚ it was illegal in that decade to sell or consume alcohol. On January 16th‚ 1920‚ the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. A ban on the manufacturing and distribution on alcohol was written into the United States Constitution. This ban was called Prohibition. People held mock funerals the day before the amendment came to pass
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Imagine being asked “Hey man‚ do you own a shotty?” Naturally a person’s first response will be “What is a shotty?” A shotty0 is slang for a gun. Slang words are very common‚ and sometimes describe the object or person perfectly. Money‚ drugs‚ cars‚ etc. are a few things that have slang words. One object in particular that obtains a few slang words is a gun. Some slang words for a gun are Nine‚ Burner‚ Chopper‚ Gat‚ Heater‚ Mac‚ Piece‚ Strap‚ Glockie‚ Zootie‚ Thang‚ Nina‚ Shotty‚ Pump‚ Clappa‚ &
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two trends that have lasting influence on the United States of America (USA). The social trend that I will be addressing is the impact of young women to the America’s culture. After the World War 2 (WWII)‚ Americans referred to the decade of the 1920s as the Roaring Twenties because of a varied of factors which include rapid social change‚ impact of technology on domestic life and the changes in social values. Women started to have more social freedoms and young people start picking up smoking and
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‘The Roaring Twenties’: a decade of unprecedented affluence that shaped America’s consumerist society as it is today. The epoch entailed a plethora of quick money‚ sparkling appliances and loose morals that reincarnated the ‘American Dream’ to comprise much more than its original pledge for ‘life‚ liberty and the pursuit of land’. Fitzgerald’s infamous stance on the American Dream thematically appears throughout ‘The Great Gatsby’ where a tactful succession of language and characterisation critiques
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF KAZAKHSTAN EURASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY AFTER GUMILYOV L.N. FOREIGN PHILOLOGY DEPARTMENT ESSAY “The role of slang in our lives” Ogureyeva Inna F.Ph.-32(a) 0502100 Foreign Philology ASTANA 2012 Introduction Language propels everyday life and keeps us in touch with one another. Through many historical reviews we have increasing our knowledge about the ways of using this language – telegrams‚ post‚ telephone‚
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Argot (pronounced /ˈɑrɡoʊ/; French‚ Spanish‚ Romanian and Catalan for "slang") is a secret language used by various groups—including‚ but not limited to‚ thieves and other criminals—to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. The term argot is also used to refer to the informal specialized vocabulary from a particular field of study‚ hobby‚ job‚ sport‚ etc. The author Victor Hugo was one of the first to research argot extensively.[1] He describes it in his novel‚ Les Misérables‚
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The 1920s had seen robust economic growth in the United States. Mass-production techniques and the growing availability of electricity allowed industries to increase their output—and profits—dramatically. Employment levels surged‚ and many workers saw improvements in their standards of living. Consumer demand for new products also drove creation of new loan programs: for the first time middle-class Americans were able to purchase such goods as refrigerators‚ washing machines‚ and automobiles by making
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Interactive Harvard UTS Referencing Guide Interactive Harvard UTS Referencing Guide Click to Continue UTS: Library 01. Books Interactive Harvard UTS Referencing Guide 02: Journals & Newspapers 03: Websites or Online 04. Other Sources 05. Lists & General Click on the upper left menu to jump to the generic reference section you are after‚ and from there specify the article you would like to reference. Use the forward and back arrows in the top right corner to navigate through
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WHAT CHILDREN WATCH AN ANALYSIS OF CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING PROVISION BETWEEN 1997-2001‚ AND CHILDREN’S VIEWS Kam Atwal‚ Andrea Millwood-Hargrave and Jane Sancho with Leila Agyeman and Nicki Karet June 2003 WHAT CHILDREN WATCH AN ANALYSIS OF CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING PROVISION BETWEEN 1997-2001‚ AND CHILDREN’S VIEWS Kam Atwal‚ Andrea Millwood-Hargrave and Jane Sancho with Leila Agyeman and Nicki Karet Broadcasting Standards Commission Independent Television Commission June 2003
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