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    The Temperance Movement

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    Temperance as a movement‚ started in the early 19th century. Before this‚ although there were diatribes published against drunkenness and excess‚[1] total abstinence from alcohol was very rarely advocated or practiced. There was also a concentration on hard spirits rather than on total abstinence from alcohol and on moral reform rather than legal measures against alcohol.[2] An early Temperance movement started during the American revolution in Connecticut‚ Virginia and New York State‚ with farmers

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    The LGBT Movement

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    The LGBT Movement America has always been known as the “Land of the Free and Home of the Brave”. Unfortunately‚ our country has not let everyone be the “free”‚ authentic self that they deserve to be. Unlike race‚ religion‚ gender and age‚ sexual orientation is not a characteristic under civil rights laws. Homosexuals have faced relentless hostility and discrimination for centuries and have been on an uphill battle for equality. It wasn’t until the Stonewall Inn Riots in 1969 that a political

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    Rastafarianism is largely dependent on the understanding of the historical as well as the cultural and social aspects that have influenced the rise of this movement. The Rastafarian faith is one which is deeply intertwined with social and cultural dissatisfaction and the search for an identity and consciousness that was particular to disenfranchised and dispossessed Black people. The roots of Rastafarianism also are deeply connected with the symbolism and the example of Ethiopia and the figure of

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    The Temperance Movement

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    the United States has gone through various social and political movements; however‚ none compare to the movement in which our country—a country that was founded on freedom and choice—literally placed a restriction on the sell and consumption of alcohol. It is because of this that our group‚ consisting of Christie‚ Claire‚ and myself‚ chose to research the Temperance movement‚ while we each focus on a specific aspect of the movement that most interests us. While Claire focuses on the criminal aspect

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    power to determine their destiny.” From the late 1960s‚ to the early 1980s‚ the Black Power Movement (BPM)‚ triggered by the shortcomings of the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) and influenced heavily by Malcolm X‚ used a variety of techniques‚ including an increasingly militant approach‚ to bring about the change African-Americans demanded‚ with some success and a legacy that still endures today. The Black Power Movement heavily owed its existence to the Civil Rights Movement‚ which failed to address

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    A study of Perceived Work Environment in terms of Employees Personality Submitted by Ajit Varwandkar PGDHR‚ MBA (Marketing)‚ BE (Mechanical) Management Research Scholar with Swami Vivekananda Technical University‚ Raipur ( C.G.) [contact : info@fsindia.in] Guided By : Dr. PB Deshmukh Director‚ Shri Shankara Mahavidyalaya‚ Bhilai‚ CG. Dr. J C Ajawani HOD- Psychology‚ Arts & Commerce Girls College‚ Raipur. ABSTRACT Today’s workplace is changing. Organizational structures and the

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    Locavore Movement

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    In American society‚ the environmental movement has gained the attention of many people. One of those movements is the “locavores”. Although some benefits are gained within this movements‚ there are also several less-examined effects of this movement that should be noted as well. People might think they do less harm to the environment‚ but they are misguided. They might help out their community but they end up hurting the other nations‚ they don’t really reduce the gas emitted by transportation

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    The Zapatistas Movement

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    The twentieth century saw an upsurge in a new form of protest movement‚ the anti-globalisation/anti-capitalist social movement‚ which is a branch out of what was known as the New Social Movement. The new social movements were a plethora of informal groups‚ organisations and campaigns that surfaced in the 1960s. These included movements that campaigned for racial equality‚ sexual equality‚ gay rights‚ environmental concerns‚ peace groups‚ prisoners rights‚ human rights‚ among others. Because of

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    Reform Movements

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    and 1850‚ the United States was undergoing a series of reform movements. At the same time‚ America was rapidly growing and diversifying. Movements were designed to adapt to the new‚ bigger nation. They inspired the creation of new institutions as well. Americans had different feelings about their expanding nation. Some welcomed the changes‚ excited about the growth. Others became worried about the future of America. The reform movements came as a result of these different feelings. On the surface

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    Explain how actors manifest their training on the stage. In your answer refer to your study and exploration of the approaches to acting and performance of TWO of the practitioners and texts set for study. Approaches to acting explores not only the practitioners but also the world in which their audiences are living. Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal’s The Theatre of the Oppressed grew out of the chaos and oppression in Brazil in the 1950’s-70’s. The aesthetics of his approach to acting came

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